Parker, Daniel, Family

Anti-missionary Baptist leader Daniel Parker (1781-1844) was born in Virginia to Reverend John and Sarah Parker. In 1802, he married Patsy Dickerson with whom he had eleven children. Parker was ordained to preach by the Turnbull Baptist Church in 1806 and advocated “Two Seedism,” a belief that mankind has been born with either a divine or a diabolical seed since Adam. This conviction separated Parker from most Primitive Baptists, though he retained their opposition to Missionary Baptists. While living in Illinois, Parker published several religious pamphlets and a newsletter, served in the Illinois state senate, and organized the Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church. He moved to Texas in 1834. Arriving in Nacogdoches County, he was elected to the Fourth Texas Congress, but was forbidden to take his seat because the Texas Constitution barred ordained ministers. Parker also led the organization of the Union Primitive Baptist Association, the second Baptist association created in Texas.

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Hesler, Samuel B. "Daniel, Parker." Handbook of Texas Online Accessed April 6, 2011