Descendants of George Parkhurst
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE1 PARKHURST was born Bef. 1490 in Surrey, England, and died May 02, 1546 in Guildford, Surrey, England. He married UNKNOWN Abt. 1509 in England.
Notes for GEORGE PARKHURST:
George Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey, is first found on record on the first page of the Guildford Borough records on April 3, 1514, apparently receiving a license to sell in the local market. Later that year he was chosen as a Hallwarden. This office had the responsibility of the actual fabric of the Guild Hall as well as the collection of sums due to the Guild Merchant for Admissions, and so on. Two men usually served together. A century later, they were Borough Treasurers in general. The office of Hallwarden dates back at least to 1361. The medieval Guildhall is now gone, the present building on the site in High Street having been built in the 17th century.
More About GEORGE PARKHURST:
Occupation: Mayor And Coroner Of Guilford; 1522, 1529.1533
Children of GEORGE PARKHURST and UNKNOWN are:
i. JOHN2 PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1512, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. February 02, 1575, Norwich, Norfolk, England; m. MARGARET GARNEYS, England; b. England; d. England.
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Misc: Burial in Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England
ii. GEORGE PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1514, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. Abt. 1540, Guildford, Surrey, England; m. AGNES UNKNOWN, Bef. 1540, Guildford, Surrey, England.
Notes for GEORGE PARKHURST:
George asked in his will, to be buried in the porch of the parish church of the Trinity in Guildford.
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Misc: will dated; 8/6/1514, Guildford
iii. HELEN PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1516, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. England; m. (1) NICHOLAS BABBS, Abt. 1539, Guildford, Surrey, England; m. (2) THOMAS BECKINGHAM, April 18, 1551, Guildford, Surrey, England.
iv. AGNES PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1518, Guildford, Surrey, England.
v. ALICE PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1520, Guildford, Surrey, England.
vi. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1522, Guildford, Surrey, England.
vii. CHRISTOPHER PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1524, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. August 10, 1595, Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England.
viii. NICHOLAS PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1526, Guildford, Surrey, England.
Generation No. 2
2. CHRISTOPHER2 PARKHURST (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1524 in Guildford, Surrey, England, and died August 10, 1595 in Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1546 in England. She was born in England, and died Abt. 1567. He married (2) UNKNOWN Abt. 1568 in England. She was born in England, and died in England.
Notes for CHRISTOPHER PARKHURST:
Christopher Parkhurst is first on record on May 2, 1546 on a tax list of Saint Mary's parish, Guildford, Surrey. He was assessed 4 pence for goods and 20 pence for lands and tenements. By a 1550 Feet of Fine, he and his sister sold land to his brother-in-law, probably property which he had inherited from his father. Probably his mother had died at that time and this was the final settlement of the estate.
Christopher Parkhurst was probably born in the period of 1520-24, married about 1546, and had five known children by this marriage. His wife must have died about 1567 and he remarried, perhaps about 1568-9, and he then had several more children almost a generation younger than the first ones. This is apparent as there seems to have been a gap in the sequence of children. His son Christopher was too young to have been the father of these younger children. This is apparent from the will of Bishop John Parkhurst, in which he expressed concern about the education of his nephew Christopher, son of his brother Christopher. The nephew was thus surely underage at the time (1573-74), and was perhaps born about 1572.
In 1561, Christopher Parkhurst was named Keeper of the Bishop's Palace in Ipswich, County Suffolk, by his brother, who had been appointed Bishop the year before. He was probably the one of that name buried at Saint Lawrence, Ipswich, August 10, 1595.
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Burial: August 10, 1595, St. Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Children of CHRISTOPHER PARKHURST and UNKNOWN are:
i. JOHN3 PARKHURST, b. 1554, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. 1611, Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England.
ii. HELEN PARKHURST, b. 1547, Guildford, Surrey, England; m. WILLIAM CROSSE, 1574, Creeting, Co. Suffolk, England.
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Misc: Christened 6/25/1547
iii. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. 1549, Guildford, Surrey, England.
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Misc: Christened 7/2/1549
iv. GEORGE PARKHURST, b. 1550, Guildford, Surrey, England; d. December 18, 1631, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; m. (1) JOAN UNKNOWN, England; m. (2) THOMASINE ALLEN, August 01, 1624, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
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Misc: Christened 3/13/1550
v. JAMES PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1560, Guildford, Surrey, England; m. JOAN SAUNDERS, July 12, 1584, Stoneham Aspall, Co. Suffolk, England.
Children of CHRISTOPHER PARKHURST and UNKNOWN are:
vi. ANN3 PARKHURST, b. 1569, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
More About ANN PARKHURST:
Misc: Christened 11/1/1569
vii. CHRISTOPHER PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1572, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
viii. SAMUEL PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1574, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Abt. 1619, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; m. MARGARET UNKNOWN, England; b. England; d. England.
ix. JOSEPH PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1576, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Abt. 1635, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; m. (1) ELIZABETH UNKNOWN, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; m. (2) JOAN SHIBDUM, January 01, 1597, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; b. England; d. England.
More About JOAN SHIBDUM:
Misc: will dated 2/28/1633/34
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN3 PARKHURST (CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born 1554 in Guildford, Surrey, England, and died 1611 in Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England. He married (1) SARAH UNKNOWN Abt. 1582 in England. She was born in England, and died in England. He married (2) SARAH 1588 in Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England. She was born Abt. 1572 in Ipswich, Co., Suffolk, England.
John Parkhurst was baptized October 29, 1554 at Saint Mary's Guildford, Surrey. He married, probably about 1582, Sarah, who was probably the Sarah Parkhurst who married at Saint Stephen, Ipswich, January 7 1611/12 Benjamin Cole. He was a clothier.
John Parkhurst made his will March 29, 1610 and died about a year later, for it was proved June 7, 1611.
More About JOHN PARKHURST:
Christening: October 29, 1554, St. Mary's, Guildford, Surrey, England
Fact 3: Prob of Est 6/7/1611, Ipswich, England
Fact 4: Occupation Clothier
Misc: Christened 10/29/1554, Guildford, England
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and SARAH UNKNOWN are:
i. ROBERT4 PARKHURST, b. 1583, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
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Misc: Christened 1583
ii. THAMAR PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1586, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Aft. 1610, England.
iii. GEORGE PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1588, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. June 18, 1675, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
iv. JOHN PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1595, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. England; m. MARGARET AMBROSE, 1618, Kersey, Co. Suffolk, England; b. England; d. England.
v. HELEN PARKHURST, b. 1598, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; m. THOMAS BECKINGHAM.
More About HELEN PARKHURST:
Misc: Christened 1/7/1598/99
vi. MARY PARKHURST, b. 1601, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
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Misc: Christened 1601
vii. SARAH PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1603, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England.
Generation No. 4
4. GEORGE4 PARKHURST (JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1588 in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England, and died June 18, 1675 in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England. He married (1) PHEBE LEETE Abt. 1611 in England, daughter of ROBERT LEETE and ALICE GRUNDY. She was born December 20, 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England, and died Bef. 1641 in England. He married (2) SUSANNA (WIDOW) SIMSON Abt. 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. She was born 1610 in England, and died Abt. 1690 in London, England.
Notes for GEORGE PARKHURST:
George was born during 1588 possibly in May, probably in Ipswich, England. George and his wife, Phebe Leete, lived in Ipswich where their nine children were baptized, but after the last child was baptized there is no record of them in Ipswich and they may have lived elsewhere until their departure for New England.
George's arrival date in New England can be estimated by the marriage contracted by his children in Massachusetts prior to 1640. George first appears on record in New England at Watertown, MA in 1642 when it was ordered that a highway should be laid out to his house. He is not mentioned in the four grants of land made in Watertown between 7/25/1636 and 4/9/1638. Whether he brought with him his wife, Phebe, is unknown. If he brought her she died shortly afterwards, for about 1644, he married his second wife, Susanna Simson, the widow of John Simson, (who was buried at Watertown on 6/10/1643, leaving two sons and three daughters).
The time period when George and Susanna were married can be determined by sales of Simson's real estate. Susanna held title after John's death and deeded some of the land on 11/9/1643. George sold two acres of Simson's land on 11/16/1644, having acquired title by his marriage to Susanna. They were living in Boston by 1645 as evidenced by a deed George made there on 10/4/1645 selling six more acres in Watertown.
On 6/13/1655, George sold the last 12 acres of what had been John Simson's land for 21 pounds. This conveyance was made by permission of the General Court, granted 5/23/1655 in response to his petition in which he asserts that he was then "near 67 years old", that he and his wife, who was in England, and most of her children were in destitute condition, that she had had 10 children during her 20 years of residence in America - seven sons and three daughters (five sons by Parkhurst therefore), that she had gone to London, England with six of her children but found her mother, brothers and sisters were unable to do what she had expected, that four of her children had remained in America, and that the petitioner desired to sell the land (apparently all that remained) in order that he might go to the aid of his wife. George probably returned to England as soon as possible after the deed of 6/13/1655, his last act on record in New England.
George was probably the "old George Parkhurst" buried 6/18/1675 at Saint Lawrence, Ipswich, England. He may have been living with his cousins Nathanial Parkhurst, who had six hearths in the Suffolk Hearth Tax of 1674.
More About GEORGE PARKHURST:
Burial: June 18, 1675, St. Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Misc: Occupation, Farmer
Notes for PHEBE LEETE:
Phebe (Phebe "unknown" in some early Parkhurst genealogies) was the youngest of seven children. She had a sister, Ruth, wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leete were married on June 13, 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk. Ruth died in New Hampshire without surviving children and left legacies to six Parkhurst children of her sister, Phebe, suggesting that Phebe's children Samuel, John, and Abigail had died young.
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Christening: December 20, 1585, Little Eversden, Cambridge, England
Misc: Christened 12/20/1585
Notes for SUSANNA (WIDOW) SIMSON:
Susanna may have been a Brown, as she interacts with Browns in Watertown, MA. Susanna returned to England before 1655. Except for Benjamin Parkhurst, the children Susanna took back to England probably grew up there, and never returned to New England.
Children of GEORGE PARKHURST and PHEBE LEETE are:
i. PHEBE5 PARKHURST, b. Bef. November 29, 1612, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Abt. 1700, Providence, Providence Co., RI; m. (1) DANIEL DAN, March 27, 1635, Wolverstone, Co. Suffolk, England; m. (2) THOMAS ARNOLD, Abt. 1640, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
More About PHEBE PARKHURST:
Misc: Christened 11/29/1612
ii. MARY PARKHURST, b. August 28, 1614, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. March 28, 1687, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA; m. THOMAS CARTER, Bef. 1640, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for MARY PARKHURST:
Mary's husband, Thomas Carter, was living in Watertown, MA before 1637. Mary's first child was born early in August 1640 in Watertown. This places Mary in Watertown by 1639. She probably arrived with her father and some of her siblings and this helps to date the arrival time of George and his family to 1638 or 1639.
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Misc: Christened 8/28/1614
iii. SAMUEL PARKHURST, b. 1616, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Bef. 1641, England.
Notes for SAMUEL PARKHURST:
Samuel probably died young in England since he was not mentioned in his Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.
iv. DEBORAH PARKHURST, b. Bef. August 01, 1619, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. March 08, 1676, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA; m. JOHN SMITH, Abt. 1638, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for DEBORAH PARKHURST:
Deborah probably married shortly after she arrived with her family at Watertown, MA.
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Misc: Christened 8/1/1619
v. GEORGE PARKHURST, b. June 05, 1621, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. March 16, 1699, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
vi. JOHN PARKHURST, b. Bef. October 19, 1623, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Bef. 1641, England.
Notes for JOHN PARKHURST:
John probably died young in England since she was not mentioned in his Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.
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Misc: Christened 10/19/1623
vii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, b. January 01, 1626, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Bef. 1641, England.
Notes for ABIGAIL PARKHURST:
Abigail Parkhurst probably died young in England since she was not mentioned in her Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.
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Misc: Christened 1/1/1625/26
viii. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. 1628, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. Martha's Vineyard.
ix. JOSEPH PARKHURST, b. December 21, 1629, Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England; d. November 30, 1709, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA; m. REBECCA READE, June 26, 1656, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for JOSEPH PARKHURST:
Joseph probably came to Watertown, MA before 1640 with his father and siblings. Joseph was a proprietor (original settler) of the New Field (a new district or "town") in Chelmsford, MA and was allotted 12 acres on 3/12/1666/67. His house lot was located "west by town highway to the mill, north by land of Thomas Sewell, east by town common, south by land of John Wright". This location is now on Stedman Street, Lowell, MA.
On the ministerial tax list of 1672, Joseph was listed with eight acres (tillable?), three cows, two oxen (1 - 2 years old), two yearlings, five swine, and one horse. Sometime later Joseph moved to the Stoney Brook district, which is now in Westford, where he died.
More About JOSEPH PARKHURST:
Misc: Christened 12/21/1629
Children of GEORGE PARKHURST and SUSANNA SIMSON are:
x. UNKNOWN SON5 PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1645, Boston, MA or Watertown, MA; d. London, England.
