1. John Parkin was born on Aug. 2, 1787 in Topsham, Devonshire, England and died on Oct. 13, 1856 in Baakens River, Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa. He married 1st Elizabeth Abraham Howard on Aug. 31, 1809 in St Edmunds, Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth Abraham, daughter of John Howard and Elizabeth Abraham, was born in 1786 in Devon, England and died About 1829. He married 2nd Maria Dorothea Ferreira About 1840 in Cape, South Africa. Maria Dorothea was born About 1820 in Cape, South Africa and died on Jun. 9, 1893 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
Children of John Parkin and Elizabeth Abraham Howard
i. 2. William Parkin was born on Jun. 26, 1810 in London, London, England and died on Jan. 20, 1885 in Umkomaas, Natal, South Africa.
ii. 3. John Parkin was born on Jan. 18, 1813 in England and died on Mar. 3, 1872 in Kimberley, Cape, South Africa.
iii. 4. Elizabeth Parkin was born on Jul. 2, 1815 in Exeter, England and died on Dec. 28, 1894 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
iv. 5. Robert Parkin was born on Apr. 17, 1817 in Devonshire, England and died on Jan. 15, 1886 in Edenburg, O.F.S., South Africa.
v. 6. Jane Parkin was born on Feb. 24, 1819 in Devonshire, England and died in 1896 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
vi. 7. George Parkin was born on Jul. 20, 1821 in Cape, South Africa and died on Jul. 11, 1901 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
vii. 8. Cradock Parkin was born on Dec. 27, 1823 in Cape, South Africa and died on Apr. 3, 1915 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
viii. 9. Charlotte Parkin was born on Sep. 11, 1824 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa and died on Jan. 23, 1905 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
ix. 10. Isaac Parkin was born About 1827 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa and died on Aug. 8, 1873 in Krompoort, Cape, South Africa.
x. 11. Frederick Parkin was born About 1829 in Cape, South Africa and died on Aug. 28, 1877 in Cape, South Africa.
Children of John Parkin and Maria Dorothea Ferreira
xi. 12. Maria Magdalena Parkin was born About 1842 in Cape, South Africa.
xii. 13. Martha Suzanna Parkin was born on Nov. 12, 1843 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa and died on Feb. 7, 1926
in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
xiii. 14. Alfred Parkin was born on May 19, 1845 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa and died on Sep. 12, 1883 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.
xiv. 15. Thomas Parkin was born on Jun. 20, 1847 in Baakens River, Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa and died on Aug. 27, 1907 in London, London, England.
A dedication to the Descendants of John Parkin the 1820 Settler to South Africa.
Hi to all Parkin family and other vistors
This site is dedicated to those wanting to know more about the Parkin family in South Africa and also provide a forum for all descendants of John Parkin to share information about the family.
John Parkin, an 1820 settlers, was the first Parkin to set foot in South Africa, in Algoa Bay on 20th May 1820. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth Abraham (nee Howard) and his first four children, William, John, Jane and Robert. Initially settling on the farm designated by the British Government to the Parkin party, some 14km south west of Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, he moved into Port Elizabeth soon after and during the early years of the cities existence, quickly acquired a large portfolio of the Port Elizabeth real estate.
Today, not much (if any) of his original land remains in the Parkin name, with only a few items in the city remaining as an acknowledgement of his input into the beginnings of Port Elizabeth, namely Parkin Street in North End and a memorial plaque in a park in Stella ave Fernglen, close to where his original homestead was.
Marrying a second time, John Parkin's offspring could have made up a rugby team, all of 15 kids. Upon his death in 1856, his estate was never settled as a number of his children had moved on from Port Elizabeth and some thought to be dead. In the years that followed, some of his property was purchased from the estate by the government of the day for in order to build the Port Elizabeth Railway Station, where it still stands today. In the 1960's, a descendant of John Parkin, (N.P. Sellick) interested in determining who still had a claim to the estate, researched the Parkin genealogy in conjunction with the HSRC and wrote a book "John Parkin of Baakens River farm and his family, 1820 to 1970", which gave the basis for the family tree that can be found on another site.
The editor of this blog also manages this comprehensive Parkin family tree starting with John Parkin's parents in Exeter, Devon England which links to some of John's sibling's descendants still living in Exeter. It contains the names of over 3700 of William's descendants and their spouses. If you are a descendant of William Parkin born 1745 in Exeter, Devon England and would like to see how you fit into the tree and/or willing to share some details about your close family to add to the tree, please make contact through the details on this blog page.
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