I have hit a dead end on finding information for my husband's Parker line. I have traced back to his great great grandfather Joseph Parker in Virginia. He married a Jenkins in 1820 in Hardy County,WV. Because of the changes in counties, Virginia to WV issues I can not find any info before this time. From Joseph it goes to George W., John W., Delton.
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My dad's Y-DNA testing recently proved a relationship to FG#7, but I'm still working to find out how we relate to the other known ancestors in this family group. Please bear with me.
Here's a summary of my findings to date:
My ggg-grandfather Moses Parker was b. 1802 in SC, d. abt 1884 in Anderson, TX, and married Elizabeth Davis. Moses and his family shows up on the Censuses of 1830, 1840 and 1850 in Bibb County, AL. They resided there until about 1855, and after that they moved to Texas, where Moses consistently shows up on the Tax Rolls of Anderson County from 1856-1884, as well as the U.S. Censuses of 1860, 1870 and 1880. He is also on the Voter List of Anderson County in 1871, and 1873 I think. Both his parents were from Virginia (according to the 1880 Census).
His wife, Elizabeth, was probably the daughter of Willis Davis of Franklin, NC--There is a marriage record dated 8 Feb 1824 for Moses Parker and Elizabeth Davis in Bibb, AL. I was recently told (by an Ancestry member) that this particular Moses Parker who married Elizabeth Davis was the son of Isaac Parker and Nancy Jones. I looked up everything I could on Isaac and Nancy, but found no evidence that they had a son named Moses. Because of that, I’m a bit skeptical at the moment.... although the marriage date does precede the birth of my Moses Parker’s oldest known child. I’ve asked that Ancestry member what the source document is that proves Moses is the son of Isaac and Nancy. I am still awaiting a reply. Is there anyone here at Parker Heritage who can confirm or refute this information?
In Bibb, AL in 1830, an adult male (20-29 years old) lives with Moses and his wife and daughter. I don’t know who it could have been... maybe a brother of Moses or Elizabeth? The only child at the time would have been Sarah J. Parker. In 1840, the enumeration fits the family’s expected composition at that time—except the age of the adult female doesn’t match Elizabeth’s expected age. I'm guessing it could have been a mistake by the census-taker.
And here's the whole family in 1850 (no other known children were born after this):
1850 Census – Bibb, AL
Moses Parker b. 1802 SC
Elizabeth b. 1806 TN
Sarah J. b. 1829 AL
John J. b. 1830 AL
David [David B.] b. 1834 AL (my gg-grandfather)
Lucy L. b. 1838 AL
Nancy L. [Nancy Lenora?] b. 1840 AL
Eliza V. [Eliza Victoria?] b. 1842 AL
Mary A. b. 1844 AL
Penelope b. 1848 AL; d. before 1860? (does not appear with this family in the census after this)
By the time of the 1860 census, Moses and Elizabeth and the younger daughters (except for Penelope, whom I presume died) show up in Anderson County, TX. I cannot find the three oldest siblings in the 1860 census. I believe David might have settled nearby Lemuel P. Mullins in Anderson Co., his future father-in-law.
