The PARKE Family of Gestingthorpe, Essex, England, Semer, Suffolk, England, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, Wethersfield, New London, CT, Stonington, New London, CT and Preston | Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk |
ROBERT PARKE 1 (d. 1400) of
Gestingthorpe m. Margaret Unknown (d. 1408)
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JOHN PARKE 1 (living 1414) of Gestingthorpe |
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JOHN PARKE 2 (living 1455) of Gestingthorpe |
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WILLIAM PARKE 1 (living 1484) of Gestingthorpe |
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WILLIAM PARKE 2 (d. 1531) of Gestingthorpe |
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WILLIAM PARKE 3 (d. 1551) of Gestingthorpe |
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ROBERT PARKE 3 (bp. 1580 - 1665) of Semer, Roxbury, Wethersfield, New London and Stonington m. Martha Chaplin |
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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:
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:
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:
WILLIAM PARKE 1 (living 1484) of Gestingthorpe
Parents: John Parke 2
William Parke of Gestingthorpe was living in 1484. [Ref]
Children of William Parke:
WILLIAM PARKE 2 (d. 1531) of Gestingthorpe
Parents: William Parke 1
William Parke of Gestingthorpe died in 1531. [Ref]
Children of William Parke:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.