Hi ~~ I've tracked many lines of the Nathaniel Parks family that settled in New Brunswick and later many of them went over the border to Maine. Thinking that this inquiry might be from that family, could only find the following. It is the only untraced child in this family. Might be a clue. Bev Descendants of Nathaniel Parks 1 Nathaniel Parks 1747 - b: August 31, 1747 in Kingswood Twp, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, USA d: in New Brunswick, Canada Fact 1: 1783 Arrived in NB on the ship 'Duke of Richmond' .. +Elizabeth Parlee 1740 - b: 1740 .......... 2 Joseph Parks 1760 - b: Abt. 1760 .......... 2 Sarah Parks 1763 - b: 1763 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: in New Brunswick, CA .............. +Josiah Foster 1758 - 1833 b: June 11, 1758 in St. John's Ch., Elizabeth, NJ, USA m: in Mill Cove, Queens Co., NB, Canada d: November 09, 1833 in Waterborough, Queens Co., New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Loyalist, 2nd Batt. NJ Volunteers, Corp. Bapt. Barberie's Co. .......... 2 John Parks 1765 - 1854 b: 1765 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: August 29, 1854 in St. George, Charlotte Co.,New Brunswick, CA .............. +Mary Dean 1775 - 1871 b: 1775 m: August 17, 1799 in Anglican Church, Gagetown, NB, Canada d: 1871 in St. George, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: August 18, 1799 Bpatised Gagetown, NB, Canada Fact 2: 1871 Living in St. George, NB .......... 2 Jonathan Parks 1767 - 1850 b: 1767 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Eaton Grant, Aroostoook, ME, USA Fact 1: 1793 Baptised Woodstock Anglican Church, NB Fact 2: Lived Wakefield, NB .............. +Sarah Hannah Bradley 1771 - 1861 b: 1771 in Woodstock, NB, Canada m: July 17, 1793 in Woodstock Anglican Church, Carleton, NB, CN d: Abt. 1861 in Caribou, ME, USA Fact 1: aka Sarah .......... 2 David Parks 1770 - 1851 b: 1770 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: Aft. 1851 in St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Settled on a farm in Waterborough owned and occupied by Capt. V. W. Wiggins. Fact 2: March 15, 1796 Gagetown Anglican .............. +Phoebe Ellis m: March 15, 1796 in Gagetown Anglican Church, Waterborough, NB, CA d: in New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: baptised 3/15/1796 Gagetown Anglican .......... 2 Mary Parks 1773 - 1849 b: Abt. 1773 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: February 04, 1849 in Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Buried at Oak Point Cemetery .............. +Henry Belyea 1766 - 1851 b: 1766 in Cortland Manor, Westchester Co., NY, USA m: Abt. 1799 d: Aft. 1851 in Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Buried at Oak Point Cemetery Fact 2: Entered New Brunswick 1783 .......... 2 Nathan Parks 1775 - 1843 b: June 10, 1775 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: December 31, 1843 in St. Martins, New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Bet. 1802 - 1814 Lived at Newbury, MA, USA .............. +Mary MacDonald 1781 - 1856 b: September 20, 1781 in Glasgow, Scotland m: January 22, 1802 in Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada d: October 13, 1856 in St. Martins, New Brunswick, CA Fact 1: Abt. 1836 Baptized Upham, Kings Co., NB, Canada .......... 2 Rachel Parks 1777 - b: 1777 in Kingswood Tp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey .............. +Silas Titus m: December 27, 1794 in Gagetown Anglican, Queens Co., New Brunswick, CA d: in New Brunswick, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 1:52 PM Subject: [PARKS] Parks Family, ME and WI > Re: Parks Roll Call, here is my information. As you will see, it is mostly in > the NE area and not South or Mid-West where most of the queries seem to be > located. Anyone have any Parks' back here in the Northeast? > > > My PARKS family is mentioned earliest (that I can find) in the Vital Records > and in the History of Parsonsfield, ME. (York Co.) as follows: > > Record of the Family of Joseph Parks and Lydia his wife. He was b. at > Portsmouth March 30th, 1758. (I think this must be Portsmouth, NH, but can > find no record here.) He d. 28 July 1817. > She was b. at Saco, (ME) March 12, 1765. and d. 20 Feb 1834. > (I have her maiden name as Kennison). > They have the following children: > Polly - b. in Greenland 23 June 1781. D. Parsonsfield 20 Sep 1800. > Thomas Palmer b. in "Do" (ditto) > John, b. in Limerick 3 Aug 1785, d. 4 Oct 1805 at sea. > Joseph b. in "do" 30 May 1787, d. 10 March 1802. > Betsy, b. in Limerick 12 Oct 1789 > Eunice, b. in "do" 7 July 1791, d. 14 Oct 1758 > Eliphalet R. b. in Newfield 3 June 1793, d. 28 July 1861 > Lydia, b. in Parsonsfield, 9 June 1795, d. 1 Aug 1872 > Richard H. b. "do" 15 Dec 1797 > Asa, b. "do" 13 Feb 1799 > Polly, b. "do" 5 June 1802 > Deborah, b. "do" 16 Aug 1805 > > The History of Parsonsfield says "it is thought this family originally came > from Ireland", but does not say whether they mean Joseph's parents as the > original immigrants or not. > > Richard H. PARKS m. Margaret THOMPSON, b. 1 May 1799, Parsonsfield, ME > He was a shoemaker, and he and his family resided for a time in Somersworth, > NH > (1850 census) > > His son Joseph J. PARKS , b. 1831 in Parsonsfield m. Hannah Burbank > WADSWORTH, b. Hiram, ME 20 Mar 1833, d. So. Swansea, MA 30 Jan 1912. > He d. 22 Feb 1892 in Fall River, MA > > His son Fred Hoyt PARKS, b. 1856 in Wayne, WI, d. 22 Oct 1918 in E. > Providence, RI. He m. Ann Frances ANDREWS, b. 7 Dec 1857, Myricks, MA and d. > 22 April 1936 in Lakewood, RI > > Their daughter, Mildred Wadsworth PARKS, was my grandmother. She was b. 4 > Mar 1889 in Fall River, MA and d. 13 Dec. 1970 in Providence, RI. She married > Frank L. Fowler. > > There are two questions I am most interested in solving right now,. There > will probably be others. > 1) What were the origins of this family in this country? (I don't > presently see any connection to New Brunswick or the Easter Townships, > although I have many through my Grandfather Frank Fowler, above.) > > 2) I haven't yet been able to document my gr. grandfather Fred's birth > in WI (except death certificate), nor do I know why they might have been > there, nor how long they stayed or where they settled when they returned to > NE. I think MA, but not sure. > > It was only serendipity that I found this much information; but the family > seems rather isolated from other PARKS connections, which I find strange > since there seems to be so many of them. > > So, if any of you have these people on your tree or in your database, I would > be very grateful for any clues or information you can add. Again, thanks for > responding to my roll call message. > > Leslie, Rye, NH > > > > ==== PARKS Mailing List ==== > The Parks Resource page is located at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/p/a/PARKS/ > >