Show ContentsParkill History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Parkill was originally a habitational surname, taken on from any of several places names in the British Isles called Parkhill or Park Hill. [1] [2]

Early Origins of the Parkill family

The surname Parkill was first found in the lands of Parkhill in the barony of Torboltoun, Ayrshire. Early records of the family are scarce, but we did find "Robert Parkhill, merchant in Glasgow, 1605. Parkhill, servitor to Sir George Elphinstone, was admitted burgess of Glasgow in 1631." [3]

Early History of the Parkill family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Parkill research. Another 144 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1605, 1657, 1686, 1803, 1857, 1890, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1934 are included under the topic Early Parkill History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Parkill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Parkhill, Parkhille and others.

Early Notables of the Parkill family

Notable amongst the family at this time was David Parkhill who co-founded The Ulster Literary Theatre, a theatre company in Ulster from 1904 to 1934. Originally the co-founders envisaged an "Ulster branch" of W. B. Yeats' Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin, the pair having travelled to Dublin to see it in early 1902. In...
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Ireland Migration of the Parkill family to Ireland

Some of the Parkill family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Parkill family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Andrew Parkhill, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1777; John Parkhill, who came to Pennsylvania in 1779; William Parkhill, who settled in St. John, N.B. in 1833.


Contemporary Notables of the name Parkill (post 1700) +

  • Stanley E. Parkill, American politician, Democratic Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1900; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904; Mayor of Owosso, Michigan; Elected 1906 [4]


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  3. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 24) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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