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The Parke Society Newsletter Issue 2003 - Vol. 40 No. 2 |
Louise Parks' earliest known ancestor is believed to have been Robert Park/e/s, whose parents are unknown. Robert lived in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, before the mid-1700's... (page 1)
In Part 1, Lee described his efforts to trace his family history, and his uncertainty about the connection of his grandfather John Parke (b. UT, 1854) with his putative great grandfather Charles Parke (b. IN, 1828), a Roger Parke descendant. Available documentation was insufficient to resolve all doubts about the relationship, and Lee decided to try DNA testing. He was interested also in an undocumented family tradition that his line may have been descended from Daniel Parke (I) (1628-1679) of Williamsburg, VA., son of William Parke (VA 1631). Lee recruited volunteers to submit to the testing. Initial results were inconclusive, so he arranged for more tests, and ultimately he did establish his family line, which he calls the Joseph/Micajah line, but not a connection with Daniel.
As also mentioned in Part 1, the firm through which Lee has arranged for testing is Family Tree DNA, 1919 North Loop West, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77008, tel. 713-868-1438. This will be of interest to readers who may want to test for a connection with Roger Parke (NJ 1682). Family Tree DNA offers a discounted rate ($100.00 per person) to Park/e/s. A release form must be signed to share your test results with other test subjects. The "Park Surname Group join code" is: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=R26624 More information may be sought at: Info@familytreedna.com PDP
...the line of Nathan and Charles is a 12/12 match with the Joseph/Micajah line. While this close relationship has not been documented due to lack of evidence, it has always been suspected. Both Charles and Micajah were baptized by the same itinerant Church of England minister. The Nathan Park line is well documented in Alice Crandall Park's book, Park/e/s and Bunch on the Trail West (rev. ed. 1982). ... (page 17)
New additions to our Library Collection
James Parks & Elizabeth Davis from MD>PA>OH updated by Saundra Gail Beckum #1311; July 2003. (LK = TZ) ...
David Parks & Elizabeth lance from PA to OH compiled by Jean Churchill, June 2003 (LK = CT)
Silus Leonard Parks & Peter Glick Parks compiled by Jean Churchill, June 2003, (LK = CU)
Todd's 1866-1936 Meet Your Forebears by major M.L. Todd. The Parke ancestry set forth in this work is from descendants of Robert (MA 1630) who settled in French Creek, Chautauqua Co., New york. ...
I think this is one of the most fascinating true stories I have ever read. The subjects were exceptional in using their ingenuity to improve their quality of life. This was a time when neighborhood families had a much closer relationship. They depended upon each other for helping with the work when needed, and also for socialization. Both the Todds and the Parks were excellent neighbors, but also unusually opinionated which adds a delightful measure of humor to the story. ...
The following books have been donated by Cecilia Parke #535, Lineage Leader for Roger of New Jersey (1682) (Lineage key = K):
Samuel Shepard & Wife Hannah Fuller of NE, NY, & MI - Ancestors and Descendants 1635-1993 compiled by Loren R. Gute, pub 1993 by Gateway Press (LK = K). Mrs. Parke has provided a family chart to help the reader follow the line of descent of this branch of the Roger of New Jersey lineage.
The Parke connection begins with Samuel Shepard II who was born about 1799 at Sharon,
VT, ...
In 1839 Samuel II married Anna A. Park who was the daughter of ...
Family History and Brundage Family-Hummer Family-Sargent/Sargeant Family-Thatcher Families both compiled by Marian Park Howell and Beulah Park Tholen (LK = K).
Bristol and America. A record of the first settlers in the Colonies of North America 1654-1685, transcribed by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley.
Pennsylvania Index pub by The Historical Society of PA, 1877. Multi-volume set:
Vol. 1: Indices to the PA Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 1-10.
Vol. 2: Parke, Col. John.
Vol. 3: Parke Family of Montgomery Co. PA, query regarding.
Vol. 4: Parke, John, lines of, quoted; Park.
Vol. 5: Park, Mrs. of Carolina; James P.; Parks, Mrs., a lady of PA; Able; Robert, letter to Mary Valentine.
Vol. 7: Parke, John E.
Vol. 10: Park, Jonah; Parke, Dr. Thomas; Park, William.
Marriage Notices 1785-1794 for the whole United States by Charles K. Bolton, 1900. Copied from the MA Sentinel and the Columbian Sentinel.
Parks, Warham. At Charleston, W.P., Esq., of Westfield, to Mrs. Gorham, oldest daughter of Nathaniel Gorham, Esq. (S. Dec. 24, 1791) ... (page 19)
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Dan's preferred method of communication is e-mail ... (page 20)
[Note: Dan's address for Registrar's business, as of 4 February 2004, is
registrar@parke.org.]
Genealogy is both a science and an art. It is an art in that the longer you "practice" it the better you get at finding and interpreting your needed information. Experience, built upon your reading on technique and methodology, is the very best indicator of future success in breaking through apparent dead ends.
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What about compiled genealogies? Conditional, caveat laden, perhaps. Before accepting and citing somebody else's work, you should make reasonable efforts to verify it. Assume nothing! ...
Finally, remember, while we may have ancestors who were exceptional in bravery, wealth, or position, we do not live through them, but by our own efforts, skills and contribution to life. No one really should boast on his or her ancestry. (page 22)
I truly love linguistics and languages although I am not particularly skilled at them. I love pondering how things are expressed and syntactically organized in different tongues, and how we carry this cultural inheritance over from our native tongue to a secondary language.
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"So, what's your point?" you say. Just this. While we have standards of spelling for words that are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and the like, it is quite a different situation when it comes to names, including place names, but more often, personal names, both given and sur (or family). Which is the point of this piece. Proper name spelling, especially of surnames, is far too variable, and far too full of potholes (unintentional errors or errors of ignorance by the recorders of data, both public and otherwise), for us to try to build an argument for or against a certain family connection based solely on a particular spelling of a name.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913?), in his The Devil's Dictionary, defines orthography "The science of spelling by the eye instead of by the ear." ... (page 23)
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