Descendants of Alice Freeman Thompson Parke - Person Page 172

Nathan Parke

M, b. 3 September 1739
  • Nathan Parke was born on 3 September 1739 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1,2

Citations

  1. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.110. Family of Adam Parke and Lydia Tracy: Nathan, b. 3 Sep 1739.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Nathan Parke

M, b. 30 April 1731
  • Nathan Parke was born on 30 April 1731 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.1
  • He married Lydia.2
  • The will of Nathan Parke was was probated on 3 January 1764.2

Family: Lydia

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Nathan, s. Robert & Dorithy, b. Apr 30, 1731.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 72, no. 149. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.

Nathan Parke

M, b. 20 May 1774
  • Nathan Parke was born on 20 May 1774 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Nathan, s. Nehemiah and Margaret, b. May 20, 1774.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.

Nathan Parke1

M, b. 7 June 1787
  • Nathan Parke was born on 7 June 1787.1

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), pp. 62, 87, no. 538. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.

Nathanial Parke1

M, b. 14 August 1681, d. before 12 January 1724/25
  • Nathanial Parke was baptized on 14 August 1681 at First Church, New London, New London Co., Connecticut, "Nathaniel Park and his wife Sarah and their children Daniel and Nathaniel."2
  • He died before 12 January 1724/25 at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.3
  • Inventory of estate taken on 12 January 1724/25 totaled £38:18:9.2

Citations

  1. [S109] Walter Geer, The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States 1623-1923 (New York: Brentano's, 1923). Hereinafter cited as Geer Gen.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 37. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  3. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 37. Died abt. 1724.

Nathaniel Parke1,2,3,4,5

M, b. circa 1650, d. before 22 January 1718
  • Nathaniel Parke was probably born circa 1650 at New London Co., Connecticut.
  • He married Sarah Geer, daughter of George Geer and Sarah Allyn, at New London, New London Co., Connecticut, on 28 February 1677.6,7
  • Nathaniel Parke was baptized on 14 August 1681 at First Church, New London, New London Co., Connecticut, "Nathaniel Park and his wife Sarah and their children Daniel and Nathaniel."8
  • He died before 22 January 1718 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.9,10
  • He served as a volunteer in King Philip's War 1676, and in 1701 was allotted land in Voluntown for service in Colonial Wars. He bought land in Preston from his father, 6 Mar 1693. The following day he bought land from his brother, John Parke. He owned land in Groton and in Preston, Connecticut, where he resided. He was a neighbor of Josiah Rockwell.11
  • He was named in his father's will dated on 5 September 1707 received £8.12
  • Inventory of estate taken on 22 January 1718 valued at £107:7:9. Divided 21 July 1721 to Nathaniel £20, Joseph £9:9:6, Ezekiel £10, John £10, Jacob £10, Phebe Beman £10, Margaret Spicer £10, the balance to the widow, Sarah.8

Family: Sarah Geer b. 27 Feb 1658/59

Citations

  1. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  2. [S109] Walter Geer, The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States 1623-1923 (New York: Brentano's, 1923). Hereinafter cited as Geer Gen.
  3. [S140] Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 (New London?: The Friends of the Author, 1874), p.248. Hereinafter cited as History of Norwich, Conn.
  4. [S141] Frank Syvester Parks, Parks Records, Vol. 3; A Collection of Miscellaneous Information About Some of the Old Park and Parks Families of America (Washington D.C.: Frank Sylvester Parks, 1925), pp.81-83. Hereinafter cited as Parks Records, Vol. 3. http://books.google.com/books,+Volume+3&dq=Collection+of+Miscellaneous+Information+about+Some+of+the+Old+Park+and+Parks+Families+of+America,.
  5. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), pages 36-37, no. 11. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  6. [S794] H. Minot Pitman, "Geer Notes", The American Genealogist Vol.33, pp.193-198 (1957): 33:194. Hereinafter cited as "TAG 33:193-198."
  7. [S2006] "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700", online www.AmericanAncestors.org. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Accessed Jan 2010. Hereinafter cited as Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
  8. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 37.
  9. [S794] H. Minot Pitman, "TAG 33:193-198", 33:194. Died ca. 1718.
  10. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 37. Died abt. 1718.
  11. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pages 36-37.
  12. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vols. 9-21, 29 (1933-1944): 14:16. File no. 3967. Hereinafter cited as "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)."

Nathaniel Parke1,2

M
  • Nathaniel Parke married Ruth Newton, daughter of Samuel Newton and Ruth Spicer, at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut, on 27 August 1747.3,4
  • Nathaniel Parke is said to have married Eunice Ecclestone.2

Family 1: Ruth Newton b. 18 Oct 1712

Family 2: Eunice Ecclestone

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), pages 41, 54, no. 70. The author does not name Nathaniel Parke's wife. He assigns him six children born between the years 1767 and 1779. If correct, the last would have been born 99 years after the birth of his grandfather which is highly unlikely. It may be that all, or most of the children assigned to Nathaniel no. 70, are incorrect. They may be grandchildren. Records of their births are not found in the Groton VRs (Barbour Collection). Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S5069] Frank Sylvester Parks, Supplement to the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D. C.: F. S. Parks, 1934), Supplement to page 54, no. 70 Nathaniel Parke. States that Nathaniel married Eunice Ecclestone. Hereinafter cited as Parke Families Supplement.
  3. [S5037] Susan Spicer Meech and Susan Billings Meech, History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, A Landholder in New London, Connecticut, As Early as 1666, And Others of the Name (Boston: Stanhope Press, 1911), page 30. Hereinafter cited as Peter Spicer Genealogy. Https://archive.org/details/historyofdescend00meec.
  4. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Groton, page 115. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  5. [S3870] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online www.AmericanAncestors.org, Groton, page 116.

