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nearly as I can determine from the deed, it was situated between Purchase and Congress Sts., on what is now Fountain St. Perhaps Fountain St. runs through it in part, or near its southern border. He afterwards purchased several acres of Isaac Parkhurst east of Purchase St., and south of now Dilla St. I do not learn much concerning this family from the old records more than that they belonged to the Cong. ch., and were of general good repute; nor have I chanced to find any of their death-dates.
NORCROSS, DANIEL, eldest son of Peter, b. Oct. 9, 1743; m. Abigail Chapin,
dr. of Josiah and Rachel Chapin, b. 1747; cer. Oct. 30, 1765, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : -
JOEL, b. Nov. 9, 1767.
JOSIAH, b. April 23, 1769.
BENJAMIN, b. March 6, 1771; d. Dec. 8, 1807.
ELIJAH, b. May 12, 1774.
DANIEL, Jun., b. June 29, 1777.
ARCHELAUS, b. Oct. 12, 1779; and CHAPIN, b. July 28, 1782.
I am unable to trace this family further.
NOYES, CYRUS, son of John and Abigail (Moody) Noyes, b. in Tunbridge, Vt., July 21, 1820; m. Maria Elmira Lothrop, dr. of Charles and Mary (Johnson) Lothrop, b. Cornish, N.H., Feb. 13, 1826; cer. in Acton, June 19, 1845, by Rev. Ebenezer Dyer. Issue : -
IDELLA ROZINA, b. Acton, April 9, 1847; m. Prof. Reuel B. Clark, July 24, 1867.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Acton, June 13, 1849; m., 1st, Dr. Robert B. Harris, 1869; 2d, F. Bradford, 1876.
VELMA VIETTA, b. Acton, Jan. 19, 1853; m. W. F. Spaulding, Nov. 26, 1873. LILLIENNE LOTHROP, b. Mil., Jan. 24, 1867.
Grandchn. : -
LOUISA IDELLA CLARK, b. Fitchburg, June 29, 1871.
LILLIE VELMA SPAULDING, b. Boston, March 9, 1879; d. same day.
An intelligent and worthy family, in good social standing. They have res. in Acton, Millbury, and, since 1855, in Mil. Mr. Noyes is an enterprising, reliable, and successful dealer in paints, oil, house-paper, doors, sashes, blinds, etc., in Church Block.
O'CONNELL, MURTY, son of John and Julia (Danby) O'Connell, b. in Cahir- civeen, Kerry Co., Ireland, July 9, 1833; m. Julia Katen, Dec. 22, 1862, in said Kerry Co .; cer. by Rev. Father Fitzmorris. She was a dr. of John and Hanna (Sullivan) Katen, b. in said Kerry Co., May 16, 1842. They came first to Norwich, Ct., in the yr. 1866; remained there 1 yr., and then removed to this town. Their chn. were, -
JOHN, b. in Wales, Eng., Ang. 18, 1863.
HONORA, b. in Wales, Eng., June 18, 1864; d. at the age of 18 mos.
PATRICK, b. Norwich, Ct., Aug. 16, 1866.
MARY ANN, b. Mil., Aug. 19, 1868.
MICHAEL, b. Mil., June 14, 1870.
JOHANNA, b. Mil., April 22, 1872.
DANIEL, b. Mil., April 18, 1874.
JULIA, b. Mil., April 16, 1877.
Their little homestead is on Adin St., near Hopedale; very sober, industri- ous, exemplary parents and promising chn. Among the best of our Irish- American families.
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OLDS, JOHN W., pedigree, birth-place, etc., not ascertained; m. Louisa Wormwell of Mil .; pedigree, etc., unknown to me; cer. in Mil., Sept. 6, 1836, by the writer. I have entirely lost track of them for some yrs., and also of his sister, Clarissa Olds. They res. more or less in Mil. They were well-disposed people.
OLDS, CYRUS, house 74 Main St .; appears in directories for 1869, "72, "75.
OLIVER, SAMUEL, son of Stephen and Mary (Tucker) Oliver, b. Roxbury, Nov. 8, 1800; m. Hannah Pond, dr. of Abner and Elizabeth (French) Pond, b. Mil., Sept. 10, 1801; cer. Nov. 6, 1825, by the writer. No issue. Two chn. by adoption : -
SAMUEL POND OLIVER, son by birth of Abner F. and Mary L. (Sumner) Pond, b. May 12, 1836; m. Fannie Cummings, Upton, July, 1881.
