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Joseph (1YR1) Parks
(1758, NH – 1817, ME), (Represented), m. Lydia Kennison (1765, ME –1839, ME), Date not known but probably by 1780, location also unknown. Twelve children. History of Parsonsfield, ME states that the family first came from Ireland, but there is no collaborating evidence.
Children:
Polly (2YR1) Parks, (1781, NH – 1800, ME). Died young, nothing further known.
Thomas Palmer. (02YR2) Parks, (1783, NH – 1855, ??). Supposedly married and settled in Edding, ME. Nothing further known.
John (02YR3) Parks, (1785, ME – 1805, Lost at Sea). Never married, nothing further known.
Joseph (02YR4) Parks (1787, ME – 1802, ??). Never married, nothing further known.
Elizabeth “Betsy” (02YR5) Parks, (1789, ME – 1860, ME), m. Nathan Fenderson (1785, ME - 1873, ME) 18 June 1808, Parsonsfield, York County, ME. Five children.
Eunice (02YR6) Parks, (1791, ME – 1858, ME). Never married, nothing further known.
Eliphalet Powell (02YR7) Parks , (1793, ME – 1861, ME) m1) Abigail Gilman Parsons (1794, ME – 1836, ME) 12 October 1814, Parsonsfield, York County, ME. Five children. m2) Lucy Davis (1796, ME – 1857, ME) date and place of marriage unknown. One child m3) Isabella Milliken, (1790, ME – 1875, ME), date and place of marriage married. No issue.
Lydia (02YR8) Parks, (1795, ME – 1872, ME). Never married. Nothing further known.
Richard Heit (02YR9) Parks, (1797, ME – 1885, ME), m. Margaret F Thompson (1799, ME – 1876, ME) 4 March 1819, Parsonsfield, York County, ME. Five children.
Asa (02YR10) Parks, (1799, ME – 1867, ME), m1) Mary Polly Pickering (1791, NH – 1855, NH), 2 November 1929, Dover, Stratford County, NH. One child. m2) Rhoda W. Cole (c1813, NH – ??,??) 4 November 1858, Somersworth, NH. No issue.
Polly (Mary) (02YR11) Parks, (1802, ME – 1859, ??), m. John Forbes, (1801, ?? – 1840, ??), location and date unknown. Whether there was issue is unknown.
Deborah (02YR12) Parks, (18035, ME – 1902, ME), m. John Leavitt (1813, ME – 1876, ME) 1826, York, York County, ME. Two children.
(PS#1379R, [no active members on this line])
Source Material
Lineage papers and correspondence of descendant member.