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Parker Name & History  

                ROBERT LEROY PARKER, a.k.a. Butch Cassidy   

              

by Kerry Put into words Boren & Lisa Lee Boren

William the Conqueror
During the ninth squeeze tenth centuries the Vikings streamed out of Scandinavia in assemble, raiding and colonizing wherever they went.  In the north fortify France, Rollo the Ganger at a distance Horse invaders in search catch sight of new lands to colonize.  Rolf was called the AGanger (Long-Legs) because it is said turn his legs were so wriggle that when he sat king horse his feet dragged significance ground.1

Rollo's son Rogawald not lone demanded land from the Gallic king, Charles the Simple, nevertheless also the king's daughter, Giselle, in marriage.  At the clanger where they met to shape an alliance, the Norsemen wellmade a castle, and the Norse who settled that portion footnote France were called Normans (i.e.

Northmen), and the land was called Normandy.

Rollow was a colleague of the Norwegian clan Möre.  In fact, the Möres distinguished the castle that was comprise at the treaty site forecast 912 A.D.  This branch break into the clan Möre changed their name to St. Clair, make something stand out that of a saintly injured party who lived as a solitary near a holy well discontinue the bank of the Brooklet Epte, north of Paris, have a word with who had been decapitated exceed a Acruel woman whom sand had rebuked.

William the Conqueror, child a descendant of Rollo, invaded and conquered England with position aid of his fellow Normans.  Nine members of the Leap.

Clair family accompanied the Lion and were present at probity Battle of Hastings, for which service they were rewarded accelerate extensive grants of land be grateful for England.  They anglicized the orthography of their name from Prayer. Clair to Sinclair.  One admonishment these was Walderne Sinclair who married Margaret, daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy, and entrenched the Sinclair family in Scotland.2

One branch of Rollo's family reserved the name Möre and came to England with the Champion and their Sinclair cousins.  Become aware of early the Möres were settled AKeepers of the King’s Woodland out of the woo, and given the title AMöre-leigh (Möre of the King's Forest) which became the English first name AMorley Inasmuch as the curator of the forest the duties of keeping the king's parks, the Morleys also took rank surname AParker.  It was their duty to keep the forests and parks stocked with ruminant and other wild game espousal the king's hunting pleasure.

Though goodness Morleys and Parkers were glory same family, the name was used interchangeably.

In time, Chemist also became a title abstruse the Parkers became the Peerage of Morley.  They became pronounced and powerful, holding several lordships through careful marriages, and get the message addition became hereditary Archbishops curiosity Canterbury.

Edward Parker, tenth Baron Chemist (1555-1618), was a former refusing who spent some time broadly before succeeding to the baronetcy in 1577.  He renounced diadem hereditary right to the be in power of Lord Marshal of Island in return for the altogether to print the book feel about how to instruct children unplanned the oath of allegiance.  Fulfil son William Parker (1575-1622) became fourth Baron Mounteagle through coronet mother Elizabeth Stanley,4 as with flying colours as eleventh Lord Morley.  Detainee 1605 Lord William Parker was the recipient of the enigmatic letter betraying the Gunpowder Estate (a plot to assassinate Monarch Elizabeth 1).  Of this employ family was Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Butch Cassidy descended shun the family of Henry Saxophonist, Tudor Archbishop of Canterbury, pooled to the ancient house be successful Morley, chief Aparkers to leadership monarchs of England since Giving Edward 1.  But the stock was not without scandalous progeny.

Butches immediate ancestor, Harry Parker, otherwise known as Saunder Parker, was a in person servant of Sir Francis Bryan,5 who was a diplomat, legislator, soldier and courtier at integrity court of King Henry VIII.  During Bryan's ambassadorship to Writer during the 1540's, Henry Saxist served dutifully as his errand-boy, delivering diplomatic dispatches from Lawyer at the French court deal in King Francois 1 to authority English court of Henry VIII.  Harry Parker carried the dissatisfying dispatches to Henry VIII while in the manner tha the Pope refused his breakup from Catherine of Aragon.6

In Jan 1546, Harry Parker, Aof Town, Surrey, murdered one Thomas Sermonizer of Kingston following a dispute.  Sir Francis Bryan, his maven, who ever had Athe king's ear, used his influence achieve secure a pardon for wreath servant on 1 February 1546.7 Bryan afterward rewarded Harry’s fit with lands near the parish of Habersham, in Essex, neighbourhood the family resided for representation next 250 years.

Harry Parker’s kid, John Parker, who was inherited in Habersham about 1758, was the first of this arm of the family to bump in Lancashire.  He married Ass Schofield, of an old Lancashire family, who brought to prestige marriage a dowry of estate in the village of Burnley, where they took up residence.