Nathaniel Parke1

M, b. 29 December 1770, d. 21 August 1844
  • Nathaniel Parke was born on 29 December 1770 at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.1
  • He married Phebe Burrows on 3 December 1797.1
  • Nathaniel Parke died on 21 August 1844.2

Family: Phebe Burrows d. 5 Mar 1858

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 74, no. 178. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 74, no. 178. Supplement corrects the date of death from 29 Aug 1844 to 21 Aug 1844.

Nathaniel Parke1

M, b. 31 August 1747
  • Nathaniel Parke was born on 31 August 1747 at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.2
  • He was baptized on 18 October 1747 at First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.70.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., p.70. Citing Norwich records, bk. 2, p. 68.
  3. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), page 159. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.

Nathaniel Parke

M, b. 11 March 1758, d. after 1849
  • Father*: James Parke b. 14 Jan 1724/25, d. May 1776
  • Mother*: Sarah b. c 1728, d. 2 May 1821
  • Nathaniel Parke was born on 11 March 1758.1
  • He died after 1849.
  • Enlisted in King's Rangers at age 13 at St. Johns, Quebec, as a drummer, discharged 24 Dec 1783.

Citations

  1. [S1093] "Parke Bible."Submitted May 18, 1994 by Anna Joan Buxton, Victoria, BC. The record is taken from nine pages photocopied from Cyrenius Parke's Bible. Original at the Lennox & Addington County Historical Society's holdings at the Napanee Museum in Napanee, ON.. Online http://www.biblerecords.com/parke1.html.. Hereinafter cited as Parke Bible.

Nathaniel Parke1

M, b. 9 July 1751
  • Nathaniel Parke was born on 9 July 1751 at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Groton, page 115. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Nehemiah Parke1,2

M, b. 18 October 1752
  • Nehemiah Parke was born on 18 October 1752 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3
  • He married Margaret Stewart at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut, on 27 December 1771.4

Family: Margaret Stewart

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Birth records of the children of Nehemiah Parke and Margaret Stewart.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.55.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, Barbour Collection v.47, pp.214-215, Nehemiah Jr. m. Margaret Stewart, Dec 27, 1771, by Samuel Stewart, J.P.

Nehemiah Parke

M, b. 29 July 1778
  • Nehemiah Parke was born on 29 July 1778 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Nehemiah, s. Nehemiah Jr. and Margaret, b. July 29, 1778.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.

Nehemiah Parke1,2

M, b. 23 May 1719, d. 26 January 1780
  • Nehemiah Parke was born on 23 May 1719 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3
  • He was baptized on 3 October 1725 at First Congregational Church, Preston, Connecticut.4
  • He married Mary Button at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 26 December 1751.5
  • Nehemiah Parke died on 26 January 1780 at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.1
  • Also known as Nehemiah Park.6

Family: Mary Button b. 10 Mar 1730, d. 11 Feb 1819

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 55, no. 78. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, Family of Samuel Parke and Abigail Ayers: b. 23 May 1719.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), page 147. Abigail & Nehemiah, children of Samuel and Abigail Park. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  5. [S3870] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online www.AmericanAncestors.org, Preston, page 152. Parke, Nehemiah, of Preston, m. Mary Button, of Voluntown, Dec. 26, 1751.
  6. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 54, no. 78.

Niles Parke1

M, b. 5 March 1773
  • Niles Parke was born on 5 March 1773 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Olive Parke

F, b. 11 May 1755
  • Olive Parke was born on 11 May 1755 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Olive, d. Christopher & Sarah, b. May 11, 1755 .. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.

Paul Parke1

M, b. 18 November 1720, d. 25 June 1802
  • Paul Parke was born on 18 November 1720 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2,3
  • He married Sarah Smith at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 21 December 1738.4,5
  • Paul Parke married second at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 26 November 1772 Mary Russ.6,7
  • Paul Parke died on 25 June 1802 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1
  • "He was a farmer, and supported himself and family by that occupation, while preaching the Gospel in the First Separatist Church of Preston, of which he was pastor for fifty-five years."1

Family 1: Sarah Smith b. c 1721, d. 23 Jan 1772

Family 2: Mary Russ b. c 1730, d. 11 Sep 1824

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 63, no. 103. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.90. Family of Hezekiah Parke and Margaret Dike: Paul, b. 18 Nov 1720, m. Sarah Smith.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Born 4 Sep 1718. This is likely in error as Paul's brother Elijah was born on this same date but neither record states that either is a twin. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut;, #5380, p.123. Family of Paul Parke and Sara Smith: m. 21 Dec 1738.
  5. [S3870] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online www.AmericanAncestors.org, Preston, page 152.
  6. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 64, no. 103. Calls her Mary RUSS.
  7. [S3870] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online www.AmericanAncestors.org, Preston, page 153. Parke, Paul, of Preston, m. Mary Rust, of Ipswich, Nov. 26, 1772.