Notes for UNKNOWN SON PARKHURST:
George Parkhurst's petition for permission to sell land in 1655 stated that Susanna had ten children while in New England. Of these ten children, five sons were fathered by George. Records have been found for four of these sons. This son, name unknown, could have been either the first or second born. He was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.
xi. BENJAMIN PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1647, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; d. Abt. 1683, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ; m. MARTHA HOMAN, Abt. 1675, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ.
Notes for BENJAMIN PARKHURST:
Benjamin was either the first or second son of George and Susanna. He was born either in Watertown, MA or more probably in Boston between 1645 and 1648. If he was taken back to England by his mother, he apparently returned as a young man to his American brothers and sisters and then migrated to New Jersey.
Benjamin's half-brother, George, Jr., wrote to his cousin Bashelder on June 25, 1669 requesting payment to Benjamin of five pounds of the 20 pounds which would be due George, Jr from his legacy from his Aunt Ruth Dalton. This letter shows that Benjamin was probably in New England and was in contact with at least some of his Parkhurst half-siblings, and lends further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in New Jersey the next year.
Benjamin is on record as being in Woodbridge about 1670. He was one of the first settlers of Woodbridge. He exchanged his properties at Woodbridge on 8/8/1672, with Claude Vallot of Elizabethtown, and became a permanent resident of Elizabethtown. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Company of Foot on 3/22/1679/80, and was listed as Justice of the Peace on 2/4/1682/83, Judge of Small Causes on 3/28/1683, and Captain of the Company on 12/3/1683.
When he died, probably in 2/1683/84, the inventory of his estate established a value of 188 pounds 16 shillings.
More About BENJAMIN PARKHURST:
Misc: Inventory: 2/16/1683/84 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co, NJ
xii. DANIEL PARKHURST, b. 1649, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; d. London, England.
Notes for DANIEL PARKHURST:
Daniel was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.
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Misc: Christened 6/10/1649
xiii. JOSHUA PARKHURST, b. 1652, Boston, MA or Watertown, MA; d. London, England.
Notes for JOSHUA PARKHURST:
Joshua was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.
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Misc: Christened 3/7/1652/53
xiv. CALEB PARKHURST, b. 1653, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; d. England; m. SARAH UNKNOWN, England; b. England; d. England.
Notes for CALEB PARKHURST:
Caleb was probably taken back to England by his mother. He was probably the Caleb Parkhurst with wife, Sarah, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London whose five children were baptized there.
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Misc: Christened 2/26/1653/54
Generation No. 5
5. GEORGE5 PARKHURST (GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 05, 1621 in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England, and died March 16, 1699 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He married (1) SARAH BROWNE December 16, 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of ABRAHAM BROWNE and LYDIA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1626 in England, and died September 1649 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He married (2) MARY UNKNOWN September 24, 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. She was born Bef. 1635, and died March 09, 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for GEORGE PARKHURST:
George Jr was the oldest surviving son of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete. He came as a boy to Watertown with his father and siblings and remained in Watertown the rest of his life, even when his father returned to England. He settled on the old Parkhurst farm in a part of Watertown that later became part of Waltham. His farm was located on the east side of Beaver Brook and on the north side of the old country road. The house stood a few rods east of the cottage of Thomas Page.
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Misc: Christened June 5, 1621
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Christening: July 30, 1620, Childerditch, Essex, England
Notes for MARY UNKNOWN:
Mary was the widow of Robert Veaze or Pheza when she married George Jr. Mary and George did not have any children.
Children of GEORGE PARKHURST and SARAH BROWNE are:
i. JOHN6 PARKHURST, b. June 10, 1644, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. September 12, 1725, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
ii. SARAH PARKHURST, b. September 14, 1649, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. Bef. 1659, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
6. ELIZABETH5 PARKHURST (GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born 1628 in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England, and died in Martha's Vineyard. She married (1) EMANUAL HILL(I)ARD Abt. 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH. He died October 1675 in Martha's Vineyard. She married (2) JOSEPH MERRY December 14, 1659 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH. He was born 1607, and died April 15, 1710 in Martha's Vineyard.
Notes for ELIZABETH PARKHURST:
Elizabeth moved to Martha's Vineyard in 1670 with her second husband. It is not known when she died and no stone marks her grave.
Elizabeth was probably living with her Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton in Hampton, NH prior to her first marriage in 1650.
This prominent pioneer of Tisbury is first found as a resident of Haverhill, Mass., in 1640, where he lived with a wife named Mary until about
1654, when he removed to Hampton, N. H. There his wife died April 4, 1657, having given birth to one child of record, Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1654.
The father, Joseph, was a carpenter by trade and plied his craft in Hampton as he had done before in Haverhill. Shortly after his wife's death he
bought a house and ten acres of upland in Hampton, of Thomas Coleman, Sept. 29, 1657, and at the age of 47 years found himself a widower,
with possibly a child to care for in his new home. But this was not long to remain so. Emanuel Hilliard of that town was drowned shortly after
this in October, 1657, leaving a widow Elizabeth, daughter of John and Phebe Parkhurst of Ipswich, England, and sister of George Parkhurst of
Watertown, Mass. The young widow was then about 29 years old, and before two years had passed she entered into a marriage covenant with
Joseph Merry, who was then 21 years her senior. In this agreement he gave her the house and ten acres he had recently acquired, and sometime
about Dec. 13, 1659, when the covenant was dated, they set up housekeeping, and four children were born to them in rapid succession, who
later spent their days on the Vineyard. This explains the curious epitaph on the gravestone of Joseph in the West Tisbury cemetery "That being
verified in him Psalms 92 14 They shall bring forth fruit in old age," a reference to his second marriage after middle life and the raising of a family.
More About ELIZABETH PARKHURST:
Baptism: May 18, 1628, St Mary le Tower, Ipswich, ENG
Children of ELIZABETH PARKHURST and JOSEPH MERRY are:
i. CHILD6 MERRY.
ii. CHILD MERRY.
iii. CHILD MERRY.
iv. CHILD MERRY.
Generation No. 6
7. JOHN6 PARKHURST (GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 10, 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died September 12, 1725 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He married ABIGAIL GARFIELD Abt. 1670 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of EDWARD GARFIELD and REBECCA JOHNSON. She was born June 29, 1646 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died October 18, 1726 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for JOHN PARKHURST:
According to the Suffolk Co Deeds Book 1, page 78, William Page, with wife Anne, took John, son of George Parkhurst, Jr to bring up in 1646.
John spent his entire adult life in Watertown, MA. His name is on the "returns" (of men eligible for military service) during King Phillip's War in 1675. 58 years later his son, John, received a land grant for this service.
At the annual town meeting held November 4, 1678, he was chosen one of the two hog reeves (responsible for the prevention or appraising of damages by stray swine) for the coming year. The next year he was again so appointed, with the regulation of fences added to his duties. John was a Watertown selectman in 1694 and 1695. No gravestone has been found for either John or his wife.
More About JOHN PARKHURST:
Misc: Adm Freeman: April 18,1690 in Watertown, MA
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and ABIGAIL GARFIELD are:
i. JOHN7 PARKHURST, b. February 26, 1671, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. May 27, 1764, Watertown Farms, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
ii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, b. September 10, 1674, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
More About ABIGAIL PARKHURST:
Misc: no other record has been found for Abigail
iii. SARAH PARKHURST, b. November 26, 1676, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. October 04, 1756, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; m. EDWARD SHERMAN, October 16, 1700, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
iv. RACHEL PARKHURST, b. December 30, 1678, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. January 30, 1767, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA; m. ABRAHAM GALE, December 06, 1699, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for RACHEL PARKHURST:
Rachel lived with her husband on the old Gale homestead that was in the part of Watertown, MA that became part of Waltham, MA.
v. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. September 18, 1681, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. December 23, 1732, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA; m. JOSEPH BALL, December 31, 1701, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
vi. MARY PARKHURST, b. December 23, 1683, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. May 05, 1776, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA; m. EDWARD SANDERSON, May 01, 1707, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
vii. GEORGE PARKHURST, b. January 17, 1686, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. March 17, 1735, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA; m. TABITHA (WIDOW FULHAM) WHITNEY, April 19, 1726, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for GEORGE PARKHURST:
George married Tabitha, the widow of Jacob Fulham. Jacob had been killed in the aggressive engagement with the Indians known as Lovell's Fight.
viii. SAMUEL PARKHURST, b. April 11, 1688, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. September 02, 1768, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA.
ix. HANNAH PARKHURST, b. April 17, 1690, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. February 24, 1754, Southborough, Worcester Co., MA; m. JOHN NEWTON, JR, January 17, 1717, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Generation No. 7
9. JOHN7 PARKHURST (JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 26, 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died May 27, 1764 in Watertown Farms, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA. He married ABIGAIL MORSE Abt. 1694 in Watertown Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of JOHN MORSE and ABIGAIL STEARNS. She was born August 06, 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died May 03, 1758 in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for JOHN PARKHURST:
John settled in Watertown Farms, now Weston, MA. He was an original member and one of the first deacons of the Weston Church having been elected on January 4, 1709. He served until his resignation June 29, 1741.
John was a successful farmer and caring father who provided for all of his sons. He bought a farm for his oldest son, John in Pomfret, CT. On January 21, 1734, John gave to each of his two youngest sons, Isaac and Jonas, by deed of gift, 80.5 acres of land in Mendon, MA, which he had bought from Caleb Gardner, who was then of Newport, RI. His other son, Josiah remained in Weston and inherited his father's farm.
More About JOHN PARKHURST:
Misc: Occupation, Deacon
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and ABIGAIL MORSE are:
i. JOHN8 PARKHURST, b. September 08, 1695, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. December 23, 1695, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
ii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, b. June 20, 1699, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; m. JOHN PIKE, September 23, 1728, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
More About ABIGAIL PARKHURST:
Misc: Abigail was John's second wife
iii. LYDIA PARKHURST, b. July 21, 1701, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; m. JOSEPH STONE, JR, April 11, 1723, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
iv. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. April 05, 1704, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. December 23, 1732, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
More About ELIZABETH PARKHURST:
Misc: Never married
v. JOSIAH PARKHURST, b. July 09, 1706, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. February 06, 1776, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA; m. SARAH CARTER, October 23, 1735, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for JOSIAH PARKHURST:
Josiah was born in Watertown, MA in that part later set off as Weston. He probably spent his life living on the farm that had been his father's. Josiah and his wife, Sarah Carter, were third cousins. Their common ancestors were George Parkhurst and his wife, Phebe Leete.
vi. ISAAC PARKHURST, b. July 19, 1708, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. 1789, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; m. LYDIA BIGELOW, February 07, 1733, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA; b. March 08, 1708, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for ISAAC PARKHURST:
Their father, John Parkhurst, gave Isaac and his brother, Jonas, 80.5 acres of land each, in Mendon, MA by deeds of gift dated January 21, 1734/5. Their father had bought these 161 acres in one tract from Caleb Gardner then of Newport, RI. Isaac settled in what was then Mendon shortly after 1735. When the new church in Milford was established in 1746 he joined it. His old homestead is on today's Purchase Street.
Confusion exists regarding possible additional children of Isaac and Lydia. See Isaac, Jr. for one example. No credible evidence of other children has been found.
vii. MARY PARKHURST, b. July 15, 1710, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. September 24, 1736, Newbury, Essex Co., MA; m. EDMUND BAILEY, August 20, 1731, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
viii. JONAS PARKHURST, b. August 15, 1712, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. April 07, 1798, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ix. JEMIMA PARKHURST, b. June 05, 1715, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA; d. Bef. 1789; m. BENJAMIN BARTLETT, July 20, 1738, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
x. JOHN PARKHURST, b. April 29, 1697, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. October 23, 1775, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT.
10. SAMUEL7 PARKHURST (JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 11, 1688 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died September 02, 1768 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA. He married SARAH SHATTUCK May 29, 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of PHILLIP SHATTUCK and REBECCA CHAMBERLAIN. She was born October 26, 1696, and died 1745.
Notes for SAMUEL PARKHURST:
Samuel lived all his life on the old family homestead in the part of Watertown, MA that became part of Waltham, MA. He was a Selectman of Watertown in 1746 and 1747.
Children of SAMUEL PARKHURST and SARAH SHATTUCK are:
i. SARAH8 PARKHURST, b. 1717, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
ii. SAMUEL PARKHURST, b. 1718, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
iii. JOHN PARKHURST, b. 1722, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; d. 1763, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
iv. NATHANIEL PARKHURST, b. 1724, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
v. LYDIA PARKHURST, b. 1725, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; d. 1761.
vi. RUTH PARKHURST, b. 1727, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
vii. ISAAC PARKHURST, b. 1731, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
viii. ABRAHAM PARKHURST, b. 1732, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
ix. SUSANNA PARKHURST, b. 1738, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; d. 1741, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
More About SUSANNA PARKHURST:
Misc: Buried in MA
11. JOHN7 PARKHURST (JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 26, 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died May 27, 1764 in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA. He married ABIGAIL MORSE Abt. 1694 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass, daughter of JOHN MORSE and ABIGAIL STEARNS. She was born August 06, 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, and died October 18, 1726 in Weston, Essex, MA.