MARY AUGUSTA PRATT OLIVER, a dr. hy hirth of one of Mr. Oliver's sisters, b. Dover, N.H., Dec. 17, 1827; m. Charles F. Witherell, Mil., July 11, 1849; had 6 chn., and d. Nov. 29, 1867.
Mr. Oliver was an active citizen in town affairs, and was mostly engaged through life in the boot business. He d. suddenly, March 9, 1874. His vener- able and respected wid. still survives.
OLIVER, EDWARD H., a younger bro. of Samuel; m. Roxana Whittemore of Hop., July, 1844. Issue, at least, 3 chn .; viz., -
CLARENCE H., bootmaker.
S. EDWARD, sole-leather cutter; and CARRIE A., milliner.
No report from any of these as to birth-dates, mges., or deaths. I under- stand that Edward H. Oliver d. about 5 yrs. ago; and I see, by directory, that Mrs. Roxana still survives, residing 247 Main St.
OLIVER, ANDREW S., M.D., pedigree not ascertained; is a surgeon and homeopathic physician, recently set up in Post-office Block. Through igno- rance I omitted his name from my list of our physicians.
ONION. This name is said to have been originally written O'Nion, and to have been borne by one of twelve Highland Scotchmen that set. in Dedham about the yr. 1634. His full name was Robert O'Nion. The apostrophe being at length dropped, the surname was resolved into Onion, -a metamorphosis not deemed delectable by some of the descendants. I have not the links of lineal descent at my command.
ONION, JONATHAN, son of Elihu and Catherine (Fisher) Onion, natives of
Dedham; h. in 1803 or 1804; m. Betsey Jenks, dr. of James and Molly (Haskill) Jenks, b. in Cumberland, R.I., Dec. 13, 1803; particulars of cer. not given. Their chn. : -
STEPHEN JENKS, b. Bell., Feb. 5, 1827; m., 1st, Josephine Fisher; 2d, Rebecca Murdock.
LAURA ANN, b. Bell., April 24, 1829; m. David M. Brown; res. Milwaukie, Wis.
ELLEN MARIA, h. Medway, Jan. 7, 1836; m. William J. Mclaughlin, 1857. MARION AUGUSTA, b. Mil., March 28, 1838; d. Oct. 8, 1839.
EMILY AUGUSTA, b. Mil., Dec. 26, 1840; m. Benjamin H. Montague, Jan. 1, 1859.
ELDORA, b. Mil., date not given ; survived but 5 ds.
Elihu, gd. fr. of these chn., was 18 yrs. old on the day the battle of Concord took place. On hearing the news, he and his fr. left their horses harnessed in the field, and hurried to the scene of conflict. They were ardent Revolution- aries. Mrs. Betsey, the wf. and mr., d. March 12, 1874, a. 70 yrs. Mr. O., the
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hus. and fr., still survives, and finds a comfortable home with his dr., Mrs. Montague and hus. A worthy, well-disposed family, who know by experience the struggles of life.
ONION, STEPHEN JENKS & (Jonathan,2 Elihu1), b. in Bell., Feb. 5, 1827; boot- maker; m., 1st, Josephine Fisher, further particulars not given, who d. July 13, 1851; 2d, Rebecca Murdock, dr. of Baxter and Emily (Gates) Murdock, b. in Swanzey, N.H., 1828; cer. at Hopedale, June 3, 1853, by the writer. Their chn. : -
LENA, b. March 25, 1854; d. at the age of 16 days.
EDWIN STEPHEN, b. Jan. 29, 1857; m. Ella May Hanson, Sept. 15, 1875. JOSEPHINE FISHER, b. Feb. 27, 1863.
ANNIE LOUISE, b. June 14, 1869.
Mr. Onion has res. in town from boyhood, 44 yrs .; is by occupation a boot-treer; stands well among his bro. mechanics; is a respected citizen, and is the head of a reputable family. They res. 10 No. Bow St. They evince an apt genius for music.
ORMES, REUBEN, and Almira Adams, pedigrees untraced, were m. in No. Purchase, April 27, 1837, by Rev. Nathaniel Spindel. They are credited on our records previous to 1844 with the following-named chn. : -
AUGUSTA, b. June 13, 1838; and MARY A., b. July 20, 1842.
