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Parkins Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Parkins and Perkins, this ancient surname is of Old French and early medieval English origins. It is a patronymic derivative of the Ancient Greek personal name 'Peter' meaning 'rock' through the Norman-French 'Piers or Pierre'. Introduced into Britain after the Norman Invasion of 1066 and also by the Crusaders of the 12th century on their retrun from the Holy Land, it consists of the basic 'Per or Par' with the two additive diminutives, 'kin', indicating close relationship, such as son, or nephew, and the plural 's', a shortened form of 'son'.