Phebe Parkhurst

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Phebe (Leete) Parkhurst (abt. 1585 - bef. 1641)

Phebe Parkhurst formerly Leete

Born about 20 Dec 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England

Daughter of Robert Leete and Alice (Grundy) Leete

Sister of Anne Leete, Simeon Grundy Leete and Ruth (Leete) Dalton

Wife of George Parkhurst — married 1612 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Mother of Phebe (Parkhurst) Arnold, Mary (Parkhurst) Carter, Samuel Parkhurst, Deborah (Parkhurst) Smith, George Parkhurst II, John Parkhurst, Abigail Parkhurst, Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Merry and Joseph Parkhurst

Died before 1641 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]

Profile last modified 25 Sep 2019 | Created 3 Jan 2011

Biography

Phebe Leete was baptized 20 Dec 1585 at Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Leete and Alice Grundy.[1]

Phebe married George Parkhurst at Ipswich, Suffolk, England about 1611, or before 1612.[2] George and Phebe Parkhurst of Ipswich are mentioned in the record of their daughter, Elizabeth (Parkhurst) (Hilliard) Merry, in Charles Banks’ The History of Martha’s Vineyard.[3]

Children of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete

Phebe and George had nine children, all baptized at Ipswich, Suffolk, England:[2][4][5][6]

Phebe Parkhurst, bp 29 Nov 1612, St. Stephens, Ipswich; m. (1) at Wolverstone, Suffolk, home of her Aunt Ruth, 27 Mar 1635 Daniel Dan, "both single"; m. (2) Thomas Arnold; res Watertown, MA & Providence, RI; had at least 4 children (not named) Mary Parkhurst, bp 28 Aug 1614, St. Mary at the Quay Church, Ipswich; d. 1687; m. 1638 Rev. Thomas Carter, 1st minister of Woburn; had 8 children (not named) SamuelParkhurst, bp 2 Feb 1616, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young Deborah Parkhurst, bp 1 Aug 1619, St. Margaret, Ipswich; d. 8 Mar 1675/1676, age 56, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts; m. John Smith of Watertown, MA; moved 1644 to Hampton, NH; res 1653 Edgartown; had 5 children (not named) George Parkhurst, bp 5 Jun 1621, St. Margaret, Ipswich; d. 16 Mar 1698/9, age 81 Watertown; m. (1) 16 Dec 1643 Sarah d/o Abraham Brown, had 2 children; m. (2) 24 Sep 1650, widow Mary Veazie (or Pheza), d. 9 Mar 1680/1 John Parkhurst, bp 19 Oct 1623, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young Abigail Parkhurst, bp 1 Jan 1625, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young Elizabeth Parkhurst, bp 18 May 1628, St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich; m. (1) Emanuel Hilliard, 20 Oct 1659 lost in a boat; m. (2) 14 Dec 1659 widower Joseph Merry, d. Apr 1710 Edgartown; 1678 moved to Edgartown Joseph Parkhurst, bp 21 Dec 1629, St. Margaret, Ipswich; d. 30 Nov 1709; m. Concord, MA 26 Jun 1656 Rebecca, bp 27 Sep 1627, d/o Esdras Reed; res Chelmsford; had 5 children (not named) George Parkhurst was born in Ipswich in England and all of his children by Phebe were baptized there. Sometime before 1642, he emigrated to New England, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. It is not clear if Phebe accompanied him or whether she died in England. In any case, George married a Susanna Simpson in New England and had five more sons with her. In 1655, he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts to sell a piece of land in his wife's estate in order that he might return to England to aid his wife who had already returned with their five youngest children. He claimed that his wife and children were destitute and that his age was 67 years at that time. He probably left for England soon after 1655 and was buried at St. Lawrence church in Ipswich, England, June 18, 1675. All his older children remained in New England.[2][7][8]

Whether Phebe died in England or in Massachusetts is unknown. What is known is that Phebe had passed away before 1644 when George married his second wife, Susanna Simson in Massachusetts.[9] According to John Brooks Threfall’s Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and their Origins, Phebe died before 1641.[2]

