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     Pvt Isaiah Meeker Revolutionary Soldiers of New Providence:

"Meeker, Isaiah, Private, Essex Co. Militia; son of James and Mary (Corcheron) Meeker; d. Feb. 23, 1814, in his 73d yr; m. Deborah, b. Jan. 6, 1745; d. March 6, 1836; dau. of Joseph Halsey, and widow of Jonathan Magie. Children:

Abigail, b. 1767; d. July 1, 1846; m. Sept. 9, 1824, Thomas Parrot.

Daniel, d. May 27, 1798, aged 30 yrs; m. Dec. 19, 1790, Sally, dau. of Capt. Daniel S. Wood.

Nancy, b. 1771; d. July 30, 1842; m. Dec. 23, 1790, John, son of Samuel Roberts.

Caleb, b. 1772; d. Jan. 8, 1845; m. Charity Frost, d. Feb. 10, 1850, aged 72 yrs.

Jonathan, b. April 2, 1776; m. Elizabeth Townley, b. Aug. 22, 1780.

Mary, d. Aug. 27, 1838, aged 60 yrs; m. Arauna Muir.

Isaac, b. 1778; m. March 5, 1808, Betsey, dau. of Danile Wilcox." Isaiah was born circa 1741.^3,2 He married Deborah Halsey. He served in the military during war time circa 1776 at New Jersey, USA.² Isaiah died on 23 February 1814 at New Providence, Essex, New Jersey, USA.⁴

     Francis was born on 18 November 1750.² She married Pvt Waters Burrows on 13 October 1771.^3,2 Francis died on 24 December 1793 at age 43.²

     Anna died. Anna was born.

     Hannah died. Hannah was born.

     Rebecca died. Rebecca was born.

     James died. James was born.

     Aaron died. Aaron was born.

     Hetty died. Hetty was born.

     Deborah was born on 6 January 1745.² She married Pvt Isaiah Meeker. Deborah died on 6 March 1836 at age 91.^3,2

     Joseph was born. He NB Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey was from Elizabeth, perhaps from this line.

First Settlers, p 166:

"JOSEPH HALSEY lived near the Wheatsheaf Tavern, between Rahway and Elizabethtown. He married Elizabeth Haines, sister of Richard Valentine's wife; he had children:

1. Sarah, who married Joshua Conklin,of Williams Farms...

2. Abigail married James Miller, of Piscataway.

3. Rebecca married Thomas Williams, near Elizabethtown.

4. Joseph, Jun., married Mary Armstrong, daughter of John, from Ireland; lived in Springfield.

5. Hannah married Benjamin Miller; (their daughter married General William Crane, of Elizabethtown.)

6. Phebe married Benjamin Crane, of Westfield. ...

7. Daniel married Miss Williams, daughter of Samuel, and sister of John Williams.

8. Isaac married Rebecca Garthwaite, of Elizabethtown.

9. Rachel married Benjamin Magie, son of John, of Elizabethtown.

10. Deborah married, 1st, Jonathan Magie, brother of Benjamin; 2d, Isaiah Meeker, of New Providence. ...

11. Nancy married John Hamilton; lived in Westfield; had no children." He married Elizabeth Haines.²

     Daniel Halsey Meeker Revolutionary Soldiers of New Providence:

"Daniel, d. May 27, 1798, aged 30 yrs; m. Dec 10, 1790, Sally, dau. of Capt. Daniel S. Wood." Daniel was born circa 1768.^2,1 He married Sarah "Sally" Wood on 19 December 1790.^3,1 Daniel died on 27 May 1798.^4,1

     Sarah "Sally" Wood Gravestones, Methodist Burying Ground, New Providence NJ:

"Meeker, Sarah, wife of Daniel H., Feb. 28, 1772 - Jan. 8, 1861." Sarah was born on 28 February 1772.¹ She married Daniel Halsey Meeker on 19 December 1790.^2,3 Sarah died on 8 January 1861 at New Jersey, USA, at age 88.¹ Her body was interred at New Providence, Essex, New Jersey, USA, at Methodist Burying Ground.¹