I see by our Directory for 1875 that the family then res. on Wales St .; and that CHARLIE A. ORMES, prob. a son, boarded there. What has become of them, or how many chn. there are, I have received no report to tell me. I see, too, that, --
ORMES, EUNICE, perhaps a near relative of Reuben, m. John Wales; cer. Oct. 21, 1841, by Rev. William Tozer.
OSGOOD, SIDNEY, and Delia, had recorded to them, -
DELIA, b. April 8, 1833; and MARINDA, b. Feb. 13, 1837. Mrs. Delia, the mr., d. July 19, 1839. The family no further traced.
Among our worthy new-comers to Hopedale is, -
OSGOOD, TIMOTHY, son of Thomas E. and Sylvia (Lovejoy) Osgood, b. in Hebron, Grafton Co., N.H., Sept. 8, 1849; machinist; m. Sarah Elizabeth French, dr. of Dearborn and Margaret (Haynes) French, b. in Barnstead, N. H., Dec. 29, 1849; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., Sept. 28, 1876, by Rev. Charles J. White. Issue :-
PAUL, b. and d. July 5, 1878; HARRY, b. and d. May 24, 1879. They have res. in Hopedale since May 4, 1880.
As Mr. Osgood kindly furnished me his fr.'s family record, perhaps it will be no great stretch of propriety to insert it.
OSGOOD, THOMAS EMERTON, son of Timothy and Deborah (Pierce) Osgood, b. Hebron, N.H., June 26, 1814; carpenter; m. Sylvia Lovejoy, dr. of Jacob and Betsey (Scales) Lovejoy, b. in Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 14, 1823; cer. Rumney, N. H., Nov. 16, 1848, by Rev. Maxcy B. Newell. Issue :-
TIMOTHY, b. Hebron, N.H., Sept. 8, 1849; m. Sarah E. French, Sept. 28, 1876.
BETSEY JANE, b. Hebron, N.H., Feb. 3, 1851; m. John R. Bennett, Dec. 30, 1871.
CLARA SYLVIRA b. Hebron, N.H., Oct. 28, 1854; m. Frank H.
(twins), French, July 2, 1876.
DEBORAH PIERCE b. Hebron, N.H., Oct. 28, 1854.
JOSEPH LOVEJOY, b. Bristol, N.H., Dec. 8, 1858; m. Mary E. Cline, Aug. 30, 1879.
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Mrs. Betsey, the mr., d. Dec. 13, 1858. The fr. is res. temporarily in Woonsocket, but considers Bristol, N.H., his proper home. He served the Union against the great rebellion, enlisting Aug., 1862, for 3 yrs. or during the war in the 12th Regt. N.H. Vols. He was wd. in right arm at battle of Chan- cellorsville, May 2, 1863, by a minie-ball. Also wd. in right leg at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 17, 1864; went into hospital, and was honorably discharged at Manchester, N.H., July 9, 1865. Two'of his m. chn. now res. at Hopedale.
PAINE, NATHAN, son of Ebenezer and Cynthia (Bennett) Paine; b. in Mont- rose, Pa., Nov. 26, 1821; machinist; m. Ellen Fisher, dr. of Hosea T. and Amanda (Guild) Fisher, b. Wrentham, April 21, 1820; cer. in Wrentham, Nov. 26, 1843, by whom not given. Issue : -
EMILY, b. Dayton, O., Nov. 3, 1849; m. James Warren Winn, Nov. 17, 1869. LOUIE W., b. Dayton, O., Feb. 29, 1852; d. Sept. 27, 1869.
This pair res. for several yrs. after mge. in Uxbridge, then from 1849 to 1856 in Dayton, O., and since 1855 continuously in Mil. They have sustained a respectable moral character in domestic, social, and business circles. Mr. Paine was an independent thinker in religious, as well as other matters, and theologi- cally a sceptic, but none the less upright in his general ethics, and made himself many friends by solid worth. He had a very fine mechanical genius, both theoretical and practical. He was also an admirable instrumental musician, and was for several yrs. a member of the Milford Brass Band. His inventions, in respect to the sewing-machine needle, the improved clarinet, etc., were most remarkable, but not much more so than the very exquisite skill with which he executed the nicest mechanical work. He went to Europe a few years ago, and was a careful learner at the last World's Fair in Paris. He was reasonably successful in the pecuniary compensations of his ingenious achieve- ments. He was senior partner in the firm of Paine & Brown for several yrs., but retired some little time since. Failing health ended in paralysis, and he d. rather suddenly March 12, 1881, in his 60th yr. He left a worthy wf., dr., son- in-law, and two grandsons.