1860 Census – Anderson, TX
Moses Parker b. 1802 SC
Elizabeth b. 1804 TN
N. L. W. [Nancy Lenora?] b. 1841 AL
E. V. [Eliza Victoria?] b. 1843 AL
M. A. [Mary] b. 1845 AL
1870 Census – Anderson, TX * Note: I believe Nancy L. and Eliza lied about their age in later censuses.
Parker, Moore [Moses] b. 1802 SC
Elizabeth b. 1810 TN
Nancy L. [Nancy Lenora?] b. 1847 AL
Eliza V. [Eliza Victoria?] b. 1848 AL
Birk [Burke], Mary b. 1850 AL
Decatur b. 1848 AL
My gg-grandfather also shows up on another page of the Anderson, TX 1870 census:
Parker, D. P. [David B.] b. 1842 AL
Jane b. 1845 MS
Cora L. b. 1872 TX
Daniel B. b. 1870 TX
When the 1880 Census rolled around, my gg-grandfather David B. Parker has re-joined the household of Moses and Elizabeth:
1880 Census – Anderson, TX
Parker, Moses b. 1802 TN (I think this was a mistake—should have been SC)
Elizabeth b. 1806 TN
Lenora [Nancy Lenora?] b. 1855 AL
Victoria [Eliza Victoria?] b. 1857 AL
Burke, Mary b. 1854 AL (now divorced)
Annison V. b. 1872 TX
Parker, D. B. [David B.] b. 1833 AL
Jane T. b. 1845 MS
Cora L. b. 1867 TX
Lem M. [Lemuel Mullins] b. 1872 (this is my g-grandfather)
Lillah b. 1875 TX
Rufus b. 1876 TX
Webb D. [Webb Douglas] b. 1880 TX
I can find no trace of Moses in the U.S. Census after 1880, and he no longer appears on the Tax Lists after 1883-1884. I did find Anderson County Confederate Scrip for an Elizabeth J. Parker dated January 1883. If this is the widow of Moses Parker, we can assume that he served in the Confederacy, and that he died sometime before that date—and that’s about the same time he dropped off the Anderson County Tax Rolls... However, I've not yet found a record of Moses having served in the CSA to prove this theory. It's possible that it could have been the "other" Moses Parker, who lived in Cherokee County-- the one who married Elizabeth Ashmore in (if I recall correctly) Mississippi around 1822. Not my Moses.
My gg-grandfather David B. Parker must have died in the 1880s also, because his wife Jane married David Thomas Logan in 1887. There is a Survey and Confederate Scrip Transfer record that was filed in Concho County for Mrs. Jane T. Mullins dated 10 May 1882. Although I have found a couple CSA records that might be a match for D. B. Parker, I have doubts this is my Jane due to the “Mrs.” being used with a maiden name—wouldn’t it have been Mrs. Parker? I think there was another Jane T. Mullins who was the widow of Augustus B. Mullins—she's not the same person as my Jane. I need to look up the date of death for Augustus... it's on my list of things to do.
Jane T. Mullins Parker and her second husband David Thomas Logan moved to McCulloch, TX and show up in the Census of 1900 with Lemuel Mullins Parker (her son from marriage to David B. Parker), and Lemuel’s wife, Maggie Rogers:
1900 Census – McCulloch, TX
Parker, Lem M. b. 1872 TX
Maggie M. [Rogers] b. 1873 TX
Alvin W. b. 1893 TX
Glitton b. 1895 TX
Myrtle b. 1896 TX
Archie b. 1898 TX (my grandfather)
Mittie b. 1899 TX
Logan, David Thomas b. 1832 SC
Jennie b. 1845 MS
Minnie B. b. 1881 TX
In 1910, the only ones left in Anderson County are Lenora (aka Nancy?) and Victoria (aka Eliza?) Parker--I haven't yet been able to locate these sisters in 1900 (another thing on my to-do list):
1910 Census – Anderson, TX
Parker, Lenora b. 1848 AL
Victoria b. 1850 AL
That's all I have for now, and it's getting late. I'll add to this as new info comes to light. Questions and comments are welcome. Good night!
Tyler Parker, son of PH member April Parker, lost his long battle with Cancer last night. He was 22 years old.
Hello Everyone,
I am new to this site and it took me a long time to finally get DNA from my cousin from the PARKER line. I finally have and I have no idea what to do with it on here to determine what line we descend from.
Here is what I know:
Elvington H. PARKER b. 1810, NC, GA or possibly even VA. He married Thomasine T PERKINS in Taliaferro County, Georgia, USA in 1830. They later moved to, Township 15 Range 5 East, Marengo, Alabama, United States according to the 1860 census. One of the children they had was James W PARKER (my great grandfather) born May 18, 1844 in Troup Co. GA. James served the Civil War
Name: James W. Parker
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Alabama
Regiment Name Expanded: 43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
After serving in the war he settled in ISLE OF WIGHT CO., VA. He 1st married MARTHA SARAH JUSTINE GRIGGS in 1866 and 2nd married MARY “MOLLY” DUKE in 1883. He had other marriages as well.
I descend from James and his 2nd wife Mary “Molly” Duke
I suspect that Elvington’s father may be STEPHEN W PARKER but cannot prove this. I need help in finding the parents of ELVINGTON H. PARKER
I recently was able to get the DNA from my male cousin on the Parker side via ANCESTRY.COM. I do not know how to get this information onto this web site to try and connect to a line. Please help if you can.
Happy Hunting
Van passed away today in Los Angeles County, CA.
