Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)
- Name
- Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01329
- Given Name
- Gertrude
- Family Name
- Parker
- Alternate Name
- Skinner
- Birth Date
- 1739
- Death Date
- 1811
- Sex
- Female
- Description
- Gertrude Parker (1739–1811) was an enslaver who resided in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Elizabeth van Cortland and the wife of James Parker Sr. (1725–1797). Together with her son James Parker Jr., she donated land to Rutgers University (then Queen's College) from the Parker estate in the early 19th century. The nucleus of Rutgers-New Brunswick’s historical campus (with Old Queens, Winants Hall, and Kirkpatrick Chapel) is located on the land donated by the Parkers.
- Spouse of
- James Parker Sr. (1725-1797)
- Organization
-
Rutgers University
- Bibliographic Citation
- MacKenzie, George Norbury, ed. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Vol. 3. Baltimore: Seaforth Press, 1912. Page 380.
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3277
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker