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Group 042: R-M269 LK=Q-NW-VP-SLA-Pershouse

Genetic Group Leader (GGL) for Group 042: TBD

Parke Society Historian: Fr. Michael Tad Parks PS#425 historian@parke.org

DNA Project Administrators: Ken Parks PS#1406, Gary Alexander Parks PS#1528, John N. G. Park PS#1727 dnaadmin@parke.org

Please copy all parties above in any correspondence.


THIS PAGE LAST UPDATED 14 March 2026


Big Y 700 terminal SNPs in this group:

R-Y8412 b. c1400 CE from R-Y9123 b. c1 BCE

R-Y57449 b. c1500 CE from R-Y8412 b. c1400 CE


PV = Private Variant. SNPs that are newer mutations and are not named until two or more testers possess them.


1038046: LK=Q (Big Y 700 Pending) (Family Finder Pending)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Jonathan PARKS (04Q9) b. Feb 1701 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. ca. 1770 Dutchess Co. N.Y. m. 27 Aug 1728 Mary WHITING

  • Jonas Parks (Jr.?) (05Q63a) b. 1738 -d. 1801 m. Mary H (PARKS?)

  • Peter PARKS b. 1778 -d. 1866 m. Deborah M. (PARKS?)

  • Charles H. PARKS b. 1819 -d. 1884 m. Hannah J. V. (PARKS?)

  • Jacob Van PARKS b. 1852 -d. 1921 m. Henrietta C. HIGH

  • Franklin Brahmer PARKS b. 1874 -d. 1954 m. Elizabeth HARGEST

  • Frank Brahmer PARKS Jr. b. 1903 -d. 1989 m. Anna Mae GREGSON

  • Frank Brahmer PARKS III. b. 1927 -d. 2005 m. Louise Jane BOYCE

  • Participant's Father

  • Participant


1038046: LK=Q/NW (Big Y 700 Pending) (Family Finder Pending)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Jonathan PARKS (04Q9) b. Feb 1701 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. ca. 1770 Dutchess Co. N.Y. m. 27 Aug 1728 Mary WHITING

  • Jonathan PARKS (05Q61)

OR

  • Whiting or Whiten PARKS (05Q63)

OR

  • Jonas Parks (05Q63a)

  • Samuel PARKS (01NW1) b. 1759 Dutchess Co. N.Y.-d. 17 Mar 1847 Perry Co. Ind. m. 13 Dec 1786 Dutchess Co. N.Y. Mary DOUGHZENBERY

  • Henry PARKS (02NW5) b. 4 July 1815 N.Y.-d. 2 Apr 1873 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill. m. 16 Dec 1839 Tobin, Perry Co. Ind. Rebecca HYDE

  • Walter PARKS (03NW29) b. 20 Oct 1853 Tobin, Perry Co. Ind.-d. 29 Oct 1922 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill. m. 9 Apr 1874 Yantisville, Shelby Co. Ill. Caroline GRIGGS

  • Oscar PARKS (04NW87) b. 7 Feb 1886 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill.-d. 3 Nov 1961 Decatur, Macon Co. Ill. m. 5 Dec 1917 Shelby Co. Ill. Eva Evelyn STERLING

  • Participant (06NWnn) Uncle of kit #B187813 below


376461: R-Y8412  111 markers (Genographic Transfer) (mtDNA)


Lineage information pending. Participant bears the BOARDMAN surname and lives in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.


B187813: R-Y57449 6 PVs LK=Q/NW Big Y 700 (Family Finder)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Jonathan PARKS (04Q9) b. Feb 1701 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. ca. 1770 Dutchess Co. N.Y. m. 27 Aug 1728 Mary WHITING

  • Jonathan PARKS (05Q61)

OR

  • Whiting or Whiten PARKS (05Q63)

OR

  • Jonas Parks (05Q63a)

  • Samuel PARKS (01NW1) b. 1759 Dutchess Co. N.Y.-d. 17 Mar 1847 Perry Co. Ind. m. 13 Dec 1786 Dutchess Co. N.Y. Mary DOUGHZENBERY

  • Henry PARKS (02NW5) b. 4 July 1815 N.Y.-d. 2 Apr 1873 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill. m. 16 Dec 1839 Tobin, Perry Co. Ind. Rebecca HYDE

  • Walter PARKS (03NW29) b. 20 Oct 1853 Tobin, Perry Co. Ind.-d. 29 Oct 1922 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill. m. 9 Apr 1874 Yantisville, Shelby Co. Ill. Caroline GRIGGS

  • Oscar PARKS (04NW87) b. 7 Feb 1886 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill.-d. 3 Nov 1961 Decatur, Macon Co. Ill. m. 5 Dec 1917 Shelby Co. Ill. Eva Evelyn STERLING

  • Walter Donald PARKS (05NW115) b. 20 Nov 1918 Moweaqua, Shelby Co. Ill.-d. 6 Oct 2011 Cape Girardeau, Mo.

  • Participant (06NW184) PS#1655


1032490: R-Y57449 3 PVs LK=Q Big Y 700 (Family Finder)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Josiah PARKS (04Q7) b. 1697/98 Mass.-d. 1764/65 Mass. m1. 1719 Sarah GRANT m2. 1730 Thankful COOLIDGE m3. 1757 Mary MERRIMAN

  • Elisha PARKS (05Q47) b. 1724/25-d. 11 Apr 1778 m. 1751 Mass. Mary INGERSOLL

  • Warham PARKS (06Q448) b. 1752-d. 6 Mar 1801 m2. Rebecca GORHAM

  • Gorham PARKS (07Qnn) b. 27 May 1794 Westfield, Hampden Co., Mass.-d. 23 Nov 1877 Bay Ridge, Kings Co., N.Y. m. 1825 Mary Ann THOMSON/THOMPSON

  • Adm. Rufus PARKS (08Qnn) b. 9 Apr 1837 Bangor, Penobscot Co. Me.-d. 9 Aug 1913 Jamestown, Newport Co., R.I. m. Aline PETTY

  • Rufus PARKS (09Qnn) b. 15 Mar 1880 Norfolk, Va.-d. 24 Nov 1956 Bayside, Virginia Beach, Va. m. 1912 Diana Talbot WALKE

  • Littleton Walke PARKS (10Qnn) b. 12 Oct 1914 Norfolk, Va.-d. 23 Dec 2007 Virginia Beach, Va. m. 1948 Dorothy Duncan KIDMAN

  • Participant (11Qnn) brother of PS#1380



291301: R-Y57449 3 PVs LK=Q (Big Y 700) (Family Finder Pending)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Ephraim PARKS (04Q13) b. 1710 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. d. unk. m. 11 Mar 1731/32 Mary HOBBS

  • Josiah PARKS (05Q92) b. 14 Aug 1757 Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 13 Jun 1841 Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Weston, Middlesex Co. Mass. 19 Jun 1780 Beulah TOWER

  • Emerson PARKS (06Q863) b. 21 Jul 1793 Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 15 Dec 1852 Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Arlington, Middlesex Co. Mass. 4 Jul 1819 Sally SHERMAN

  • Alfred Emerson PARKS (07Q863) b. 1 Nov 1824 Watertown, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. unk. Belmont, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Arlington, Middlesex Co. Mass. 9 Oct 1849 Almira FROST

  • Frank Emerson PARKS (08Q3454) b. Mar 1858 W. Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 1935 Belmont, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Belmont, Middlesex Co. Mass. 10 Aug 1882 Sarah T. HILL

  • Arthur Francis PARKS Sr. (09Qnn) 10 Jun 1901 Belmont, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 10 Feb 1977 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Watertown, Middlesex Co. Mass. 17 Jun 1926 Irene Augusta WHITE

  • Arthur Francis PARKS Jr. (10Qnn) 22 May 1927 Watertown, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 28 Feb 2012 Sebring, Highlands, Co. Fla.

  • Participant’s father (11Qnn)

  • Participant (12Qnn) PS#1597


226427: R-Y8412 5 PVs Big Y 500 (Family Finder)


Lineage information pending. Earliest known ancestor is Adam PERSHOUSE b. ca. 1595-d. 1671 Staffordshire, England. Participant lives in Australia.


177466: R-Y8412 5 PVs LK=VP Big Y 700


  • Roger PARKE b. ca. 1780s Ireland? m. Eleanor FOLEY

  • John PARKE/S (01VP1) bap. 9 May 1816 Castlegal, Co. Sligo, Ireland-d. 30 July 1889 Durham, Greene Co. N.Y. m. Drummcliff, Co. Sligo Ireland 31 December 1845 Isabella HUNTER

  • Elisha Nettleton PARKS (02VP12) b. 20 June 1867 Durham, Greene Co. N.Y.-d. 30 Aug 1942 Durham, Greene Co. N.Y. m. Emma BRONSON

  • Freeman Alexander PARKS (03VP45) b. 31 March 1889 Windham, Greene Co. N.Y.-d. 23 Dec 1967 Windham, Greene Co. N.Y. m. Ethel Dora HOUGH

  • Nelson Hough PARKS (04VP134) b. 30 Nov 1915 Durham, Greene Co. N.Y.-d. 11 Nov 2000 Greenville, Greene Co. N.Y.

  • Participant (05VP263) is cousin of PS#1490


BP102181: R-BY1371 LK=SLA (Big Y 700 Pending) (Family Finder)


  • Roger PARKE (01SLA1) b. 1580-d. 1659 Sligo, Ireland m. 1609 Alice JONES

  • William PARKE (02SLA2) b. unk.-d. 1686 Sligo, Ireland

  • Lt. John PARKE (03SLA5) b. unk.-d. unk.

  • John PARKE (04SLA3) b. unk.-d. unk. m. Nellie BAIRD

  • William PARKE (05SLA4) b. ca. 1765 Castlegal, Sligo, Ireland-d. unk.

  • Duke PARKE (06SLA24) b. ca. 1805 Castlegal, Silgo, Ireland-d. 3 Jan 1887 Derrygonnelly, Fermanagh, Ireland m. 11 Feb 1835 Manorhamilton, Collonclare, Leitrim, Ireland Eliza ARMSTRONG

  • William John PARKE (07SLA5) b. 1845 Castlegal, Silgo, Ireland. -d. 1890 Derrygonnelly, Inishmascsaint, Fermanagh, Ireland. m. 14 Oct 1869 Ballyshannon, Ireland. Charlotte Hannah WILKIN

  • Charles Edward PARKE (08SLA6) b. 2 Nov 1877 Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland, -d. 2 Aug 1942 Derrygonnelly, Fermanagh, Ireland. m. 4 Mar 1966 Jane KITTSON

  • William Kittson PARKE (09SLA15) b. 11 Jan 1926 Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland. -d. 17 Dec 2003 Belfast, Antrim, N. Ireland. m. FAWCETT

  • Participant (10SLA2) is father of PS#1761 test BP102188



250376: R-Y8412 6 PVs Big Y 500


Lineage information pending. Earliest known ancestor is listed as William PERSHOUSE b. 1797 Tipton, Staffordshire, England-d. 1873. Participant lives in South Africa.


309913: LK=Q 67 marker test


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Ephraim PARKS (04Q13) b. 1710 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. d. unk. m. 11 Mar 1731/32 Mary HOBBS

  • William PARKS (05Q81) b. 28 Jul 1734 Weston or Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. unk. m. Weston, Middlesex Co. Mass. 27 Nov 1756 Lydia HAGAR

  • Phineas/Phinehas PARKS (06Q792) b. 28 Jul 1770 Lincoln, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 26 Oct 1857 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. m. Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. 27 Dec 1792 Elizabeth “Betsy” STUART

  • Levi PARKS (07Q643) b. 21 Jun 1803 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass.-d. 6 Nov 1884 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. m. Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. 11 Feb 1827 Caroline Carter HEYWOOD

  • Martin Harrison PARKS (08Q2575) b. 30 Oct 1836 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass.-d. 29 Mar 1919 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. m. Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. 26 May 1861 Maria Francois CREIGHTON

  • Aldelbert Everett PARKS (09Q7727) b. 23 Jul 1871 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass.-d. 24 Feb 1947 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. m. Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. 12 Oct 1898 Lucy Annie McENTEE

  • Karl Martin PARKS (10Q15454) b. 2 Mar 1903 Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass.-d. 3 Jul 1978 Gardner, Worcester Co. Mass. m. Winchendon, Worcester Co. Mass. 5 Sep 1931 Florence Evelyn FOSTER

  • Participant (deceased 2022) is spouse of PS#1609


222783: 37 marker test


  • Levi PARKS b. ca. 1769-d. 3 Nov 1839 m1. 12 Feb 1792 Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass. Persis POTTER m2. 7 April 1796 Hanover, Grafton Co., N.H. Jane CURTIS

  • Levi Potter PARKS Sr. b.19 May 1792 Hanover, Grafton Co., N.H.-d. 4 Feb 1856 Barnet Twp., Caledonia Co. Vt. m1. 17 Dec 1816 Waterford, Caledonia Co. Vt. Ruth ARMINGTON m2. 23 March 1836 Newberry, Orange Co. Vt. Harriett SWASEY

  • Levi Potter PARKS Jr. b. ca. 1839 Vt.-d.aft. 1880 Ill.? m. Harriett MILLER

  • Charles Swasey PARKS b. 1874 or 1876 Ill.-d. 1930 Stephenson Co. Ill. m. Florence PONTIUS

  • Charles H. PARKS b. 4 Dec 1913 Stephenson Co. Ill.-d. 18 Mar 1977 Stephenson Co. Ill. m. Mary C. BURKE

  • Participant


694607: LK=Q/NW 37 marker test (Family Finder Pending)


