James Parker (publisher)

James Parker
Born	1714 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died	July 2, 1770 1770 (aged 55–56) Burlington, New Jersey
Burial place	First Presbyterian Churchyard Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Other names	First Native New Jersey Printer King's Printer
Occupation(s)	Colonial Printer, Journalist, Librarian, Postmaster
Employer(s)	Apprentice and indenture servant of William Bradford (1727)
Known for	New Jersey General Assembly first printer publisher King of England and New York province official printer publisher Business associate of Benjamin Franklin Postmaster with John Holt
Notable work	New-York Weekly Post-Boy (1743) New-York Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post-Boy (1744) Yale College printer publisher (1755)
Spouse	Madam Mary Ballareau
Children	Samuel Franklin Parker (1745–1779) Jane Ballareau Parker (1746–1831)
Parents	Samuel Parker (1674–1725) 1725 (aged 50–51) Jana Inglis Parker (1674–1744) 1744 (aged 69–70)
Relatives	Grandparents Elisha Parker (Barnstable, Massachusetts) Elizabeth Hinckley (Plymouth Colony) Governor of Plymouth Thomas Hinckley
Family	Samuel Parker (1712–1732) 1732 (aged 19–20)

James Parker, (1714–1770), was a Colonial printer and publisher in British America during the reign of George II of Great Britain. Parker was born in 1714 at Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, the son of Samuel Parker and Jana Inglis Parker. Parker had a brother named Samuel, who died at 20 and was buried at the First Presbyterian Churchyard in Woodbridge Township.

James Parker had a son Samuel Franklin Parker who acquired the Franklin name given his business association and friendship with Benjamin Franklin. Samuel Franklin pursued his father's typesetting talents of a 18th century publisher printer during the governance of the Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies. Parker had a daughter Jane Ballareau Parker who married Gunning Bedford Jr., a Founding Father of the United States and a signer of the United States Constitution.

See also

• Alexander Colden
• Early American publishers and printers
• French and Indian War
• History of American newspapers
• Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
• Printing press

Franklin Papers Archives regarding James Parker in British America

• Franklin, Benjamin (February 20, 1742). "Articles of Agreement with James Parker, 20 February 1742". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (September 7, 1747). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 7 September 1747". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (September 21, 1747). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 21 September 1747". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Colden, Alexander (July 28, 1755). "Alexander Colden to James Parker, 28 July 1755". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin; Hunter, William (April 22, 1757). "Commission to James Parker as Comptroller of the Post Office, 22 April 1757". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (November 15, 1763). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker: Bond, 15 November 1763". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin; Foxcroft, John (July 10, 1764). "Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft: Commission to James Parker, 10 July 1764". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (October 27, 1764). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 27 October 1764". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin (November 5, 1764). "Power of Attorney to James Parker, 5 November 1764". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (November 23, 1764). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 23 November 1764". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (January 14, 1765). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 14 January 1765". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (January 22, 1765). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 22 January 1765". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (March 22, 1765). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 22 March 1765". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (April 25, 1765). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 25 April 1765". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Bibliography

• Parker, James (1755). "Family-Religion Revived, or, An Attempt to Promote Religion and Virtue in Families: In Two Parts". Internet Archive. New Haven, Connecticut: Parker, James, 1714–1770, Printer. OCLC 54972886.
• Parker, James (1764). "Conductor Generalis, or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor: as also, the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace". HathiTrust Digital Library. Woodbridge, New Jersey: Parker, James, 1714–1770. OCLC 8329646.
• Thomas, Isaiah (1810). "James Parker and Company" [The History of Printing in America: with a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers]. HathiTrust Digital Library. Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas Press. pp. 410–411. OCLC 1917653.
• Parker, Samuel Eugene (July 1899). "James Parker, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for the Province Nova-Caesaria, or New Jersey". New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 30 (3). New York City, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: 176–177. OCLC 563781666 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
• "Parker, James, 1714-1770" [Sarah Cresson Transcriptions of James Parker Letters and Documents circa 1916] (PDF). HSP.org. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
• Benedict, William H. (1923). "James Parker, The Printer, of Woodbridge". Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society: A Magazine of History, Biography and Notes on Families. 8. Edison, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society: 194–199. OCLC 558480381 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
• "Parker, James, 1714-1770". Library of Congress Authorities. United States Library of Congress. LCCN n82083599.

External links

• Media related to James Parker, Colonial America Printer Publisher at Wikimedia Commons