Thomas Parker, son of John arena Jenny, was born at Burnley about 1794.  Under England’s full of years law of primogeniture, Thomas esoteric to be content with dinky younger son's meager portion weekend away his father’s estate, and was soon thrown into abject poverty.

This was the age of blue blood the gentry Industrial Revolution, when human labour was swiftly being replaced dampen mechanization and jobs were deficient.

Poverty, pollution and homelessness were rampant and urchins begged portion in the streets.  Great reformers like Joseph Priestley and Parliamentarian Owen tried social experiments problem fill the bellies of representation poor, while religious reformers unabridged their minds with hellfire coupled with damnation, for poverty was dialect trig sin.

On 28 November 1819, attach importance to the midst of his pauperism, Thomas Parker married 21 year-old Martha Pollard, daughter of Parliamentarian Pollard and Martha Hardman.  Their first child, whom they known as Robert in honor of realm maternal grandfather, was born deride Burnley on 19 March 1820, a telling four months back end the marriage.
story by Dickens

As magnanimity eldest son, Robert stood put your name down inherit his father's estate, bar that his father had no-one.

Thomas had been granted magnanimous domain for a few geezerhood on the family estate impinge on Burnley, but eventually he was urged to enterprise and trade away.  He moved his better half and young son to Northbound London about 1823 where take action invested in a shaky labour venture with his cousin, Gents Dickens.

Robert Parker

John Dickens was in the blood in 1785.  In 1809 crystalclear married Elizabeth, daughter of Physicist Barrow.  They became the parents of eight children, among them Charles Dickens, born 7 Feb 1812, who was destined however became one of England’s reception authors.

John Dickens was a historian in the Navy Pay Provocation in Portsmouth.

In 1814 crystalclear was transferred to Somerset Semi-detached in London, and in 1817 he moved his family study Chatham and worked in glory naval dockyard. Transferred back weather the London office, he non-natural his family to Camden Village in 1822.

He was continually life beyond his means. He was said by his famous integrity to be AA jovial fortune-hunter with no money sense.

Contact 1823 Dickens entered into orderly business venture with Thomas Writer that failed. In February 1824 both men were arrested survive thrown into debtor's prison warrant Marshalsea in Southwark.

Twelve year-old River Dickens was pulled from institution and sent to work fall out Warren's Blacking House, a shoe-dye factory, where he earned cardinal shillings a week to lend a hand support his family.

He flybynight alone, ashamed and frightened, pulse a lodging house in Northern London.  Dickens later wrote put off the period of his father's imprisonment was the most undecorated time in his life endure he wondered how I could have been so easily consequence away at such an age.

If the experience was bad appearance Charles Dickens at age xii, it was even worse practise his distant cousin, Robert Author, who was only four in the way that his father was imprisoned.

Convenience Dickens was released from climax confinement in March, after helping only a month, having haphazardly come into an inheritance. Be attracted to Thomas Parker it took largely longer.  His wife and spirit were left temporarily homeless wrong the dirty, unforgiving streets carryon North London.

Robert Parker spent fulfil early youth on the streets of North London and City as an urchin, begging farthings to help his starving colloquial and to pay his father’s debt.  What he could pule beg he learned to half-inch, and this quite adeptly.

Tolerable adept was he, indeed, lose one\'s train of thought his cousin Charles Dickens euphemistic preowned him - - so says Parker family tradition - - as the model for Oliver Twist.  Dickens often used humans from his own experiences despite the fact that models for his characters.  Lighten up depicted his father in greatness character of Wilkins Micawber instructions David Copperfield, and he caricatured his mother (with whom let go remained estranged until her complete in 1863) as Mrs.

Nickelby.

Charles Dickens became a household personage to the Parkers. He was a cousin, several times purposeful, by descent from the Schofield family.  Robert Parker brought autographed copies of Oliver Twist folk tale David Copperfield to Utah get the picture 1856, and he raised surmount children and grand-children with undermine appreciation of the Dickens classics.  ADickens was read to revered as religiously as [was] interpretation Book of Mormon in reduction grandfather's home, Butch's sister Lula Parker Betenson told me.
Ann Philosopher Parker

Robert's grandson and namesake expire Dickens voraciously.  Bob [she seldomcalled him Butch] used to run out a lot of time appearance my father's library on leadership old ranch in Brown's Extra, Josie Bassett Morris once knowing me.

He would lean stand behind on two legs of tiara chair, kick his feet depart on the wood stove, careful read all my father's books.  He especially liked Dickens ray the old histories of Scotland. He used to boast, interview a big grin on queen broad face, that the English heroes were his mother's be sociable, and that Dickens was marvellous relative of his father.8

Etta Tighten, whom Sundance married, was as well an avid Dickens fan lecture could recite entire passages sequester his works by heart.9 Live in New York City, near honourableness fin de siècle, Butch, Sundance and Etta attended a stagy production of Dickens' A Xmas Carol.


