Inscriptions From Parsons Cemetery

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This little family burying ground now known by the above name contains all the grave stones which were removable from the old Bowne Cemetery in Flushing, the Parsons having inherited the Bowne property. Burials in the old cemetery were as early as 1665. Copied by Josephine C. FROST (Mrs. Samuel Knapp FROST), Brooklyn, N. Y., 1913

  • BOWNE, Anne, d. 1834
  • BOWNE, Anne, d. 1834 [duplicate?]
  • BOWNE, John, d. 1804
  • BOWNE, Catharine, b. 1789, 9th mo, 20th day, d. 11m 5d, 1830
  • BOWNE, Ann, b. 9m 5d, 1785; d. 1st m 30 d 1863
  • BOWNE, Elizabeth, b. 8m 30d 1787; d. 1m 13d 1852
  • PARSONS, James, d. 1810
  • PARSONS, Anna, d. 1825
  • BOWNE, PARSONS: Anne BOWNE PARSONS, b. 9m 10th day (?) 1815; d. 12m 15d 1830
  • PARSONS, Jane, daughter of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 6m 3d 1826; d. 7m 10d 1862
  • PARSONS, Mary, b. 1m 7d 1784; d. 1m 16d 1839
  • PARSONS, Samuel, b. 8m 8d 1774; d. 11m 20d 1841
  • PARSONS, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 5m 6d 1813; d. 11m 26d 1878
  • PARSONS, James B., son of James B. and Eliza F. PARSONS, b. 10m 30d 1845; d. 1m 29d 1881
  • PARSONS, John Bowne PARSONS, b. 3m 27th day 1834; d. 6m 24th day, 1845
  • PARSONS, Catharine B., b. 1m 3d 1838; d. 5m 31d 1844
  • PARSONS, Emily L, daughter of James B. and Eliza F. PARSONS, b. 4m 17d 1836; d. 7m 6d 1881
  • PARSONS, James B., b. 5m 17d 1809; d. 9m 2d 1894
  • PARSONS, Eliza F., wife of James B. PARSONS, b. 2m 22d 1811; d. 7m 25d 1902
  • PARSONS, John Bowne, son of Samuel B. PARSONS, b. 4m 24d 1851; d. 10m 14d 1852
  • PARSONS, Susan H. wife of Samuel B. PARSONS, b. 2m 22d 1824; d. 8m 9d 1854
  • PARSONS, Samuel B., b. 14 Feb 1819, d. 4 Jan 1906
  • PARSONS, George Howland, 1849-1895
  • PARSONS, William B., b. 2m 10d 1823; d. 9m 14d 1856
  • SHOEMAKER, Elizabeth, b. 6m 28d 1765; d. 10m 23d 1858
  • PARSONS, Robert Bowne, son of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 14 Feb 1821, d. 2 Nov 1898
  • PARSONS, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 8 Feb 1868, d. 2 May 1878
  • PARSONS, Robert Clarence, son of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 8 Mar 1864, d. 11 Jan 1865
  • PARSONS, Caroline, daughter of Samuel and Mary PARSONS, b. 22 Oct 1858, d. 4 Sep 1859


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