Dr William Parker (1766-1838)

Authors

Nancy B. Leavitt

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Description

Dr. William Parker was born in the colony of Georgia in 1766 and achieved prominence as a physician and community leader. He was one of the original members of the Georgia Medical Society, which was established in Savannah in 1804. Additionally, he was a member of Christ Church and on the Board of Trustees for Beth­esda Orphanage. In 1804 he married the widow Louisa Guerard Mc Allister who was originally from Prince William's Parish in South Carolina, Dr. Parker was a descendant of Henry Parker, the second pres­ident of the colony of Georgia and one of the first settlers of the Isle of Hope. Henry Parker and his wife, Ann, arrived in Savannah in August 1733 with General James Oglethorpe. While visiting his country home on the Isle of Hope, Dr. Parker was paralyzed by a stroke and died two years later in 1838, at his residence on Bryan Street in Savannah.

Publication Date

7-28-1978

Recommended Citation

Leavitt, Nancy B., "Dr William Parker (1766-1838)" (1978). Savannah Biographies. 152.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/152