Paul Parke

M, b. 23 July 1754, d. 12 August 1769
  • Paul Parke was born on 23 July 1754 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1,2
  • He died on 12 August 1769 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2

Citations

  1. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, #5380, p.123. Family of Paul Parke and Sara Smith: Paul, b. 23 Jul 1754, d. 12 Aug 1769.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 151. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Paul Parke1

M, b. 15 August 1777
  • Paul Parke was born on 15 August 1777 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Peter Parke1

M, b. 13 October 1784
  • Peter Parke was born on 13 October 1784 at Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Canterbury, page 123. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Phebe Parke1,2

F, b. 1692, d. 3 October 1777
  • Phebe Parke was born in 1692 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3
  • She was baptized on 25 June 1710 at First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, as an adult, "daughter of Nathaniel Park, submitted to dicipline."4
  • She married Thomas Beeman at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, in 1712.5
  • Phebe Parke died on 3 October 1777 at Kent, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.6
  • She was buried at Kent Hollow Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
  • Also known as Phoebe Park.7

Family: Thomas Beeman b. bt 1680 - 1690, d. 15 Nov 1750

Citations

  1. [S91] Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, compiler, Descendants of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Connecticut (Seattle: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, 1971). Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Conn.
  2. [S109] Walter Geer, The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States 1623-1923 (New York: Brentano's, 1923). Hereinafter cited as Geer Gen.
  3. [S91] Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, Descendants of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Conn., Date given as 1692.
  4. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), p.135. Baptismal record of Phebe Park. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  5. [S91] Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, Descendants of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Conn., Date given as 1712.
  6. [S113] Lorraine Cook White, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.20, Huntington, Kent, Killingly (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999), Vol. 1, p.16.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.20.
  7. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 50, no. 45. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.

Phebe Parke

F, b. 25 June 1736
  • Phebe Parke was born on 25 June 1736 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Phebe, d. Robert & Dorithy, b, Jun 25, 1736.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.

Phebe Parke1

F, b. 1 April 1759
  • Phebe Parke was born on 1 April 1759.2
  • She was baptized on 6 May 1759 at First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.99.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., p. 99, no. 671.
  3. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.

Phebe Parke1

F, b. 10 October 1796
  • Phebe Parke was born on 10 October 1796 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Polly Parke1

F, b. 6 October 1779
  • Polly Parke was born on 6 October 1779 at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.2
  • She married John Braman.2

Family: John Braman

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.54.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 75, no. 182.

Prentice Avery Parke1

M, b. 23 January 1776
  • Prentice Avery Parke was born on 23 January 1776 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Prudence Parke1

F, b. 14 October 1706
  • Prudence Parke was born on 14 October 1706 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2,3
  • She married Isaac Kimball, son of John Kimball and Sarah Goodhue, at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 13 May 1729.4,3

Family: Isaac Kimball b. 19 Apr 1705, d. 1744

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 56, no. 81. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.71. Family of Thomas Parke and Hannah Witter: Prudence, b. 14 Oct 1706.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut;, Film #5380, p.91. Family of Isaac Kimball and Prudence Parke: m. 13 May 1729.

Rachel Parke

F, b. 14 November 1714
  • Rachel Parke was born on 14 November 1714 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1,2
  • She married Joseph Ellis at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 17 November 1731.3,2

Family: Joseph Ellis

Citations

  1. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.86. Family of James Parke and Deborah Gears: Rachel, b. 14 Nov 1714.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  3. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut;, Film #5380, p.105. Family of Joseph Ellis and Rachel Parke: m. 17 Nov 1731.

Rachel Parke1

F, b. 24 December 1733
  • Rachel Parke was born on 24 December 1733 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2,3
  • She married Asa Parke, son of Eleazer Parke and Eliphel Button, at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 28 November 1753.4

Family: Asa Parke b. 4 Feb 1732, d. 10 Mar 1821

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.44.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.110. Family of Adam Parke and Lydia Tracy: Rachel, b. 24 Dec 1733.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S3870] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online www.AmericanAncestors.org, Preston, page 150.

Rachel Parke1

F, b. 19 November 1713
  • Rachel Parke was born on 19 November 1713 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.2

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.40.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Plainfield, page 92. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Rachel Paine Parke

F, b. 18 August 1708
  • Rachel Paine Parke was born on 18 August 1708 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1
  • She was baptized in 1714.2

Citations

  1. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, Family of Joseph Parke (wife not named): "Rachel Pain ye daughter of ye wife of Joseph Parke, b. 18 Aug 1708".. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 47. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.

Rebecca Parke

F, b. 7 September 1682, d. 23 March 1758
  • Rebecca Parke was born on 7 September 1682 at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.1,2
  • She married John Larrabee, son of Greenfield Larrabee Jr. and Alice Parke, at Norwich, Connecticut, on 16 September 1705.3
  • Rebecca Parke died on 23 March 1758 at Norwich, Connecticut; age 74.4
  • She was buried at Palmer Cemetery, Preston, Connecticut.4
  • Also known as Rebecca Park.4

Family: John Larrabee b. 19 Jun 1677, d. 26 May 1761

Citations

  1. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), p.84. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  2. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 9614. Norwich VR. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.
  3. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 7790. Norwich VR.
  4. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 7791. Norwich VR & Palmer Cemetery.
  5. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 7788. Norwich VR.
  6. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 7791. Norwich VR.

Rebecca Parke1

F, b. 12 April 1835
  • Rebecca Parke was born on 12 April 1835.2

Citations

  1. [S141] Frank Syvester Parks, Parks Records, Vol. 3; A Collection of Miscellaneous Information About Some of the Old Park and Parks Families of America (Washington D.C.: Frank Sylvester Parks, 1925), p.20. Hereinafter cited as Parks Records, Vol. 3. http://books.google.com/books,+Volume+3&dq=Collection+of+Miscellaneous+Information+about+Some+of+the+Old+Park+and+Parks+Families+of+America,.
  2. [S1093] "Parke Bible."Submitted May 18, 1994 by Anna Joan Buxton, Victoria, BC. The record is taken from nine pages photocopied from Cyrenius Parke's Bible. Original at the Lennox & Addington County Historical Society's holdings at the Napanee Museum in Napanee, ON.. Online http://www.biblerecords.com/parke1.html.. Hereinafter cited as Parke Bible.

