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.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

7th Generation (Great(4)-grandchildren)



574. Elrie Frances Dippenaar was born on Apr. 12, 1983.
575. Christo Dewald Venter was born on Jun. 13, 1988.
576. Erna Leonora Venter was born on Sep. 18, 1990.
577. Nicola van der Merwe was born on Sep. 17, 1991.
578. Michelle Parkin was born on Oct. 18, 1984.
579. Monique Parkin was born on Sep. 14, 1990.
580. Louis Gerhard Parkin was born on Aug. 6, 1983 in Klerksdorp.
581. Wynand Parkin was born on Jan. 2, 1986 in Witbank. He married Hester Maria van den Berg on Dec. 14, 2008. Hester Maria was born
on Sep. 14, 1987.
582. Christine Parkin was born on May 17, 1988 in Witbank.
583. Jenny Parkin was born on Feb 6, 1984 in Pretoria. She married Adriaan Matthys Alexandro-Witsj Venter on Dec. 16, 2006. Adriaan
Matthys Alexandro-Witsj was born on Jul. 17, 1981.
584. Louis Gerhard Parkin was born on Jul. 1, 1986 in Klerksdorp. He married Juanita Booysen on Mar. 14, 2009. Juanita was born on Dec.
24, 1985 in Lincoln, Nebraska USA.
585. Karin du Plooy was born on Apr. 3, 1989 in Pretoria.
586. Rickus du Plooy was born on May 8, 1991 in Potchestroom.
587. Morne du Plooy was born on May 30, 1995 in Potchestroom.
588. Rufus Holtzhausen was born on Apr. 16, 1987.
589. Divan Holtzhausen was born on Jan. 19, 1989.
590. Christiaan de Wit was born on Jun. 3, 1981. He married Annette Johnston on Mar. 26, 2005. Annette was born on May 16, 1980.
591. Herman de Wit was born on May 26, 1984.
592. Alani van Staden.
593. Zanri van Staden.
594. Bradley Robert Parkin was born on Oct. 28, 1996 in St Georges Hospital Port Elizabeth.
595. Keagan Ross Parkin was born on Oct. 23, 1999 in St Georges Hospital Port Elizabeth.
596. Living Crawcour.
597. Claire Jennifer Scott-Parkin was born on Nov. 23, 1987 in Port Elizabeth. She married Jarred William Maliepaard on Apr. 11, 2009.
Jarred William was born on May 1, 1984.
598. David Luke Botha was born on May 5, 1979.
599. Michael Botha was born on Mar. 27, 1983.
600. Living Law.
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2 comments:

  1. AllyCatApril 17, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    Hi guys! So here's some info for you to add to the family line if you'd like to...
    I am Alani Antoynet Van Staden (number 592) in the 7th generation. I was born on 9 Feb 1991.
    My sister is Zanri Jeanet Van Staden and she was born on 28 April 1992.
    Zanri has a baby boy named Brody Zee Johnston and he was born on 29 April 2010.

    Hope this helps a little!

    Zanri and my parents are unfortunately divorced years ago and we lost all contact with our biological father and his side of the family- out parents are Annette Van Staden and Wilem Van Staden- his mom (our grandma) was Antoinette Martinna Parkin.

    Thanks to your site I saw that my oldest cousin Chris de Wit got married to his long time girlfriend! I'm really glad you have this site, it's great to be able to see where I come from! Maybe if we have a family reunion one day we will be reconnected with the other part of our family... Keep up the awesome work!!

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  2. Keith ParkinMarch 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM

    Hi Alani,

    Thank you for the kind words. I hope you get this response many years after you posted your comment.
    Please email my direct and we can share more and updated information about the Parkin Family.

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