Parkison History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Parkison

What does the name Parkison mean?

The ancestors of the name Parkison are thought to have lived among the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from the baptismal name for the' son of Peter,' from the pet Perkin or Parkin. 1 2

Early Origins of the Parkison family

The surname Parkison was first found in Yorkshire where the 1379 Poll Tax of Howdenshire listed Johannes Perkynson. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 include an entry for Johannes Parkynson. 1 Another source notes that the same rolls includes an entry for John Parkynson. The Assize Rolls of 1382 for Warwickshire lists William Perkynsone as holding lands there at that time. 2

Early History of the Parkison family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Parkison research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1567, 1629, 1650, 1653, 1669, 1722, 1730, 1745, 1767, 1769, 1771, 1789, 1813, 1830 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Parkison History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Parkison Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Parkison has been recorded under many different variations, including Parkinson, Parkinsone, Parkison and others.

Early Notables of the Parkison family

John Parkinson (1567-1650) one of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists who documented the use of moulds to treat infections in his book on pharmacology. He was appointed apothecary to King James I, and on the publication of his 'Paradisus Terrestris' in 1629 obtained from Charles I the title of 'Botanicus Regius Primarius.' 3 James Parkinson (1653-1722), was an English polemical writer, son of James Parkinson, born at Witney, Oxfordshire, on 3 March 1653, and matriculated at Oxford on 2 April 1669 as a servitor of Brasenose College. 3 James Parkinson (1730?-1813), the English museum...
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Parkison Ranking

the United States, the name Parkison is the 15,089^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 4

Migration of the Parkison family to Ireland

Some of the Parkison family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Parkison migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Parkison or a variant listed above:

Parkison Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alexander Parkison, who landed in South Carolina in 1808 5

Sources +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)