Reuben Parke1

M
  • Reuben Parke was born at Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.2
  • He married Elizabeth Ford.2

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.70. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., p.99.

Reuel Parke1

M, b. 1 June 1792
  • Reuel Parke was born on 1 June 1792 at Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Canterbury, page 124. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Rhoda Parke

F, b. 26 August 1755
  • Rhoda Parke was born on 26 August 1755 at Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.1

Citations

  1. [S292] Nancy E. Schott, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.38, Saybrook, Sharon (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000), pp.295-296, Parke: Rhoda, d. Daniel & Anna, b. Aug 26, 1755.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.38.

Richard Parke1

M, b. circa 1664, d. before 5 September 1707
  • Richard Parke was born circa 1664 at Connecticut.
  • He probably died before 5 September 1707.
  • Neither Richard, nor any children, are mentioned in the will of Thomas Parke, Sr. of Preston, 5 Sept. 1707.2

Citations

  1. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  2. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vols. 9-21, 29 (1933-1944): 14:16. File no. 3967. Hereinafter cited as "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)."

Richard Parke1

M, b. 3 June 1710, d. before 27 May 1747
  • Richard Parke was born on 3 June 1710 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2,3
  • He married Sarah Kimball, daughter of John Kimball and Sarah Goodhue, at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, on 3 November 1736.4
  • Richard Parke died before 27 May 1747.
  • Will proved on 27 May 1747 No children are mentioned.

Family: Sarah Kimball b. c 1712

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.42.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, Family of Samuel Parke and Abigail Ayers: b. 3 Jun 1710.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 153. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut;, Film #5380, p.105. Richard Parks of Preston and Sarah Kimball of same town, m. 3 Nov 1736.

Richard Parke

M, b. 17 April 1747
  • Richard Parke was born on 17 April 1747 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.1,2

Citations

  1. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, p.110. Family of Adam Parke and Lydia Tracy: Richard, b. 17 Apr 1747.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Preston, page 152. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.

Robert Parke1,2

M, b. circa 1554, d. between 12 February 1592 and 17 March 1592
  • Father*: William Parke2 b. 1521, d. bt 25 Mar 1551 - 13 May 1551
  • Mother*: Margaret b. 1530, d. 1575
  • Robert Parke was probably born circa 1554 at Gestingthorpe, co. Essex, England.2
  • He married Alice Chaplin, daughter of William Chaplin and a wife name unknown, at All Saints Church, Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England, on 27 September 1579.3
  • Robert Parke died between 12 February 1592 and 17 March 1592 at Acton, co. Suffolk, England.2
  • His will was dated on 12 February 1592/93 "exhibited" 17 March 1592/93 by executor John Firman. Mentions wife Alice, and three minor children, but names only Edmund, his second son, and William, "youngest son."4

Family: Alice Chaplin b. c 1558, d. 1594

Citations

  1. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  2. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk", The American Genealogist Vol. 82 (2007): 82:258. Hereinafter cited as "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)."
  3. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:257. FHL film #0092200, All Saints Sudbury Parish register.
  4. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:258. Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, registered wills, Suffolk Rec. Off., R2/42/443, 38:443-44 (FHL film #0097073).

Robert Parke1,2,3,4

M, b. 3 June 1580, d. 4 February 1664/65
  • Robert Parke was baptized on 3 June 1580 at Poslingford, co. Suffolk, England.5
  • He married first at Semer, co. Suffolk, England, on 9 February 1601/2 Martha Chaplin, daughter of William Chaplin and Agnes Holborough, (they were first cousins).4,6,7
  • Robert Parke married second at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, circa 30 May 1644 Alice Freeman, daughter of Henry Freeman and Margaret Edwards.8,9,10
  • Robert Parke died on 4 February 1664/65 at Mystic (Stonington), New London Co., Connecticut.11
  • He was buried on 7 February 1664/65 at Mystic (Stonington), New London Co., Connecticut.11
  • Immigrant ancestor to America Robert Parke arrived in New England by 1639. The exact date or means of his immigration is not known. It has been claimed that he came as early as 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet aboard the Arabella. However, direct evidence for this claim has not survived.12
  • His will was dated on 14 May 1660 proved 14 March 1664/65. "Robert Parke of Mystic near New London." To eldest son William Parke whom I make my sole executor, all my houses and lands in Mystic on both sides of the river there as well my meadow and upland the whole being by estimation 170 acres more or less. To son Samuel Park fifty pounds sterling to be payde unto him by my sole executor in good merchandisable goods at price current at the time of payment there after mentioned to be delivered in Boston in the Massachusetts Colonie in New England in case he my sd. son Samuel shall first come and demand the farm in Roxsbury in the Colonie aforesaid within the time and place of seven years...but if he should not come then my executor should dispose of the fifty pounds. To son Thomas Parke and any of his children one third part of my whole estate. Wit.: James Morgan, Sr., James Morgan, Jr., Hannah Morgan.13,14
  • Descendants have spelled the surname as Parke, Park or Parks. Stiles states that he is said to have been a descendant of Thomas de Parke, Master of the Hunt, etc., to William the Conqueror, although that is yet to be proved.

