Alexander Parker
Male, Deceased Person
1628 – 1689
Who was Alexander Parker?
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:
A Testimony of the Light Within
Testimony of the Appearance of God
A Tryall of a Christian
A Call out of Egypt
A Testimony of Truth
An Epistle to Friends
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.
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