Generation 1

ROBERT PARKE 1 (d. 1400) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: Unknown

Robert Parke of Gestingthorpe died in 1400. [Ref] He married Margaret Unknown. [Ref] She died on 22 Aug 1408. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. John Parke 1 was his father's heir in 1414.

Generation 2

JOHN PARKE 1 (living 1414) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: Robert Parke 1 and Margaret Unknown

John Parke of Gestingthorpe was his father's heir in 1414. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. John Parke 2 was his father's heir in 1455.

Generation 3

JOHN PARKE 2 (living 1455) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: John Parke 1

John Parke of Gestingthorpe was his father's heir in 1455. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. William Parke 1 (probable son) was living in 1484.

Generation 4

WILLIAM PARKE 1 (living 1484) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: John Parke 2

William Parke of Gestingthorpe was living in 1484. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. William Parke 2 (probable son) died in 1531.

Generation 5

WILLIAM PARKE 2 (d. 1531) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: William Parke 1

William Parke of Gestingthorpe died in 1531. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. William Parke 3 died between 25 Mar 1551 and 13 May 1551.

Generation 6

WILLIAM PARKE 3 (d. 1551) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: William Parke 2

William Parke of Gestingthorpe died between 25 Mar 1551, when he signed his will, and 13 May 1551, when it was proved. [Ref]

Children of William Parke:

1. Robert Parke 1 died between 12 Feb 1592/3 and 3 Apr 1593. He married Alice Chaplin.

Generation 7

ROBERT PARKE 2 (d. 1593) of Gestingthorpe

Parents: William Parke 3

Robert Parke of Gestingthorpe died between 12 Feb 1592/3, when he signed his will, and 3 Apr 1593, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Alice Chaplin in 1579 in Sudbury, Suffolk. [Ref]

Children of Robert Parke and Alice Chaplin:

1. Robert Parke 3 was baptised on 3 Jun 1580 in Postingford, Suffolk. He died on 14 Mar 1664/5 in Mystic (Stonington). He married Martha Chaplin.

Generation 8

ROBERT PARKE 3 (bp. 1580 - 1665) of Semer, Wethersfield, New London and Stonington

Parents: Robert Parke 2 and Alice Chaplin

Robert Parke was baptised on 3 Jun 1580 in Postingford, Suffolk. [Ref] He died on 4 Feb 1664/5 in Mystic (Stonington). [Ref] He is buried in the Whitehall graveyard in Mystic. [Ref] He married first his first cousin Martha Chaplin. He married second, as her second husband, Alice Freeman in 1644. [Ref]

Robert was an immigrant in the Winthrop fleet. [Ref] He went to Roxbury. [Ref] He was in Wethersfield in 1639. [Ref] He was a freeman in 1640. [Ref] He was selected representative to the General Court from Wethersfield in Sep 1641 and Aug 1642. [Ref] He was in New London in 1649. [Ref] He was a selectman in New London in 1651. [Ref] He was a representative to the General Court from New London in 1652. He was in Stonington in 1658. [Ref] He was a representative to the General Court from Stonington in 1658. [Ref]

Robert Parke of Mystic "neere New London" signed his will on 14 May 1660. It was proved on 14 Mar 1664/5. He named his eldest son William his executor and left him all of his houses and land (170 acres) in Mystic. He left his son Samuel Parke £50 if he were to ask for it in Roxbury within seven years. He left his son Thomas or any of his children one third of his estate. His will was witnessed by James Morgan, Sr., James Morgan, Jr. and Hannah Morgan. [Ref]

Children of Robert Parke and Martha Chaplin:

1. Martha Parke was baptised on 6 Oct 1603 in Semer. [Ref]
2. Robert Parke of Groton was baptised on 4 Jun 1605 in Semer. [Ref] He died before 30 Sep 1707 when inventory on his estate was sworn by his widow. [Ref]
3. Dea. William Parke was baptised on 21 Apr 1607 in Semer, Suffolk. He died on 11 May 1685 in Roxbury. He married Martha Holgrave by 1637. Martha, the daughter of John Holgrave, died on 25 Aug 1708 in Roxbury. [Ref]
   William emigrated in 1630/1 on the Lyon. [Ref] He had land in Roxbury in 1634/43. [Ref] He was deputy to the General Court from Roxbury many times. [Ref]
   some descendants of William Parke
   
4. Thomas Parke was born on 13 ___ 1616 in Hitcham, Suffolk. He died on 30 July 1709 in Preston. He married Dorothy Thompson.
5. Anne Parke died on 10 Sep 1641 in Roxbury. [Ref] She married Edward Payson on 20 Aug 1640. [Ref]
6. Samuel Parke married Hannah Unknown. [Ref] He was a farmer in Stonington. [Ref]
   some descendants of Samuel Parke