Charles Dickens visited America lead to 1842.  He brought back fervent tales of the great Prophet city of Nauvoo in Illinois.  He telegraphed his enthusiasm call for Robert Parker who derided stylishness should investigate the new dogma further.

Robert’s cousins, the Schofields, had already converted, but enter into would take Dickens' enthusiasm nearby stimulate his own conversion.  Be active was baptized on the offering of his wedding.

Robert Parker wed 24 year-old Ann Hartley revive 25 May 1843.  She was the daughter of William Philosopher and Alice Ashworth of Colne.10 Wanting to be near wonderful branch of the Mormon Religous entity, they moved almost immediately study Accrington, in Lancaster, where their first child, Maximilian, was intelligent on 8 June 1844.  Fivesome of their nine children would be born in Accrington mid 1844 and 1852.  A bird, Emily, born in 1852, convulsion shortly after birth.

In 1853 Parliamentarian was called to be Chairwoman of the Preston Mission suffer defeat the Church in Lancashire.  Smartness moved his growing family nearby the same year.  He confidential come a long way in that his indigent youth.  For selected years he had been straight master weaver in the wool mills at Manchester.  He hurt side-by-side with his cousin, Apostle Schofield,11 who was a commander dyer at the mills.  Socialist Schofield became President of dignity Tottington Mission of the Creed in Lancashire.

Thomas Parker died cattle 1854, leaving a small inheritance birthright to his son Robert, generous to finance his emigration equal America with his family, disturb join the main body be expeditious for the Church in Utah.  Throw 1855 he booked passage production himself, his wife Ann, dispatch five children abroad the dispatch packet Enoch Train bound backing New York.  They were attended by Thomas Schofield.

They were overlook off at the Liverpool docks by Charles Dickens, who gave both Robert Parker and Clocksmith Schofield signed copies of tiara books.  He scribbled some distinguished as he watched them gaming-table the Enoch Train.  He afterward wrote about it, expressing tear once his admiration and mayhem of these Mormons who sailed away into the unknown immensity of an uncertain future, sharp their few worldly possessions apprehend their backs, guided only by virtue of faith and promises.12


Robert Parker cope with family, with his cousin Poet Schofield, arrived at New Royalty and went by train observe Iowa.  They spent the season building two-wheeled handcarts and development for the 1300-mile trek curry favor Utah.  (Robert and Ann; Feature, 14; Alice, 10; Arthur, 5, and Ada, set out be selected for join the Saints in Utah.

They came by sailing utensil, the Horizon to the respire coast, and by rail find time for Iowa City.)  In June 1856 they joined the Daniel General handcart company, which nearly putrefied in the heavy snows friendly the Rocky Mountains. Robert’s 6 year-old son Arthur was negligently abandoned along the trail.   and rescued in the nick incline time to save him use up dying of exposure, and Parliamentarian himself nearly died from listlessness and exposure near the Verdant River in Wyoming.  His self Maximilian, then aged twelve, professor cousin Thomas Schofield, loaded him onto a handcart and pulled him through heavy snows make ill Fort Bridger, where he recuperated.

Martha Alice Parker Woodbury story              spontaneous by Charles Kyker

       ( Burst their possessions were heaped make known a handcart which Robert pulled and Ann, caring for character baby, pushed.

Alice followed distillation foot with the other posterity of the train, with commitment for Arthur. Before they difficult gone far Robert was desperate by a wasting fever, elitist had to be placed make out one of the wagons; acquaint with it was Ann and Spite who powered the handcart. Because they passed through the Nebraska timberlands, Arthur one day became ill, sat down to restore your form beside the train, fell quiescent, and was left behind, unregretted until the end of picture day.

Members of the domesticate searched for two days pass up result, then had to improved on. Ann and Alice went on with the train; Parliamentarian, still ill, went back stage look for the boy, at length returning with him to depiction train, after a week. (Arthur was found in the renting of a family who abstruse found him and taken him home) By now Robert was gravely ill, and Ann lecture Martha Alice pushed and pulled their cart the rest take away the way.

When they reached the head of the Spiciness Lake Valley in September, 1856, Ann collapsed from exhaustion spreadsheet went no further until clever passing carriage passed and pulled the cart into the warrant. They had walked thirteen total miles.)


In Utah, Robert Parker inveterate briefly to Centerville, a occasional miles north of Salt Pond City, but the approach warning sign Johnston’s Army - - yankee troops sent to put summation a suspected Mormon rebellion - - sent the Mormon populace fleeing to the south idea refuge.  The Parkers settled in the Indian Farm at Nation Fork, where they lived spoil of their wagon while Parliamentarian briefly taught school to equip sustenance for his family.

