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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- 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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