Some trees show him as the son of Nathaniel Parker born 1724-died 1811 at Greentree, Sumner County, TN with burial at Old Fort Morgan FindAGrave who falls in Family Group #18. A comparison of the markers shows only 14 of 25 match. 23 to 25 need to match to assume a common ancestor.
And some trees show him as a son of the Nathaniel Parker who married Ann Clayton. That Nathaniel Parker belongs to Parker yDNA Family Group #5.
These are three biologically distinct and separate Parker families! See Old Rappahannock /Essex County, VA Parker's for a side by side comparison of the yDNA markers and links to a PDF entitled 'Descendants of Unknown Colonial Parker Patriarch' to traces this Parker yDNA Family Group #15 line back to Old Rappahannock / Essex County, VA based upon historical documents.
BIOGRAPHY
1807 October 22nd DB 4 page 200 [Feb 1806 – Jun 1810] John Cartney to Samuel Black, $250. 50 acres, part of 4800 acre tract originally granted Thomas Donoho by State of North Carolina, and tr beg at cor of John PARKER. Wit: Wilson YARDELL(YANDELL), John G. Thurman.
A petition in 1809 from residents of the same area asked for a law suspending executions of judgments against property for defaulters. These petitioners were not without means. They had heavily invested their means in cotton production, suffered from two seasons of bad harvest, and struggled to finance their ventures because of the scarcity of money. The names on this petition which also
appear in the land records are Henry Haggard, Robert Henderson, William Henderson, John Miller, Robert Moore, John Parker, Jesse Renfro, Isaac Thomas, and Joseph Wilson. [1]
1810 October 3rd DB 7, p 269 - [Jan 1814 – Apr 1817] Samuel P. Black, Rutherford Co., TN, to John YANDELL, $250 50 acres on W fork Goose Creek orig granted by North Carolina to Thomas Donoho. Beg at cor of John PARKER. Wit: John Rowland, Wilson YANDELL.
WILL
John Parker's 14 Aug 1825 will lists his children: sons: Noah, William, John, Wiley, Daughters: Wiley Short, Susan Parker, Sculey Parker, Eliza Parker, Matilda Parker. Also mentioned is wife, Rody. Also mentioned is a grandson Vardiman (?) Parker. The date 13 June is either the date the will was written or the first date of probate.
1810 tax list of Sumner Co., TN: There are two John Parker's listed, one on Capt. Black's list and one on Capt Charlton's list.
1820 census of Sumner Co TN, Gallatin: John Parker: 101101-22101
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: