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Parker Name Study
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This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leader, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.
The primary goal of this study is to categorize Parker family branches by their Y-DNA family group.
Resources
Profile Pages
The following profiles are tagged as participants in the Parker One Name Study.
To place a profile in this category, use the following text and replace the group number with the correct Y-DNA family group number (omitting leading zeros). See family group number definitions in the section below.
- {{One Name Study| name = Parker| category = Family Group N, Parker Name Study}}
For example, to place a profile in family group #07, use:
- {{One Name Study| name = Parker| category = Family Group 7, Parker Name Study}}
If the Y-DNA family group number is not known the use the following text to identify profiles requiring categorization.
- {{One Name Study| name = Parker| category = Parker Name Study}}
Confirmed DNA
When a common ancestor is matched by three or more DNA descendants with supporting research then it has been confirmed by triangulation. Research must support that the match is not through other common ancestors. 30 cM or better is desired for each of the matches. 40 cM or better is recommended. Profiles with confirmed matches that meet this criteria can place the following category at the top of the profile.
- {{One Name Study| name = Parker| category = DNA Confirmations, Parker Name Study}}
Y-DNA Family Groups
Parker Y-DNA is commonly categorized into family group numbers defined by the following Family Tree DNA study page. Y-DNA testing helps confirm or deny paternal connections. This research group is administrated by Gregory Parker and Wayne Parker.
- Parker Y-DNA Study Goals. This link provides an overview of the Parker Y-DNA study on Family Tree.
- Family group listings for Y-DNA under Family Tree Parker Family Groups. Visit this link to get a list of other Y-DNA test takers grouped according to their family group number.
- Parker Big Y tester's direct paternal lineages on a time scale. This is an interesting graph showing Parker ancestors mapped on a timescale. When the page displays, check the Y-DNA family group numbers you want plotted.
Research Forum
A forum question/answer board was established by Michael Parker in 2001 for those interested in communicating about their Parker Heritage. Participation is free but requires an account when creating posts.
- See Parker Heritage site for discussion of this yDNA group.
Name Origins and Research Services
- Parker Surname on Wikipedia
- Parker Surname on Ancestry.
- Parker Surname on FamilySearch.
- Parker Surname on FindMyPast.
- Parker Surname on Geneanet.
- Parker Surname on Geni.
How to Join
To join the Parker Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!
If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Sandra Shannon for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Research Pages
Membership is not required to participate in this project. The goal is to categorize family branches by their Y-DNA family groups. If you have a branch where the Y-DNA family group is known then add a Parker sticker with the correct family group category to the oldest known member of the branch.
Be certain not to speculate. Incorrect identification can cause poison research that spreads through the community, causing long lasting damage. A high degree of confidence is required before tagging a profile with its specific family group.
Suggested tasks:
- Apply family group stickers to your Parker branch.
- Identify profiles within Family Tree Parker Family Groups. and apply the correct sticker.
- Identify the correct family group for each of the uncategorized profiles in the Parker study.
Membership
This is a list of participants in this research project.
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
Add or suggest a surname variant for inclusion in the project.
- Parker
- Login to edit this profile and add images.
- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: One Name Studies WikiTree and Sandra Shannon. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
Another way is to ask one of the Parker males in your line to join the Family Tree DNA under that same set of links. That will match them to the groups and then you'll know.
Contacting Parker matches on Ancestry, and 23andMe (I assume), and asking them who their oldest known Parker ancestor is would be a shortcut to doing your own research. The problem with this approach is that they might be a Parker and they might be related to you, but the relationship might not be through a Parker line. You would still need to research to confirm how they connect to you. Many families have been around long enough to intermarry creating multiple opportunities for them to be related to you via different branches.
If you've connected your DNA to your Wikitree account it can help. Wikitree provides relationship reports, and when you look at connected profiles it tells you who else has also connected their DNA. Contact these people or look at other profiles that report their connection. If you aren't connected to a tree this won't work well.
If you have an Ancestry account then you can look at the trees of people that match you. If they have Parkers that match your line then follow them back to their oldest Parker ancestor and see if they are in the Family Tree DNA table noted above.
If you can't find an ancestor that directly matches someone in the Family Tree DNA list, then check the ancestors against profiles in Wikitree. One of those might already have been categorized into a particular DNA group in this study. Click the link at the top of this page titled "Profiles Participating in the Parker Name Study" and look through the sub group links to see if your family member's profile is in one of those.
You can also contact me privately and provide a starting link to a Wikitree profile for your Parkers and I can try to assist further.
PS. I've noticed that a lot of the Parkers from North Carolina are family group 7. That doesn't mean yours are but it might be a hint.
edited by Tom Hintz
I am also 1 cousin 5x removed from Abraham Lincoln and have not figured out how the tree connected because the parents seem to have a lot of secrets. Confirmed with Ancestry.com DNA test
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-34710
Billie
Mother's name Mary Lou Taylor 1847-1890, her Mother's name Dorthy Taylor, don't know her maiden name or year of birth or death. Siblings for George Thomas Parker are : Miles (Tink ), Foster (died young ), Paralee, Irene ( married Hershel Hester ), Oceola married name Sasser . Her children include Marie and Johnny Sasser, there were others but don't know who they are. Not sure if Tommy Sasser was husband or child. His father's name is either Alexander Daniel or Daniel Alexander, so my mother thought, and marriage certificate says was born in 1847 and resided in Bradley County Arkansas, married Mary Lou Taylor 26 Nov 1868. I can find no other records or family other than what was left by the family and a couple of census reports. All help appreciated.
Marye
I'm looking forward to being part of this group, however, please note that there is more than 1 John and Nancy Parker ancestry couple. The one in my particular tree is from Ireland but moved to and died in Canada. John (1739-1822) is buried next to his wife Nancy Watson (1743-1840) in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.