Henry (Harry) Solomon Parker

Birth: 1792 Death: May 1 1876 - 7 Sandy’s Row, Bishop's Gate Father: ZALMON BEN JACOB Wife: Maria (Miriam) PARKER (born 1802 nee DA COSTA) Henry Solomon Parker was the son of Zalmon Ben Jacob, which means Solomon the son of Jacob. It appears at this point that Zalmon Ben Jacob or this son Henry(Harry)Solomon decided to adopt the surname of PARKER (probably Zalmon) as he appears to have changed his first name to SOLOMON from herein in the late 1700's or early 1800's. I think that it was after his marriage. I feel it had something to do with religion as they were devout Jewish and seemed to be obsessed with the name Solomon. so the JACOB surname from this point was now replaced in history with PARKER. There is NO other Parker surname before this date connected to this family.

Henry and Maria were married at the Hambro Synagogue on 25 October 1820. The Hambro Synagogue was founded by ashkenazic jews. Maria was a sephardic Jew of Portuguese origin. The sephardic synagogue, Bevis Marks, would not perform weddings between ashkenazic men and sephardic women. Although they would accommodate sephardic men and ashkenazic women.In any event. Henry was a watch maker as was his son Mark. At some pint Mark lived in Birmingham, but I think that he died in London. There is a reference in the Jewish Chronicle of 22 Oct 1909 to his being an inmate at the Home For Elderly Jews. Many of the Parker men were publicans. Sarah Joel, mentioned above, was from the family that went out to South Africa made a fortune in diamonds and gold, financed Cecil Rhodes and helped to foment the Boer War. But none of the fame or fortune reached the Parker family. As I dredge up more material, I’ll pass it on.

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