(ca. 1602 England – 1665 MA) [Moniker: Richard (MA, 1635,R)]. A miller from England to Watertown, MA 1635 aboard the Defence; m. (1) in England Margery (Crane?), four children, named below; m. (2) after 1656, Sarah (Collier) Brewster, widdow of Love Brewster, no issue. This is an Immigrant Line.

• Richard (2R1) (ca. 1628 – ca. 1711) m. Mary (Unknown), two children known. There is some debate as to the existance of this Richard: F.S. Parks deals with this in his Massachusettes volume on this line. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R1 in the membership database.

• Thomas (2R2) (1628. England – 1690, MA) m. Abigail Dix, nine children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R2 in the membership database.

• Isabel (2R3) (ca. 1628, England – 1665, MA) m. Frances Whitmore; seven children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R3 in the membership database.

• Elizabeth (ca. 1631, England – 1690, MA) m. Edward Winship; seven children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R4 in the membership database.

Note: There is sometimes a reference made to a Sarah Parke born of the marriage of Richard and Sarah (Collier) Brewster, widow of Love Brewster. We believe that this is a mis-identification with the Sarah Parke (3R7) daughter of Thomas (2R2) and Abigail Dix. There has been much confusion over this Richard, due to an assumption made in the Parke Scrapbooks by Ruby Parke Anderson, that this Richard was a son of Robert Parke who came in 1630 aboard the Winthrop Fleet. While it is true that Robert did have a son named Richard, there is no evidence that he actually came to this country. Furthermore there is a tremendous amount of ancedotal evidence that there was no relationship between this Richard and that Robert. There are no intermarriages until over a century later; there is no witnessing of one another's deeds, covenants or other legal documents at any time. The name Robert does not appear in this line until much later, nor does the name Richard appear in any of the Robert lines either. There was no known social intercourse between the two families. Finally, there was considerable distance in terms of social status between Robert and his family, styled a "gentlemen," and Richard who was a miller by trade. This is an example of how incorrect data continues to be perpetuated throughout the years. There has also been debate concerning the existence of the Richard (2R1), but that is generally accepted now, although more definitive proof would be welcome. Finally the surname of Richard's (1R1) wife Margery as being "Crane" has been floated much, but there still is no good proof of this fact.