Mary Gizeal Parke^{[1, 2]}

1755 - 1845  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Gizeal Parke
  Born	23 Feb 1755
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Feb 1845	Randolph County, North Carolina
  Buried	Grays Chapel Cemetery Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I23670	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper,   b. 15 Nov 1736,   d. Nov 1819, Randolph County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years)
  Married	The children born to Jeduthun and Gizeal Park Harper were Mary (1777-1817), Elizabeth (1782-1821), Letitia (1785-1835), Jesse (1784-1851), Sarah (1789-1858), Absalom Tatum, and two other sons who died in infancy.
  Children	+ 1. Letitia Harper,   b. 27 Feb 1785, Guilford Co., N. Carolina ,   d. 25 Jul 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 50 years)   2. Elizabeth Harper,   b. 1782, Randolph Co., N. Carolina ,   d. 1821, Randolph Co., N. Carolina  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F8997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Documents

  Jeduthan Harper and Gizeal Parke Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission Historic Landmark 23670-69JeduthanHarper&GizealParke.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17714276/mary-gizeal-harper. Mary Gazeal/Gizeal Parke, second wife of Col. Jeduthan Harper, and mother of eight children: Mary Harper (1777-1817, m. Dr. William Teas), Elizabeth Harper (1782-1821, m. John Allen), Letitia Harper (1785-1835, m. Robert Lindsay, Jr., 2nd m. Henry Humphreys. [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. Careful research does not reveal the parents of Gizeal Park. Many of the residents of early N. Carolina made the journey from Augusta Co., Virginia, along the Catawaba River. George Park is found in Augusta [the only listing in Augusta] He is Possibly her father. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17714276/mary-gizeal-harper. Mary Gizeal Parke Harper Birth 23 Feb 1755 Death 21 Feb 1845 (aged 89) Burial Grays Chapel Cemetery Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina Spouse Jeduthun Harper, 1736?1819 Children Elizabeth Harper Allen, 1752?1821 Letitia Harper Lindsay Humphreys, 1785?1835 Jesse Harper, 1787?1851 Sarah H. Gray, 1789?1858 Samuel Parke Harper, 1795?1798 Jeduthun Washington Harper, 1799?1801 [S100] Internet Source, https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/patriot_leaders_nc_jeduthan_harper.html. The American Revolution in North Carolina Jeduthan Harper Lt. Colonel in the Chatham County Regiment of Militia - 1775-1781 Colonel in the Chatham County Regiment of Militia - 1781-1783 On 9/9/1775, Jeduthan Harper was commissioned as a Lt. Colonel under Col. Ambrose Ramsey in the Chatham County Regiment of Militia, both of whom were at the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on 2/27/1776. During the 3Q of 1781, Jeduthan Harper was commissioned as a full Colonel, alongside Col. Ambrose Ramsey (who was a POW), in the Chatham County Regiment of Militia, upon the death of Lt. Colonel/Colonel John Luttrell on 9/13/1781 at the battle of Lindley's Mill. He retained this position until the end of the war (assumed, records incomplete). There are hints that Lt. Colonel/Colonel Jeduthan Harper was also captured and paroled during 1781, but this Author cannot locate the details of when and where, etc. Jeduthan Harper was born on 11/15/1736 in Virginia. On 11/1/1775, he married Gizael Parkes in Orange County, NC, and they had seven (7) known children. Jeduthan Harper moved his family to Randolph County during 1781 (some records indicate it was in 1780). He died in November of 1819.