John Parker (Continental Congress)

John Parker (June 24, 1759 – April 20, 1832[1]) was an American planter of the Hayes Plantation[2] and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina.

He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Congress of the Confederation from 1786 to 1788.

[4] Their children included Emma Angeline, who married Lt. Col. James Lynah, and had a daughter Emma Middleton Tillou, whose daughter also called Emma Middleton Tillou married Carl von Schirach.

[5] He was educated in Charleston and England, and graduated from the Middle Temple, London.

He had returned to South Carolina by 1778, and briefly served in the Charleston militia.