Thanks to everyone for your kind and generous welcoming comments. And thanks to Michael and Darryl for this great site for PARKER genealogy.
We have activated a PARKER Y-DNA project on the Family Tree DNA web site:
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/parker/
Under the tab for "Y-DNA results" click on colorized to see your results in our family groups. The results are shown by test kit number, so you will need to know your kit number to find your results. If your test was done at a lab other than FTDNA, your results will not be shown on the FTDNA site.
If you have not added your oldest paternal PARKER ancestor, I encourage you to do that from your personal DNA page at FTDNA. This will aid others who are searching the site connections to their genealogy.
I will continue to maintain the site at: http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/ ;
which allows us to add a little more information, and include results from other labs.
We would not have the DNA project without the support and assistance of many of you. This project has allowed me to become acquainted with a wonderful group of genealogist, and I thank you for that.
Dennis West
descended from Isham PARKER, 1815, Alabama
Looking for information on George M. Parker, his son Joseph Parker, and Burrell B. Parker, who appear on 1874 historic map, owning adjoining property in Rockwall County, along what is presently Highway 6.
I'm searching for the birthdate for a John Parker died in 1825 in Morgan county Indiana. He was the father of Christopher Parker 1784-1846. He was born in Morgan County Indiana. I need to connect these two together. I need dates and sources. please help
According to Probate records in Kaufman County Texas, George and Nancy Parker's lives ended in November 1879. Both apparently died (or were killed) at approximately the same time, leaving behind their children. My great Grandfather, Hiram, was one of those children. Seeking information about George Parker (England) and Nancy (Parker) (Arkansas).
Just yesterday, I was visiting my mother, discussing and going over tons of information regarding our family genealogy. For many years now, my mother has been the family historian, but for the past few years is unable to do it any more. At the very young age of 69, she is now bed ridden and in poor health. She did however leave me lots and lots of records to go through, and a huge amount of studying left to be done. This is some of the immediate information that I have.
Mother: Linda Lee Connel Lyttle, b. 24 Feb 1945 - Living, born in Altus, Jackson County, OK, USA.
Grandmother: Iris Nataline Hatton Connel, b. 02 Nov 1914 - d. 06 Jul 1984, born in Elmer, Jackson County, OK, USA, and died in Ada, Pontotoc County, OK, USA. Burial at Hess Cemetery, Hess, Jackson County, OK, USA.
Great-Grandmother: Lettie Texana Elizabeth Inez Parker Hatton, b. 11 Feb 1882 - d. 03 Apr 1969, born in Brownsboro, Henderson County, TX, USA, and died in Elmer, Jackson County, OK, USA. Burial at Hess Cemetery, Hess, Jackson County, OK, USA.
Great-Great-Grandfather: Green Lafayette Parker, b. 24 Apr 1845 - d. 19 Sep 1920, born in Centre, Cherokee County, AL, USA, and died in Brownsboro, Henderson County, TX, USA. Burial at Leagueville Cemetery, Murchison, Henderson County, TX, USA.
Great-Great-Great-Grandfather: David Augustus Parker, b. 1794 - d. 21 Dec 1865, born in North Carolina, USA, and died in Louisiana, USA. Burial at Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, LA, USA.
For the most part, I have copies of documentation that I have gathered from my mothers files and online research, and I also have my Great-Grandmothers family bible.
Happy researching everyone,
Marta
1st want to say what a great thing you are doing here! S0 interesting. What led me here in the first place was a story in my family that goes way back. That one of my family was to be very good friends or related to a PARKER, who owned an INDIAN TRADING POST in Albuquerque, NM--early 1900s. I need to verify if that was THIS PARKER family--Was it and owners full name ? And what years did it operate ? I am going to then be able to figure out the rest and verify. I hope. Hopefully, you can help with this.
info i found for parker said he was born va. believe that to be wrong. reason some of the names connected with him are the same ones connected with my great grandmother. one of his daughter;s name is or was sinah which is a cousin's middle name, she said she was named for a great aunt. two another daughter was named louisa, think middle name was belle and she went by lou belle, if so she is my great grand mother. She married joseph g. henry, of ky. both died in 1926 a week apart. some think parker is connected to parker family through his mother so far i'm hitting a brick wall if anyone has any idea's let me know. lol she was born in louisville,ky 1859 to parker and mary rutledge curl so i do know parker was born 1822 so thats basically what i have
My Mother is Juanita Parker born of George and May Parker in Purcell, Oklahoma. I have traced My Parker Heritage to Jacob Parker Born 08 Nov 1798 In Illinois, USA. His death was 19 Aug 1857 in Jasper, Illinois, USA. Have been unable to find his Parents.