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and ABIGAIL MORSE are:
i. ISAAC8 PARKHURST, b. 1708, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass; d. 1789, Mendon, MA; m. LYDIA BIGELOW, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
ii. JONAS PARKHURST, b. August 15, 1712, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass; d. April 07, 1798, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Generation No. 8
12. JONAS8 PARKHURST (JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born August 15, 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died April 07, 1798 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) ABIGAIL BIGELOW December 25, 1738 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of JOSHUA BIGELOW and HANNAH FISKE. She was born October 07, 1719 in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, and died February 25, 1788 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) RACHEL ALBEE December 25, 1788 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She was born 1745, and died June 01, 1829 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for JONAS PARKHURST:
Their father, John Parkhurst gave Jonas and his brother, Isaac, 80.5 acres of land each, in Mendon, MA by deeds of gift dated January 21, 1734/5. Their father had bought these 161 acres in one tract from Caleb Gardner then of Newport, RI. Jonas settled in Mendon shortly after 1735. After the new church in Milford was established he joined it per a letter from the church in Weston dated 10/4/1747. His old homestead is on today's Purchase Street.
More About JONAS PARKHURST:
Misc: Christened 8/17/1712 in Watertown, MA
More About RACHEL ALBEE:
Misc: No children
Children of JONAS PARKHURST and ABIGAIL BIGELOW are:
i. ESTHER9 PARKHURST, b. June 11, 1741, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; d. December 06, 1812, Milo, NY.
ii. EPHRAIM PARKHURST, b. December 27, 1743, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 20, 1838, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. NATHANIEL PARKHURST, b. March 07, 1745, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 23, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. JONAS PARKHURST, b. April 12, 1754, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 20, 1800, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
13. JOHN8 PARKHURST (JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 29, 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, and died October 23, 1775 in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT. He married ABIGAIL SABIN May 15, 1722 in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, daughter of NEHEMIAH SABIN and ELIZABETH BOYDEN. She was born May 15, 1703 in Medfield, Norfolk Co, MA, and died November 02, 1771 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
Notes for JOHN PARKHURST:
John was born in Watertown, MA in that part later set off as Weston. As a young man, he moved to Pomfret, CT where he married and lived the rest of his life on a farm given to him by his parents. The deed from his parents reads: "John Parkhurst, of Weston, Mass., and Abigail his wife; on account of love and goodwill to his son deeded to the son a farm in Pomfret, Conn. partly bound by Bank Meadow Brook".
In his will John stated that he had provided a farm for his oldest son, John, and left half his own farm to his other son, Darius. The other half of his farm John left to his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Elisha Gleason.
More About JOHN PARKHURST:
Fact 3: Occupation, Farmer
Misc: will dated 9/3/1772 in Pomfret, CT
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and ABIGAIL SABIN are:
i. ABIGAIL9 PARKHURST, b. March 03, 1722, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. GILLUM PHILIPS, March 05, 1745, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
ii. JOHN PARKHURST, b. March 22, 1724, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT; d. July 03, 1790, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. MARTHA STONE, June 21, 1750, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; b. 1713, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. January 21, 1812, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
iii. SARAH PARKHURST, b. March 22, 1726, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. May 30, 1777, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
iv. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. February 15, 1728, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT; m. ELISHA GLEASON, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT.
v. SUSANNA PARKHURST, b. April 26, 1735, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. 1820, Hartford, Windsor Co, VT.
vi. DARIUS PARKHURST, b. June 07, 1739, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT; d. May 14, 1792, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
14. JOHN8 PARKHURST (SAMUEL7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, and died 1763 in Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey. He married MARY UNKNOWN.
Children of JOHN PARKHURST and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. MARY9 PARKHURST, b. 1743, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
ii. SARAH PARKHURST, b. 1744, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
iii. HANNAH PARKHURST, b. 1746, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
iv. MARTHA PARKHURST, b. 1747, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
v. DAVID PARKHURST, b. 1749, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
vi. EZEKIEL PARKHURST, b. June 09, 1751, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey; d. June 10, 1801, Henry Co, KY.
vii. JOHN PARKHURST, b. 1753, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
viii. JEMIMA PARKHURST, b. 1755, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
More About JEMIMA PARKHURST:
Misc: Jemima & Unice are twins
ix. UNICE PARKHURST, b. 1755, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
More About UNICE PARKHURST:
Misc: Unice & Jemima are twins
x. DANIEL PARKHURST, b. 1759, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
xi. RUTH PARKHURST, b. 1761, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.
15. JONAS8 PARKHURST (JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born August 15, 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass, and died April 07, 1798 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married ABIGAIL BIGELOW December 25, 1738 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of JOSHUA BIGELOW and HANNAH FISKE. She was born October 07, 1719 in Weston, Middlesex, MA.
Child of JONAS PARKHURST and ABIGAIL BIGELOW is:
i. ESTHER9 PARKHURST, b. June 11, 1741, Mendon, Worcester, MA; d. December 06, 1812, Milo, NY.
Generation No. 9
16. ESTHER9 PARKHURST (JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 11, 1741 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died December 06, 1812 in Milo, NY. She married JONATHAN WHITNEY, JR November 06, 1760 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, son of JONATHAN WHITNEY and LYDIA JONES. He was born July 26, 1737 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died August 22, 1792 in Milo, NY.
More About ESTHER PARKHURST:
Fact 3: lived in Geneva, NY
Fact 4: lived in Milo, NY
Misc: Baptized 8/9/1741 in Milford, MA
Children of ESTHER PARKHURST and JONATHAN WHITNEY are:
i. NATHAN10 WHITNEY, b. October 18, 1761, Conway, MA; d. April 19, 1838, Seneca Co., NY; m. (1) THANKFUL CALDWELL; m. (2) OLIVE UNKNOWN, November 01, 1780, MA.
ii. ABIGAIL WHITNEY, b. March 12, 1764, Conway, MA; d. August 16, 1832; m. SIMEON ARMSDEN, April 02, 1787, MA.
iii. JOEL WHITNEY, b. November 13, 1766, MA; m. SIBYL WHITMORE, MA.
iv. ESTHER WHITNEY, b. February 16, 1769, MA; d. August 16, 1848; m. SOLOMON GATES, August 31, 1789, MA.
v. EXPERIENCE WHITNEY, b. January 06, 1772, MA; d. February 05, 1826; m. IMMER CRITTENDEN, June 25, 1789, MA.
vi. JONAS WHITNEY, b. May 12, 1775, MA; d. September 27, 1823; m. CATHERINE PARKER, November 29, 1795, MA.
vii. RUTH WHITNEY, b. February 18, 1778, MA.
More About RUTH WHITNEY:
Misc: Died in infancy
viii. AMI WHITNEY, b. January 18, 1781, MA; m. ANNA ARMSDEN, MA.
ix. PARKHURST WHITNEY, b. September 15, 1784, MA; m. CELINDA COWING, MA.
x. ASA WHITNEY, b. October 01, 1786, MA; m. LUCRETIA MURPHY.
17. EPHRAIM9 PARKHURST (JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born December 27, 1743 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died September 20, 1838 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) JEMINA HAYWARD September 30, 1767 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA, daughter of ELEAZER HAYWARD and MARY DANIELS. She was born August 13, 1747 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA, and died March 21, 1838 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) ELIZA BROAD January 13, 1823 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of JOSEPH BROAD and SIBEL UNKNOWN. She was born February 24, 1803 in MA, and died May 18, 1862 in MA.
Notes for EPHRAIM PARKHURST:
Ephraim served as a Corporal in the Minutemen from Milford, MA during the American Revolution. His homestead extended to the northern portion of his father's estate, with perhaps some additional land.
More About EPHRAIM PARKHURST:
Misc: Baptized 2/19/1744, in Milford, Worcester Co., MA
More About JEMINA HAYWARD:
Misc: Intention 8/10/1767, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
Children of EPHRAIM PARKHURST and JEMINA HAYWARD are:
i. EBENEZER10 PARKHURST, b. March 09, 1768, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. May 27, 1791, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for EBENEZER PARKHURST:
Eleazer was "killed by a falling stone in his 24th year". It is unknown from where the stone was falling.
ii. NATHAN PARKHURST, b. January 22, 1770, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. December 13, 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. ITHNIEL PARKHURST, b. March 27, 1772, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 02, 1855, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. ESTHER PARKHURST, b. February 05, 1774, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 09, 1851, Clinton, Oneida Co., NY.
v. STERLING PARKHURST, b. February 03, 1777, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 23, 1855, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
vi. SARAH PARKHURST, b. April 12, 1779, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Ohio.
vii. LUCY PARKHURST, b. June 19, 1782, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 22, 1798, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
viii. (MARY) ANNE PARKHURST, b. August 29, 1784, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ix. EPHRAIM PARKHURST, b. March 19, 1787, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 06, 1837, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
x. HARRIOT PARKHURST, b. October 19, 1791, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. May 19, 1856, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
xi. ELEAZER PARKHURST, b. April 18, 1793, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 21, 1851, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa.
Child of EPHRAIM PARKHURST and ELIZA BROAD is:
xii. WILLARD BROAD10 PARKHURST, b. January 23, 1825, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 23, 1874, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About WILLARD BROAD PARKHURST:
Misc: Never married
18. NATHANIEL9 PARKHURST (JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born March 07, 1745 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died April 23, 1818 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married SARAH BROWN May 29, 1771 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of OLIVER BROWN and ABGAIL SHEFFIELD. She was born August 20, 1753 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died November 07, 1848 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for NATHANIEL PARKHURST:
Nathaniel reared his large family on the original homestead of his father, Jonas. The old house was located on the west side of Purchase Street. Nathaniel was a sergeant during the American Revolution. He was an honored citizen, and his family ranked among the first in Milford for talent and worth, according to the "History of Milford".
More About NATHANIEL PARKHURST:
Misc: Baptized 3/7/1745 in Milford, MA
Children of NATHANIEL PARKHURST and SARAH BROWN are:
i. AMASA10 PARKHURST, b. November 23, 1771, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. November 26, 1826, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, b. May 09, 1774, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Abt. 1867, MI.
iii. MARY (POLLY) PARKHURST, b. February 25, 1776, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 19, 1827, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. LUTHER PARKHURST, b. March 24, 1778, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 06, 1804, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. SILAS PARKHURST, b. December 02, 1779, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 02, 1849, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vi. OTIS PARKHURST, SR, b. September 20, 1781, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 05, 1869, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vii. HANNAH PARKHURST, b. July 23, 1783, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 22, 1852, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
viii. HOPESTILL PARKHURST, b. March 29, 1785, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 28, 1831, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About HOPESTILL PARKHURST:
Misc: Hopestill perished in the snow.
ix. LEMUEL PARKHURST, b. January 02, 1788, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 12, 1818, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.
More About LEMUEL PARKHURST:
Fact 3: Occupation: Postmaster, Lawyer
Fact 4: Never married
Fact 5: willed estate to 1st cousin, Sterling Parkhurst
Misc: will dated 1818, Palmyra, NY
x. CATHERINE PARKHURST, b. August 19, 1789, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. 1871, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
xi. SARAH PARKHURST, b. January 13, 1792, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. 1829, NJ.
xii. NANCY PARKHURST, b. November 23, 1794, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 17, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
xiii. DIANA PARKHURST, b. April 12, 1796, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 29, 1857, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. SULLIVAN SUMNER, October 04, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About DIANA PARKHURST:
Misc: No children
xiv. ANGELINA PARKHURST, b. February 11, 1799, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 15, 1880, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
19. JONAS9 PARKHURST (JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 12, 1754 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died September 20, 1800 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married MARY NELSON December 01, 1774 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of GERSHOM NELSON and MERCY PUFFER. She was born February 15, 1755 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died May 12, 1840 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.
More About JONAS PARKHURST:
Misc: Baptized 8/4/1754 in Milford, MA
More About MARY NELSON:
Misc: Baptized 1/2/1757
Children of JONAS PARKHURST and MARY NELSON are:
i. OLIVE10 PARKHURST, b. March 08, 1775, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1795, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. ZURIEL HAYWARD, Abt. 1795, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About OLIVE PARKHURST:
Misc: No children
ii. EDE (EDY) PARKHURST, b. January 11, 1777, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. BETSY PARKHURST, b. June 07, 1779, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Abt. 1860.
iv. HENRY PARKHURST, b. November 07, 1781, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 04, 1843, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. JOEL PARKHURST, b. April 13, 1784, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 15, 1844, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vi. LUCINDA PARKHURST, b. December 20, 1786, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. November 29, 1860, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA.
vii. ROYAL PARKHURST, b. March 11, 1790, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 26, 1849, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About ROYAL PARKHURST:
Misc: Never married
viii. MARY (POLLY) PARKHURST, b. July 22, 1793, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 13, 1835, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About MARY (POLLY) PARKHURST:
Misc: Never married
ix. MERCY PARKHURST, b. January 07, 1795, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Abt. 1837, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
20. SARAH9 PARKHURST (JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born March 22, 1726 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died May 30, 1777 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT. She married THOMAS LISCOMB November 09, 1749 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT. He was born Abt. 1725 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died April 20, 1802 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
Children of SARAH PARKHURST and THOMAS LISCOMB are:
i. THOMAS10 LISCOMB, b. August 10, 1750, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. March 02, 1833.
ii. NEHEMIAH LISCOMB, b. November 22, 1752, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. August 29, 1835, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. SARAH LISCOMB, b. December 11, 1754, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. December 27, 1754, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
iv. DARIUS LISCOMB, b. April 10, 1755, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. September 07, 1838, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
v. JAMES LISCOMB, b. April 10, 1757, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
vi. TREPHINA LISCOMB, b. October 07, 1759, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. AMASA COPELAND.
vii. SARAH LISCOMB, b. April 22, 1763, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. WILLIAM COLSTON, November 12, 1783, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
viii. MOLLIE LISCOMB, b. April 28, 1766, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. UNKNOWN WESCOTT.
ix. JOHN LISCOMB, b. January 25, 1770, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. 1845.
x. ELIZABETH LISCOMB, b. Abt. 1772, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
21. SUSANNA9 PARKHURST (JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 26, 1735 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died 1820 in Hartford, Windsor Co, VT. She married JOHN SUMNER January 26, 1759 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, son of WILLIAM SUMNER and ELEANOR DANIELS. He was born March 03, 1729 in Milton, Norfolk Co, MA, and died October 15, 1799 in Hartford, Windsor Co, VT.