PARKER, NATHANIEL, ptge. and ancestry not traced; b. Hop., Mar. 19, 1791; mr.'s maiden name Lois Bixby; m., 1st, Polly Walker, dr. of Joseph and Mehetabel (Gibbs) Walker, b. Hop., April 22, 1795; cer. Hop., May 31, 1813, by Rev. Nathaniel Howe. Their chn. :-
ALBERT, b. June 15, 1814; d. Sept. 28, 1817.
HORATIO, b. Oct. 2, 1816; d. 14 ds. old.
EMILY, b. Feb. 21, 1818; m. Hollis Howard; res. Mil.
MARIA, b. Oct. 21, 1820; m. Joseph Bates; res. E. Mendon.
AUGUSTA, b. March 5, 1823; m. Charles H. Fitch., Hop .; res. Worcester.
MEHETABEL WALKER, b. May 25, 1825; m. Elijah Pond, Wrentham.
JOSEPH FRANCIS, b. May 5, 1827; m. Ann Doremas; res. Western, N.Y.
DEXTER FRANKLIN, b. Aug. 2, 1828; m., 1st, Eliza Tuttle, Acton; 2d, Ellen Pierce, Worcester.
GEORGE CLAFLIN, b. Nov. 20, 1831; m. Ellen Stone, Worcester.
STILLBORN; b. June 6, 1834.
The 7 oldest of these were b. in Hop., the 8th in Boston, the 9th and 10th in Mil. The parents came from Boston to Mil. in 1832, where Dexter F. and Geo. C. were bap., by Rev. Mr. Long, Aug. 26, 1832. Mrs. Polly d. in confine- ment with her 10th child, June 6, 1834. The hus. m., 2d, Martha Rockwood, eldest dr. of Dea. Peter and Sabra (Parnell) Rockwood, b. March 16, 1810; cer. Dec. 17, 1834, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : -
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HORACE, b. Mil., Nov. 16, 1835; grad. Amherst Coll., 1861; Cong. clergyman.
Mr. Parker was naturally a capable, enterprising, ambitious man, but had to struggle bard in life, and went down under the embarrassments of unsuccess- ful business into temptation, mortification, and despair; finally terminating his mortal Ilfe with his own hand, Dec. 31, 1838. "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall;" and let him not make haste to condemn the unfortunate. Mr. Parker left behind him chn. who have deserved well of the various circles in which they moved, and some of whom won honorable dis- tinction in public life. Dexter Franklin was a member of the State Senate from Worcester Co. Central District for two yrs., and then went into the great war for the Union, where he lost his life. He d. major of the 10th Regt. Mass. Vols. (of mortal wounds recd. in battle), May 30, 1864, at Washington, D.C.
PARKER, GEORGE G., Esq., son of Asa and Ann Margaret (McCoristine)
Parker, and gd. son of William Parker, a soldier of the Revolution, who fought under Col. Prescott at Bunker Hill; b. in Acton, June 19, 1826; grad. Union Coll., N.Y., 1852; admitted to the bar, Albany, N.Y., and later to Worcester Co. bar, 1856, having just located in Mil .; a highly re- spected and successful lawyer; an intelligent, estimable, and honored citi- zen, who represented our legislative district in the Gen. Court of 1876, and has rendered valuable service for several years on our school committee. He m. Augusta Woodbury, dr. of Rev. James T. and Mrs. Augusta (Porter) Woodbury, b. Medford, Aug. 25, 1832; cer. Mil., Dec. 26, 1854, by Rev. J. T. Woodbury. Issue: -
MARGARET AUGUSTA, b. March 6, 1862; d. June 26, 1864.
Mr. Parker has res. for short periods in Piqua, O., and Westfield, N.Y., but since 1856 in Mil.
