Parker Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
An English occupational name from the Middle English word parker or Old French word parquier, meaning “park keeper”, referring to an office employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park.

EARLY BEARERS
Anschetil Parcher – Somerset – 1086 AD
Geoffrey Parchier – Northumberland – 1145
Adam le Parker – Norfolk – 1273
John Parcar – Dorset – 1273
Peter le Parker – Yorkshire – 1273
William le Parker – Perthshire – 1296
Matheus Parker – Scotland – 1325
Martin le Parker – Somerset – 1327

LANDED GENTRY
Parker of Cuerden Hall and Astley, co. Lancashire, England
Parker of Browsholme and Newton, co. Yorkshire, and Alkincoates, co. Lancashire, England
Parker of Clopton Hall, co. Suffolk, England
Parker of Hanthorpe House, co. Lincolnshire, England
Parker of Whiteway, co. Devonshire, England
Parker of Swannington Hall, co. Norfolk, England
Parker of Castle Lough, co. Tipperary, Ireland
Parker of Warwick Hall, co. Cumberland, England
Parker of Bally Valley, co. Clare, Ireland
Parker of Passage West, co. Cork, Ireland
Parker of Woodham Mortimer, co. Essex

NOBLE TITLE
Henry Parker (d. 1553), translator and ambassador to Germany, son of Sir William Parker, a privy councilor to King Richard III, and Alice Lovel, 9th Baroness Morley, became 10th Baron Morley

The Parker Baronetcy of Arwaton in the County of Suffolk was created in the Baronetage of England in 1661 for Sir Philip Parker, Member of Parliament for Harwich and Sandwich, son of Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton, great-grandson of Sir Philip Parker, and 2x great-grandson of Sir Henry Parker who was knighted in 1533

The Parker Baronetcy of Ratton in the County of Sussex was created in the Baronetage of England in 1674 for Sir Robert Parker, Member of Parliament for Hastings.

The Parker Baronetcy, of Melford Hall in the County of Suffolk was created in the Baronetage of England in 1681 for Sir Hugh Parker, an alderman of London.

The Parker Baronetcy of Bassingbourn in the County of Essex was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1783 for Sir Peter Parker, Royal Navy office who served in the American Revolutionary War

The Parker Baronetcy of Harburn in the County of Warwick was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1797 for Admiral Sir William Parker for his service at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. The baronetcy went extinct upon the death of Sir Melville Parker in 1903.

The Parker Baronetcy of Shenstone Lodge in the County of Stafford was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1844 for Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet

John Parker (1735-1788) was a British Member of Parliament who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Boringdon in 1784

John Parker, 2nd Baron Borigndon, was created Earl of Morley and Viscount Boringdon in 1815

Thomas Parker (1666-1723) was an English politician was raised to the peerage as Baron Parker of Macclesfield in 1716 and further elevated as Earl of Macclesfield in 1721

NOTABLES
Sir Thomas Parker (1695-1784) was an English barrister and judge, Privy Counsellor and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

Matthew Parker (1504-1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 to his death.

Thomas Lister Parker (1779-1858) was an English antiquary, landowner

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (1910-1934), one half of the criminal couple known as Bonnie and Clyde, who robbed banks during the Great Depression

EARLY SETTLERS
William Parker – Virginia – 1616
Robert Parker – Massachusetts – 1630
Nicholas Parker – Massachusetts – 1633
George Parker – Boston – 1635
William Parker – Massachusetts – 1635
Anne Parker – Virginia 1701
Hellena Parker – Virginia – 1701