  • Lt. Richard PARKS (03Q2) b. 21 Dec 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. 17 Jun 1725 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. m. Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass. 14 Jun 1690 Elizabeth Hastings BILLINGS

  • Jonathan PARKS (04Q9) b. Feb 1701 Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass.-d. ca. 1770 Dutchess Co. N.Y. m. 27 Aug 1728 Mary WHITING

  • Jonathan PARKS (05Q61)

OR

  • Whiting or Whiten PARKS (05Q63)

OR

  • Jonas Parks (05Q63a)

  • Samuel PARKS (01NW1) b. 1759 Dutchess Co. N.Y.-d. 17 Mar 1847 Perry Co. Ind. m. 13 Dec 1786 Dutchess Co. N.Y. Mary DOUGHZENBERY

  • Seth PARKS (02NW1) b. 1800 Dutchess Co. N.Y.-d. 19 May 1851 Breckinridge Co. Ky. m. 27 Nov 1826 Breckinridge Co. Ky. Mary “Polly” McCOY

  • Samuel J. PARKS (03NW1) b. 14 Sep 1829 Breckinridge Co. Ky.-d. 16 July 1899 Lodiburg, Breckinridge Co. Ky. m. 21 Nov 1853 Breckinridge Co. Ky. Harriet Walis BEAUCHAMP

  • Harmon Brown “H.B.” PARKS (04NW1) b. 24 Sep 1854 Clifton Mills, Breckinridge Co. Ky.-d. 4 Sep 1941 Irvington, Breckinridge Co. Ky. m. ca. 1886 Breckinridge Co. Ky. Emma Elizabeth WATLINGTON

  • Richard Claude PARKS (05NW8) b. 7 Oct 1904 Lodiburg, Breckinridge Co. Ky.-d. 25 July 1993 Hardinsburg, Breckinridge Co. Ky. m. ca. 1925 Webster, Breckinridge Co. Ky. Maggie McCOY

  • Richard Wayne PARKS (06NW42) b. 2 Sep 1928 Webster, Breckinridge Co. Ky.-d. 11 Feb 2008 Columbia, Maury Co. Tenn. m. 15 Oct 1950 Smithville, DeKalb Co. Tenn. Mary Ann BENNETT

  • Participant (07NW170) PS#1657


316728: 37 marker test


  • Reuben PARKS b. ca. 1820 Vt.-d. 26 July 1887 Terre Haute, Vigo Co. Ind. m. Clark or Orange Co. Ind. 16 September 1847 Mary Ann CALDWELL

  • Reuben Eli PARKS b. 1851 Ill.-d. 1929 Lansing, Ingaham Co. Mich. m. Vigo Co. Ind. 11 December 1872 Kate JAYCOX

  • Edward PARKS b. May 1875 Terre Haute, Vigo Co. Ind.-d. 1965 Lansing, Ingaham Co. Mich. m. Stella BONCZKOWSKI

  • Raymond PARKS b. 1911 Mich.-d. 1963 Lansing, Ingaham Co. Mich.

  • Participant


BP102188: R-BY1371 (Big Y 700 Pending) (Family Finder)


  • Roger PARKE (01SLA1) b. 1580-d. 1659 Sligo, Ireland m. 1609 Alice JONES

  • William PARKE (02SLA2) b. unk.-d. 1686 Sligo, Ireland

  • Lt. John PARKE (03SLA5) b. unk.-d. unk.

  • John PARKE (04SLA3) b. unk.-d. unk. m. Nellie BAIRD

  • William PARKE (05SLA4) b. ca. 1765 Castlegal, Sligo, Ireland-d. unk.

  • Duke PARKE (06SLA24) b. ca. 1805 Castlegal, Silgo, Ireland-d. 3 Jan 1887 Derrygonnelly, Fermanagh, Ireland m. 11 Feb 1835 Manorhamilton, Collonclare, Leitrim, Ireland Eliza ARMSTRONG

  • William John PARKE (07SLA5) b. 1845 Castlegal, Silgo, Ireland-d. 1890 Derrygonnelly, Inishmascsaint, Fermanagh, Ireland. m. 14 Oct 1869 Ballyshannon, Ireland. Charlotte Hannah WILKIN

  • Charles Edward PARKE (08SLA6) b. 2 Nov 1877 Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland-d. 2 Aug 1942 Derrygonnelly, Fermanagh, Ireland. m. 4 Mar 1966 Jane KITTSON

  • William Kittson PARKE (09SLA15) b. 11 Jan 1926 Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland-d. 17 Dec 2003 Belfast, Antrim, N. Ireland. m. FAWCETT

  • Participant's Father (10SLA2) kit #BP102181 above

  • Participant (11SLA1) is PS#1761



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