When Clarissa Jane Parker was born on 25 September 1784, in Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Pvt Solomon Parker Jr., was 30 and her mother, Susannah Beedle, was 22. She married John Pike on 14 December 1809, in Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died after 1860, in West Springfield, Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
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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