In a message dated 06/08/2000 12:29:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << OHHHHH Barbara------anything!!!!! would be helpful----even if it serves to discount certain families!!!!! <g> I have been looking for my Parks line for eons! Please send what you have prior to 1835 when my Henry L. Parks was born (that's as far as I have gotten that I can rely upon.) This is verbatim from the book Hardy County History to 1990--it does not have who submitted this story but does tell who still lives there today. THE PARK FAMILY Thomas V. PARK came from France to England during the Normandy invasion of England and was given land on the border of Scotland. His descendants later migrated to Essex, England. And, then, Roger PARK and son, Dr. Roger PARK, came to what is now Trenton, New Jersey, on the Delaware River, in 1681. Roger PARK Sr.'s first wife died in England and he remarried and settled in Rye, New York. Dr. Roger PARK Jr. 's descendants, George, John and Roger, came to Frederick County, Virginia (now Hampshire County, West Virginia) and took up residence on the Cacapon River on a Fairfax land grant in 1745. Enoch PARK was the fifth generation to live on the Cacapon and later purchased land near Kirby from Angus McDONALD. Enoch married Margaret RUCKMAN and raised a family of thirteen children. Both are buried in a small cemetery on the hill above the Modern Woodman Hall at Kirby. Their home still stands and is occupied near Kirby. Six of their sons, John, Ashford, Samuel, Timothy, Solomon, and Benjamin, served in the Civil War in the 18th Virginia Calvary. John was wounded at Fishers Hill, Virginia, and died as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. Solomon was killed burial place unknown), and Benjamin was also wounded at Fishers Hill and a prisoner at Point Lookout but recovered and returned home. Their sister, Susan, married Governor EVANS and came to the Bean Settlement area near Asbury Church. Mr. EVANS died and Susan's brothers came to the area to help her, purchased land, built homes and raised families. They were: Ashford (who married Mary Catherine MARTIN and they are buried at Asbury Cemetary); George (who married Catherine POLAND and they are buried at Mt. Dale); Timothy (who married Elizabeth SWISHER and are buried at Asbury); and Benjamin (who married Mary Ann LOY and buried at Asbury). Descendants of Timothy, Ashford, and Benjamin still own and live on their farms in the Bean Settlement area. Susan later married Charles BROWN. She and a son are buried at Asbury, and Mr. BROWN is buried in the BROWN family cemetary nearby. Timothy's descendants are Berlin PARK and wife and son Max. Ashford's are Viola SNYDER and Kenneth PARK. Benjamin's are Hazel PARK SPEAR and husband Herman. They own or are living on their farms. There are others living elsewhere. This is from The Moorefield Examiner (newspaper) dated April 5, 2000 concerning Max PARK who was running for a political office: Max E. PARK- co-owner and operator of PARK Farm, Inc.--member of Asbury United Methodist Church, Bean Settlement Ruritan Club, WV Farm Bureau, & WV Poultry Association--son of Beatrice O. PARK of Baker & the late Berlyn E. PARK-- married to Cynthia PARK--has 5 sons: Michael PARK & Miles PARK, both graduated Moorefield High School; Aharon SILVERMAN, a freshman at Moorefield high School; Daniel SILVERMAN, in the seventh grade at Moorefield Middle School; and Travis PARK in kindergarten at Moorefield Elementary School. As a not, Max Park was a teacher at Moorefield and I had him for science one year. Hope this helps. Barbara Weese