Family 1: Martha Chaplin b. 4 Feb 1583

Family 2: Alice Freeman b. bt 1595 - 1600, d. b 1660

Citations

  1. [S157] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, with A Genealogical Register of Stonington Families (New London, Conn.: Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900), "Robert Park came from Preston, Lancashire, England, sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight in the ship "Aradella" on March 29, 1630 and landed at Salem, Massachusetts June 12, and at Boston, Massachusetts June 17, 1630 with 76 passengers. He settled with his son Thomas in Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1641-42. He removed to Pequot, now New London in 1649 where he resided six years and his new barn which stood on the corner of Hempstead and Granite Streets was used as the first house of worship in the new town, and the call to service was the beat of a drum. He finally settled at Mystic in Stonington, as he was one of the men appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts to an official position in the orginization of the town of Stonington in 1658. He died and his will was probated in March 1665 and his son Dea. William Park of Roxbury, Massachusetts was his executer. He served in the early Colonial Wars. He married first Martha, daughter of Capt. Robert Chapen in Edmundsbury, England. Married second, Mrs. Alice Thompson, they were doubtless married in Roxbury and soon removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut. His wife died before 1660." p.527-528. Gives Robert's birth date as 3 Jun 1580 in Preston, Suffolk, England.. Hereinafter cited as History of Stonington, Connecticut. Https://archive.org/details/historytownston00wheegoog.
  2. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994), "Robert Parke was made a "freeman" in Wethersfield in 1639. Among those setteling in Wethersfield were Robert's brother-in-law, Clement Chaplin, who was the Ruling Elder of the local church and later Treasurer of the Connecticut Colony. Next door to him was John Thompson, presumably the eldest son of John and Alice (Freeman) Thompson. His father died in Northamptonshire in 1628, and his mother, who later married Robert, had come to America in the Winthrop Fleet. In 1643 John Thompson moved to New Haven. This may have had a bearing on promoting the marriage that took place the next year. The marriage of Robert and Alice was approved by a curious order of the General Court in Boston stating that he might "proceed in marriage with Alice Thompson without further publication". Alices's family consisted of ten children: John, the eldest aged 33, Anthony and Wiliiam who also settled in New Haven, Mary who married Joseph Wise, Bridget who married Capt George Denison in 1640, and Dorothy who married Thomas in 1644 in Wethersfield. The others either died young or stayed in England. So there were two marriages in 1644, Robert to Mrs. Alice Thompson, and Thomas to her daughter Dorothy. It seems logical that Robert moved up the street to fill the vacancy left by Alice's son John while Thomas and Dorothy took over the Parke house.
    In 1649 Robert sold his lands to Thomas, moved south some 40 miles and became one of the first proprietors of a new town, Pequot, now known as New London. Thomas appears to have followed his father to that area three years later according to land records. It is possible that Robert's move grew from his friendship with the Winthrop family, John Jr., soon to be Governor of the Connecticut Colony, and his brother Deane. They were among the settlers on the banks of the Mystick River. The Winthrop's and Robert, along with another settler, Jonathan Brewster from Plymouth are recorded with the title, "Mister", while all other men are called "goodman" or had no prefix. Robert was a New London selectman in 1651 and a representative for the town in the General Court meeting in Hartford in 1652. In that year he sold his New London house to William Rogers and settled on land purchased from Pastor Blinman to the east, on the banks of the Mystick River. Here he spent his remaining years. He was designated by Court order along with George Denison, William Cheseborough, Thomas Stanton and Walter Palmer to manage the area called Southertown, later Stonington. This was still part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1662, King Charles II gave a new charter to Connecticut, enlarging its borders. John Winthrop Jr., who had been the colony's governor since 1657, was now governor of the new Province, serving until 1676. Wheeler's, "History of Stonington" states that Robert served in the Colonial Wars. As the average life span was then less than 40 years, it is more likely that it was his son Thomas who actually served rather than Robert. By 1660 Robert was now 80. Of his family only Thomas lived near him. William who had arrived in the winter of 1631 on the "Lyon" had remained in Roxbury. It is likely that his sister Anne and brother Thomas lived with him until the return of their father in 1639 (Robert made two voyages to America, sailing back to England in between). Mention of the first child Martha has not been found other than her baptism in Oct 1603 at Semer. Still living in Woolpit, Suffolk, England was the eldest son Robert aged 55, whose wife was Susan. William 53, had become one of the most prominent citizens of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1636 he married Matha Holgrave. Martha, 19, who had just married Capt. Issac Williams was now living in Newton, Massachusetts on a 500 acre farm. There was also John 11 and Deborah 9. Four other children had died earlier. The children, John baptized 1611 and Jane baptized 1613 in Ringshall, are not found in the records and are presumed to have died. Thomas and Dorothy had eight children, all living near their grandfather. Robert's will was drawn up and signed on 4 May 1660 when he reached 80 years of age, possibly indicating that he was then not in good health. The will appointed Robert's eldest son William as executor. "All houses and land at Mystic on both sides of the river", some 170 acres, was left to him. A third of the estate, "in land or good pay" was given to Thomas, and 50 pounds was left to Samuel, "in case he shall first come and demand the same in Roxbury within 7 years next." The fact that Robert's will does not mention Richard Park of Newton would indicate that there were no close family ties. The diary of a neighbor, Thomas Minor states, "the 4th of ffebruarie mr perke departed this life and was buried the 7th day being Tuesday in the year 1664." It should be noted that at that time the new year started later, so in "present time" the year of his death would be 1665. Robert's grave marker no longer exists where he was buried in the Whitehall Cemetery, a short distance from his home. Today the interstate highway I95 divides his home lot from the cemetery. In 1930, on the 350th anniversary of Robert's birth, a group of his descendants placed a tablet to his memory on a boulder. The Parke Society met in New London in June 1980 on the 400th anniversary." Gives Robert Parke's baptismal date as 3 Jun 1580 in Poslingford, Suffolk, England (not birth date).. Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  3. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), pages 25-28, no. 1. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  4. [S2323] Boston Evening Transcript Genealogical Columns July 1916 to Feb 1923; FHL film #0014738 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955), Microfilm of scrapbooks originally compiled in 1941, page 132 (of film). No. 6473 7 Thompson, Park Query by C.C.W. July 11, 1917, reply by J.D.F. July 25, 1917. Hereinafter cited as Boston Evening Transcript Genealogical Columns July 1916 to Feb 1923.
  5. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk", The American Genealogist Vol. 82 (2007): 82:258. Cites Brainerd T. Peck, "The Parke Society, Inc." The Connecticut Nutmegger 9 (June 1976):12. Hereinafter cited as "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)."
  6. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:256. Semer Parish register.
  7. [S5069] Frank Sylvester Parks, Supplement to the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D. C.: F. S. Parks, 1934), Supplement to page 25, Robert Parke in England. Hereinafter cited as Parke Families Supplement.
  8. [S157] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Connecticut, p.527-528. Second marriage to Alice Thompson, no date.
  9. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665, Second marriage to Alice (Freeman) Thompson, ca. 1644 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
  10. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:259.
  11. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:259. Sidney H. Minor and George D. Stanton, Jr., eds., The Diary of Thomas Minor, 1653-1684 (New London, Conn., 1899), 197.
  12. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, online at www.americanancestors.org, 1995), Sketch of William Parke. Retrieved July 2009. "On 28 February 1629/30, a Robert Parke of Easterkeale, Lincolnshire, wrote to JOHN WINTHROP , expressing his interest in making the migration to New England in 1630 [ WP 2:212-13]. The only evidence we have that he did make the voyage is a statement by Savage that Robert Parke "went back the same year carrying an order by our Governor to his son John in England to pay money, which is in my possession and may be the earliest bill of exchange drawn on our side of the water" [ Savage 3:347]. This document has disappeared from sight, and until it reemerges, the evidence that Robert Parke was in New England so early as 1630 seems quite slight.". Hereinafter cited as Great Migration Begins 1620-1633.
  13. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vols. 9-21, 29 (1933-1944): 14:16. File no. 3963. To eldest son William Parke (sole executor) all houses and lands in Mistick on boath Sides the Riuer (170 acres); to son Samuel Parke, £50 in case he shall first come and demand the same in Roxbury, Mass., within 7 years next; to son Thomas Parke or any of his children at choice of my executor, one third of my estate in lands or good pay. Signed Robertt Parke. Witnesses: James Morgan, Senr., James Morgan, Junr., Hannah Morgan. Hereinafter cited as "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)."
  14. [S2983] Connecticut. Probate Court (New London District), Probate Records v. A-B (p.1-185), 1675-1716; FHL film #1311924 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), Microfilm of original records in Town Hall, New London, Conn. A:71. Hereinafter cited as New London, Ct. Probate v.A-B.
  15. [S157] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Connecticut, page 527.
  16. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins 1620-1633, Sketch of William Parke. Retrieved July 2009.
  17. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)", 82:260. "David L. Greene, FASG, has analyzed the possible interpretations of Rev. Richard Blinman calling Thomas Parke, his brother-in-law. He concluded that the most likely, but unproven, explanation is that Blinman's wife Mary was a sister of Thomas Parke.