Children of SUSANNA PARKHURST and JOHN SUMNER are:
i. ALTHEDA10 SUMNER, b. August 19, 1759, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. March 21, 1822.
ii. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. January 09, 1761, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. July 21, 1850, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. ABIGAIL SUMNER, b. October 06, 1762, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. SAMUEL MATTHEW.
iv. LUCRETIA SUMNER, b. November 01, 1764, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. March 27, 1859; m. ROBERT PALMER; b. 1760, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
v. LUCY SUMNER, b. August 28, 1767, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; m. WILLIAM JOHNSON DALY, March 24, 1789, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; b. 1763, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
vi. JOHN SUMNER, b. February 24, 1770, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. March 10, 1795.
vii. HARVEY SUMNER, b. September 24, 1772, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. Bet. 1840 - 1850, Cleveland, Elkhart Co, IN.
viii. PARKER SUMNER, b. Abt. 1774, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT; d. October 28, 1788.
22. EZEKIEL9 PARKHURST (JOHN8, SAMUEL7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 09, 1751 in Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, and died June 10, 1801 in Henry Co, KY. He married ABIEL HATHAWAY Abt. 1772.
More About EZEKIEL PARKHURST:
Fact 3: will dated 10 Jan 1801 Henry Co, KY
Misc: chr 6/9/1751 Morristown, NJ
Children of EZEKIEL PARKHURST and ABIEL HATHAWAY are:
i. MARY (POLLY)10 PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1773, New Jersey; m. JAMES CRAWFORD.
ii. JEMIMAH PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1775, New Jersey; m. JOHN JENKINS.
iii. UNICE PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1777, New Jersey; d. 1828, Johnson Co, IN; m. JOHN SWIFT, Abt. 1805.
iv. JONATHAN PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1779, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey; d. Abt. 1854, Effington Co, IL; m. (1) SARAH BROCKETT, March 03, 1805, Smith Co, TN; m. (2) MARY POWELL, May 12, 1846, Effingham, Effington Co, IL.
v. KETURA CATHERINE PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1780, Sandston, Henry Co., VA; d. 1868, Acton, Marion Co., IN.
vi. DAVID PARKHURST, b. October 15, 1783, New Jersey; d. September 06, 1851, Effingham Co., Illinois.
vii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, b. 1785, New Jersey; d. 1854; m. DANIEL PRICHARD, 1802; b. January 1791, Baltimore Co, Maryland; d. October 1852, Jasper Co, IN.
23. ESTHER9 PARKHURST (JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 11, 1741 in Mendon, Worcester, MA, and died December 06, 1812 in Milo, NY. She married JONATHAN WHITNEY November 07, 1760 in Mendon, Mass. He was born July 26, 1737 in Mendon, Massachusetts, and died August 22, 1792 in Milo, NY..
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Christening: August 09, 1741, Milford, Worcester, MA
More About JONATHAN WHITNEY:
Burial: Crittenden Cemetery, Geneva, NY
Occupation: Revolutionary Patriot And War Hero
Children of ESTHER PARKHURST and JONATHAN WHITNEY are:
i. NATHAN10 WHITNEY, b. October 18, 1761, Conway, Massachusetts; d. April 19, 1838, Seneca Castle, New York.
ii. ABIGAIL WHITNEY, b. March 12, 1764; d. Unknown.
iii. JOEL WHITNEY, b. November 13, 1766, Milford, Mass; d. January 31, 1825, Seneca Castle, New York.
iv. ESTHER WHITNEY, b. December 16, 1769; d. August 16, 1848.
v. EXPERIENCE WHITNEY, b. June 06, 1772; d. February 05, 1826.
vi. JONAS WHITNEY, b. May 12, 1775; d. September 27, 1823.
vii. AMI WHITNEY, b. January 18, 1778, Conway, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; d. December 14, 1867, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY.
viii. RUTH WHITNEY, b. February 18, 1778; d. Unknown.
ix. PARKHURST WHITNEY, b. September 25, 1784; d. April 26, 1862, Niagara Falls, NY.
Generation No. 10
24. NATHAN10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born January 22, 1770 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died December 13, 1820 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married RUTH RAWSON 1797 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of NATHANIEL RAWSON and ELIZABETH NELSON. She was born October 25, 1770 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died April 01, 1851 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for NATHAN PARKHURST:
Parkhurst brothers, Nathan and Ithiel, married Rawson sisters, Ruth and Catherine. For many years, Nathan was a clothier and miller at Milford, MA. His mill site was on an island just below the Charles River Bridge.
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Fact 3: died of fever
Misc: Intention April 23, 1797
More About RUTH RAWSON:
Misc: Intention 4/23/1797
Children of NATHAN PARKHURST and RUTH RAWSON are:
i. EVELYN11 PARKHURST, b. December 11, 1797, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 19, 1861, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About EVELYN PARKHURST:
Misc: Never married
ii. ZIBA PARKHURST, b. August 28, 1799, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 16, 1879, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. STEPHEN RAWSON PARKHURST, b. March 19, 1802, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1860, Bloomfield Twp., Essex Co., NJ.
iv. PARMENAS PARSEUS PARKHURST, b. January 07, 1804, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 13, 1890, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.
v. NATHAN PARKHURST, b. December 01, 1805, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Abt. 1875.
vi. WALDO PARKHURST, b. September 24, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 20, 1888, Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa.
vii. NATHAN PARKHURST.
25. ITHNIEL10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born March 27, 1772 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died August 02, 1855 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) CATHERINE RAWSON March 06, 1794 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of NATHANIEL RAWSON and ELIZABETH NELSON. She was born January 07, 1773 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 10, 1848 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) CLARISSA (WIDOW CHILDS) FALES April 12, 1849 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of JOHN FALES and MARY UNKNOWN.
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Misc: Occupation, Deacon
Children of ITHNIEL PARKHURST and CATHERINE RAWSON are:
i. VIRTUE11 PARKHURST, b. July 10, 1795, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 14, 1858.
ii. LAURA PARKHURST, b. September 17, 1796, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. BETSY PARKHURST, b. April 26, 1798, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 12, 1871, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. NATHANIEL RAWSON PARKHURST, b. January 11, 1800, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. July 25, 1868, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA.
v. SALLY PARKHURST, b. October 21, 1802, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About SALLY PARKHURST:
Misc: twin to David, probably died in infancy
vi. DAVID PARKHURST, b. October 21, 1802.
vii. ITHIEL PARKHURST, b. May 23, 1804, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 17, 1877, Westboro, Worcester Co., MA.
viii. CATHERINE PARKHURST, b. April 19, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. OLIVER UNDERHILL, June 29, 1828.
ix. JULIA A. PARKHURST, b. July 02, 1810, Killingly, Windham Co., CT; d. October 23, 1880, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
x. PASCHAL N. PARKHURST, b. November 16, 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 1872, Hammonton, Atlantic Co., NJ.
26. ESTHER10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 05, 1774 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died August 09, 1851 in Clinton, Oneida Co., NY. She married SIMEON NELSON October 30, 1794 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, son of SETH NELSON and SILENCE CHENEY. He was born 1772 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died in Clinton, Oneida Co., NY.
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Misc: Christened 6/7/1772
Children of ESTHER PARKHURST and SIMEON NELSON are:
i. AUSTIN11 NELSON, b. January 19, 1796, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. HARRIOT NELSON, b. January 20, 1798, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 12, 1799, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. HARRIOT NELSON, b. October 29, 1800, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 22, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. LUCY NELSON, b. April 24, 1803, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. PASCHAL NELSON, b. May 27, 1805, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. May 29, 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
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Misc: Paschal drowned
vi. MARY ANN NELSON, b. April 29, 1811, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. UNKNOWN FOOTE.
27. STERLING10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 03, 1777 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died August 23, 1855 in LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa. He married ANNA SPEARS March 08, 1800 in Ontario Co., New York, daughter of ALLEN SPEAR and ELIZABETH SCOTT. She was born March 31, 1781 in Stoddard, Cheshire Co., NH, and died September 05, 1844 in Waupscpinacon, Scott Co, Iowa.
Notes for STERLING PARKHURST:
Sterling was induced by his youngest brother, Eleazer, to come to the new settlement of "Parkhurst" Town in Iowa from his home is New York State. He came on ahead of his family during the summer of 1836, arranging for his wife, sons Lemuel and Whitney, and two daughters, Mary and Jemina, to come by covered wagon that fall. The family left Ontario Co., New York on September 10, driving a team and wagon, with fourteen year old Lemuel in charge. They crossed the Niagara River at Lewiston, traveled through Canada by way of Windsor, and reentered the United States at Detroit.
On the trip from Detroit, the family encountered bad roads, or no roads, all the way West. Near Chicago the road was barely a track through swampland. They crossed the Rock River by ferry and arrived at Port Byron, Illinois on October 6, completing a journey of twenty six days. At Port Byron there was not yet a ferry, but someone was just finishing making a flat boat. The family helped to caulk and tar the flatboat, and they were the first settlers to cross the river on it. When they landed at the cabin on the river bank, they found 500 Indians camping at the area. The Indians had come by permission from their reservation on the Iowa River to do some hunting for the winter.
Princeton Twp:
Between the years 1836 and 1840 came Daniel Hire, Benjamin F. Pike, Jesse R. James, Samuel Sturtivant, John B. Doty, Benjamin Doolittle, Jonas Barber, Jacob Rose, Abijah Goodrich, Mr. Sweet, Avery D. Pinneo, Gideon Averill, William Palmer, Franklin Rowe, Sterling Parkhurst, Matthias L. Pinneo, Samuel Gast, George Gast, Susanna Gast, Isaac Daughenbaugh, John Leamer, Polly Leamer, Samuel S. Gast, John A. Gast, Wm. Gast, Henry Shadle, Mary A. Shadle, Jacob Fulmer and Christina Fulmer.
HISTORY OF PRINCETON TOWNSHIP
"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co."
Surnames: Averill, Armstrong, Andrews, Barber, Budd, Boyd, Bell, Breckenridge, Bennett, Brusch, Conrad, Culbertson, Calhoun, Conrod, Coates, Chapman, Chamberlin, Doty, Doolittle, Daughenbaugh, Dunlap, Durbin, Dubois, Earhart, Fulmer, Fishback, Forsyth, Ferguson, Goodrich, Gast, Garber, Galt, Garner, Gaw, Harlaw, Haswell, Hubbard, Hammond, Hogan, Hire, Heleman, Huey, Herbert, Hays, Hopson, James, Kierney, Knox, Leamer, Lancaster, Maxwell, McKinster, McCoy, McKinstry, Metzgar, Morgan, McQuiston, Mathews, Moss, Martin, Monk, Pinneo, Pike, Palmer, Parkhurst, Peaslee, Patterson, Porter, Parcell, Penry, Rose, Rowe, Rice, Rathman, Stichter, Sturtivant, Sweet, Shadle, Sheer, Shafter, Slaughter, Stewart, Stafford, Shoemaker, Scott, Shaw, Sherman, Shearer, Suiter, Todd, Thompson, Taylor, Ulam, Vanduzer, Warren, Walker, Walter, Welch, Williams and Waters.
Princeton is the most northern township of Scott County, lying along the river, the first permanent settlement of which was made in the spring of 1836.
Giles M. Pinneo and Haswell H. Pinneo located their claims in the fall of 1835, and moved on them as permanent settlers in the spring of 1836. George W. Harlan had located some claims prior to this for speculative purposes, but with no thought of settlement. Giles M. Pinneo settled where he now resides, on section 84, while Haswell made his claim upon which a portion of the village of Princeton was subsequently located. Many of the early settlers will remember his neat hewed log cabin, and the welcome there extended to all who might choose to call and test the hospitality of its owner. He died many years since, enjoying the respect of all who knew him.
Thomas Hubbard, Sr., who had been living on the opposite side of the river since the close of the Black Hawk war, in the spring of 1836 moved over and settled on what is now a part of the city of Princeton. The Pinneos and Mr. Hubbard were the only settlers during the year 1836.
