Parker Family #5

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Comment by Kelly Parks on February 22, 2010 at 4:41pm

My line come from Aaron Parker (~1770-1833) and Tabitha Raborn (1772-1856). Aaron and Tabitha (Raborn) Parker are found 1816 Amite County state census. By 1820 the were in Covington County, by 1830 they were in Copiah. By 1870 their children had been in Rankin, Washington, Neshoba, Newton, Jasper, Smith, Simpson counties in MS. By 1880 many of them left MS to go to TX and AK.
The Parker family is one of the most confussed families I have ever research. In most family it is fairly safe to assume that those with the same surname living in the same area probably related. And with just a little research that can be proved. Not so with the Parkers, DNA currently show at least 3 different groups of Parkers that pass through Amite County between 1815 and 1825. (Family 1,5 and 7) To add to this you have the Wayne County Parkers (Family28) that were also in Mississippi just as early as family 5 and 7. The Wayne County Parker lived in the same county as the Graham that married into Parker family 5 in 1820. In 1819 in the newly formed Covington County you have the Graham family and Parker family 5 and 7 all listed in tax list. Many of the counties were the Parker lived have lost their early records. So much for paper trails! DNA is an important tool for researching Mississippi Parker families! Add to that early Parker on Mississippi Coast who used the same names and those that came to Natchez and you have a really confussing mess. Not to mention all the other early Mississippi Parker found in records, that are still unknown.

Comment by Linda Parker Smith on December 3, 2009 at 8:43pm

I'm relatively new at genealogy, but it appears as this to me:
My maiden name: Linda Louise Parker
Father: Clyde George Parker
Grandfather: Fred D. Parker
Great-Grandfather: George Riley Parker
Great-Great Grandfather: Benjamin F. Parker
Great-Great-Great Grandfather: Julian Franklin Parker
Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather: William F. Parker

If I'm incorrect on this, please let me know. It's been only in the past month or so I found out who my Great Grandfather supposedly is. However, I was told there was Indian blood in the family and thus far haven't seen or heard anything reference that. My father and all his family are now dead, with the exception of one sister who I understand paid a genealogist to trace our family history and has chosen to keep it private. Don't know why... Thanks, however, for filling me in on anything you can provide!

Comment by Janelle Parker-Schneider Grp #05 on November 27, 2009 at 7:12pm

Linda,

Could you tell me how you connect to Julian f. Parker....

Comment by Linda Parker Smith on November 27, 2009 at 4:41pm

I'd love to join this group! Julian Franklin Parker appears to have been my 3rd Great Grandfather!

Comment by Richard W. Parker on November 4, 2009 at 10:21pm

P222 here...Ancestor Richard Parker b. abt 1785 Virginia, No idea where he fits in, but it's nice to be a member of the family!

Comment by James Parker on May 2, 2009 at 8:04pm

Also a member of #5 by way of Elder John, Elder Daniel, Benjamin, Daniel, Miles Abram, Clayton Miles to me James. P41 is my nephew. Nathaniel was accepted as Elder John's father but DNA testing has proven this to be incorrect. There is several unknown generations between Robert of Barnstable and Elder John but the connection is confirmed by the testing. Jim Y. is also a direct descendant via Elder Daniel's brother Isaac. He is quite informed on #5 as well as the whole research process.