Bateman Family Page
Welcome to The Bateman Family Page, which furnishes historical detail beyond the site index, exploring two generations of Batemans in the line of John Bateman of Tyrell County, North Carolina.
6. Julia Emmaline Bateman (Hooper)-- Emmaline was born Aug. 29, 1829, in TN (according to 1880 census) and died sometime after 1900 in Houston Co., TN. She married Larkin Hooper and was the mother of Laura Hooper and six other children. Julia Emmaline was the third child of John Bateman and Juliet Thompson, who were from the Carolinas and came to Stewart (now Houston) Co. in the early 1800's. Emmaline's siblings were: Mary Ann (1825-1876) [same as? Morgan (1826, TN)], second child: William (1827-1897, TN), John Jeremiah (1831-1908,TN), Sarah Caroline (b.1833 or 1840, TN) Thomas W. (1836-ca.1864, TN), Patrick Henry (1836-1907, TN,) Elizabeth F. (b.1837, TN), Thena or Cena Arrena (Irene) -b.1838,TN), and George Washington Bateman (1841-1878, TN).
7. John Bateman -- John Bateman, father of Emmaline, was born July 20, 1804 in Tyrrell Co., NC and died March 5, 1885 in TN. He had two known brothers, Edwin Jaspar (b. 1797 in Tyrrell, NC and died in 1868 in Humphreys Co. TN) and Jeremiah (b.1811-1875 in TN). Family records show that the Bateman family moved from NC to Dickson Co.TN in 1807 and the father died shortly after the move (around 1811). Somewhat later, Edwin, the eldest son, moved to Humphreys Co. John Bateman married Juliet Thompson in Dickson Co., TN on July 10, 1823. At first, they lived on their property on Deer Creek in Humphreys Co.,TN; then he purchased 1640 acres on the east fork of Well’s Creek in Stewart (now Houston) Co., TN, land which became known as Bateman Branch. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery behind the old Bateman School. Three of their sons fought as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. One of them, Thomas, was killed and buried in Columbia; another, John Jeremiah was captured by the Union in 1864 in Stewart Co. and was later released. The third, Patrick Henry Bateman, survived the Battle of Gettysburg, went on to teach school and raise a family, one of his sons (Henry Quaite Bateman) becoming a professional baseball player for Milwaukie. John’s wife, Juliet, died in 1876. The 1880 census shows John Bateman at age 75, “widowed”, and lists a son, William L. (b.1829, NC), a daughter, Sena A. (b.1840, TN), and a granddaughter, Samantha J. Allbrooks (b.1864 in Arkansas) living in the household. The name of John Bateman’s father is very likely Wiiliam Bateman and his mother was Julia Parker.
8. William Bateman -- The father of John Bateman is likely William Bateman who was born in 1782 in Tyrrell Co., NC and died in 1811 in Dickson Co., TN. A Find-a-grave entry tell us::"From a biography of his Grandson, Thomas Bartlett Bateman, found in the Biographical Appendix of Goodspeed History of Dyer County, Tennessee, page 1026, we learn that our Immigrant Bateman was of English ancestry, and moved to Dickson County with his wife and two of their three sons, from Tyrell County, North Carolina." John's father married Julia Parker ca.1795 and reportedly brought his family to Dickson Co., TN about 1807 but died there a few years later, around the time their third son was born. William and Julia's three sons were: Edwin Jaspar Bateman (1797-1858), John Henry Bateman (1804-1885), and Jeremiah Bateman (1811-1875). A Sept.14, 1797 land transfer between William Bateman and Duncan Stewart (warrant 4441) describes William as "a non-commissioned in the Continental line of said state (North Carolina)" and locates the land on "the south side of the Cumberland River and on Yellow Creek above the Chickasaw Trace." (Yellow Creek is in Dickson Co. TN.) It is unclear whether this might be our same William Bateman from Tyrell Co. in Tennessee ten years before 1807.
