The birth year of 1595 is just a guess based on the marriage date.
The following is on pages 88-89 of an article by Douglas Richardson in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Vol 153 (1999), pgs 81-96). The article is entitled "THE ENGLISH ORIGIN AND ANCESTRY OF THE PARKER BROTHERS OF MASSACHUSETTS and of their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse".
JAMES PARKER, b. say 1594; buried at Great Burstead 8 Mar 1622/3, as "James Parker, young man, son of John Parker." He m. at Great Burstead, 14 Aug 1616, Joan Coker; she m. (2) at Great Burstead, 18 Sep 1623, John Hove.
Children, all records from register of Great Burstead:
1. Elizabeth Parker: bp. 9 Apr 1620; buried 26 Aug 1620, in both records as "daughter of James and Johan Parker."
2. James Parker: bp. 14 Oct 1621, as "son of James and Johan Parker"; m. 30 Sep 1647, Elizabeth Wilson. Children, bp. at Great Burstead:
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