Robert Parke1,2,3,4,5

M, b. 15 February 1650/51, d. before 5 September 1707
  • Robert Parke was born on 15 February 1650/51 at New London Co., Connecticut.2,6
  • He married Rachel Leffingwell, daughter of Thomas Leffingwell and Mary, at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, on 24 November 1681.1,7
  • Robert Parke married Mary Rose circa 1693.2
  • Robert Parke died before 5 September 1707 at Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
  • He was named in his father's will dated on 5 September 1707 called deceased.8
  • Inventory of estate taken on 30 September 1707 Bond of Mary Parks of Groton, Administratrix on the estate of Robert Parkes. Thomas Rose of Preston, surety. Inventory taken by James Avery and Richard Williams, not totaled, sworn by widow. Names and ages of children: James, 22 yeare old; Rebeckah, 25; Joana, 15; Jemime, 13; Hezekiah, 12; Robert, 10; Keziah, 7; Margaret, 5; Dorothy, 4; Rose, 9 months.9
  • His homestead farm was within the bounds of Groton, and he also had a farm at Pachaug. He died leaving 10 children between the ages of nine months and twenty-three years. Robert settled in the northern part of Groton Township owning large tracts of land. For many years he attended the Road Church at Stonington, where some of his children were baptized. He was an organizer of the First Church of Preston in 1698 where he attended afterwards. His second wife was received into communion there 1 May 1715.10
  • Among Robert Parke's descendants are Elder Park of the Seperate Church; Chief Justice John D. Park (a great-grandson of Paul Park); Professor Roswell Park and his great-grandson Dr. Roswell Park of Buffalo, New York.11
  • On 5 November 1744 Nathan Parke, Robert Parke, Jemima Rude, Thomas Woodward and Dorothy, his wife; Joseph Rude and Deborah, his wife; Jacob Rude and Rebecca his wife, all of Preston, except the Woodwards who were of Stonington and Margaret Rockwell of Stafford, Hartford Co., Jonathan Ginings of Union, Windham Co., and Keziah his wife; Recognize Smith and Joanns, his wife; Enoch Badger and Mary, his wife of Windham, and Moses Meach and Rose his wife of Stonington for £216 quitclaim to Robert Park, land of Robert Parke, deceased, of Groton or his late wife, deceased, in Preston/Groton.12

Family 1: Rachel Leffingwell b. 17 Mar 1647/48, d. 1693

  • He married Rachel Leffingwell, daughter of Thomas Leffingwell and Mary, at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, on 24 November 1681.1,7