Thomas Hubbard was from Kentucky; had served in the Black Hawk war, and seemed to have much of the old Kentucky hatred for Indians. While settled upon the Illinois side of the river, he had frequent raids made upon him by the red skins, which were repelled in true pioneer spirit. The Indians were in the habit of stealing from him such few articles of "animal civilization" as he was able to gather around him, such as fowls, hogs and cattle. He had procured some bees from the forest, which at that time were plenty, when one day on his return to his cabin he found that they had been robbed by the Indians. He was soon upon their trail with his rifle, and came up with them as they were leaving the shore in their canoes. He fired upon them, when the fire was returned, Hubbard taking to a tree for shelter. Several shots were passed and one Indian was killed. Many other skirmishes were often related by the old man of his exploits with the red skins. He returned to Kentucky and there died many years ago.
Between the years 1836 and 1840 came Daniel Hire, Benjamin F. Pike, Jesse R. James, Samuel Sturtivant, John B. Doty, Benjamin Doolittle, Jonas Barber, Jacob Rose, Abijah Goodrich, Mr. Sweet, Avery D. Pinneo, Gideon Averill, William Palmer, Franklin Rowe, Sterling Parkhurst, Matthias L. Pinneo, Samuel Gast, George Gast, Susanna Gast, Isaac Daughenbaugh, John Leamer, Polly Leamer, Samuel S. Gast, John A. Gast, Wm. Gast, Henry Shadle, Mary A. Shadle, Jacob Fulmer and Christina Fulmer.
From 1840 settlement was slow in the township for 10 years, when for a time settlers came in quite rapidly. The township now has 300 voters.
In the first settlement of Princeton Township, like all other pioneer places, families underwent many privations. Supplies of every kind, except for wild meat, had to be obtained from Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island. These were taken up by water over the rapids in Indian canoes. It was but little they were able to purchase, and all that was expected in those days were the bare necessaries of life. A story is told of one of the Pinneos making a journey to Davenport, after it became settled and a store had been established, with a lot of beans in order to exchange them for goods to make clothing for his family. It was bitter cold weather, and on the way he had an attack of the ague. He exchanged his beans with much difficulty at 25 cents per bushel, heaping measure, and took their "five-cent" calico at the rate of 35 cents per yard. These were the beginnings of some of those who settled in this township. But the brighter days have dawned, and many of the old settlers now enjoy the fruits of early toil, and are no more placed under the necessity of "planning and contriving" to secure the little necessary to eke out an existence.
Benjamin F. Pike came up from Rockingham in the spring of 1838, and brought with him a small stock of goods, which was the first store of any kind in the township.
The first frame house built in the township was in 1837, by Daniel Hire. In the spring of 1838 Benjamin Doolittle established the first public ferry across the Wapsipinecon River, on the road from Davenport to Comanche. Jonas Barber built a steam mill this year, the first of any kind in the township. A distillery was also built this year by Jacob Rose. The first children born were Henry Hire, Thomas Doty, and Albert Pinneo. The first deaths in the township were Mrs. Mary Sweet and Mrs. Lucy Goodrich.
The Methodist circuit rider at an early day penetrated the township and was followed from time to time by representatives of various denominations. There are now three represented in the township by organizations-Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran. The later organization is at Lost Grove. In 1853 three members of the Methodist Episcopal church,-Porter McKinster, Jerry Goodrich and James Todd-assisted by their friends and neighbors, erected a brick church edifice, 26x36 feet. After holding services in this church about three years, the organization was transferred to Princeton, its three principal members having died meanwhile. On the 10th of February, 1856, Rev. Daniel Garber, a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Davenport, came to the township and organized a congregation of that faith.
On Saturday, May8, a meeting was held for the election of officers. Isaac Daughenbaugh was elected elder, and Samuel Gast, deacon. The first meetings were held at the brick church, erected by the Methodists, and which they continued to use as the property of that denomination until 1859, when they built a house of worship in the town of Princeton, at a cost of $565, which they exchanged with the Methodists for their church edifice at Lost Grove, where they yet worship.
Rev. Daniel Garber was the first pastor. He supplied the church until March 10,1857, when Rev. F.R. Sheer was called and served until 1869, with success, with the exception of one year (1858). In 1869 Rev. George W. Shaffer supplied the pulpit, during which time he had a revival and 14 additions to the church. Mr. Shaffer continued with the church until November, 1878, when Rev. J.L. Hammond assumed the pastorate. Regular services of the church are held every Sabbath. The present membership is 52. The present officers are as follows: Samuel Heleman and J.A. Gast, elders; Adam McCoy and John Shaffer, deacons.
The Sabbath-school was first organized by the Methodist Episcopal brethren in 1853. The first superintendent was Daniel Conrad, a local M.E. preacher from Le Claire; secretary and librarian, James Todd. In 1856 the Lutheran congregation took charge of the school, electing Dr. Samuel Gast, of Princeton, as superintendent; J.L. Gast, secretary and librarian. The present superintendent is Rev. E. Hammon, assistant superintendent, W.E. Gast, secretary, William Hammond, librarian, G.C. Gast. There are now 80 pupils enrolled, with the average attendance of 60.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The men who first settled this township being young men without families, it was for some time unnecessary to have schools, but as soon as children were reared large enough to attend, the parents provided schools as good as their limited means, both of money and ability in teachers, could afford. The first school that was kept in what is now known as Princeton Independent District, was taught in the year 1846 or '47, by Miss Hanah Peaslee, in a log house owned by H.H. Pinneo. The succeeding teachers in the same house were Mrs. Charles Budd and Milcah Goodrich. About 1850, a bitter dispute having arisen as to where a proposed school-house should be located, the quarrel was carried so far that the project for building at all had for a time to be abandoned. In the meantime G.H. Pinneo and Wilbur Warren being determined to have a school for their children, joined together and bought an old barn, added some lumber to it, and with their own hands constructed a house that was used for some time for both school and church purposes. In 1852 a house 25x35 now known as the old school-house was built in the town, costing $375, and was then thought to be quite extravagant. The first teacher in this house was Mathias D. Pinneo. In 1856 it was found that the title to the land on which this house was built was not good. So the heirs of the land made a compromise with the district by buying lot No.2, block 18, and building another house exactly like the old one on this lot. This house was used for school purposes till 1864, when this school and the other schools in town were consolidated and occupied the upper and lower stories of a hall on Front street. In 1862, under an act that had been recently passed, what had formerly been known as District No.1, Princeton Township, was erected into an independent district. The first president of the independent district was Samuel Scott; first secretary, A.H. Pinneo; and treasurer, D.H. Culbertson. Mr. Culbertson has been treasurer ever since. In 1866 it was determined to build a house suitable for school purposes, and the contract was awarded to the firm of Walker & Patterson, for $4,500. C.W. Pinneo was the first principal in this house, and has been ever since, except two years G.M. Boyd and two years J.S. Huey taught. The present teachers are C.W. Pinneo, principal; W.L. Calhoun, intermediate, and D.E. James, primary. Miss Peaslee, the first teacher in this district, received for salary $1.75 per week and boarded around. The present female teacher receives $9 per week. $20 per month was the highest wages paid to a male teacher previous to the year 1858, when the law requiring teachers to stand an examination before a county superintendent went into force. The wages very soon advanced when some qualifications were required, and greatly added to the efficiency of the schools. The number at present is about 150 scholars in all the departments, and the schools are considered quite satisfactory in their management.
Princeton Township has six sub-districts, an enrollment of 142, and 219 of school age. It has six school-houses, valued at $5,500. The town of Princeton is an independent district, with a stone school-house valued at $5,000. There are 189 pupils in the district with an enrollment of 98. Three teachers are employed, and the school is a graded one.
TOWN OF PRINCETON
The first recorded plan of Princeton bears date Dec. 22, 1853. Robert Bell, George H. Bell and John Culbertson were the proprietors. The beginning of a town had been made prior to this.
In the spring of 1838 B.F. Pike opened a store in the neighborhood, the first in the township. The next one was opened by a company known as "Lawyer Hammond & Co. In 1848 W.F. Breckenridge opened a store here, calling the place at that time "Pinnacle Point."
The city of Princeton was incorporated January, 1857, and in the month of March following the first charter election was held. Samuel Porter was elected the first mayor and resigned in May. At a special election held soon after, William Shaw was elected mayor to fill the vacancy. At this time the city contained about 250 inhabitants, one store kept by Walter & Armstrong, two public houses, one smith shop, one steam saw-mill, one church and forty-six dwelling houses.
In the month of March, 1858, William H. Thompson was elected mayor. This year the population of the place had increased to 500. The improvements were greater in the youthful city of Princeton than at any other point on the Mississippi River, for the number of inhabitants. This year there was built one steam saw-mill, by Isaac Sherman, from Cleveland, Ohio, at a cost of $8,000, capable of cutting 30,000 feet per day; two steam grist-mills, one by McKinstry & Hubbard, at a cost of $12,000; one by Herbert & Fishback, at a cost of $9,000, thought the firm failed before completing it. D.D. McCoy built a large house and opened a fancy dry-goods store. This season there were 62 dwellings built, among which was one by Dr. G.L. Bell, which cost about $5,000.
In March, 1859, Dr. Thomas Galt was elected mayor. This year the population had reached 1,000, but, owing to the hard times there was not so much improvement as the previous year. Walker & Patterson built a steam planing-mill, with all the improved machinery for making sash, doors and blinds, which was a great benefit to the place and surrounding country, besides being remunerative to its enterprising projectors. F.G. Welch built a large three-story building for a dry-goods store, but did not live to enjoy his enterprising undertaking. R. Bennett also erected a large store and opened a good stock of dry goods and groceries, and with the assistance of A. Kierney started a tin shop. This year the Presbyterians erected their church edifice. Dr. Galt erected a fine brick residence, 36x40, two stories and a half high, and finished in the latest style. At this time there were 15 carpenters, six blacksmiths, four shoemakers, two tailors, one tinker, seven stores, one drug store, two churches, two public houses, one livery stable, two steam saw-mills, two steam grist-mills, one steam planing-mill, two carriage shops, four blacksmith shops, two public schools, two private schools, one lawyer.*
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Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 136 S 1/2, site 8
Notes for ANNA SPEARS:
Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Sep 12, 1844
On the Waupscpinacon, Scott county, Iowa, on Thursday the 5th inst, after a
painful illness Mrs. Ann PARKHURST, consort of Sterling PARKHURST, Esq, in
the 63d year of her age.
More About ANNA SPEARS:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 136 S 1/2, site 6
Children of STERLING PARKHURST and ANNA SPEARS are:
i. ANN P.11 PARKHURST, b. December 11, 1801, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. May 18, 1882, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
ii. STERLING PARKHURST, JR, b. Abt. 1803, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. January 15, 1815, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York.
iii. HUBBARD PARKHURST, b. November 30, 1805, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. May 15, 1880, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York.
iv. ELIZABETH (BETSY) PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1807, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. Abt. 1827, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; m. NATHAN FLANDERS.
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v. JONAS WHITNEY PARKHURST, b. May 27, 1811, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. September 06, 1855, Princeton. Scott Co., Iowa.
vi. JEMINA (JENNIE) PARKHURST, b. October 06, 1813, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. February 10, 1902, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
More About JEMINA (JENNIE) PARKHURST:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 136 S 1/2, site 7
Misc: Buried at Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA
vii. SARAH J. PARKHURST, b. October 30, 1815, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. September 23, 1847, Princeton. Scott Co., Iowa.
viii. HARRIET PARKHURST, b. Abt. 1816, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. October 09, 1856, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
ix. LEMUEL PARKHURST, b. June 12, 1818, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. March 06, 1903, Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa.
x. MARY PARKHURST, b. January 11, 1822, Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York; d. June 15, 1921, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa (Marion Junction, AL).
28. SARAH10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 12, 1779 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died in Ohio. She married OBED DANIELS April 06, 1800 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born December 27, 1768 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., MA, and died in Ohio.
Child of SARAH PARKHURST and OBED DANIELS is:
i. SARAH11 DANIELS, m. DAVID SANFORD MIDWAY.
29. (MARY) ANNE10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born August 29, 1784 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married PRESTON THAYER February 21, 1808 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About (MARY) ANNE PARKHURST:
Misc: Intention 12/12/1807 in Templeton, Worcester Co, NY
Children of (MARY) PARKHURST and PRESTON THAYER are:
i. ALFRED11 THAYER.
ii. AUSTIN THAYER.
iii. MARY ANN THAYER.
iv. ELIZA THAYER.
v. KELLOGG THAYER.
30. EPHRAIM10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born March 19, 1787 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 06, 1837 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) LUCINDA PERRY April 26, 1812 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of ADAMS PERRY and ANNA WAIT. She was born January 21, 1791 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., MA, and died December 30, 1821 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) ELIZA BROAD January 13, 1823 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of JOSEPH BROAD and SIBEL UNKNOWN.
