[email protected] wrote: > > 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/ Well, I'll check in again - speaking of the Northeast - My grandfather, Alexander Park (b. 1875), added an "s" to the family name in about 1917, while living in Northampton, Mass. His grandfather was Samuel PARK, who lived in the NY Hudson river valley and served in the 159th NY during the Civil War. Sam's GG- or G-father was also a Samuel PARK who was said to have fought in the Revolutionary War. Alexander married an Alcott from the famous literary family in about 1898 in Hudson, NY. Anybody have a match??? Dick Parks