     Capt Daniel Smith Wood "CAPT. DANIEL S. WOOD came from Long Island to Passaic Valley, about the year 1754, and learned the blacksmith trade, with a Mr. Moore. Mr Wood, when he became of age, bought the farm of Mr. Moore, and set up the business himself, and lived on the farm till his death, which occurred the 8th February, 1832, aged 91 years. The farm is part of lot No. 20 of the Elizabethtown lots, surveyed in 1736-7, above the first mountain. He married Mary Potter, of Hanover, and had two children, who died young, and his wife died 18th February, 1768; he then married Sarah Johnson, sister of Uzel Johnson; she died 12th April, 1806, in her 56th year. They had children"

Gravestones, Methodist Burying Ground, New Providence NJ:

"Wood, Margaret, wife of Rev. Waters Burrows, Feb.14, 1791 - Apr.10, 1860
Wood, Betsey, wife of Rev. Stephen Day, 1786 - June 5,1884 ae.98
Wood, Daniel S. (Revolutionary soldier) 1740-Feb. 8, 1832 ae. 92
Wood, Sarah, wife of Daniel S., 1770-Apr.12, 1806 ae. 36
Wood, Anna, dau. of Daniel S., 1830-Feb.28,1832
Wood, Samuel 1732 - Mar. 15, 1857 ae. 75
Wood, Theodocia 1733 - Feb. 27, 1859 ae. 86
Wood, Daniel S. 1776 - Dec. 23, 1842 ae. 66
Wood, Nancy, wife of Daniel S., Jr., 1775 - Mar. 21, 1854 ae. 79
Wood, Daniel Halsey 1809 - Nov. 9, 1869 ae. 60"

Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files:

"Capt Daniel S. Wood who srv in the Essex Co NJ Militia during the Rev War"

Revolutionary Soldiers of New Providence:

"Wood, Daniel Smith, Captain, Essex Co. Militia; b. Long Island, 1741; d. Feb. 8, 1832; m. (1) Mary Potter, d. Feb. 18, 1768; m. (2) Sarah Johnson, d. April 12, 1806, in 56th yr. Children:

John, died young.
Sally, m. ------.
Docia, d. unmarried.
Daniel S., d. Dec. 23, 1842; m. Nancy Baldwin.
Joseph, died young.
Samuel, d. unmarried.
Elizabeth A., m. Stephen Day.
Margaret W., m. Rev. Waters Burrows.
David, m. Sarah Bonsal."

New Providence Presbyterian Records, Deaths, 1768:

"Wood, the wife of Daniel, buried Feb. 18" [curiously, she was buried in the Methodist graveyard, recorded in the Presbyterian records.]

George Townley Parrott manuscript:

"... and she [Margaret Williston Woods] was the daughter of Capt. Daniel S. Wood who was Captain of the [?] Militia 1st Reg. Essex Co. N. J. in the same [Revolutionary] war; and whose original Commissions as Lieut and as Capt. are now temporarily in my possession." Daniel was born at Long Island, New York, USA, in 1741.^6,2,3 He married Mary Potter before 1768.⁷ His body was interred on 8 February 1768 at New Providence, Essex, New Jersey, USA, at Methodist Burying Ground.^2,4 He served in the military during war time circa 1776.³ He married Sarah Johnson before 1786. Daughter Betsey Wood b 1786.⁸ Daniel died on 8 February 1832 at New Jersey, USA.^6,2,3

     Nancy was born in 1771.¹ She married John Roberts on 23 December 1790.¹ Nancy died on 30 July 1842.¹

     John was born circa 1767.¹ He married Nancy Meeker on 23 December 1790.² John died on 22 April 1842.²

     Samuel died. Samuel was born.

     He married Charity Frost.¹ Caleb was born in 1772.¹ Caleb died on 8 January 1815.¹

     She married Caleb Meeker.¹ Charity was born circa 1778.² Charity died on 10 February 1850.¹

     She married Arauna Muir.¹ Mary was born circa 1778.² Mary died on 27 August 1838.²

     He married Mary Meeker.¹ Arauna was born circa 1778.² Arauna died on 27 August 1838.³

     Isaac died. Isaac was born in 1778.¹ He married Betsey Willcox on 5 March 1808.²

     Betsey died. Betsey was born. She married Isaac Meeker on 5 March 1808.¹

     Daniel died. Daniel was born.