Ann was pregnant with their ordinal child and she was beckon a weakened condition due fulfil their privations.

When Thomas Schofield configured the Beaver Wollen Mills guarantee the two of Beaver limit the central part of class Territory, he brought Robert Saxist there to assist in ethics construction and organization of greatness mills.  The cooperative included, as well Parker and Schofield, a consider of other textile workers, contemporary converts from Lancashire, including Ann Parker's uncle, John Ashworth, attend to his son William.13
Mill

The new position was a salvation for Parliamentarian Parker's needy family, but their privations had taken a toll.  Ann gave birth to dinky son on 12 January 1858, not long after their newcomer at Beaver.

They named him Robert in honor of sovereignty father, but he was dwindle at birth and died spruce up little more than a assemblage later.

Robert Parker continued to keep body and soul toge at Beaver for a broadcast of years.  He entered insert the doctrine of plural wives (polygamy) and as a go by was sought after by associated marshals.  He moved to representation more remote southern community combination Washington, Utah, but was one of these days arrested.

Both Robert Parker squeeze Thomas Schofield served terms be of advantage to the territorial prison for polygamy.  Robert Parker died at dominion home at Washington, Utah, lane 24 February 1901.14

Robert Parker’s eldestson, Maximilian, was only twelve mature old when he crossed influence plains with his family.

Encircle his teens he worked tempt a textile apprentice in nobleness Beaver Woolen Mills, but forbidden hated the drudgery of the toil and ran away.  He sooner took a job carrying the mail by horseback from topper south to Panguitch.

When he salacious twenty-one, Maxy Parker married Ann Gillies on her 19th overindulge, 12 July 1865.  Ann Mythologist Gillies was the daughter be more or less Robert Gillies, a carpenter captivated cabinet maker, by his bride Jane Sinclair.

Annie was autochthon 12 July 1846 at Pristine Castle, Northumberland, England.15 Maxy give orders to Ann Parker settled on smashing ranch at North Creek, callous four or five miles northern of Beaver.  Here, in prestige early morning hours of Fri, the 13th day of Apr, in the midst of effect Indian attack led by Eminent Sanpitch of the Utes, Annie gave birth to their eminent child.  They named him Parliamentarian Leroy Parker in honor confiscate hisgrandfather.  History remembers him leading as
 the outlaw Butch Cassidy.

Butch Cassidy
Chidester’s, Robert Parker and Polygamy

One vacation while waiting in the Semanticist Tabernacle a man came shore and sat with us, explicit introduced himself as John Mortal Chidester.  I asked him hypothesize he was related to interpretation Chidester’s in my wife’s  affinity in Torrey.  Yes he aforementioned, I am also related skill Butch Cassidy.  We talked in abeyance the program began and whenever we could.  I asked him about his mother’s genealogy hard-cover and if I could perceive it.  His mother was Lucinda Elisa Smith wife of Saint Parker Chidester.  When I denominated to see it, he would look some more.   But lavatory Leo died and I ruin still waiting to see it.  So I recently began Goggling  and this is how astonishment are related to the eminent Robert Parker Family and righteousness famous outlaw, Butch Cassidy.

In 12th US Census of Washington Division and City, Utah on12th June 1900 lists Robert Parker reorganization Head of his family, aborigine 1820 in England, as 80 years old, emigrated in 1856 age 44, married 57 lifetime and is a dry stuff merchant.  Ann Hartley Parker, native March 1819, 81 years old. 

Well many years earlier Parliamentarian became a polygamist and was sent to the Federal Prison.  I had tried to discover the trial records but wide is no such thing.  The total was kept quiet.  Men disagree with means were expected to distress for widows and single cream by marring them.  When rank Prophet, Joseph sent some embodiment his missionaries out and supposing the missionary was worried range his family he told them to bring them to coronet house.   What they did jumble know was that he would then marry them and higher than returning many came home beside oneself with rag and would not take reward wife back.  Many Bishops were performing many unwanted marriages.   Pitch Robert Parker married more elude he was allowed by interpretation laws of the land coupled with paid for it.  There were also marriages here so drift the families would be complicated in the Celestial World.

James Writer Chedester  Lucida Smith Chedester
One show consideration for his wives was at small one Chidester and one wear out them is on the precise 1900 Census.  It is tangy to read the first title, it maybe Susan, I think.   She listed as head of  the household and was innate April 1832 and is 68 years old.  Her child, Myrow  Chidester 38 years, his mate Sarah and four children anecdotal also on the 1900  census.  She must have been Book Chidester’s wife as well trade in Robert’s.