When Edward Parker was born on 1 January 1692, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Lewis Parker, was 43 and his mother, Hannah Bassett, was 41. He married Ruth Jerusha Merriam on 4 August 1716, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 October 1776, in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Cheshire Street Cemetery, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
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