looks as though people have been busy - I now know a little more about my Parker connections -
mel posted this about some of the ancestors somewhere a while ago:
Father of Daniel.
William Parker
b. Dec 1765 Briercliffe
marr 23/1/1789 Burnley or Briercliffe to Ann Robinson.
Father: William Parker
Mother: Mary Hitchen
William Parker
b. 1730 Holden Clough
marr c.1754 to Mary Hitchen of Worsthorn
Father: Robert Parker
Mother: Mary Hartley
Children:-
Peter 1755
Bannister 1758
Daniel 11/11/1759
Henry 1761
Anne 1763
William (as above)
Alice 1767
Robert 1770
Robert Parker
b. 1680 Holden Clough
d. 1775
marr c. 1715 to Mary Hartley
Father: John Parker
Children:-
Alice 1718
Jane 1720
John 1723
William (as above)
John Parker
b. 1659 Holden Clough
d. 1708
marr ?
Father: John Parker
Mother: Isabel Whitaker
Children:-
Robert (as above)
Margaret 1692
Elizabeth 1698
John 1700
William 1701
John Parker
b. c.1630 Holden Clough
marr. Isabel Whitaker of Healey. (She b.c1630 d.1691 Holden Clough)
Father: Robert Parker
Mother: Anne Bannister
Children:-
John (as above)
Alice 1661
Robert 1664
Robert Parker
b. 1606 Holden Clough
d. 1667
marr 1629 to Anne Bannister
Father: Henry Parker
Mother: Isabel Halstead
Children:-
Ellen 1629
John (as above)
Henry Parker
b. 1567 Holden Clough
d. 1629
marr 1596 to Isabel Halstead
That last chap - Henry Parker is my 10th grt.grandfather..
so there you go ..
Parkers & Towneleys are everywhere
cheers
thanks mel for the list.