     Jonathan Magie Meeker Gravestones, Methodist Burying Ground, New Providence NJ:

"Meeker, Jonathan M., 1776-May 22, 1852 ae. 76
Meeker, Betsey Ayres, wife of Jonathan M., 1780-Aug.3, 1861 ae. 81." Jonathan was born on 2 April 1776.² He married Elizabeth Ayres "Betsey" Townley.³ Jonathan died on 22 May 1852 at New Jersey, USA, at age 76.¹ His body was interred at New Providence, Essex, New Jersey, USA, at Methodist Burying Ground.¹

     SAMUEL PARROTT The following is from notes obtained from Arlien Sifleet (Mrs. Alexander Corwin Sifleet, 95 Fairmount Avenue, Chatham, NJ). The notes were sent to my mother Edith Smith (her niece) and then passed to me several years later.

"In memory of Wm Parrot and Abigail his wife, son of Sam. Parrot of Elizabethtown. He was born there 9/19/1714 & was one of the 1st settlers in this locality. Lived near (now) Union Village where he d. 11/1784. It is believed he & his wife were buried in neighboring Pres. Church yard, with which church he was actively identified - erected 1911 by a great grandson."

We do not know where this inscription is located nor who the great grandson is.

Another item of hers is:

"Eleanor Parrot ... was d. Sam Parrott of Troy (s. Sam Parrot of Elizabethtown N.J. who was of Eliz - as early as 1704 & who has the record of births & deaths in his family now being in possession of Mrs. Mary Smith, Troy Hills N.J. stating his oldest child was born there) born in Eliz 10/8/1716 d. in Troy 11/29/1788 & Eleanor Alling d. & only child of Joseph Alling but traditionally earlier of Eliz."

This places SAM PARROTT in Elizabethtown in 1704.

Parritt Homestead:

"In 1745 Eleanor married Samuel Parrit, born October 8 1716 second son of Samuel Parrit by his second wife, of Elizabethtown. There is a book still in existence, now owned by Miss Mary Smith, a descendant, which belonged to Samuel Parrit Sr. in 1704, and in which he recorded the births and deaths of his two children by his first wife, her death, his second marriage, and the births of his seven children, two girls and five boys."

This is the first strong evidence that he had two wives. It also implies that WILLIAM b 1714 was SAMUEL's first son by his second wife.

The LDS evidence for Sarah Darling gives her birth date as abt 1728. This means that SAMUEL's wife married Mr Darling before then. So presumably she was widowed by SAMUEL, which therefore establishes a limit to his deathdate. However, several references speak of SAMUEL marrying the "widow Darling". This is confusing. If indeed he married an already widowed "widow Darling" in 1713, then Sarah Darling could not have been born in 1728. I will assume for now that the LDS evidence is inaccurate.

Another Arlien Sifleet note, p 6:

"N. J. Historical Society
...
New Sec - Vol.4 - 1919 P. 128-
"Thus runs the deed for "[Beverwyck]" --
...--On the s. by lands now & lately owned
by. Robt Ogden, Benj. Smith, Benj. Howell, & Sam'l Parrott."

This appears to strongly connect Robert Ogden and Samuel Parrott, who were contemporaries in Elizabethtown.

For what it's worth, Aunt Arlien has this conjecture on P 8R:

"I believe that the Parrots originally came from Connecticutt."

I have tentatively assigned the following children to SAMUEL because they all appear in a single list in Arlien Sifleet's notes, all from a single church, Whippany Presbyterian Church, and all at approximately the same time [the ? entries we are the tentative ones]:

Sarah Darling m ca 1749 [from previous marriage]
Samuel Parrott m bef 1749
WILLIAM PARROTT m bef 1760
?Richard m bef 1761
?Mary m 1755
?Phebe m 1753
?John m 1765
?Martha m 1765

From Parrott Talk Trilogy, p 108, comes this (new to me) information about SAMUEL PARROTT:

"Samuel PARROT, md (1) _____________, (2) Dec 17, 1713, the widow DARLING. He died July 17, 1713 (?) [1713 underlined, clearly this does not make sense given the the m2 date].

