Hello and Happy Holidays to all: I have been stumped trying to identify the parents of my gr.gr.gr.gr. grandfather, Archibald Parks. He was born in 1766 and can first be found in Baltimore in the 1790 census. He married Ann Bosley in 1789 (her parents are also a mystery). In trying to establish the parents of Archibald, I've got two theories. One is that he is the son of Edward (Edmund) Parks and Elizabeth Sinclair (Sinkler) who were married in 1764 in St. John's Parish. Circumstantial evidence related to naming patterns suggest this couple, but I have been able to find no additional information on children from this couple. No Edward Parks appears in the 1790 census records for MD, although there is an Edward that appears on tax lists for 1793. Does anyone know anything about Edward Parks and/or Elizabeth Sinclair that might relate them to prior or later lines of the Parks family? The other theory is that Archibald is the son of another Archibald. This is from the fact that there is a man listed as Archabel Parcks in the 1790 census for the Lower Patapsco Hundred. However, this is the one and only place I have ever been able to find this man. I've looked extensively in on line sources (i live in the midwest so trips to baltimore and maryland archives are not practical) and have just about given up. My hope is that there is a less conventional resource that will provide evidence. Thanks for any help or thoughts. John