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Paternal Family Tree: Parker of Devon
On 23rd April 1691 [his father] Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 24) and [his mother] Janet Carrier Countess Macclesfield (age 30) were married.
Around 1696 George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield was born to Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 29) and Janet Carrier Countess Macclesfield (age 35).
In 1722 George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 26) was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1722 George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 26) was elected MP Wallingford.
On 12th October 1723 [his son] Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield was born to George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 27).
On 6th September 1724 [his son] George Lane Parker was born to George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 28).
On 28th April 1732 [his father] Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 65) died at Soho Square [Map]. His son George (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield.
On 23rd August 1733 [his mother] Janet Carrier Countess Macclesfield (age 72) died at Shirburn Castle [Map].
In 1749 [his son] Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Heathcote Countess Macclesfield were married. He the son of George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 53). They were first cousins.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1754 Thomas Hudson (age 53). Portrait of George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 58).
On 17th March 1764 George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 68) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 40) succeeded 3rd Earl Macclesfield. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Heathcote Countess Macclesfield by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Parker
Great x 3 Grandfather: George or William Parker
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Parker of Parwick
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Parker
GrandFather: Thomas Parker
George Parker 2nd Earl Macclesfield
GrandFather: Robert Charles Carrier
Mother: Janet Carrier Countess Macclesfield