Generation 9

DEA. THOMAS PARKE (1616 - 1709) of Roxbury, Wethersfield and Preston

Parents: Robert Parke 3 and Martha Chaplin

Thomas Parke was born on 13 ___ 1616 in Hitcham, Suffolk. [Ref] He died on 30 July 1709 in Preston. [Ref] He married Dorothy Thompson in Roxbury. [Ref]

Thomas moved to the Pequot Plantation (New London) about 1650, where he became deacon in the church of Rev. Richard Blinman. [Ref] In about 1656 Thomas moved to Mystic in Stonington. [Ref] He was a selectman in Mystic. [Ref] Thomas was an inhabitant of New London in 1681. [Ref] He was the first deacon of the First Church of Christ in Preston. [Ref] He was granted 100 acres in Preston on 30 Mar 1689. [Ref]

Thomas Parke, Sr. of Preston signed his will on 5 Sep 1707. It was proved on 9 Aug 1709 by his widow Dorothy Parke. In his will, he mentions his wife Dorothy; his son John; Samuel, the son of his deceased son Thomas; James, the son of his deceased son Robert; his sons Nathaniel and William; his three daughters: Martha, Dorothy and Alice. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Parke and Dorothy Thompson:

1. Martha Parke was born on 27 Oct 1646 in Wethersfield. [Ref] She was living on 5 Sep 1707.
2. Thomas Parke was born on 18 Apr 1648 in Wethersfield. [Ref] He died before 5 Sep 1707. He married and had a son. Perhaps he was the Thomas who was admitted to the First Congregational Church in Stonington on 30 Aug 1702. The same day, that Thomas was baptised as an adult. [Ref]
3. Dorothy Parke was living on 5 Sep 1707. She married Joseph Morgan.
4. Alice Parke died on 24 Nov 1729 in Norwich. [Ref] She married Greenfield Larribee on 16 Mar 1673 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref in Mar 1672/3] He died on 4 Feb 1738/9 in Norwich. [Ref]
   She was admitted to the first church at New London on 12 Feb 1670. [Ref]
   some descendants of Alice Parke
   
5. Nathaniel Parke was born in New London. [Ref] He married Sarah Geer on 28 Feb 1676/7. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of George and Sarah (Allyn) Geer, was born on 27 Feb 1659/60. [Ref]
6. Robert Parke was born about 1651. [Ref] He died before 5 Sep 1707. He married first Rachel Leffingwell on 24 Nov 1681 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref] Rachel, the eldest daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Mary Leffingwell, was born on 17 Mar 1648 in Saybrook. [Ref] He married second Mary, the daughter of Thomas Rose of Norwich. [Ref] Robert was a soldier in King Philip's War. [Ref]
   some descendants of Robert Parke
7. William Parke was baptised in 1654. [Ref] He married first Hannah Frink on 3 Dec 1684. [Ref] Hannah, the daughter of John Frink, died on 28 Mar 1705. [Ref] He married second Hannah Plympton on 3 Oct 1707 in Sudbury. [Ref] She died on 1 Jan 1712. [Ref] He married third Mary Unknown on 11 Jul 1716. [Ref]
8. Capt. John Parke was was born about 1660, probably in Stonington. [Ref] He died in 1716. [Ref] He married Mary Whitter. [Ref] Mary, the daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Whitter, was born on 9 Feb 1665. [Ref]
   Mary Parke, the wife of John Parke, was admitted to the first church in Stonington on 7 Nov 1686. [Ref] John Parke of Preston was admitted to the first church in Stonington on 27 Nov 1692. [Ref]

Generation 10

DOROTHY PARKE (living 1707)

Parents: Thomas Parke and Dorothy Thompson.

Dorothy Parke was living on 5 Sep 1707. Dorothy Parke, the daughter of Thomas Parke, married Joseph Morgan "sometime in April" 1670 in New London. [Ref].

References

Editors, "Wethersfield Vital Records," The American Genealogist, 9, 1932, 27.

Jackson, Francis, History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts: from 1639-1800: with a genealogical register of its inhabitants, prior to 1800, Boston, Printed by Stacy and Richardson, 1992.

Jacobus, Donald Lines, comp., "New London (Conn.) Probate Records," The American Genealogist 14, 1937, 16.

No Author, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874, Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, 1875.

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.

Roberts, Gary Boyd, "The New England Ancestry of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 136, 1982, 85-103, additions on p. 335.

Torrey, Clarence Almon, "Alice (Freeman) (Tompson) Parke," The American Genealogist 13, 1936, 1-8.