8. Julia Parker, William Bateman's wife, was born in Virginia ca. 1775-1780 and died in Humphreys Co., TN between 1851-1859. The 1850 census states that Julia was born in Virginia in 1780. There is reportedly a marriage record showing that William married Julia Parker in 1795, however I have not been able to locate it, and tend question its existence since it would have confirmed the first name of John's father long ago. William's and Julia's names match the names of John's first son and daughter. The same names were given to the children of his brother Jeremiah and his brother Edwin named a son William as well, indirect evidence that William and Julia were the names of their parents. A 1836 Humphreys Co, TN tax record lists the widow Julia Parker and her land holdings; she also appears as the head of household on the 1830 and 1840 Humphreys Co. censuses. The 1850 Humphreys Co. census shows Julia Parker, age 70, living with her son, Jeremiah, and his family. (By 1860, she has died and Jeremiah's family has moved to Kentucky.) It is not clear why Julia continued to use her maiden name, Parker, rather than Bateman, but there is little doubt that she is the mother of the three Bateman children.
I have found two possible sets of parents for Julia Parker. The first is based on Parkers on the Humphreys Co. TN censuses who live next door to Hoopers of my line. Due to proximity and DNA matches, these Parkers seem far more likely to be Julia's immediate family. In the 1820 census Joshua Parker lives next to Bailey Hooper and John Hooper (Larkin's uncle and father). Bailey married Francis Parker, Joshua's sister, and in the 1850 census Bailey and Francis live next door to widow Julia Parker (Bateman) and some of her children. Larkin Hooper’s aunt was Francis Parker, wife of his uncle Bailey Hooper. The evidence suggests that Larkin’s wife, Julia Emmeline Bateman, was likely the granddaughter of Julia Parker Bateman and the sister of Francis Parker and Joshua Parker. The parents of Francis and Joshua Parker (and possibly Julia Parker) were Samuel Parker (ca. 1757-1820) and Mary Cooley (ca. 1757-1827). Samuel and Mary Parker were both born in Virginia (as were Francis, Joshua and Julia) and died in Humphreys Co. TN where Francis, Joshua and Julia resided until their deaths. I have 13 atDNA matches to the children of Samuel and Mary Parker, not including 18 matches to Francis Parker Hooper's line (since Francis married Bailey Hooper who is a DNA match on my Hooper side.)
The other possible parents of Julia, found in numerous trees on Ancestry.com, where Julia's parents are listed (with no supporting evidence) as Rev. John Parker (born in 1758 in Baltimore, MD; killed at Fort Parker, Limestone, TX in 1836) and Sara "Sallie" White (born in 1759 in Culpeper Co. VA; died in 1824 in Illinois). There is some evidence that John and Sarah married in between 1779-1785 in Culpeper Co. VA which would fit with the birth of Julia in Virginia around that time (born in 1780 per the 1850 census). I have 9 atDNA matches to descendants of John and Sara Parker, which suggests that John and Sally were at least close relatives of Julia, however I haven't found any documentation that confirms that Julia was one of John's 13 children. Jo Ella Powell Exley wrote a book about Rev. John Parker's family entitled Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family, but there is no mention of a daughter named Julia in the book (the author gave very little attention to the genealogical aspects of the family). Wikipedia describes John as "a Predestinarian Baptist minister, veteran of the American War of Independence, scout and diplomat for the American government, and famous frontier Ranger. He was among the first settlers of Texas before the Texas Revolution and was killed during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, along with several members of his extended family." At the bottom of the page I quote a brief biography of "Elder" John Parker and his family from "Find-a grave."
Note: Many trees on Ancestry.com list the parents of William Bateman as Nathan Bateman Jr. (1750-1794) in Tyrrell, NC. and his wife, Joanna Caswell (1747-1794 in Tyrell, NC.), although this is not definitely proven. As their first child was born in 1770, they would have married by at least 1769. While I have not found their marriage record, the 1794 will of Nathan Bateman confirms "Joana Carswell" as his wife. Nathan's 1794 will named six of his children: Esther Spruill (b.ca. 1770), Levi (1774-1819), Joanna Johnson (b.1778), Joseph (1784-1839), Daniel H. (1786-1841), and Benjamin (1788-1818). William and Mary Ann, who are both widely assumed to be Nathan's children, are not listed. The 1790 census, taken 8 years after William's birth, should show him in Nathan's household among the three other brothers listed as "16 and under" in the census. However only three white males under 16 are listed, not four. This would seem to be evidence against William being Nathan's son, unless William or one of his younger brothers was living with another relative for some reason or one of the sons was not present when the census taker stopped by.
