Alexander Parker (Quaker)
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Alexander Parker was a Quaker preacher and author.
He was born on 21 June 1628 at Chipping, Lancashire
, England
the son of Robert Parker. He was convinced and became a Quaker preacher, travelling widely in England and Scotland.
He wrote:
Parker was one of eighty-four Quakers who founded the six-weeks' meeting for the management of Quaker affairs, in October 1671.
On 8 August 1683 he, with George Whitehead
, and Gilbert Latey, presented an address to King Charles II of England
at Windsor on behalf of persecuted Friends. Parker accompanied George Fox
to the Netherlands in 1684.
He died in London on 8 March 1689.
One of his letters to Friends, advising them on the holding of Meetings for Worship was included in current printed guidance for British Quakers.
He was born on 21 June 1628 at Chipping, Lancashire
Chipping, Lancashire
Chipping is a village and civil parish of the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,046....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
the son of Robert Parker. He was convinced and became a Quaker preacher, travelling widely in England and Scotland.
He wrote:
- A Testimony of the Light Within (1657)
- A Discovery of Satans Wiles (1657)
- Testimony of the Appearance of God (1658)
- A Tryall of a Christian (1658)
- A Call out of Egypt (1659)
- A Testimony of Truth (1659)
- An EpistleEpistle (Quaker)Quaker epistle: in the 17th Century, the Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of the word "epistle" to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people, sometimes termed a "general epistle"...
to Friends (1660)
Parker was one of eighty-four Quakers who founded the six-weeks' meeting for the management of Quaker affairs, in October 1671.
On 8 August 1683 he, with George Whitehead
George Whitehead (Quaker leader)
George Whitehead was a leading early Quaker preacher, author and lobbyist remembered for his advocacy of religious freedom before three kings of England. His lobbying in defense of the right to practice the Quaker religion was influential on the Act of Uniformity, the Bill of Rights of 1689 and...
, and Gilbert Latey, presented an address to King Charles II of England
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
at Windsor on behalf of persecuted Friends. Parker accompanied George Fox
George Fox
George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver, Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war...
to the Netherlands in 1684.
He died in London on 8 March 1689.
One of his letters to Friends, advising them on the holding of Meetings for Worship was included in current printed guidance for British Quakers.