Sacker Parker ¹

Sacker was named as a heir in a will on 25 January 1700 at Somerset Co, MD. He was shown as Sacker, son of John Parker, and given land in Accomack County in the will of John Custis.

He inherited land in 1706 at tract A162, Jenkins Bridge, Acc Co, VA. In 1718 Sacker Parker sold to Thomas Jenkinson Jr. 200 acres which he said had been left to him by the will of John Custis (of Pocomoke). The will was recorded in Somerset Co, MD. When Gen. John Custis originally deeded the next part of the whole tract he defined it as being "adjacent to the land set aside for my Cozen John Custis," so there a definite relationship between the two. It is known that William Cusis (A66), a brother of Gen. John Custis, acquired a stepdaughter Frances Stockley when he married his first wife, and that she married Edward Sacker and they had a daughter Bridget who married John Parker II (A59), and further that Sacker Parker with their son. It is therefore believed that this John Custis of Pocomoke was a son of William Custis (A66) and his first wife and therefore a half-brother of Frances Stockley Sacker, and that he left the 200 acre balance to of his land to his grandnephew.

Sacker Parker was security on the administration of an estate on 11 July 1718 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of William Boggs was granted to his widow Alice Boggs with Charles Leatherbury & Sacker Parker securities.

He made a will on 3 July 1738 at Accomack Co, VA. To son John plantation where I now live & all my right to Islands lying between Pungoteague & Onancock Creeks. To daughter Jemimah Parker (under 21). To daughter Keziah Parker (under 21) To son Thomas (under 21) to son Cornelius Parker (under 21) To son Hancock (under 21) To daughter Sinah (under 21) To son Sacker (under 21) To unborn child. To daughter Susannah, now the wife of William Barns. Unborn child & wife Leah residual legatees. Wife & son John Exrs. Witt: John Parker, Henry Scarburgh, Baly Johnson. He died on 2 January 1738/39 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.

Sacker married Leah Laylor, daughter of John Laylor and Ann Cutting. (Leah Laylor was born about 1697 in Accomack Co., VA and died after 1761 in Accomack Co., VA.)