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The Parke Society Newsletter Issue 2009 - Vol. 45 No. 3 |
I am the third great grandson of William Dick- inson. William was the son of Robert Dickinson and Elizabeth Higgens. He was born in Louisa Co., Va., about 1760. The direct Dickinson family line intersected with that of the Madison family of King William Co., Va. in 1809, when William married Ann Parkes Madison. The couple's marriage bond shows Ann's father to have been Ambrose Madison. Ann Parkes Madison died shortly before ...
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As early as the 1630s, the Parke(s) family was well established in the area that eventually became New Kent Co., Va., the county immediately adjacent to King William Co. (King William Co. was originally formed from portions of King and Queen Co. and New Kent Co.) There were actually two separate lines of the Parke(s) families living in this area from before the mid-17th century on.
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The second member of the Parke(s) family to immigrate to the Virginia Colony, also named William, arrived before 1650. This line continues down through the next three generations with sons named John Sr., John Jr., and John III. While the Register and Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish Church, New Kent Co., contains numerous entries recording their births, marriages, deaths, business affairs, and official functions beginning in the last quarter of the 17th and continuing through into the mid-18th centuries, ...
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The fundamental questions remain: What and/or
where was the connection between the Parke(s)
family of New Kent Co. and Ambrose Madison
of King William Co.? Was it a direct relationship,
or was it an indirect one through another
family? Who was Ambrose Madison's first wife,
"Betsy"? Was she a Bailey daughter? Was she
somehow related to Parke Bailey, and, if so,
what was their relationship? Was the connection ...
(Page 33)
[Editor's note: Lately we've been receiving some wonderful contributions from our membership, and we thought the best way to honor them was to give them a special section. Some of the articles in this section will be mostly biographical; others will describe Park/e/s genealogical research undertaken by members that other members might find vital to their own work. We'll start off this new section with one of our newest members, as well as one of our oldest: Alice Parks McKissick recently became a Life Member, thanks to her loving family; and she turned 100 this year. Congratulations on both, Alice!]
Alice Parks McKissick, PS#1532
[Note: Information for this article was submitted by Nancy Keese (granddaughter) and Kimberly Parks (PS#1423).]
Alice Josephine Parks was born 20 March 1909 to James Devere Parks, Sr. and Frances Lanora "Nora" Thurman. James Devere Parks, Sr. was son of Calvin Elson Parks, who purchased land in Deepwater, Texas near Pasadena, Harris Co., Texas in 1894. He brought his family from ...
The Parks family attended the Methodist
Church. Church and school functions were the
social activities for the family. Alice learned to
be a Sunday School teacher. After she married,
she was the fi rst president of the Younger
Women's Missionary Society.
[A warm narrative continues up to March 2009.]
(page 38)
Robert L. Parke has been an active member of the Parke Society since 1989. He is a Life Member and the longest-serving Trustee. He is also Lineage Leader for Charts 8, 9, 10, 11 Robert. He is descended from two Park/e/s lineages: Robert (MA 1630) lineage and Richard (MA 1635). His lineage also includes other early New England surnames.
[This profile continues with Robert's many career accomplishments.]
In 1996, Bob and Geri hosted the Parke Society Convocation in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. That convocation was especially notable for the Board's first discussion of the Internet and its effect on the future of our society. One of the speakers at the meeting was Ann Parker Whitewolf, named after her great-grandmother, ...
For the past several years, Robert has been working on updating and documenting the Robert (MA 1630) lineage for the first six generations, or further when possible. This has involved trying to find vital records or other documentation to either prove or disprove material primarily from the F.S. Parks books [see following article]. There are questions regarding ...
Robert would greatly appreciate receiving documentation
of births, deaths, and marriages from
anyone who descends from the Robert line. It is
to be hoped that through this project, the Society
will be able to help some of those whose DNA
has connected them to Robert, yet lack that
missing link. ...
(page 41)
Frank Sylvester Parks published four volumes on Parke families primarily from New England. For many years, his volume titled Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut; including Robert Parke of New London, Edward Parks, of Guilford, and Others (Vol. 1), covering our Lineage Keys S, T, and W, has been considered the best authority on these lineages. It was published in 1906 and was later followed by ...
... Perhaps I
should point out that the ancestor of one of our
Society members had actually originally been
listed as died young! Today, the Internet has
made communication much easier for those who
are interested in tracing their Park/e/s roots, but
documented evidence is still very important.
Those individuals whose DNA matches that of
the Robert lineage undoubtedly have their roots
somewhere within these first few generations.
(page 42)
Spurred by Randall Lee Dickinson PS#1498's very solid article concerning his possible Virginia ancestry (see pp. 33-38 in this issue), I have realized that it is again time to revisit the "Virginia Problem." And that is? Vast confusion, ...
Over the next couple of months I hope to delve
deeply into the Virginia Problem and maybe
produce a definitive listing of all of the early
Park/e/s that seem to have appeared in Virginia,
its Eastern Shore and surrounding areas. Wish
me luck.
... (page 43)
All submitted materials must be vetted—that is,
fact-checked against the Society's records, and
perhaps adding lineage keys and group sheet
numbers. The aim is to ensure accuracy, both for
the author and the Society.
(page 43)
Facebook is a free social networking website with 100 million users as of August 2008. It has been stated that Facebook now adds 100,000 new users every day.
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Though Facebook was originally created for stu- dents, it is quickly being taken over by "boomers!" The fastest growing segment of new users are those over age 25, with over 75% of users out of college. How many of these users are genealogists? Certainly not a large percentage, but statistically, there will be genealogists in the bunch. However, the attraction of Facebook is that, unlike message boards on genealogy sites, you have access to a population of millions of potential genealogists—those who might never venture into the Rootsweb/Ancestry realm.
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Once you've found someone you know or want to become friends with, you then send a friend request, and have the option to send a message along with it. I always send a message along, even if it's someone I know well and see often. This is especially important if it's a friend from years ago or someone you suspect is a relative, but are not sure about. If the person sees your friend request with no accompanying message and doesn't recognize who you are, they are likely to ignore your friend request.
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Another of the features of Facebook that will be
of interest to genealogists is the ability to form
a Facebook group. You can search for existing
groups, and joining is an easy process. ...
[The article continues with further tips.]
(page 44)
In our last two issues (Vol. 45, No. 1-2), we began publishing the index to the Society's lineage keys, with data as to the founder and other details for the general information of Society Members. This will be a continuing column as there are over 250 lineage keys currently in use.
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[The Society's index continue with V William Parks of VA.]
(page 47)