Thomas Hadley, the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Hadley, married Margaret Parker, the daughter of John and Mary Weeks Parker of Cumberland County. They both died in 1805 and left their children to the care of relatives. There were six children, Sarah, Mary, Weeks Parker, Thomas, Harriet and James. All were distributed among their mother's relatives and were reared by them in the best social and religious atmosphere. The Parker family was one of the most substantial and respected in eastern Carolina. Sarah Hadley married Captain John Parker; Mary married Colonel Robert Joyner of Warren County, North Carolina. Their descendants moved South. The two daughters of Captain and Sarah Hadley Parker married two brothers, Dr. John T. and Dr. James Webb, who moved to Texas. Their descendants reside in Bryan and Terrill, Texas. They have intermarried with the Calhoun family and one has married the son of John Sharp Williams, United States Senator from Mississippi. The Parker family moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, where their descendants chiefly reside and but few members remained in Cumberland County after 1824.970