More About EPHRAIM PARKHURST:
Misc: Ephraim died of consumption
Children of EPHRAIM PARKHURST and LUCINDA PERRY are:
i. ADALINE11 PARKHURST, b. February 24, 1813, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 29, 1817, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE PARKHURST, b. April 09, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 27, 1842, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. HARRIOT PARKHURST, b. August 13, 1816, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 02, 1817, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. STERLING PARKHURST, b. June 24, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. June 12, 1842, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
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Misc: Occupation, Captain
v. LUCINDA PARKHURST, b. January 21, 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 09, 1834, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vi. EPHRAIM PARKHURST, b. September 28, 1821, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
31. ELEAZER10 PARKHURST (EPHRAIM9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 18, 1793 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 21, 1851 in Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa. He married (1) LINDA CHAPIN December 03, 1818 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of MARVEL CHAPIN and MARY NELSON. She was born February 18, 1798 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died September 12, 1849 in Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa. He married (2) ESTER B. ZEBLY Abt. 1850 in Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa. She was born Abt. 1807 in VT.
Notes for ELEAZER PARKHURST:
Eleazer left Milford, MA about 1828. He moved to a farm in the Meredosia bottom lands between the Rock River and the Mississippi River in Illinois. He lived there until 1834 when he crossed the Mississippi and bought a claim, with a cabin, located on the riverbank. George Harlen, a veteran of the Blackhawk War, had built the cabin in February 1834.
Eleazer extended his claim west and north along the river. He opened up the first farm in what is now LeClaire Township. In 1842 he built a stone and frame house on the farm. The house is still occupied and in good condition (1993). This is the Emil Dreschler farm next to Cody School. Eleazer built another home for himself across the street from the riverbank cabin. This house is still in good condition and is occupied (1993). This is the Carl Alverd home. Eleazer decided that his area had good possibilities for a town. He applied to the U.S. Government for a post office. In 1836 the request was granted, and the post office was named "Parkhurst".
Eleazer sold part of his land claim to Thomas Eads, the father of the noted engineer James B. Eads. The Parkhursts and Thomas Eads laid out the town of "Parkhurst" in 1837. Area maps showed the town of Parkhurst as late as 1900. For awhile the town was known as Berlin. The town eventually became part of the town of LeClaire.
EARLY SETTLERS.
Martin W. Smith was the second settler in LeClaire Township, and was followed the same season, 1834, by Nathan and Ira F. Smith, who settled just below the present town of Le Claire. Phillip Suiter came in the fall of the same year. Laurel Summers, now, in 1882, one of the oldest settlers living in the township, says that when he came to the township, in 1837, there were living in the neighborhood of the present town of LeClaire, Eleazer Parkhurst, T.C. Eads, Sterling Parkhurst, J.W. Parkhurst, M.W. Smith, Ira F. Smith, Eli Smith, William Conroe, James Haskell, Phillip Suiter, A.W. Finley, Paul Follmer, S.G. Condit, Griswold Vanduzer, J.M. Vanduzer, Rockwell McKinstry, Josiah Scott, Dr. Z. Grant, Jonas Barber, William Rowe, B.F. Pike, Benjamin Barber, H.E.W. East, Waldo Parkhurst, Goodrich Hubbard, L. Parkhurst, W.W. Upton, Alfred Prather, and John Lewis.
Between 1837 and 1840 there settled in the township, James Jack, James Spear, William Hopson, Robert Carleton, Parce Barber, George Long, Jacob Carber, Stephen Purcell, Samuel Stopher, Aaron Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, D.V. Dawley, William Allen, Charles Ames, John Allen, Joseph Turner, Nathaniel Wilson, Ralph Letton, William McGinnis, William Wilson, William Gardner, Isaac Cody, John H. Sessions and James Turner.
The first frame building erected was in the winter of 1836-'7, by Col. T.C. Eads, in the village of Parkhurst, now LeClaire. It is yet standing, and was long regarded as one of the land-marks of the place.
VILLAGE OF PARKHURST
In the summer of 1837, Eleazer Parkhurst having disposed of a part of his claim to T.C. Eads, they jointly laid out the town of Parkhurst.
The first important improvement made in the place was by Col. Eads in the erection of a large frame building in the summer of 1837. This building was one of the wonders of the age; and is yet standing. Ralph Letton, of Cincinnati, in the spring of 1838 purchased a portion of Col. Eads' interest in the town, and a disagreement among the owners retarded the settlement of the place for several years, and no improvement took place until 1841.
The first store opened in the place was in 1839, by Lemuel Parkhurst, in a little stone building erected for that purpose.
The town grew but slowly and witnessed some trying periods, and in 1848 could boast only of about a dozen dwelling-houses, while the country back of it had been settling up quite rapidly.
During the summer of 1836, Eleazer Parkhurst applied to the post office department for a post office at his place. He immediately received a favorable answer, with the appointment of postmaster, and the office was named Parkhurst, after the name of the petitioner.
History of Scott Co, 1910
LECLAIRE TOWNSHIP.
1834.-At the treaty in 1832 with the Sac and Fox Indians at Davenport (see Chapter 1 of this history), they gave to Antoine LeClaire, Esq., a section of land at the head of the rapids (640 acres). They had at the same treaty presented Mrs. LeClaire with a similar amount of land where the city of Davenport now stands. The reason of this gift was none other, we believe, than out of friendship and respect for Mr. and Mrs. LeClaire. He had been with them from boyhood, either in the employ of the Fur Company or of the government as interpreter, and was very popular with them. The American Fur Company at an early day had a trading house on a small island some three miles below LeClaire called Davenport' island, afterward Smith's island and now Fulton's island. The Indians came across from Rock river, Meredosia swamp and from the Wapesipinecon river to this post to trade. The Indians ever loved to live along the thick timber lands of the "Pau-ke-she-tuck" (rapids) or swift water, where they found abundance of fish. There was much game, also. The forest was dense all through the country lying along the Mississippi river from Spencer's creek at the head of Pleasant valley to Princeton and was of large growth. A corresponding tract, also, of like character lay along the opposite side of the river.
The township of LeClaire in its general character is similar to other river townships; perhaps rather more uneven along a portion of its bluffs, but its prairie lands back are among the choicest in Iowa and well settled by enterprising and industrious farmers.
The first settlement of LeClaire was not upon that portion given to Mr. LeClaire by the Indians, but was made by Eleazer Parkhurst, Esq., we believe, from the state of Massachusetts. He purchased the claim just above the north line of the reserve, of George W. Harlan who built the cabin thereon. This cabin stood on or near the place of the present residence of Waldo Parkhurst in the present limits of the city of LeClaire and was the first actually settled claim in the township. We believe this cabin was built in February, 1834. His brother, the late Sterling Parkhurst, Esq., was the second settler, but the same season Nathan and Martin W. Smith settled below the town where the old mill now stands. Ira F. Smith came in the autumn of that year and now lives on the old place of Martin W. Smith. All of these early pioneers are now dead except Ira F. Smith.
But there seem to have been others even at an earlier day anxious to secure so desirable a site for a town. The importance of the location had attracted the attention of some who at an early day were passing up and down the Mississippi river and were not blind to the coming future. I here insert a document dated the next year after the treaty and after Mr. LeClaire came into possession of the land in which a contract is made for the town site of LeClaire proper:
Whereas, it is agreed by and between Antoine LeClaire of the one part and George Davenport, Enoch C. March and John Reynolds of the other part, witnesseth, that the said LeClaire agrees to convey by deed in fee simple to the said Davenport, March and Reynolds, forty acres each, to be taken out of a section of land at the head of the rapids which was granted to said LeClaire by the late treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians. Said land is situated on the Mississippi river on the west side thereof, said LeClaire reserving forty acres himself of said section making in all one-quarter section.
Said quarter section is to be located so as to be the suitable for the purpose of laying out a town thereon. And all the parties to this contract agree further to lay out a town on said quarter section of land and to be equal partners and proprietors thereof.
Said quarter section of land is to be located and surveyed as soon as practicable and the same surveyed also as soon as practicable into lots.
Said Davenport, March and Reynolds in consideration of said land agree to pay him (LeClaire) $80, each one.
27th March, 1833 Test, K. McKenzey.
Signed, and sealed:
Antoine LeClaire,
Geo. Davenport,
Enoch C. March,
John Reynolds.
1835.-At a subsequent date the interest of Enoch C. March, Esq., consisting of one-fourth of the town site was purchased by our fellow townsman, Capt. James May who still retains a large portion of it. Mr. Eleazer Parkhurst opened the first farm upon the prairies back of the town. The town of LeClaire was laid out into lots in the spring or summer of 1837 by the town company, surveyed by Wm. R. Shoemaker, assisted by Henry S. Howell, both United States deputy surveyors. About the same time Mr. Parkhurst having disposed of a part of his claim to Col. T. C. Eads, they jointly laid out the town of Parkhurst.
1836.-During the summer of 1836 Mr. Parkhurst applied to the post office department for a post office at that place. He immediately received a favorable answer, with the appointment of postmaster and the office was named Parkhurst, after the name of the petitioner.
During the years 1835 and 1836 emigrants came in and made settlements. Among these was Mr. William Rowe, Josiah Scott, John M. and Griswold VanDuzer, Eli Smith, Dr. Zachariah Grant, William Cousal, Philip Suiter, Noble McKinstry, Rockwell McKinstry, John Lewis and others. A son of M. E. Parkhurst, the Rev. Wm. J. Parkhurst, still resides in this township and is the oldest inhabitant now resident in the place. The two towns, LeClaire and Parkhurst, were for many years rivals in point of progress and exhibited many of those traits so common among the embryo cities of the west. Soon after Parkhurst was laid out, its name was changed with that of its post office to Berlin and finally to LeClaire.
1837.-Col. T. C. Eads made the first important improvement in Parkhurst in the summer of 1837 by the erection of a large frame dwelling, thirty feet by forty feet, two stories high, and it was one of the wonders of the age. Our fellow citizen, Nathaniel Squires, was the builder and it stands a worthy monument of the genius, enterprise and ambition of those early pioneers.
1838.-In the spring of 1838 Ralph Letton, Esq., of Cincinnati purchased a portion of Col. Eads' interest in the town and a disagreement among the owners retarded the settlement and improvement of the place for several years. No decided improvement in either of the towns took place however until 1841. But the progress of settlement by farmers upon the edge of the prairie was considerable, and many farms were opened along the river up to the Wapesipinecon bottoms.
1839 and 1840 were, however, dark days in the west, alike to all and every new enterprise or even a new comer was hailed as an acquisition to the infant colony. Lemuel Parkhurst, Esq., now a resident of LeClaire, first opened a store in 1839 in the little stone building in Parkhurst now owned by Mr. W. Gardner. In 1840 the old stone building yet standing on the bank of the river at the foot of Walnut street was erected by Eleazer Parkhurst. The same year he and his nephew Waldo Parkhurst who settled there in 1837 and is still a merchant in LeClaire opened in the stone store a large stock of good of all kinds and continued in the same until 1849 when the firm was dissolved.
1841.-In 1841 Charles Ames, William Allen, A. K. Philleo and Martin W. Smith made improvements and settled in the town of LeClaire. Mr. Ames was from Port Byron, on the opposite side of the river and brought with him a stock of goods. He built the house now owned and occupied by his widow, it being the first house built in the city of LeClaire or on the reserve. Here he opened the first stock of goods ever offered for sale in that place. Mr. Ames died in 1846. Mr. Philleo built the house occupied as a bakery now by Mr. Scheck. These were the dark days of LeClaire. Many an old settler will call to mind the few little tenements scattered along the banks of the river through both of the villages and well remember the stately oaks that grew along the streets where now the beautiful mansions and the merchants' blocks rear their massive piles. From this date to 1847 but little progress was made at either town in the way of improvements. Steamboats generally laid up there in low water and windy weather on account of the difficulty of crossing the rapids at such times, and often in extreme low water lighters or flat boats were used to convey freight over as at the present day employing many men. It is the residence of the rapids pilots for boats and rafts. The settlement of the prairie back from the town continued slowly and occasionally a new edifice would appear in LeClaire or Parkhurst.
In February, 1837, Messrs. A. H. Davenport and Samuel Lyter of Rockingham opened a store of dry goods and groceries. Mr. Lyter soon gave place in the firm to Robert Christie, Esq., and Winchester Sherman; and in the autumn of 1848 this firm erected the first sawmill in LeClaire, and the following year a flouring mill was added. In the summer of 1851 this mill was burned down and in four months after the firm of Davenport & Rogers who then owned it, erected the Rapids mill upon the same ground.
1848.-The comparative size of the two villages at this date may be seen by an article which we quote from the LeClaire Republic of March 23, 1859, from the pen of E. Russell, Esq., then editor of that paper:
"In 1848," says Mr. Russell, "when we first visited the locality LeClaire and Parkhurst were separated by a 'gulf' which though easily passed kept each town entirely separate from the other. A beautiful and dense grove of oaks extended from Reynolds street up to Holland street, and no cabins or fences marred the scene. LeClaire then contained nine frame dwelling houses, two brick ditto, one brick store, one frame ditto, occupied, and one or two unoccupied, one brick building used as a pork house, one blacksmith shop, the Baptist church, occupied but not finished, and the old Methodist church in course of erection. Parkhurst boasted of eight frame dwelling houses, one brick ditto, two log ditto, one stone ditto, two stone store houses, one frame barn and one log ditto."
