Margaret Parker

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Parker was born in 1665, in Georgetown, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Thomas Parker, was 36 and her mother, Mary Shaw, was 37. She married Samuel Dixey on 23 October 1684, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died about 1732, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Dixey
1663–1708
Margaret Parker
1665–1732
Marriage: 23 October 1684
Thomas Dixey
1686–
John Dixey
1689–1736
Mary Dixey
1691–
Sarah Dixey
1693–
Capt William Dixey
1696–
Margaret Dixey
1701–1761
Samuel Dixey
1702–
Grace Dixey
1706–

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  • Margaret in entry for Dixey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Margaret in entry for Grace Dixey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Margaret in entry for Sarah Dixey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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Name Meaning

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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