Family 2: Mary Rose b. bt 1662 - 1680, d. 1726

Citations

  1. [S157] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, with A Genealogical Register of Stonington Families (New London, Conn.: Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900), p.527-528.. Hereinafter cited as History of Stonington, Connecticut. Https://archive.org/details/historytownston00wheegoog.
  2. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  3. [S140] Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 (New London?: The Friends of the Author, 1874), p.249. Hereinafter cited as History of Norwich, Conn.
  4. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, #5380, Item 3, Admitted to the Church at Preston with wife and children Robert and John, 30 Aug 1702.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  5. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 35, no. 10. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  6. [S157] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Connecticut, page 528.
  7. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 7946. Norwich VR. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.
  8. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vols. 9-21, 29 (1933-1944): 14:16. File no. 3967. Hereinafter cited as "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)."
  9. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)", 14:16. File no. 3964.
  10. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), pp.83-84. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  11. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs., p.84.
  12. [S5078] Marsha Hoffman Rising, "Researching Women in Land Conveyances", The American Genealogist Vol. 69, p. 15 (1994): 69:16. Citing Groton Land Records Vol. 5, p. 21. Written and recorded 5 Nov 1744. Hereinafter cited as "Researching Women in Land Conveyances."

Robert Parke1

M, b. 4 June 1605
  • Robert Parke was baptized on 4 June 1605 at Semer, co. Suffolk, England.2,3
  • He is not named in his father's will (14 May 1660), which calls William the eldest son.2

Citations

  1. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994), States that Robert Parke was married, wife named Susan, and lists four children born 1625-1640: Thomas, Robert, Richard, Amos. Resided at Woolpit, co. Suffolk, England. Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  2. [S2600] Clifford L. Stott, "The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk", The American Genealogist Vol. 82 (2007): 82:259. Hereinafter cited as "Chaplin, TAG 82 (2007)."
  3. [S5069] Frank Sylvester Parks, Supplement to the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D. C.: F. S. Parks, 1934), Supplement to page 25, Robert Parke in England. Hereinafter cited as Parke Families Supplement.

Robert Parke1

M, b. 10 October 1697, d. 25 November 1779
  • Robert Parke was baptized on 10 October 1697 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2
  • He married first in 1720 Mary Rex.3
  • Robert Parke married second at Griswold, Connecticut, in 1725 Elizabeth Benjamin, daughter of Joseph Benjamin and Elizabeth Cooke.1
  • Robert Parke died on 25 November 1779.4
  • On 5 November 1744, Nathan Parke, Robert Parke, Jemima Rude, Thomas Woodward and Dorothy, his wife; Joseph Rude and Deborah, his wife; Jacob Rude and Rebecca his wife, all of Preston, except the Woodwards who were of Stonington and Margaret Rockwell of Stafford, Hartford Co., Jonathan Ginings of Union, Windham Co., and Keziah his wife; Recognize Smith and Joanns, his wife; Enoch Badger and Mary, his wife of Windham, and Moses Meach and Rose his wife of Stonington for £216 quitclaim to Robert Park, land of Robert Parke, deceased, of Groton or his late wife, deceased, in Preston/Groton.5

Family 1: Mary Rex b. c 1700, d. b 1725

Family 2: Elizabeth Benjamin b. 15 Aug 1701

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 45, no. 33. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, #5380, Item 3, Robert, s. of Robert Parke, 10 Oct 1697.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 45, no. 33. Date and place not stated.
  4. [S5069] Frank Sylvester Parks, Supplement to the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D. C.: F. S. Parks, 1934), Supplement to page 45. Robert Parke died Nov 25, 1779. Hereinafter cited as Parke Families Supplement.
  5. [S5078] Marsha Hoffman Rising, "Researching Women in Land Conveyances", The American Genealogist Vol. 69, p. 15 (1994): 69:16. Citing Groton Land Records Vol. 5, p. 21. Written and recorded 5 Nov 1744. Hereinafter cited as "Researching Women in Land Conveyances."

Robert Parke1,2

M, b. circa 1757, d. 16 September 1813
  • Robert Parke was born circa 1757.3
  • He married Ruth Webster at Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, on 1 January 1781.2
  • Robert Parke died on 16 September 1813 at Ontario Co., New York.2
  • He lived in Oneida Co., New York and afterwards in "No. 9," Ontario Co., New York.2
  • He was named in his father's will dated on 24 August 1793.4

Family: Ruth Webster b. 20 Jul 1755, d. 1840

  • Perces Parke5
  • Ann Parke6
  • Margaret Parke7
  • Mary Parke8
  • Ruth Parke9
  • Fanny Parke10
  • Nathan Parke11 b. 7 Jun 1787

Citations

  1. [S141] Frank Syvester Parks, Parks Records, Vol. 3; A Collection of Miscellaneous Information About Some of the Old Park and Parks Families of America (Washington D.C.: Frank Sylvester Parks, 1925), p.18. Hereinafter cited as Parks Records, Vol. 3. http://books.google.com/books,+Volume+3&dq=Collection+of+Miscellaneous+Information+about+Some+of+the+Old+Park+and+Parks+Families+of+America,.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), pp. 62, 87, no. 259. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  3. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., p.87, no. 259.
  4. [S1336] "Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), (From material originally compiled by William A. D. Eardeley, now held by the Brooklyn Historical Society.). Online www.americanancestors.org., Retrieved May 2014. Nathan Parke, Columbia Co., p. 2593-94. Hereinafter cited as Abstracts of Wills, etc. in NY 1787-1835.
  5. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 535.
  6. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 536.
  7. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 537.
  8. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 539.
  9. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 540.
  10. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 541.
  11. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., pp. 62, 87, no. 538.

