The name ‘Parker’ originates from England . it is an accupational name for a gamekeeper employed in a medieval park, (a derivative of Park). It was also an occupational name for someone who worked in a Park. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Parker’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back has been established for many centuries in Lancashire, England. ‘John Parcar’, from the County of Dorset, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. Brownsholme Hall, near Clithero was first built by ‘Richard le Parker’ in 1380, and is still the family seat , another well known family are established in Cheshire, England where their ancestors were keepers of a Royal Park.The name ‘Parker’ is very widespread. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘William Parker’, aged 31, a farmer by trade, from the County of Yorkshire, England. He sailed from the Port of Hull on the28th of February 1774 arriving …
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