I've been trying to piece together information to help identify Benjamin's parents (as many have done before me). Through census records, bible records and Raymond Fouts' book, I've come up with a few points to ponder...
Given: Priscilla Parker was the daughter of Willis Parker. She was probably married to Robert Parker (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, William). She and Robert are most commonly thought to be the parents of Benjamin.
Robert Parker had a 2nd marriage to Abigail. In R. Fouts' book concerning a division of land, Priscilla Sidny Parker is said to be the daughter of Robert and Abigail. However, Priscilla (m. Benjamin Hayes) named two of her children Willis Riddick Hayes and Robert Parker Hayes. It seems unlikely that 1) Abigail would name her daughter after her husband's late wife, 2) Abigail's daughter would name two children after the parents of her husband's late wife. More likely, Priscilla was the daughter of Robert Parker and Priscilla Riddick.
Eurydice Parker may have been a sister of Benjamin Parker. Mary Parker (m. William Little) was a daughter of Benjamin Parker and Nancy Anderson. Mary Parker named one of her daughters Eurydice.
Benjamin's probable sister, Eurydice, married Abraham Anderson. Benjamin married Nancy Anderson. It appears these Andersons were brother and sister.
Benjamin Parker and family moved to Louisiana. It appears that Abraham and Eurydice moved there for a short period of time, abt. 1812 to 1818, which was not long enough to be counted in any census. However, two of their children were born there. It appears they returned to Mississpippi.
The Parker, Riddick, Hayes and Eure families were neighbors for many years. They intermarried, witnessed transactions for each other, named their children after each other... I did find a Benjamin Franklin Eure, but have not made even a circumstantial connection (yet). And while it may be a far fetched idea, the name Euredice/Eurydice is rare unless you're dealing with Greek mythology. Could it be that someone found a way to name their daughter after the Eure family?
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The statement " "Benjamin is thought to be a brother of Jesse Parker P120 and William Parker P183"." is a direct quote from the information posted on the Parker DNA Project site. http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/ so far I not found no evident that support this theory. I think at the time that statement was made very few researchers realized how large our family is and everyone was trying to learn how to use y-DNA testing as a research tool.
I am working on compiling a list of allied families that married into the Benjamin Parker family, as I have been able to break down several brick wall using the information that sometime a group of families travel together from place to place. I know that family and friends wrote many letters back and fourth and they when they would meet face to face they would exchange information on all the latest news on their families and friends who had moved away.
When I am researching I have learned to "think outside the box" also sometime I just wipe the slate clean and start over. There is a lot of misinformation out there that just keeps getting repeated till someone digs deeper and find the real facts.
BTW Mrs. Raymond Parker Fouts book "Following The Land" has at least three different confirmed y-DNA Parker families in it. FG#7, FG#1 and one unknown.
I am still adding the information to my file that you sent me.
Thanks
Wayne
On your the Rootsweb Parker and Allied Families you make the comment "Benjamin is thought to be a brother of Jesse Parker P120 and William Parker P183". Do you have any more information that might have led you to this?
Thanks,
Anita
My e-mail address is waynenparker@yahoo.com Wayne N. Parker P.O. Box 474 Etoile, TX 75944
Wayne
I also have two pages of information that were sent to my mother in 1973 from Johnnie Alenia Neely Dickson. One of these is "From Benjamin Williams Bible". The information came to her from Mrs. Luther Strain of Lufkin, TX. She is evidently the grand daughter of Benjamin Williams. I would prefer to scan these documents and send them to you if you would be so kind as to give me an address to send them to.
Regards,
Anita
Thank you. I will add the info to my file and take another look at Benjamin Parker line as we are getting some much needed rain here today. Yesterday I added a bunch of people to his file using info from findagrave.com
Wayne
7) Benjamin Franklin Parker b. abt 1780 Gates County, NC d. 1849 Ouachita, LA
m. 1795 NC, Nancy Mills Anderson b. 1780 Kentucky d. 1850 Ouachita, LA
8) Mary Parker b. 1798 NC d. aft 1860 Copiah, MS
m. 20 Apr 1814, Louisiana, William S Little b.1798 Rowan County, NC
d. 30 May 1833 Hinds, MS
9) Louisa Little b. 24 May 1823 Copiah, MS d. 30 May 1903 Angelina, TX (married cousin)
m. 5 Dec 1842, Ouachita, LA, Benjamin Samuel Williams b. 5 Sep 1818 MS
d. 29 Oct 1886 Angelina, TX
8) Nancy Parker b. 29 Apr 1802 d. 17 Mar 1881 Hornbeck, LA
m. 8 Apr 1817, Tammany Parrish, LA, Samuel (Patterson) Williams b.26 Jan 1797
d. 3 Jul 1857 Hornbeck, LA
9) Benjamin Samuel Williams b. 5 Sep 1818 MS d. 29 Oct 1886 Angelina, TX (married cousin)
m. 5 Dec 1842, Ouachita, LA, Louisa Little b. 24 May 1823 Copiah, MS
d. 30 May 1903 Angelina, TX
10) Mary Matilda Williams b. 25 Aug 1845 Leesville, TX d. Feb 1902 Denton County, TX
m. 29 Mar 1870, Angelina, TX, William Asa Whitlock b. 8 Mar 1830 Greene County, AL
d. 12 Apr 1924 Mansfield, LA
11) Alice Belle Whitlock b. 25 Jul 1876 Marlin Falls, TX d. 27 Aug 1965 Ft. Worth, TX
m. 22 Oct 1896 Van Zandt, TX, Arch Henry Bunch b. 5 May 1871 Whitesboro, TX
d. 13 Sep 1951 Weatherford, TX
12) Bessie Alma Bunch b. 11 Sep 1898 Canton, TX d. 24 Feb 1993 Grand Forks, ND
(residence Edgewood, TX) m. 1920 TX, Eli Franklin Brooks b. 7 Jan 1886 Quitman, LA
d. 10 Aug 1970 Edgewood, TX
13) Alliece Yvonne Brooks, b. 22 Apr 1924 Edgewood, TX d. 11 Apr 1998 Grand Forks, ND
m. 7 Nov 1947 Nuremberg, Germany, Alphens Edwin Forsman b. 1 Jan 1914
d. 27 Mar 2008 Grand Forks, ND
Would you be so kind as to post your direct line from from your parents or at least from your grandparents back to Benjamin and Nancy Parker. I like to have the records in front of me when I am researching.
Thanks
Wayne N. Parker P239 researcher for FG#7.