When Christopher Parker was born on 20 January 1680, his father, Robert Parker, was 38 and his mother, Grace Tailor, was 30. He was buried in Mitton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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