From the 1790 Census [working from a published book] Jas Parks, Allegheny (from Wash. Co.), PA 1 1 3 James Parks, Allegheny (from Wash. Co.) PA 2 2 3 Robert Parks, Allegheny (from Wash. Co.) PA 2 2 2 Sam'l Park, Allegheny (from Wash. Co.) PA 1 - - Samuel Park, Allegheny Co., (from Wash.) PA 1 - - Some of these are known but you will need to decipher the genealogies. I suspect that those not children of Samuel (below) may be relatives. Samuel Park was born in Ireland about 1730 and died in Washington Co, PA about 1794. He married Margaret Marshall about 1757. The names of their children are known by will. Their known children were: John b. Dec 18, 1758 Donegal, Lancaster Co., PA (m. Sarah McDowell and she died in 1857) **James, b. 1760 - m. Isabella Craighead (b. July 15, 1763 and died April 5, 1833) Mary b. 1761 married Col. John Marshall - lived in Washington Co. Isabella b. 1764 - married Robert McGee and settled in York Co., PA Hugh b. 1767 (died when a young man) ** I marked James because there are no children until Samuel b. 1802. Samuel married Sarah Phillips; they had no children. Conducted a hotel in Wellsville, OH in 1832 and in 1839 was proprietor of a hotel in New Concord, OH George (died young) There are no marriage dates for James but he could easily have married after 1781. And, if the James above is him, then there were other children who are not known. I don't know that anyone has worked on this family and any connections back to Ireland. It is known that both Samuel and Margaret crossed over on the same boat but were not then married (possibly met on the boat?). Once landed, they did marry and setteed in Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., PA. In 1777 Samuel went over to what is now Washington County [history written in 1880] and purchased land from Matthew Rodgers. All of the family moved sometime between 1778 and 1782. Now, about the census. I'm not sure about the Jas - it is a superscripted s. John? James? One of the Samuels must be the one who came from Ireland. Which leaves Robert and one Samuel unaccounted (and possibly Jas). John was married in 1787 and by the time of the 1790 Census and had a daughter, Agnes. The information is from the Parks Record, Volume 3 - "Park Family of Washington Co., PA" pp. 105-112. This information was drawn from a 121 page book called "Biographical Sketch of the Park Family, of Washington County, PA, by W. J. Park, published by J. J. Vance & Co., Covington, KY 1880" Don't know if this helps but it is possibly the best lead. You might want to see if there were subsequent passenger lists with other Park/e/s who landed after Samuel and went to Donegal Township. Cheryl At 03:40 AM 3/11/03 +0000, you wrote: >Cheryl- Thomas Park was born between 1750/1760 as calculated from census >records. By 1796 he was in Allegheny county. He had a wife, Mary, we know >from >land records. She dies before 1830, and was born about 1780, so this may be a >second wife for Thomas. These folks have been my brick wall...I have no idea >where they were prior to the late 1700's in Western PA. > >I don't have a definitive birth date for Robert or Samuel Parks. Robert's >daughter, Mary, was born in 1775. This would give an estimated birth for >Robert >as late as 1755, although of course he could have been born much earlier. > >I appreciate any help. I suspect there is an Irish connection for this >Park/Parks family. Children of James (b. 1799 died after 1860) are >mentioned in >the will of Polly Boyd as nieces and nephews, and she has an Irish >connection. I >Thanks! Lynn > > I am basically a Park/e/s family researcher and am trying to id where > those > > originating or appearing in CT between 1700-1775 were or went. And, I am > > hunting for a very elusive Parks born in CT. > > > > However, some of the names of your family members sound like > Connecticut in > > origin [though they could have been from elsewhere]. However, the Park/e/s > > that I am familiar with were in more eastern PA. Is there any chance that > > your people were from CT? Do you have any guesses on birth years for > any of > > these four people you mention below? > > > > I have about 1600 names (mostly associated with CT but some into VT) on my > > database and can't specifically find these people. Any wives' names? > > Especially for the older men. > > > >