The Parker family is one of the easiest to confused families I have ever research.  Many of the Parker family groups could not have been identified without Y-DNA samples. In most families it is fairly safe to assume that those with the same surname living in the same area probably related, and then with just a little research that can be proved.   Not so with the Parker family, DNA currently show at least 3 different groups of Parkers that pass through Amite County  between 1815 and 1825. These are what the Parker Heritage group calls families #1, #5 and #7.    By 1820 Wayne & Covington County area has at least 2 different Parker families (#28 & 5).  By 1830’s the Copiah – Hinds counties area have at least 3 different set of Parkers’ (#5, #7 and #28).  This happen all across the state as new land opened for settlement.  There are even more Parker families found in early Mississippi that have yet to be identify with the use of DNA.  Jackson County has y-DNA sample that puts those into family #21. Many of the counties were the Parker lived have lost their early records.  So much for paper trails!

 

To add to the confusion many of these Parker families used the same names.  For example the early Parker on Mississippi Coast (Jackson County) used the names as Aaron and Lewis, these same names show up in the 1830 Parker families of Copiah County.  Then you have two Benjamin Parker pre 1820.  One that died in Wilkinson, the other was in St. Helena & St. Tammy Parrish Louisiana he later moving to Copiah county Mississippi by 1830. There are many William Parker found pre 1840 in Mississippi. When you study all these Parker families you have a really confusing mess. There are many other early Mississippi Parker’s found in records that are still unknown to me. DNA is an important tool for researching Mississippi Parker families! 

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  • Donna Leger November 4, 2022 at 2:42pm
    Hi,
    I am new here,Looking for information on Parkers in St Tammany parish,Louisiana in the early 1800"s. Jesse Parker fought in the war of 1812 and then moved to Texas around 1822.
    I have a good deal of information on him after he moved but am trying to find information on him while he was in Louisiana and before. Also other family members in Louisiana with him aside from immediate family.
    Jesse Parker was my 4th Great-grandfather.
    Thanks in advance!
  • Samuel Parker March 5, 2022 at 9:23am
    FG45 of old Tishomingo county Mississippi, current day Alcorn and Prentiss counties. Some descendants moved into the Mississippi delta and Louisiana. Our group originated with Brothers Lorenzo Dow and Gideon H Parker of Pennsylvania who moved south in the 1820's stopping in Tn for a short period then continuing south to current day Rienzi Ms.
  • David Burns Parker November 15, 2020 at 11:42pm
    Hi all!
    New to the group, I'm part of Parker FG #21. My line traces back to Burrel Parker abt 1760-1835 birthplace unknown, death place Barnwell Co South Carolina. Both of my YDNA matches and my only YDNA matches are from Mississippi. I have been in contact with one of them and have a large amount of information. I know the families of both my YDNA matches. It's accuracy is a bit debatable but I've been researching it to verify. If you are a Parker from Jackson Co Mississippi i'd be interested in hearing from you. The name Lewis appears in my line as well. I believe our lines either connect before Burrel, who is a brick wall to me. Or possibly from one of Burrel's sons. I haven't been able to identify all of them and only 1 may have lived to adulthood but i'm not sure. Burrel's grandson James W Parker may have ended up in Mississippi with his mothers family (Beck) but i'm not sure of this. I'm very interested in finding the origins of the Jackson County Parkers. Let me know if you have any info. I'll share what I have.

    Thank you!
  • Kelly Parks July 28, 2018 at 2:26pm
    I started a facebook group ----Early Parker family of Mississippi
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/665069480516103/

    This is one is dedicated to my 400 pages of research that will never be finished and put into book form.
  • Lisa Franklin September 28, 2015 at 1:17pm
    Hello! I'm new to this group and stumbled upon it today and have been interested in finding a male Parker from my line to do a Y DNA test to see who we might be kin to. I wonder if my John Parker could be related to William Parker of Natchez district, MS territory--they were the only two PArkers there at the time, however, I'd never assume they were kin, but they might be siblings as William is younger and if the Parker I found on the census for 1850 is him he was born in PA, while John was born in Scotland. Either way I'd love to find out where in Scotland my Parkers came from! :) Thx for letting me join. If anyone can tell me if the William Parker who married Abigail Armstrong, 1810 Adams Co., MS territory line has Y DNA tested that would be helpful!. http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-15397 Thanks!
  • William Cecil Parker July 29, 2015 at 8:53am
    Hi yall! I have not been on the site in awhile now. I really like the new look. I have been researching Amite county Parkers since my father passed in 2009. I would love to share any of the information I have gather since the last time I was here. Also I have ordered the Ancestry DNA test and will be using and sharing the data that results from that. If I can help anyone with the research I have done thus far, please feel free to reach out.
    • Marian Alexander Sharp > William Cecil Parker January 28, 2020 at 3:53pm
      Hi, I had DNA testing on 23and me and loaded to gedmatch. My kit # is M694349. If you on gedmatch we can check to see if we're A match there. My line is from Isaac M Parker DNA proj group is 7, I believe.
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