Some Descendants of Samuel Parke (Robert) and Hannah Unknown of Stonington

  1. Robert Parke was born on 8 May 1676 in Stonington. [CVR] He married Tamsin Brumbly on 16 Jan 1698 in Stonington. [CVR]
    1. Robert Parke was born on 2 Feb 1699 in Stonington. [CVR][GPF, p. 51] He married Dorothy Bacon on 19 Oct 1724 in Voluntown. [CVR][GPF, p. 51]
      Robert went with his father to Voluntown. [GPF, p. 51]
  2. William Parke was born on 11 Jun 1678 in Stonington. [GPF, p. 40][CVR, son of William] He died on 26 Nov 1712. [GPF, p. 40] He married Jane Bordwyn on 9 May 1699. [GPF, p. 40][CVR]
    William was a husbandman in Stonington until 26 Nov 1712. [CVR] He settled in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [GPF, p. 40]
    1. William Parke was born on 31 Oct 1701 in Stonington. [GPF, p. 53] He died on 6 Feb 1781 from falling off of a horse. [GPF, p. 53] He married Christoble Harris on 5 Nov 1729 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [GPF, p. 53] She was born on 10 Nov 1710. [GPF, p. 53]
      1. Elias Parke was born on 25 Sep 1746 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [GPF, p. 73] He died on 11 Oct 1778 in Plainfield. [GPF, p. 73] He married Lucretia Tracey on 29 Feb 1776 in Plainfield. [GPF, p. 73]
        1. Elias Parks was born on 19 Jul 1778 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [GPF, p. 104] He died on 23 Sep 1828. He married first Lora Howard on 14 Oct 1799 in Hampton, Windham, New York. [GPF, p. 104] She died on 18 Jan 1813 in Oswego county, New York. [GPF, p. 104] Elias married second Sally Corp in 1814. [GPF, p. 104] Sally was the daughter of David Corp of Russia, Herkimer, New York. [GPF, p. 105] She died on 21 Nov 1849 in Cleveland, Ohio. [GPF, p. 105]
          He moved to Hampton, Windham, Connecticut and then moved from Hampton to New Hartford or Whitestown in Oneida county, New York between 1799 and 1802. [GPF, p. 104] In 1810 he lived in Oswego county, New York. [GPF, p. 104]
          In "Protection Papers" Elias was described as "Elias Parks, an American seaman, aged 26 yrs.; 5 ft. 3 and 1-2 in. height, light complexion, darkish eyes, reddish hair, scar on left cheek and one on right shin, is a citizen of the United States of American, 16th day of May 1805." [GPF, p. 105]
          1. Lucretia Tracy Parks was born on 20 Jul 1801. [GPF, p. 105][Ref, 27 Jul] She died on 27 Aug 1882, unmarried, [GPF, p. 105] in Champaign county, Ohio. [Ref] She is buried in the Woodstock Cemetery in Woodstock, Champaign, Ohio. [Ref]
          2. Mary Brown Parks was born on 20 Apr 1803. [GPF, p. 105] She died on 20 Dec 1891, unmarried. [GPF, p. 105] She died on 20 Dec 1891. [Ref] She is buried in the Woodstock Cemetery in Woodstock, Champaign, Ohio. [Ref]
          3. Elias Howard Parks was born on 28 Jan 1805. [GPF, p. 105] He died on 14 Mar 1876. [GPF, p. 105] He married Esther Robinson in 1838. [GPF, p. 105]
          4. Asa Dunworth Parks was born on 2 Oct 1806. [GPF, p. 105] He died young. [GPF, p. 105]
          5. Lora Howard Parks was born on 28 Oct 1808. [GPF, p. 105] She died in 1835 in Champaign county, Ohio. [Ref] She is buried in the Martin Cemetery in Woodstock, Champaign, Ohio. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of her grave on the Findagrave website. She married Christopher Cranston. [Ref] Christopher, the son of John and Phoebe Ann (Edwards) Cranston, was born on 14 Nov 1803 in Rhode Island and died on 8 Nov 1858 in Champaign county. [Ref] He is buried in the Martin Cemetery in Woodstock. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of his grave.
          6. Josephine Parks was born on 10 Jun 1810. [GPF, p. 105]
          7. Christopher Columbus Parks was born on 10 May 1812. [GPF, p. 105] He died young. [GPF, p. 105]
    2. Sarah Parke was born on 23 Feb 1706/7 in Stonington. [CVR] She maried as his second wife Ezekiel Whitney. [EWSM]
    3. Thankful Parke married Enoch Whitney on 21 Dec 1732. [EWSM]

References

CVR AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
EWSM Glazier, Prentiss, "Ebenezer Whitney of Stow, Mass., and Pomfret, Conn.," The American Genealogist 52, 1976, 117-119.
GPF Parks, Frank Sylvester, Genealogy of the Parke families of Connecticut, including Robert Parke, of New London, Edward Parks, of Guilford, and others, also a list of Parke, Park, Parks, etc., who fought in the Revolutionary War, Washington: unknown, 1906.

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