It was not until 1849 or 1850 that either of the towns began to assume the appearance of a village, but from that time both increased in population and buildings as well as in extension of the limits of their towns. In 1851 Messrs. Davenport & Rogers purchased of Mr. LeClaire the remaining strip of land lying between the two towns of LeClaire and Parkhurst and laid it out into building lots. This gave a new impetus to business of all kinds. Mills and manufactories were erected. Mechanics of all kinds settled in the place, and many large brick stores were erected, so that in 1855 on petition of the inhabitants of both towns the legislature by act incorporated the city of LeClaire, including within its limits the town of Parkhurst.
At this date there were within the limits of this city no less than eleven dry goods stores, two clothing stores, one watchmaker, one saddler, two boat and provision stores, one bakery, five blacksmith shops, three wagon shops, one tin shop and stoves, one hardware store, one boot and shoe store, five churches, two copper shops, two tailor shops, two shoemakers, two livery stables, five hotels, one banking house, one printing office, two steam flouring mills, one steam sawmill, three lawyers, six physicians, two cabinet shops, candy shops and oyster saloons in any quantity, house and ship carpenters, stone masons and brick layers, a boat yard where steamers are repaired and keel boats made and repaired, and a ferry across the Mississippi river.
There are many interesting anecdotes connected with the early history of this township, like many others in the country. All the pioneer laws of a new country were enforced here, and that same rigid regard for the rights of all was duly noticed. Some very rough specimens of humanity were of course among the early settlers, and many a kind heart covered up by a very rough exterior. It was deemed in those days a very dangerous thing for one man to "jump" another's "claim." The man who had the temerity to attempt such a thing was looked upon as likely to do worse deeds when opportunity presented. A rather laughable farce of this kind took place in September, 1837. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the settlement matters had been talked over as to the peace and good order of things, and the meeting about to adjourn, when a young man, a stranger, rather casually remonstrated, against any one holding more than one "claim," and not that, unless he lived on it He was from Hennepin, Ills., and most evidently had not traveled "the country all over," assuming rather more airs than seemed necessary for the occasion. His remarks were heard by one Simeon Cragin, a discharged soldier, and one of those unceremonious, backwoods, frontier, half civilized humans that lurk around the border settlements, who immediately presented himself before him and thus addressed him: "My name, sir, is Simeon Cragin, sir, all the way from Bangor, and you must leave these diggins, with but few remarks." The increasing rage of "Simeon" became alarming to the young Sucker and he found the shortest road possible to the state of Illinois, and we presume has never since visited Iowa with a view at least of "jumping claims."
There are also many striking reminiscences of the Indians in their sojourn both before and after the whites took possession of the country that might be interesting, and may be added hereafter. There are those now living in LeClaire who remember with what satisfaction the Indians often returned to their forest home at the head of the rapids. In 1837 over 1,000 were encamped where the city now stands.
But while the people of LeClaire were thus busily engaged in building up a city, they did not forget in its earlier days when their sun of prosperity looked dark and uncertainty brooded over their undertakings, to turn their attention to schools and churches. Of the first little gatherings for prayer or of the first sermon in some small cabin where the little pioneer band first met we know nothing, but the first building erected for that purpose was the brick Baptist church in the summer of 1847. It was enclosed that autumn, and a small room in the basement finished off so that it could be occupied by the district school during the six days and on the Sabbath for divine service. This room, measuring about sixteen feet by twenty feet, continued to be the headquarters of the grammar school and the ballot box for some five years. Upon election days the school was let out to accommodate the officials in the weightier matters of the law. In 1849, the church being still weak in numbers and poor, entered into an agreement with the Congregational church to make the building answer for both congregations. The main edifice was to be finished, the original owners were to lath it, and the Congregationalists were to plaster it, and for so doing the latter were to have the use of it free on alternate Sabbaths for four years. In consequence, however, of delay on the part of the Baptist brethren in performing their contract, the church was not plastered till the spring of 1850, and the slips or pews were not put in until autumn. During this summer (1850) the audiences of the respective churches had to sit on seats constructed by laying rough joists on equally rough blocks-seats of the most rude and primitive kind. But it appears that the immigration into the flourishing village of LeClaire that summer was so great houses could not be found to contain them and a family occupied one end of the church as a residence-having a calico curtain separating kitchen, dining room and parlor from the sanctuary.
The Rev. W. Rutledge was pastor of the Baptist and Rev. H. W. Cobb the stated supply of the Congregational church which occupied the edifice until the completion and dedication of their neat little church on the 22d of December, 1853.
The old Methodist church was built in the autumn of 1848, and was used in its unfinished state during the following winter, being used also, one end of it, as a carpenter's shop, the bench and tools crowded into one corner on the Sabbath. This building is yet standing and is rented for a district school. The first resident Methodist minister in LeClaire was the Rev. Joel B. Taylor. He was the first to occupy the parsonage, erected the same autumn as the church. A new Methodist church edifice was commenced in 1856, and completed and dedicated in August, 1857.
The old Presbyterian church was built, we believe, in 1850, at a cost of $500. In 1855 it was sold to the school district and converted into a schoolhouse. In the summer of that year Mr. T. H. Longbottom entered into a contract to erect a new church, which he completed the following season at a total cost of $4,180. The dedication services were held on the 15th of September, 1856. This building was destroyed by fire on the 2d of June, 1859, supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
The Congregational church was organized in 1849. Rev. H. W. Cobb was stated supply from June 1850, to December 1851, and the Rev. L. R. White from that date to June 1, 1854. The church edifice was erected in 1853, at a cost of $1,060, labor and material being at that time very cheap.
There are Catholic, United Presbyterian and Disciples' churches in the city, the statistics of which I am not able to give.
The "Bratton House" was commenced in the summer of 1854, finished the following season, and opened by H. E. and D. B. Brown in October, 1855.
A boat yard called the Marine Railway was commenced in March, 1856, and the first boat was hauled out the 18th of September of the same year.
More About ELEAZER PARKHURST:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 170 NE 1/4, site 1A
Misc: Occupation, Merchant
Occupation: Was postmaster 1836
More About LINDA CHAPIN:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA
Children of ELEAZER PARKHURST and LINDA CHAPIN are:
i. WILLIAM JEFFERSON11 PARKHURST, b. November 03, 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 27, 1885, LeClaire, Scott Co, IA.
ii. HARRIET PARKHURST, b. October 24, 1822, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 17, 1836, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa.
iii. MARY SUSANNAH PARKHURST, b. December 29, 1824, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 16, 1826, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. ROXANNA LUCRETIA PARKHURST, b. December 18, 1826, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 16, 1855, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa.
v. MARY ANN NELSON PARKHURST, b. September 03, 1828, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 05, 1843, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa.
vi. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b. November 21, 1836, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa; d. June 30, 1844, Parkhurst, Scott Co., Iowa.
32. AMASA10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born November 23, 1771 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died November 26, 1826 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married HOPESTILL NELSON Abt. 1796 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She was born October 10, 1774 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died January 12, 1857 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
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Children of AMASA PARKHURST and HOPESTILL NELSON are:
i. ANNE NELSON11 PARKHURST, b. July 08, 1797, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. 1823, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. PAUL NELSON PARKHURST, b. August 15, 1799, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 10, 1802, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. ALMIRA PARKHURST, b. October 24, 1801, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. July 28, 1888, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. RUBY BROWN PARKHURST, b. November 07, 1803, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 1869, WI; m. JOSEPH WEBB, April 02, 1822, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. OLIVER BROWN PARKHURST, b. July 20, 1806, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. May 10, 1888, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vi. NELSON PARKHURST, b. April 30, 1809, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 17, 1894, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vii. HOPESTILL PARKHURST, b. November 18, 1811, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 12, 1892.
viii. AMASA PARKHURST, b. April 13, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. December 04, 1890.
ix. ELIZABETH CAROLINE PARKHURST, b. September 12, 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 24, 1888.
33. ABIGAIL10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born May 09, 1774 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died Abt. 1867 in MI. She married ARBA NELSON, SR October 02, 1791 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born April 14, 1772 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Child of ABIGAIL PARKHURST and ARBA NELSON is:
i. ARBA11 NELSON, JR, b. 1792; d. February 06, 1871; m. CHARLOTTE HELEN NELSON.
Notes for ARBA NELSON, JR:
Arba and Charlotte were first cousins once removed. Their common ancestors were Josiah Nelson and his wife, Elizabeth Thayer.
34. MARY (POLLY)10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 25, 1776 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died March 19, 1827 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married EZRA NELSON May 22, 1800 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born May 08, 1777 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 19, 1835 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Children of MARY PARKHURST and EZRA NELSON are:
i. WILLIAM11 NELSON, b. April 19, 1802, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 13, 1803, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. NATHANIEL PARKHURST NELSON, b. August 25, 1804, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 20, 1809, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. CAROLINE NELSON, b. May 10, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 07, 1833, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. JAMES MADISON NELSON, b. November 24, 1809, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. ABBA G. BRIDGES, 1839.
More About JAMES MADISON NELSON:
Misc: James moved to Grand Rapids, MI
v. GEORGE CLINTON NELSON, b. March 24, 1812, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. MARY E. TAYLOR.
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Misc: George moved to Grand Rapids, MI.
vi. MARY MARILLA NELSON, b. April 17, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. AUGUSTA HOSFORD SMITH, April 02, 1839.
More About MARY MARILLA NELSON:
Misc: Mary Marilla & Martha Murtilla were twins.
vii. MARTHA MURTILLA, b. April 17, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
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Misc: Never married
viii. POLLY DIANA NELSON, b. January 28, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ix. EZRA THAYER NELSON, b. May 09, 1823, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. MARY VALENTINE, October 09, 1848.
Notes for EZRA THAYER NELSON:
Ezra was living in Grand Rapids, MI in 1900. He was a charter member and the oldest member of the "Parkhurst Historical and Genealogical Association of America".
35. SILAS10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born December 02, 1779 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died September 02, 1849 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) LYDIA ROBBINS November 18, 1804 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, daughter of JAMES ROBBINS and LYDIA CAPEN. She was born Abt. 1783 in MA, and died January 27, 1839 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) NANCY BULLARD 1845 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She was born in MA, and died Aft. 1882.
More About SILAS PARKHURST:
Misc: Occupation, Captain
More About NANCY BULLARD:
Misc: Intention 5/23/1845
Children of SILAS PARKHURST and LYDIA ROBBINS are:
i. CHARLES AUSTIN11 PARKHURST, b. August 23, 1806, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 09, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ii. CHARLES AUSTIN PARKHURST, b. October 15, 1807, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. July 19, 1860, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA; m. MARY M. JOHNSON.
Notes for CHARLES AUSTIN PARKHURST:
Charles moved to Worcester, MA. When the 1860 Census was taken, Charles' wife appeared to be "Emaline". He owned personal property valued at $240. According to the Parkhurst Association records, Charles did not have any children
More About CHARLES AUSTIN PARKHURST:
Misc: Occupation, Carpenter
iii. LUCY ROBBINS PARKHURST, b. April 29, 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Abt. 1864, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for LUCY ROBBINS PARKHURST:
When the 1860 Census was taken, Lucy was living with her sister, Clarissa Parkhurst Pond, and her family. Lucy never married.
More About LUCY ROBBINS PARKHURST:
Misc: Occupation, Straw Sewer
iv. SARAH BROWN PARKHURST, b. June 06, 1812, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. CLARISSA P. PARKHURST, b. July 24, 1814, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 12, 1862, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
vi. SILAS BROWN PARKHURST, b. April 21, 1816, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. May 19, 1910, Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA.
vii. LYDIA ROBBINS PARKHURST, b. April 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 23, 1819, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
36. OTIS10 PARKHURST, SR (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born September 20, 1781 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died March 05, 1869 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (1) SARAH JONES April 10, 1808 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She was born June 10, 1788 in MA, and died January 14, 1843 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He married (2) BETSY (MRS. KINGSBURY) GOULD September 18, 1846 in Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of WILLIAM GOULD and SUBMIT UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1788 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for OTIS PARKHURST, SR:
When the 1860 Census was taken, Otis owned real estate valued at $7,000.
More About OTIS PARKHURST, SR:
Misc: Occupation, farmer
Children of OTIS PARKHURST and SARAH JONES are:
i. OTIS11 PARKHURST, JR, b. December 01, 1809, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. August 23, 1854, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. ELIZA M. HARRIS, Bef. 1840.
Notes for OTIS PARKHURST, JR:
When the 1840 Census was taken, Otis' household contained two males and two females under twenty years old. Some of them may have been his children.
Otis had real estate valued at $21,000 when the 1850 Census was taken.