Issue (by first wife):
John, born presumably not in Elizabethtown May 12 1703.
Martha, born March 10, 1704 in Elizabethtown. Lived ____ months 4 days.
Samuel, born December 1706. Died May 1, 1715.

Issue (by second wife):
William, born Sept 19, 1714. Died November 14, 1784 (New Providence), md. Abigail (SHIPMAN) CLARK.
Samuel, born Oct 8, 1716.
Thomas, born July 18, 1719.
Richard, born March 3, 1720/21.
Mary, born Oct 31, 1723.
Martha, born Sept 12, 1726. Md. 1738 (sic) David LOCEY.
(The dates of birth of the above are from a copy of the record of the births made by Samuel PARROT, in possession of Raymond T. PARROTT of Summit, New Jersey.)"

This matches quite well, except for ?Phebe, the tentative tree I had put together from other sources which would look like this before the new information:

Samuel PARROTT, b bef 1704, md (1) _________, (2) the woman who would become Mrs DARLING (ie, I have her widowed by PARROTT). He died bef 1728.

Issue (by first wife):
Child 1
Child 2

Issue (by second wife):
WILLIAM, born Sept 19, 1714. Died November 14, 1784 (New Providence), md Abigail (SHIPMAN) CLARK.
Samuel b Oct 8, 1716 d 29 Nov 1788 m1 bef 1740 ?Phebe m2 1745 Eleanor "Helen" Alling
?John b d m 27 Jun 1765 Whippany NJ Anne Rioson
?Richard b d 28 Feb 1792 New Providence NJ m bef 12 Jul 1761 Abigail
?Mary b d m 3 Ap4 1755 Whippany NJ Caleb Ball
?Martha b d m 26 Dec 1765 Whippany NJ Joseph Taylor

Parrott Talk Trilogy:

"The earliest known of the New Jersey Parrott's was Samuel PARROT of Elizabethtown. It is not known whether he was directly an immigrant from England or France, or whether he came to Elizabethtown by way of Massachusetts or Philadelphia. At early times the name PAROT, PARRAT, PARRET, and PERIT are found in both these localities."

Also:

"The early genealogy of the PARROTT family seems at the present almost impossible to trace. They are of Huguenot descent and there is a tradition that they went to France to England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Another tradition has it that one of the family was a very beautiful woman who became a member of the household of the Queen of England. (Newark Evening News N. J. Genealogy #3103).
[contributed by Dorothy B. Carr]"
SAMUEL was born. He married [Parrott wife 1] (?) before 12 May 1703.^4,3 SAMUEL PARROTT Sam'l Parrat is menitioned in long list of persons with debts paid from the estate of Samuel Shepherd. Woodbridge is near Elizabethtown, near the south end of Staten Island (but on the mainland).

Mr Shepherd appears to have been a wealthy man. A thought is that he might have been instrumental in bringing a group of people from England, perhaps including Huguenots such as Samuel Parrott. Just theorizing. on 7 December 1709 at Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.⁵ He married [Widow Darling = PARROTT WIFE 2] (?) on 17 December 1713.³ SAMUEL PARROTT mentions 18 acres bought of Samuel Parrett on 14 November 1715 at Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA.⁶ He Mary Parratt is witness to will of Joseph Marsh, along with Samuel Whitehead and Mary Whitehead on 17 August 1722 at Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA.⁷ SAMUEL died before 1728.⁸

     Margaret Anne Murphy Twin of Peter John. Margaret was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 November 1952.¹ Margaret died on 16 November 1952 at Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.¹

     Peter John Murphy Twin of Margaret Anne. Peter died on 15 November 1952 at Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.¹ Peter was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 November 1952.¹

     He married Linda Lavery at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 5 June 1976.¹

     She married Barry Allan Condon at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 1 October 1977.¹