This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DCollard2812 Surnames: Parker, Lindsey, Lindsay, Matthews, Lukes Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.parker/15120/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My brick wall has been my paternal 4th great grandfather Mr. William Parker b. 1774 in South Carolina d. in 1856 in most likely Gordon County, Georgia as it was his last known residence. William it appears arrived in York County, SC around the same time as one John Parker as they both were granted land on the Broad River by different parties in 1796. To my knowledge William's first child was female by the name of Mariah. Mariah was born in 1804. At this time we assume William is already married to Edith Lindsey, the daughter of Isaac Lindsey, but it is not until 1812 that Isaac grants a parcel of land that moves him from Broad River to Belle's Branch in SC. William's son Jasper Newton Parker states during a Guion Miller interview that he is the last living of 13 children. The following are all we have documentation to confirm that they are indeed: WILLIAM PARKER and EDITH LINDSEY are: i. MARIAH PARKER, b. 1804; m. LUKES. D. 1878 ii. WILLIAM2 PARKER, b. 1805; m. unk d. 1883. ? possible child Mary Parker b. 1806 iii. JULIAN PARKER, b. 1810, South Carolina, United States; m Celia Moss d. 1886, Georgia, United States. ? possible child: Matthew E Parker b. 1812 ? possible child: Caroline b. 1818 iv. NANCY EMILINE PARKER, b. 1822. D. 1903 v. JOHN LINDSEY or (Lewis) PARKER, b. 1822. d.1887 vi. JASPER Newton PARKER, b. 22.Aug. 1829 d. unknown in TN. vii. POLLY PARKER, b. 1834; d. 1902. As you can see this by no means totals the 13 children. I have added for you to view the 3 additional possible children. These I am simply putting in as they seem to have distanced themselves in close proximity of William Parker during his lifetime. William Parker has from time to time been described in his vocation as a "shoemaker". There is a William Parker who is buried in Martin Cemetery on the NC/SC line who died in 1856, but this would take his body across the state for burial. I am just not sure about this. Edith had passed 3 years prior in 1853. To this date I have not located graves for either. Another thing I wonder was William married prior to Edith Lindsey and were there children of that marriage? Based on the birth of their first stated child below William would have married Edith prior to her 19th year and he would have been 30 years old and that just seems a tad bit late in life for a first marriage. Could he be the William Parker who was married to Christina Matthews who passed in sometime around 1817? Or someone else? Did he divorce his previous wife or she him? I have lots of questions and would appreciate any answers or theories based on your research you might have. Our line will be participating in the Parker DNA project this fall. Hopefully the "missing children's line can be linked. ~Deborah Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.