PARKER, WILLIAM M., M D., bro. of George G., Esq .; b. Acton, June 15, 1828; grad. at the Berkshire Medical Institution in Pittsfield, 1853; prac- tised medicine in Shutesbury from 1853 to 1858, where, during that period, he was a member of the town school-committee, and also surgeon to the 10th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia from 1856 to 1860; came to Mil. 1858, and has practised here ever since with good success; is a member of the Mass. Medi- cal Society, and also of the Mass. Medico-Legal Society, and holds the office of Medical Examiner for the Sixth Worcester Co. District, which includes Mil., Mendon, and Upton. He m. Emma Talbot Day, dr. of Cornelius and Annie Arnold (Gorton) Day, b. Cumberland, R.I., April 3, 1847; cer. Mil., June 25, 1872, by Rev. Henry A. Metcalf. Issue, 1 dr. :-
LILLIAN BLANCHE, b. Mil., April 8, 1873.
The social standing of the family accords with the doctor's eminence as a physician and citizen.
PARKER, WILLARD F., pedigree, etc., not ascertained; m. Angelina Walker, b. Mil., Jan. 17, 1816; cer. Mendon, Oct. 2, 1837, by the writer. Issue, so far as recorded here : -
GEORGIANA, b. Feb. 1, 1840.
COLUMBUS B., b. Nov. 25, 1841.
I lost track of this family some years since, and am unable to give further Information concerning them.
MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
PARKER, ROBERT, here in 1856.
PARKER, JOSEPH. 1869, '72, '75.
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PARKER, GEORGE, machinist. 1872.
PARKER, REUBEN H. 1872, '75, '78.
PARKER, WILLIAM, sole cutter. 1872, '75.
PARKER, Mrs. KATE S., fancy goods. 1872.
PARKER, Mrs. P. J., music teacher. 1872, down to '80.
PARKER, Miss EMMA, dr. of the preceding. 1872.
PARKER, Mrs. REUBEN H., millinery. 1878.
Perhaps a few others of the name here transiently.
PARKHURST. Our Parkbursts have been numerous and influential for more than a century. Their patriarchs on our territory were Isaac and Jonas, who set. here not far from 1735. They came hither from Weston, and were sons of John and Abigail (Morse) Parkhurst. Their father, by deeds of gift, Jan. 21, 1734-35, endowed each of them with 80} acs. of land. He bought these 161 acs. in one tract, of Caleb Gardner, then of Newport, R.I., who had it of his bro. Richard Gardner, who had it of John Chapin, who had it of his father, Capt. Seth, who had it of Mendon proprietors. The tract was bounded north- erly on land of John Jones (jun., I suppose, who then owned as far south as our present John Goldsmith's place); easterly by common land, Cedar Swamp, and "Second Bridge River," then so called ; southerly on land of John Gardner (whose north line ran nearly where Main St. now does); and westerly on lands then owned mostly by Thomas Beard, Ebenezer Cheney, and John Peck. Pro- vision was made for the road (not then laid) now known as School and Pur- chase Sts. A small portion of it lay west of that provisional road, but the bulk of it eastward towards the swamp and river, - extending all the way from nearly the line of "Sherborn Road, now Main St., northerly to the close vicinity of John Goldsmith's aforesaid. This goodly tract was the original patrimony of the Parkhursts, equally divided between Isaac and Jonas, with all proprietary rights thereunto belonging.
John Parkhurst, the father of Isaac and Jonas, was a son of John, who was the son of George, who was the son of George, an immigrant from England. It is not known just when he arrived on our shores. He first set. at Water- town. He probably came a widower with two chn., George and Phebe. He m., about 1645, the wid. Susanna Simpson, and moved to Boston, but was still a proprietor at Wat. Either he, or his son Geo., was admitted freeman, 1643. His son Geo. appears to have set. at Wat. He was twice m., 1st, to Sarah Brown, and 2d, to Mary Veazey. His son John was admitted freeman April 18, 1690. He m. Abigail Garfield; and they had 9 chn., the eldest being John, the father of Isaac and Jonas aforesaid.
PARKHURST, Dea. JOHN 4 (John,& George,2 George1), m. Abigail Morse, and set. in " Watertown Farms," alias Weston. Their chn. were, -
JOHN, b. and d. 1695; another John, h. April 29, 1697.
ABIGAIL, b. June 20, 1699; m. John Pike of Newbury, 1728.
LYDIA, b. July 21, 1701; m. Joseph Stone of Framingham, 1723.
ELIZABETH, b. April 5, 1704; d. Dec., 1732; unm. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 9, 1706.
