Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Parker, Samuel, D.D. (1) a prelate of the English Church, was born at Northampton in September, 1640. He was of Puritan extraction, and was marked by certain Puritan notions, when, as a young man, he entered Wadham College, Oxford. He studied later at Trinity College. He was there brought in contact with persons of a … Continue reading “Parker, Samuel, D.D. (1)”

Parker, Samuel (3), D.D. an American prelate, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 28, 1744, and passed A.B. in Harvard, 1764. He then became a teacher, and after having for nine years followed this profession, determined to enter the ministry. Though educated in the Congregational Church, he repaired to England for ordination by the … Continue reading “Parker, Samuel (3), D.D.”

Parker, Samuel (2) son of bishop Samuel Parker, was an excellent scholar, but a man of singular modesty. He married a bookseller’s daughter at Oxford. where he resided, and appears to have had a situation in the Bodleian Library. Parker declined taking the oaths at the Revolution, and therefore did not enter into orders. He … Continue reading “Parker, Samuel (5)”

Parker, Robert (1) a Puritan divine of considerable learning and reading, was educated at Benet College, Cambridge, and .after graduation (1583) was made a fellow thereof. He was finally presented to the benefice of Wilton, in Wiltshire. In 1607 he was obliged to quit the country, and he found refuge in Holland, because he had … Continue reading “Parker, Robert (2)”

Parker, Nathan, D.D. a Unitarian minister of the Congregational body, was born at Reading, Mass., June 5,1782, and was educated at Harvard University, class of 1803. After graduation Parker spent one year in teaching at Worcester, Mass.; then studied theology; in 1805 was appointed tutor in Bowdoin College, Me.; in 1808 he was settled as … Continue reading “Parker, Nathan, D.D.”

Parker, Matthew Second Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury; born Norwich, England, 1504; died London, England, 1575. Having studied at Cambridge, he was ordained and elected to a fellowship. In 1535 he was appointed chaplain to Anne Boleyn. Vice-chancellor of Cambridge, at the accession of Mary Tudor he resigned. Deprived of his preferments he retired until he … Continue reading “Parker, Matthew”

Parker, Linus, D.D a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Rome, N.Y., April 23, 1829. He went to New Orleans in his sixteenth year, at once joined the Poydras Sunday-school, and became a dry-goods clerk. He volunteered in the Mexican war, and soon after his return received license to preach, and … Continue reading “Parker, Linus, D.D”

Parker, John a noted minister of the Church of the New Jerusalem, was born in Harbourne, England, in 1823, and early joined the Wesleyans. He was but moderately educated, and for many years followed the trade of brass- finishing. In 1855 he was led to change his Church relations through the instrumentality of the Rev. … Continue reading “Parker, John (2)”

Parker, Joel, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born at Bethel, Vermont, August 27, 1799. He graduated from Hamilton College, N.Y., in 1824; was ordained in 1826, and settled at Rochester, where he remained until 1830; was pastor of Dey Street Church, New York city, from 1830 to 1833; at New Orleans from 1833 to 1838, … Continue reading “Parker, Joel, D.D”

Parker, H.J., D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Cavendish, Vermont, November 12, 1812. He was converted at eighteen, graduated from Harvard College in 1840, studied theology at Newton, was ordained in 1842, became pastor at Burlington, Vermont, in 1844; in 1854 removed to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, in 1856 became pastor there; in 1861 removed … Continue reading “Parker, H.J., D.D”