John Palmer Parker I (1790 - 1868)

Born 1 May 1790 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Died 26 Mar 1868 at age 77 in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii

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Biography

John Palmer Parker was born on 01 May 1790 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA and his parents were Ann (Palmer) and Samuel Parker (1742-1822).

He arrived in Hawaii around 1809 by jumping off of a ship and came to the attention of King Kamehameha I (the chief who united the 8 separate islands into the Kingdom of Hawaii) and was given important tasks by the king.

During the War of 1812, John traveled to China, returning to Hawaii in 1815. Having brought back with him a new, state-of-the-art American musket, John was given the privilege of being the first man allowed to shoot some of the thousands of feral cattle that roamed Hawaii’s remote plains and valleys. These animals were the descendants of one bull and five cows given by British Captain George Vancouver to Kamehameha as a gift in 1793.

John Palmer Parker (1790-1868) married about 1816 to Rachel Kipikane (1800-1860). Chiefess Kipikane was the granddaughter of King Kamehameha I (d: 1819). They were awarded two acres of land on the slopes of Mauna Kea where they built the homestead "Mana Hale". They had three children and began the Parker dynasty that would play a prominent role in the next two centuries of Hawaiian history.

He was the founder of the Parker Ranch on the Island of Hawaii.

He died on 20 Aug 1868. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55256611

• Wikipedia

• https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1002007

• "Hawaii: The First and Last Far West?" by John Whitehead & published: 01 May 1992 Western Historical Quarterly v23, issue#2; p153–177