Minitha [Martha] Straight Tail^[1]

Est 1650 - 1726  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Minitha [Martha] Straight Tail
  Born	Est 1650
  Gender	Female
  Died	1726	Henrico Co., Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I395	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Richard Parker,   b. Est 1650,   d. 1726, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Richard Parker had at least two wives. His wife, Elizabeth, waived her dower rights when he gave land to his daughters and their husbands. His Will, 10 years later, names wife Mirha, interpreted as Martha. Elizabeth is probably the mother of his children.
  Children	+ 1. Anne Parker,   b. 1680, Charles Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1736, Henrico Co., Virginia  (Age 56 years) + 2. Elizabeth Parker,   b. 1695, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1733, Goochland County, Virginia  (Age 38 years)   3. Richard Parker, Jr.,   b. Est 1680, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Halifax Co., Virginia
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F6652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lfot%2D1&id=I15220. Ann Parker, d/o Richard and Martha LNU Parker[sic Minitha] Event: Deed of gift Land 7 Jan 1716 Henrico County, Virginia Note: Richard Parker of the County & Parish of Henrico, for love & affection to my daughter Anne, wife of James Daniel, land called Beachen Run, bounded by Lewises branch, 100 acres. Witnesses: John Woodson, Thomas Owen. Elizabeth, wife of Parker relinquished her dower right. Similar gifts were made the same day to Richard Parker's two other daughters: Elizabeth, wife of William Atkinson and Mary, wife of Lewis Jenkins. NOTE: This land bounded on that of John Woodson, brother of Benjamin Woodson, whose daughter Elizabeth would later marry James Daniel, Jr., son of James Daniel and Ann Parker. From: Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Vol. I. Genealogical Publishing Company. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170281006/minitha-parker. Minitha Straight Tail is the daughter of Meaurroway Opessa Staight Tail, Chief of the Pekowi, Shawnee Nation, and Shawano Woman of the Bear Clan, of the Pekowi. The chief was known as Meaurroway and he was Chief of the Pekowi, which is a division of the Shawnee nation. He was also the Chief of the Turtle Clan, one of the most religious orders of the tribe. The major source for this information was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Tail_Meaurroway_Opessa