I am descended from George Parker of Kent England who immigrated in 1635 on the Elizabeth and Ann. We went from there to NJ to Ohio to Illinois. My great grandfather was James Shepherd Parker and my grandfather was James Hankinson Parker. I grew up not knowing any Parker relatives and I am wondering if there are any out there. I would love to know of who you are. Janet Parker Hagen
My mother's father was Aaron Oren Parker, his father was Charles Granson Parker Jr, his father was Charles Granson Parker Sr. C.G. Parker Sr came to Randolph County Arkansas around 1850 from Tennessee with his wife, Mary Burrow Parker & children. They lived in the Maynard-Supply Arkansas area, & are buried in the Cox-Parker-Samons cementery at Supply Arkansas in Randolph County Arkansas. S.H. Parker was a farmer in the Randolph County area, more about him can be found on the Randolph County site. He was (I believe) C.G. Parker Sr's son. When C.G. Parker Jr died, his widow married a Craft, who took the Parker land from the sons of C.G. Parker, which caused some hard feelings between them.
I have been trying to do some research on my family tree and have just hit a block on the Parker side.
My grandfather is
Thomas J. Parker 1918-1954
His Parents:
Henry J Parker 1870-1954
Loula Fay Carlton 1876-1946
They are all buried in Brooks Cemetery in Paluxy, Texas, but cannot find anything past my great-grandfather. does anyone know where I can find more information? I have just started this and not sure where to begin looking!!
Recently ran accross a letter written by a great aunt on the family. In the letter she mentions her grandfathers name as James Croffar and her grandmother as Meda Momon. The middle name is hard to read, so I may be off. I did find a 1900 census that listed a C. Parker with a Meta Parker. This seems to match. Cannot find anything on a James Croffar Parker. Any help would be appreciated. He was born aroun 1855 in Louisiana as best as I can tell and spend time in Red River County, Texas.
I join with good news.
George PARKER, bc 1700, place unknown yet, of Hampshire (Mineral) Co, (WEST) VIRGINIA, is my 5xgreat grandfather, through Benjamin, the only child in George's will. Here is our research posted on the open web --
http://www.parkerhannah.com/OurGeorgePARKER.html
-- and ya'll are welcomed to join our secure family tree database at --
http://parkerhannah.com/parkerhannah/index.php
There are family trees listing (with no documentation) at least seven different parents for George, but most often PARKERs from colonial Tidewater Virginia. At the beginning of 2013, MK Miles, of the Miles Files, and I reviewed TidewaterVA documents that lead us away from any of the prevailing TidwaterVA PARKERs as George's ancestors; to say we met with emotional resistance is understating the correspondence we received.
In December 2013, my male PARKER cousin graciously donated to a Y-DNA37 kit, and the results that were posted on the PARKER Family DNA Project for P404 indicate George and his ancestors are members of Family #41 --
http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/park5.htm#FG41
-- and are NOT related to the TidewaterVA PARKERs of Family Group #12. Here is our webpage with the details --
http://www.parkerhannah.com/NOTOurGeorgePARKER.html
Now, all we have to do is use these results to rid our family tree of a century of kudzu -- well meaning, hard-researched data but kudzu nevertheless.
In addition, while researching 5xGGranddad George's life in Hampshire (Mineral) Co, (WEST) VIRGINIA, we found there were three other PARKER families -- John, Job, and Thomas -- who lived within twenty miles of George at the same time as George, but who are currently unrelated. It was like having four different sets of puzzle pieces dumped into the same box. We have these four PARKER puzzles 90% separated and completed and were very pleased to find the DNA results for George PARKER's 5xGGrandson, also did NOT match the John PARKER family. George is in Family #41 and John and his kin are in Family #18.
So we are starting our research -- with the other three members of Family #41 -- trying to link the family trees and hoping that a bit of common data will lead us past 1700.
We look forward to researching with our PARKER kin and with our PARKER kindred spirits,
KJ Hannah
