Hugh Parker 1st Bt. (abt. 1606 - abt. 1696)

Born about 1606 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Died about Mar 1696 at about age 90 in London, England

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Biography

Hugh Parker was born in Taunton, Somerset, England in about 1606/7,^[1] the son of Hugh and Mary Parker. He became an alderman in the City of London, before being appointed as the Sheriff of London. On 1 July 1681, he was created the first Baronet Parker (later of Melford Hall, Suffolk).

Hugh Parker Baptism Date 8 May 1608 Baptism Place Taunton St Mary, Somerset, England Father Hugh Parker. ^[2]

Hugh Parker had no children. His younger brother Henry had died in 1670, so after Sir Hugh's death in 1696, the baronetcy descended by special remainder to his nephew Henry PARKER of Honington Hall, Warwickshire.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p54796.htm#i547953
2. ↑ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/8219126?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22376a333270752f456f4b687a76652f2b5134464f536b544d32434834525a566a44664e30376e6a553062773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

• Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1531-1812: Baptism, 8 May 1608, St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, Hugh, son of Hugh PARKER.

• London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812: Burial, 16 Mar 1696, St Bride's, City of London, England, Sir Hugh PARKER Baronet.

• The visitation of the county of Warwick, begun by Thomas May, Chester, and Gregory King, Rouge dragon, in Hilary vacacon, 1682. Reviewed by them in the Trinity vacacon following, and finished by Henry Dethick Richmond, and said rouge dragon pursuiv in Trinity vacation, 1683, by virtue of several deputations from Sir Henry St. George, Clarenceux king of arms by May, Thomas, Chester herald; King, Gregory, 1648-1712. cn; Dethick, Henry, Richmond herald; Saint-George, Henry, Sir, 1625-1715; Rylands, William Harry, 1847-1922, ed; College of Arms (Great Britain) cn Page 91: Parker of Honington