James Eugene Parker (d. 1822)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-01334
Given Name
James Eugene
Family Name
Parker
Death Date
1822
Sex
Male
Occupation
Legal
Biographical Description
James Eugene Parker was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Justice of the Peace for the county in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of Woodbridge whose enslavers agreed to set them free.

He was the son of Samuel Franklin Parker (c. 1746–1779) and his wife Mary. He was the grandson of James Parker (c. 1714-1770), the printer of Woodbridge, and Mary Ballareau. His grandfather James Parker, the printer, had been the first person to establish a printing office in New Jersey in 1751. This side of the Parker family was associated with Woodbridge and is not to be confused with branch of the family that settled at Perth Amboy, where James Parker Sr. (Identifier: NJS-PER-01328) and James Parker Jr. (Identifier: NJS-PER-00193) were prominent politicians.
Keywords
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government official
Places
Woodbridge
References

Benedict, William H. “James Parker, The Printer of Woodbridge.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, New Series, 8, no. 3 (July 1923).

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