Robert Parke1

M, b. 2 February 1698/99
  • Robert Parke was born on 2 February 1698/99 at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.2
  • He married Dorothy Bacon, daughter of Jacob Bacon and Dorothy Bradhurst, at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut, on 19 October 1724.3
  • On 17 March 1779 John Bacon conveyed to Robert Parke 12 acres in Voluntown, it, "being all the land that belongs to me upon the west side of Moosup River."4

Family: Dorothy Bacon b. 30 Jul 1704

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 51, no. 58. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Stonington, page 198. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  3. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Parke, Robert, m. Dorithy Bacon, Oct 19, 1724.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.
  4. [S5066] Gale Ion Harris, "The Estate of Martha Harris and the Early Bacon Families of Eastern Connecticut", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 167, no. 1, p. 23 (2013): 167:147. Voluntown, Connecticut Deeds, 6:121. Hereinafter cited as "Martha Harris and Bacon Families."

Robert Parke1,2

M, b. 4 December 1737, d. 1810
  • Robert Parke was born on 4 December 1737 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut.3
  • He married Elizabeth Hall before 1760.
  • Robert Parke died in 1810 at Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut.
  • Was in the Revolutionary War, a member of Capt. Leffingwell's company from Norwich.

Family: Elizabeth Hall

  • Lucy Parke
  • Samuel Parke
  • Sarah Parke
  • Eunice Parke
  • Elizabeth Parke
  • Joseph Parke
  • Robert Parke

Citations

  1. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Birth records of the children of Robert Parke and Elizabeth.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.
  2. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.72.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  3. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Parke of Conn., page 52, no. 156.

Robert Parke

M, b. 6 May 1676, d. 12 May 1752
  • Robert Parke was born on 6 May 1676 at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.1
  • He married Tamsen Packer, daughter of John Packer and Elizabeth Friend, at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 17 January 1697/98.2
  • Robert Parke died on 12 May 1752 at Voluntown, New London Co., Connecticut; age 76 years.3
  • Also known as Robert Parks.4
  • Also known as Lt. Robert Parke.5,6

Family: Tamsen Packer b. 4 May 1672, d. 2 Sep 1764

Citations

  1. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 9615. Stonington VR, Robert son of Samuel. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.
  2. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 9615. Stonington VR, Robert mar Tamson Brumbly, by Capt. Mason, Asst.
  3. [S166] Marsha Wilson Carbaugh, compiler, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol.47, Torrington, Union, Voluntown (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), pp.214-215, Robert, Lieut, d. May 12, 1752, ae 76y.. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection v.47.
  4. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 39-40, no. 18. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  5. [S139] David Livingstone Parke, Robert Parke 1580-1665: Immigrant from England in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet (Wyomissing, Penn.: David Livingstone Parke, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Robert Parke 1580-1665.
  6. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Ricker Compliation, page 9615. Voluntown VR.

Rose Parke

F, b. circa January 1707
  • Rose Parke was born circa January 1707 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, (age 9 months on 30 Sep 1707).1
  • She married Moses Meech at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 1 October 1729.2
  • On 5 November 1744, Nathan Parke, Robert Parke, Jemima Rude, Thomas Woodward and Dorothy, his wife; Joseph Rude and Deborah, his wife; Jacob Rude and Rebecca his wife, all of Preston, except the Woodwards who were of Stonington and Margaret Rockwell of Stafford, Hartford Co., Jonathan Ginings of Union, Windham Co., and Keziah his wife; Recognize Smith and Joanns, his wife; Enoch Badger and Mary, his wife of Windham, and Moses Meach and Rose his wife of Stonington for £216 quitclaim to Robert Park, land of Robert Parke, deceased, of Groton or his late wife, deceased, in Preston/Groton.3

Family: Moses Meech

Citations

  1. [S2637] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vols. 9-21, 29 (1933-1944): 14:16. File no. 3964. Hereinafter cited as "New London (Conn.) Probate Records, TAG 9-14 (1933-1942)."
  2. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Stonington, page 198. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  3. [S5078] Marsha Hoffman Rising, "Researching Women in Land Conveyances", The American Genealogist Vol. 69, p. 15 (1994): 69:16. Citing Groton Land Records Vol. 5, p. 21. Written and recorded 5 Nov 1744. Hereinafter cited as "Researching Women in Land Conveyances."

Roswell Parke1

M, b. 26 September 1731, d. September 1762
  • Roswell Parke was baptized on 26 September 1731 at First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.2
  • He married Deborah Avery, daughter of Theophilus Avery and Elizabeth Billings, at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 18 April 1753.3
  • Roswell Parke died in September 1762; in the expedition to Havana, Cuba.4
  • He was one of a company of militia, a part of a force sent from the colonies against Spanish Dominions towards the close of the Seven Years War. He died and was buried at Havana, Cuba.5

Family: Deborah Avery b. 27 May 1735

Citations

  1. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), p.66.. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
  2. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), page 148. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  3. [S3870] "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870."New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online www.AmericanAncestors.org., Stonington, page 198. Parke, Roswel an unknown place , of Stonington, m. Debrah Avery, of Groton, Apr. 18, 1753, by Rev. Jacob Johnson of Groton. Witnesses: Joshua Grant, Dorothy Grant. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870.
  4. [S156] Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan (Cleveland: n.pub., 1912), page 252, no. 280. Hereinafter cited as Groton Avery Clan. http://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver
  5. [S5100] David Sanders Clark, "Journals and Orderly Books Kept by Connecticut Soldiers During the French and Indian War, 1755-1762", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 94, p. 225 (1940): 94:228. May 19 - Aug 16, 1762; Park, Roswell (1726-1762), of Preston, Connecticut; "A Journal of the Expedition Against Cuba," University of Buffalo Studies, I (Dec., 1920), 231-244. Hereinafter cited as "Journals and Orderly Books Kept by Connecticut Soldiers During the French and Indian War, 1755-1762."