Bob - Check The Parke Society for info on your John Park. There may be a connection. They are at www.parke.org <A HREF="http://www.parke.org">Parke Society</A> See my RootsWeb page on my Parke ancestors at - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimward52/parke.htm <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimward52/parke.htm">Jim Ward's Genealogy Pages: My Parke Ancestry</A>