. . . that I found in the currently published SMGF database is not even currently a Berry but calls himself Parkinson.
Here is his SMGF haplotype -

and here is his pedigree -

As you can see, William Berry/Parkinson, 1800-1831, for whatever reason took his mother's surname. Illegitimate? Husband deserted and mother called him Parkinson in a fit of pique? We don't know but it's clear that there's a story here. So why do I call him a Berry?
Take a look at this genetic distance table -

A Berry in his paper trail and a genetic distance of 4, 'Probably Related', from the Berry Plain modal. Sure is at least a good possibility.
For reference, here are the markers -

and the TMRCA table -
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