Joel Parker^[1]

1816 - 1888  (71 years)

• Name	Joel Parker
  Birth	24 Nov 1816	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jan 1888	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I3332	Scudder
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Charles Parker,   b. 27 Apr 1787, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 4 Oct 1862, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah Coward,   b. 2 Oct 1788, Dover, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 11 May 1831, Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1808	Toms River, Ocean, New Jersey
  Family ID	F1230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Gummere,   b. 7 Nov 1820, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey d. 23 May 1900, Lake, Gloucester, New Jersey (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Est 1836	New Jersey
  Children	1. Elizabeth G. Parker,   b. Est 1838   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Charles J. Parker,   b. Est 1840, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown   3. Helen Parker,   b. Est 1842   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Frederic Parker,   b. Est 1844, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Joel, a graduate of the College of New Jersey, a lawyer of Freehold, was elected to the office of governor of New Jersey for two terms. First, during the Civil War, the affairs of which he conducted so much to the satisfaction of the people, that after an interval, he was again elected to the same office, by a majority much greater than the nominating party could furnish. He was elevated to the banch of the Supreme Court in 1880.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 247.