ISAAC, b. July 9, 1708; our Milford patriarch.
MARY, b. July 15, 1710; m. Edmund Bailey of Newbury, 1731.
JONAS, b. Aug. 20, 1712; our other patriarch.
JEMIMA, b. June o, 1715; m. Benjamin Bartlett, 1738.
The fr's. death not given; nor mr's. definitely enough to state.
PARKHURST, ISAAC5 (John,4 John,8 George,2 George1), b. Wat., July 9,
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1708; m. Lydia Bigelow, Feb. 7, 1733-34. She was a dr. of Joshua and Hannah (Fiske) Bigelow, b. in Weston, March 8, 1708, and was a sister of Hannah Bigelow, whose 1st hns. was Ebn'r Cheney, and her 2d, Ichabod Thayer. Also sister to Mary Bigelow that m. James Sumner. Also to Abigail, the wife of his bro. Jonas. Their chn. were, -
ISAAC, Jun., b. 1735; m. Martha Parmenter, May 31, 1758.
SARAH, b. 1737; m. Grindal Thayer of Mendon, 1767.
LYDIA, b. 1738; m. Ephraim Twitchell, Mil., April 13, 1769.
HANNAH, b. 1740; m. Levi Thayer, April 25, 1771.
ESTHER, b. 1741; m. Thomas Lowe, Mendon, April 25, 1776.
EBENEZER, b. 1743; m. Mercy Hill, Mendon, Dec. 27, 1708.
MERCY, b. 1746; m. Samuel Jones of this Precinct, March 26, 1766.
NATHAN, b. 1748; bap. by Rev. A. Frost of this Precinct, July 15, 1744.
MARTHA, b. 1749; m. Daniel White of this Precinct, Jan. 4, 1778.
I infer that the parents were first members of the ch. in Weston, whence they removed their relation to the First ch. in Mendon, and thence to the new ch. here in 1746. Their homestead was substantially identical with that now owned by Joseph L. Clark on Purchase St., though larger. I have not found the dates of their death.
PARKHURST, ISAAC 6 (Isaac,6 John,4 John,3 George,2 George 1), there is some obscurity and confusion about the date of his birth, but I have ventured to give it as above, 1735. He m. Martha Parmenter, whose pedigree I have not traced, May 31, 1758; cer. by Rev. Amariah Frost. They both d. in 1761, childless.
PARKHURST, EBENEZER6 (Isaac,5 John,4 John,8 George,2 George 1), b. 1743; m. Mercy Hill of our then Precinct, who, I presume, was a dr. of John and Thankful (Underwood) Hill, b., perhaps, 1750 or thereabouts; cer. Dec. 22, 1768, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. were, -
ELISHA, b. Feb. 27, 1770; d. in N.H., date not given.
SALLY, b. May 3, 1772; d. 1774.
LUCRETIA, b. Feb. 3, 1775; m. Dea. Nathan Chapin, Mil.
JOHN, b. March 24, 1777; lived and d. in Mil.
ALEXANDER, b. Aug. 22, 1779; lived and d. in Mil.
CHLOE, b. Nov. 11, 1781; m. Daniel Hemenway of Holl., Oct. 18, 1804.
ISAAC, b. July 20, 1785; m. his 2d cousin, Sarah Parkhurst.
LYDIA, b. April 6, 1787; m. Parley Rice of Brookfield.
They dwelt on the paternal homestead, now owned by Joseph L. Clark. The fr. d. Sept. 9, 1795; no record found of the mr's. death; a worthy couple and family.
PARKHURST, JOHN 7 (Isaac,6 Isaac," John,4 John,8 George,2 George 1), b. March 24, 1777; m. Lucy Jones, said to be of Framingham, dr. of Nathaniel Alden and Lois (Claflin) Jones, b. Oct. 26, 1781; cer. Nov. 25, 1802, by Rev. David Long. An only child : -
SALLY GODFREY, b. May 2, 1806; m. Col. Lewis Johnson.
The fr. d. July 15, 1831; the mr. Nov. 25, 1855. Well esteemed in society. PARKHURST, Isaac7 (Isaac,6 Isaac,5 John,4 John,8 George,2 George1), b. July 20, 1785; m. Sarah, dr. of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Brown) Park- hurst, b. Jan. 13, 1792; cer. June 16, 1810, by Rev. David Long. Their chn. were, -
RUSSELL, b. Nov. 4, 1810. .