Note: There is a Tyrrell Co.,NC July 30, 1800 marriage record between a Nathan Bateman and Frances Hatfield, which is followed by an Dec.10, 1818 marriage in Perquimans Co., NC between Nathan Bateman and Rebecca Hatfield. Since both of these marriages occurred after the 1794 death of the Nathan Jr. who married Joanna, they cannot refer to him. The same rule out can be made concerning the only Nathan Bateman who appears in the 1800 and 1810 Tyrrell Co. NC censuses. Neither census shows a male in the household old enough to be born in 1750 which implies Nathan Jr. died earlier, probably in 1794, the year he wrote his will.
The only census upon which William appears is the 1800 Tyrrell Co. NC census, which shows him with one white male under age 10. This is likely his son Edwin, who was born in 1797, before the family moved to Tennessee. Although the 1810 Tennessee census was destroyed, a William Bateman does appear in the Williamson Co. TN tax records for 1810 along with Isaac Bateman (1755-1833) and his son Enoch Bateman (1776-1846), all formerly of Tyrrell Co. NC. However it appears that this William is William W. Bateman (born in 1772 in Tyrrell Co. NC and died in Williamson Co. TN in 1833), the son of Jonathan Bateman (1743-1818) and Joan Stevens (1742-1830).
Whether Nathan and Joanna were William's parents remains unconfirmed. The contrary evidence is that neither Nathan or Joanna appear as family names among William's three sons as might be expected, and William isn't mentioned in Nathan's will. The main inferential evidence that they were his parents is the DNA matches, proximity, no other compelling candidates for William's parents in the 1790 Tyrrell Co. census, and there is a gap of six years between the birth of Nathan and Joanna's children, Joanna (b.1778) and Joseph (b.1784), during which William could have been born. (Genealogical records show that most parents of child-bearing age during this time period had a child at least every 2 or 3 years, and a gap of more than 3 years typically indicates a child missing from the record or a gap due to spousal death and remarriage.)
The parents of Nathan Bateman Jr. are listed on Ancestry.com as Capt. John Bateman (b. 1733 in Berkeley Parish, Perquimans, NC. and died in Tyrrell, NC. Aug, 23, 1783) and Sarah Ansley (born ca. 1735 in Tyrrell Co, NC). John is thought to be the son of Nathan Bateman Sr., (1702-1790) and Jane Green (1706-1790) of Tyrrell Co. NC. Nathan's parents were Jonathan Bateman III (1676-1848) and Elizabeth Holloway (1679-1710). It is Jonathan's father, Jonathan Bateman II (1643-1695) who originally immigrated to North Carolina from Ireland where he married Margaret Norton (1654-1688) of North Carolina. Jonathan is considered the common ancestor of all the Batemans of Perquimans and Tyrrell counties in North Carolina.
John Parker--a brief biography found on "Find a grave":
Elder John Parker, as he was known, was born in Maryland in 1758. It is unknown with certainty who his parents were. As a young man he fought in the American Revolution. As a young man he moved to the Culpepper County Virginia area and married Sarah "Sally" White there in November of 1779. John and Sally had 13 children together. After the 3 youngest children were born in culpepper county the family moved to Elbert county, Georgia about 1785. they would have 9 children in Georgia before moving to the area of now Nashville Tennessee (know as Nashboro at that time) in 1803. Around 1817 the family moved again to the area of Crawford/Coles County Illinois. The family rose to prominence in Illinois the oldest son Daniel became a well known baptist preacher and was elected to the Illinois State Senate. In 1833 John and his family looked at moving again this time to the new frontier of Texas. John’s son led the initial group to Texas in 1833 where he secured land grants for the family from what was then still Mexico. The land was in what was known as the "Comancheria" near present day Groesebeck, Texas. Several of John’s son built a fort on the land in beginning in 1833. In the fall of 1835 John joined his sons in Texas at Ft. Parker. Sally had died in Illinois in 1824 and John had remarried to the widow, Sarah Pinson Duty (who was the mother of 2 of his son’s wives). On May 19, 1836 in the early morning hours the Fort was attacked by a band of Comanche and Kiowa Indians. John was killed at the fort along with his sons Benjamin and Silas as well as Samuel and Robert Frost. Several women and children were captured including an 8 year old Cynthia Ann Parker, John’s granddaughter, whose father Silas was killed that day at the Fort. She would spend 25 years living with the Comanche, marry a Comanche chief named Peta Nacona and her oldest child, Quanah would eventually become the last chief of the Comanche Indians.