More About OTIS PARKHURST, JR:
Misc: Occupation, lawyer
ii. LUTHER PARKHURST, b. May 27, 1811, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. February 14, 1817, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. SARAH JONES PARKHURST, b. April 27, 1812, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Bef. 1882.
iv. LOUISA PARKHURST, b. October 09, 1813, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. November 24, 1861, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. IZANNA EAMES PARKHURST, b. April 25, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1882.
vi. DEXTER DAY PARKHURST, b. February 19, 1817, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 01, 1856, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About DEXTER DAY PARKHURST:
Misc: Committed suicide under deep depression of mind
vii. ABIGAIL MELLEN PARKHURST, b. June 10, 1819, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1882.
viii. LEMUEL PARKHURST, b. October 23, 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
ix. IRENE MORSE PARKHURST, b. October 01, 1822, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
x. MARY JANE PARKHURST, b. December 07, 1824, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
xi. ELIZABETH ALDEN PARKHURST, b. April 10, 1826, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1882.
xii. DIANA SUMMER PARKHURST, b. April 27, 1828, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1850, Providence, Providence Co., RI.
xiii. ADELIA PARKHURST, b. August 28, 1830, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 01, 1856, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About ADELIA PARKHURST:
Misc: Adelia was killed in a house fire.
xiv. MARIAN PARKHURST, b. February 21, 1832, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
37. HANNAH10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born July 23, 1783 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died January 22, 1852 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married RUFUS THAYER January 18, 1804 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, son of ICHABOD THAYER and MARY MARSH. He was born June 11, 1777 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died January 08, 1850 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About RUFUS THAYER:
Misc: Occupation, Farmer
Children of HANNAH PARKHURST and RUFUS THAYER are:
i. ZIBA11 THAYER, b. July 26, 1804, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 18, 1864; m. (1) CLARIDA TAFT, Abt. 1834, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. (2) ANGENETTE CHAPIN, March 22, 1838, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About CLARIDA TAFT:
Misc: Intention 11/24/1832
ii. MARY THAYER, b. April 10, 1806, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. July 18, 1875; m. AARON CLAFLIN, April 17, 1827.
iii. OTIS THAYER, b. August 19, 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. November 15, 1873; m. MARIA LEGG, May 20, 1838.
iv. AUGUSTUS THAYER, b. April 01, 1813, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. NANCY PRATT, June 1849.
v. HANNAH THAYER, b. February 18, 1823, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 12, 1870; m. AMOS W. WEBB, May 14, 1845.
38. CATHERINE10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born August 19, 1789 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died 1871 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married HENRY NELSON January 17, 1810 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born September 02, 1786 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died July 22, 1874 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About HENRY NELSON:
Misc: Occupation, Captain
Children of CATHERINE PARKHURST and HENRY NELSON are:
i. WARREN J.11 NELSON, b. November 25, 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. 1843; m. ELIZABETH DRAP(P)ER, 1835.
ii. MARIA NELSON, b. February 21, 1813, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. OLIVER BROWN PARKHURST.
Notes for MARIA NELSON:
Maria and her husband, Oliver Brown Parkhurst, were first cousins. Their common ancestors were Nathaniel Parkhurst and his wife, Sarah Brown.
iii. CATHERINE NELSON, b. October 17, 1815, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. April 26, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. NANCY PARKHURST NELSON, b. February 15, 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. September 21, 1894; m. SAMUEL FRINK, June 1840.
v. ANGELINA PARKHURST NELSON, b. December 04, 1821, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. DANIEL S. CHAPIN, April 13, 1843.
vi. CATHERINE NELSON, b. August 21, 1824, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. DEWIT C. GLEASON, November 19, 1846, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.
vii. CHARLOTTE HELEN NELSON, b. August 15, 1827, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. (1) LUKE PRESCOTT RAND, 1847, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; m. (2) ARBA NELSON, October 20, 1868; m. (3) JONATHAN CROCKER, March 14, 1875.
More About CHARLOTTE HELEN NELSON:
Misc: Intention 1/2/1847
39. SARAH10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born January 13, 1792 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died 1829 in NJ. She married ISAAC PARKHURST June 16, 1810 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born July 20, 1785 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died Aft. 1830.
Notes for SARAH PARKHURST:
Sarah and her husband were second cousins. Their common ancestors were John Parkhurst and his wife, Abigail Morse.
Isaac and his family lived in New Jersey and New York before they settled in Illinois.
Children of SARAH PARKHURST and ISAAC PARKHURST are:
i. RUSSELL11 PARKHURST, b. November 04, 1811, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. Aft. 1850, Wiota, Lafayette Co., WI; m. MARY F. UNKNOWN.
More About RUSSELL PARKHURST:
Misc: Occupation, Doctor
ii. WINSLOW PARKHURST, b. February 07, 1813, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 05, 1891.
iii. AUGUSTUS PARKHURST.
iv. CHARLES L. PARKHURST, b. March 15, 1820, New York City, NY; d. September 05, 1883, Henry Co., KY.
v. LEMUEL PARKHURST.
vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKHURST.
vii. WILLIAM PARKHURST.
40. NANCY10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born November 23, 1794 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died February 17, 1818 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married OTIS TORREY August 07, 1815 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. He was born January 06, 1795 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.
Children of NANCY PARKHURST and OTIS TORREY are:
i. ADELIA11 TORREY, b. February 01, 1816, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. October 06, 1830, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Notes for ADELIA TORREY:
After her mother died, Adelia was adopted by her mother's sister, Diana Parkhurst Sumner.
ii. WARREN TORREY, b. 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. 1818, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
41. ANGELINA10 PARKHURST (NATHANIEL9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born February 11, 1799 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 15, 1880 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married ALDEN JONES, JR November 03, 1822 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, son of ALDEN JONES, SR. He was born June 18, 1800 in Roxbury, Essex Co., MA, and died August 19, 1834 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
Children of ANGELINA PARKHURST and ALDEN JONES are:
i. MARY11 JONES, b. January 1824, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. March 20, 1824, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
More About MARY JONES:
Misc: Mary died of fits.
ii. SULLIVAN SUMNER JONES, b. December 10, 1826, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iii. LUTHER PARKHURST JONES, b. March 29, 1829, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
iv. MARIAH L. JONES, b. August 25, 1831, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
v. HENRY NELSON JONES, b. March 22, 1834, Milford, Worcester Co., MA; d. January 26, 1838, Milford, Worcester Co., MA.
42. EDE (EDY)10 PARKHURST (JONAS9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born January 11, 1777 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA. She married CALEB CUTLER, son of DANIEL CUTLER and JOANNA UNKNOWN. He was born January 23, 1771 in VT, and died June 11, 1851.
More About CALEB CUTLER:
Misc: Christened 4/7/1771, Milford, MA
Children of EDE PARKHURST and CALEB CUTLER are:
i. AMBROSIA11 CUTLER, b. February 19, 1795; d. October 12, 1814.
ii. JONAS PARKHURST CUTLER, b. November 22, 1796; d. October 18, 1855; m. MARTHA JONES, 1818.
iii. DAVID CUTLER, b. February 08, 1799; d. January 01, 1864; m. ALICE JOHNSON, 1824.
iv. WILLIAM CHENEY CUTLER, b. November 21, 1801; d. March 21, 1897; m. MARY MOREY, 1828.
v. GERSHOM NELSON CUTLER, b. September 20, 1804; d. June 10, 1858.
vi. CALEB CUTLER, b. November 27, 1806; m. CYNTHIA BRIGGS, 1840.
vii. MARY CUTLER, b. August 19, 1809; d. May 29, 1858; m. DAVID BAKER, 1829.
viii. OLIVE CUTLER, b. July 20, 1812; d. April 11, 1901; m. NOAH JOHNSON, 1834.
ix. SYLVAN CUTLER, b. October 11, 1815; d. March 09, 1902; m. ROXANNE BUMP, 1842.
x. EDE CUTLER, b. April 14, 1820.
xi. EBENEZER ATWOOD CUTLER, b. March 02, 1822; d. July 30, 1825.
43. BETSY10 PARKHURST (JONAS9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born June 07, 1779 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died Abt. 1860. She married OLIVER ADAMS, SR 1798 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, son of ENOCH ADAMS and EUNICE UNKNOWN. He was born October 27, 1777 in Medfield, Suffolk Co., MA, and died December 1848.
More About BETSY PARKHURST:
Misc: Intention, 10/27/1798, Milford
Children of BETSY PARKHURST and OLIVER ADAMS are:
i. BETSY (LORAINA)11 ADAMS, b. June 21, 1799.
ii. OLIVER ADAMS, JR, b. March 16, 1801.
44. LUCINDA10 PARKHURST (JONAS9, JONAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born December 20, 1786 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died November 29, 1860 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. She married JOHN NELSON July 06, 1812 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, son of JOSIAH NELSON and ANNA WARREN. He was born September 08, 1790 in Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and died March 21, 1864 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA.
Notes for JOHN NELSON:
When the 1860 Census was taken, John owned real estate valued at $2,000, and personal property valued at $900.
More About JOHN NELSON:
Misc: Occupation, Physician
Child of LUCINDA PARKHURST and JOHN NELSON is:
i. ALBERT HOLBERT11 NELSON, b. March 12, 1813, Lexington, Suffolk Co., MA; d. June 27, 1858, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.
More About ALBERT HOLBERT NELSON:
Misc: Albert died of softening of the brain.
45. THOMAS10 LISCOMB (SARAH9 PARKHURST, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born August 10, 1750 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died March 02, 1833. He married ELIZABETH LEWIS January 07, 1778 in Connecticut. She was born February 27, 1762 in Windham, Windham Co, CT.
Children of THOMAS LISCOMB and ELIZABETH LEWIS are:
i. ELIZABETH11 LISCOMB, b. November 10, 1778, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
ii. SALLY LISCOMB, b. April 10, 1781, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. THOMAS LISCOMB, b. June 05, 1783, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iv. LYMAN LISCOMB, b. April 04, 1785, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
v. JOHN LISCOMB, b. May 17, 1787, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
vi. PARKER LISCOMB, b. May 11, 1789, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
vii. JOHN FLAVEL LISCOMB, b. May 20, 1793, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
46. NEHEMIAH10 LISCOMB (SARAH9 PARKHURST, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born November 22, 1752 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died August 29, 1835 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT. He married REBEKAH PARSONS March 02, 1786. She was born August 08, 1752 in Enfield, Hartford Co, CT, and died February 07, 1828 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
Children of NEHEMIAH LISCOMB and REBEKAH PARSONS are:
i. FANNY11 LISCOMB, b. February 14, 1787, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
ii. REBEKAH LISCOMB, b. June 02, 1788, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. ANNA LISCOMB, b. October 21, 1789, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iv. NEHEMIAH LISCOMB, b. May 04, 1791, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT; d. June 02, 1791, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
v. SARAH LISCOMB, b. July 14, 1792, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT; d. November 09, 1892.
vi. PARSONS LISCOMB, b. August 20, 1796, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
vii. RELEAF LISCOMB, b. September 04, 1798, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
viii. HANNAH LISCOMB, b. June 20, 1800, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT; d. November 09, 1882, Hannawa Falls, St Lawrence Co, NY.
47. DARIUS10 LISCOMB (SARAH9 PARKHURST, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born April 10, 1755 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died September 07, 1838 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT. He married OLIVE SLADER April 13, 1780 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT. She was born 1757 in Scotland, Windham Co, VT, and died June 15, 1826.
Children of DARIUS LISCOMB and OLIVE SLADER are:
i. ORIN11 LISCOMB, b. April 22, 1782.
ii. HARVEY LISCOMB, b. May 08, 1784, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. MOLLY LISCOMB, b. June 20, 1786, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iv. MERCY LISCOMB, b. September 20, 1788, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT; d. 1843.
v. LUCINDA PHILENDA LISCOMB, b. September 19, 1790; m. WILLIAM ASHLEY, November 05, 1815.
vi. OLIVE LISCOMB, b. September 19, 1790, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
vii. JOHN LEWES LISCOMB, b. June 20, 1795, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
viii. BETSEY LISCOMB, b. January 29, 1798, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
ix. DARIUS PARKHURST LISCOMB, b. May 04, 1800; d. February 06, 1864, Hyderville, VT.
48. JOHN10 LISCOMB (SARAH9 PARKHURST, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born January 25, 1770 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died 1845. He married BETSEY WATERS June 05, 1792 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT. She was born Abt. 1774 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
Children of JOHN LISCOMB and BETSEY WATERS are:
i. LUCIA11 LISCOMB, b. October 05, 1797, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
ii. AUGUSTAS LISCOMB, b. February 17, 1793, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
iii. JULIANNA LISCOMB, b. June 05, 1800, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
iv. BETSEY LISCOMB, b. June 23, 1795, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
v. ELISHA PEARL LISCOMB, b. December 12, 1802, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
49. WILLIAM10 SUMNER (SUSANNA9 PARKHURST, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, GEORGE5, GEORGE4, JOHN3, CHRISTOPHER2, GEORGE1) was born January 09, 1761 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died July 21, 1850 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT. He married (1) SAVIAH UDALL February 12, 1788 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT. She was born 1771 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT, and died January 09, 1807 in Hartland, Windsor Co, VT. He married (2) SALLY LIPSCOMB Aft. 1807 in Pomfret, Windham Co, CT.
Children of WILLIAM SUMNER and SAVIAH UDALL are:
i. OLIVER11 SUMNER, b. January 06, 1794, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
ii. LUCY SUMNER, b. October 12, 1791, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
iii. OLIVE SUMNER, b. April 18, 1790, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT; d. June 13, 1845, Galena, Jodavies Co, IL.
iv. HANNAH SUMNER, b. June 04, 1788, Hartland, Windsor Co, VT.
v. WILLIAM SUMNER.
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