WINSLOW, b. Feb. 7, 1813. The parents mvd. West, and there had Augus- tus, William, Charles, Lemuel, George W., etc. No further traced.
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PARKHURST, Alexander 7 (Isaac,6 Isaac,5 John,4 John,8 George,2 George 1),
h. Ang. 22, 1779; m. Polly, alias Mary, dr. of Ichabod and Mary (Marsh)
Thayer, b. May 1, 1785; cer. April 20, 1806, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. were, -
URSULA, b. Sept. 5, 1807; d. in infancy. Also ICHABOD.
WILLARD ALEXANDER, b. July 15, 1810; is, or recently was, res. in Somer- ville.
JOANNA MARIA, b. March 5, 1814; m. Ezra Perry of Holl.
LIBBEUS GOULD, b. Sept. 22, 1816; d. young.
JOHN MILLON, b. June 26, 1818; kept store at one time in town, but d. in Watertown.
The fr. d. Dec. 12, 1819; the mr. Jan. 8, 1822. They were members of the Cong. ch., and their cbn. were christened by Rev. Mr. Long. He was a wheel- right by occupation ; and I am told that they d. in the Stephen Chapin house, opposite the Sylvanus Adams place, within two yrs. of each other.
PARKHURST, JONAS 5 (John,4 John,8 George,2 George 1), b. Aug. 20, 1712; m., 1st, Abigail Bigelow, dr. of Joshua and Hannah (Fiske) Bigelow, b. in Weston, 1712 or 1713; date of mge. not found. Admitted to Cong. ch. here,
by letter from Weston, Oct. 4, 1747. Their chn. were, -
ESTHER, b. June 22, 1741; m. Jonathan Whitney, 1760.
EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 27, 1743; m. Jemima Hayward of Bell.
NATHANIEL, b. March 7, 1746; m. Sarah Brown; lived and d. in Mil.
JONAS, Jun., b. April 12, 1750; m. Mercy Nelson; lived and d. in Mil.
The mr. d., date not found. The fr. m., 20, Rachel Albee, dr. of James and Margaret (Wheelock) Albee, Dec. 25, 1788; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. No chn. He d. April 7, 1798; his 2d wife, June 1, 1829, aged 89 yrs. The homestead of Jonas, sen., was on Purchase St., in the well-known immediate vicinity of the watering-trough. The site of the old house is now occupied by the res. of the late Dexter Claflin. The farm lay adjoining Isaac's, northward.
PARKHURST, EPHRAIM6 (Jonas,5 John,4 John,& George,2 George 1), b. Dec.
27, 1743; m. Jemima Hayward, dr. of Eleazer, said to have been of Bell. (not traced); date of mge. 1767. Their chn. were, -
ELEAZER, b. March 9, 1768; d. April 19, 1785, by a falling stone.
NATHAN, b. Jan. 20, 1770; m. Ruth Rawson, dr. of Dea. Nathaniel.
ITHIEL, b. March 27, 1772; m. Catherine Rawson, dr. of Dea. Nathaniel.
ESTHER, b. Feb. 5, 1774; m. Simeon Nelson, son of Dea. Seth.
STERLING, b. Feb. 3, 1777; emigrated to N. Y., and finally to Wis .; several chn.
SARAH, b. April 12, 1779; m. Obed Daniels of Holl.
LUCY, b. June 19, 1782; d. Ang. 17, 1799, unm.
ANNA, b. Aug. 29, 1784; m. Thayer and mvd. West.
EPHRAIM, b. March 19, 1787; m., Ist, Lucinda Perry, and 2d, Eliza Broad. HARRIOT, b. Oct. 19, 1791; d. May 19, 1856, unm.
ELEAZER, b. April 18, 1793; m. Linda Chapin ; set. in Parkhurst, Ia.
'The parents were members of our Cong. ch., and had most, if not all, of their clin. christened. The homestead of Ephraim included the northern portion of his father's estate, with perhaps some additional lands. He d. Sept. 20, 1798; she 1829.
PARKHURST, NATHAN7 (Ephraim,6 Jonas," John, John,8 George,2 George1), b. Jan. 20, 1770; m. Ruth, dr. of Dea. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Nelson) Rawson, b. Oct. 25, 1770; cer. June, 1797, by Samuel Jones, Esq. Their chn. were, -
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