Note

Phebe (Phebe "unknown" or Phebe "Mathers") in some early Parkhurst genealogies was the youngest of seven children. She had a sister, Ruthy,[1] wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leete were married on 13 June 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk. Ruth died in New Hampshire without surviving children and left legacies to six Parkhurst children of her sister, Phebe, but nothing to Phebe's children Samuel, John, and Abigail which suggests that they had died young.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Leete, Joseph, 1831-; Anderson, John Corbet. The family of Leete. Blades, East & Blades, Printers. London, 1906. Baptisms, pg. 62 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and their Origins, 1990 p. 257. ↑ Banks, Charles. The History of Martha's Vineyard (G.H. Dean, Boston, 1911) Vol. 2: Town Annals. Page 58 See also: EBook : The Merry Family ↑ Parkhurst, Gabriel H. (Gabriel Harrower), b. 1849. John Parkhurst, born May 2, 1760, at Weston, Massachusetts, his ancestors and descendants. Press of the Courier company limited. Bath, N.Y. 1897. George Parkhurst children, pp. 10-11 ↑ Connected Bloodlines George Parkhurst : accessed 23 Sep 2019 ↑ William H. Whitmore in an article in the NEHGS Register, Volume 27, pages 364-369 : The Dalton and Batcheller Pedigree. ↑ Edson Salisbury Jones, The Family of George Parkhurst of Watertown and Boston, Massachusetts, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, #68, p. 370, 1914 ↑ Peter G. Parkhurst, George Parkhurst Increasings for Nine Generations, (1995). ↑ William G. Parkhurst, The Parkhurst Family Journal, Jan. 1995; e-newsletter, archived (link no longer exists), page 4.

Acknowledgments

Sara V Mosher, Sept. 2019

Phebe Leete was christened on December 20, 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England and died about 1643, perhaps in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. There is no record of her in America; her husband George Parkhurst arrived in Massachusetts likely on 20 June 1637, since other of their family, including his brother-in-law Timothy Dalton and sister-in-law Ruth Leete, Phebe's sister, arrived at that time......Royal descent is treated as worthy of note but "speculative" in Gary Boyd Roberts, "Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants" (2018) page clxxxvi. Roberts refers to her as "undoubtedly a kinswoman of Gov. William Leete of Conn." and states that "she may also share in the Staverton-Dabridgecourt descent outlined herein" --at pages 853-4--from Governor Leete's maternal grandmother, Thomasine Burgoyne, wife of Robert Shute., parents of Anne Shute Leete..

• parents: youngest of the seven children of Robert Leete of Eversden (1525-1597) and his wife Alice Grundy.

Married

1. on 29 March 1610 in St. Mary on Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England to George Parkhurst (1588-1675), son of John Parkhurst and Sarah. He married Susanna widow Simpson as his 2nd wife.

9 children of Phebe and George Parkhurst, baptized in Ipswich, Suffolk, England:

1. Phebe (1612-1688). Married 1) Daniel Dan 2) Thomas Arnold.
2. Mary (1614-1687). Married Thomas Carter.
3. Samuel (1616-bef 1641). No known marriage or children,
4. Deborah (1619-1686). Married John Smith.
5. George (1621-1698). Married 1) Sarah Brown 2) Mary Veazy.
6. John (1623-bef 1641). No known marriage or children.
7. Abigail (1625-bef 1641). No known marriage or children.
8. Elizabeth (1628-1657). Married 1) Emmanuel Hilliard 2) Merry.
9. Joseph (1629-1709). Married Rebecca Reed.

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Notes on 31 December 2012: many thanks for the discussion raised http://www.geni.com/discussions/116485

• George Parkhurst had sons George, Benjamin and Joseph ; and besides a daughter Phebe Arnold, that the following were also his children: Deborah (Smith), Elizabeth (Hilliard, Merry), and Mary (Carter). (1)
• According to an Ancestry.com tree: Phebe Leete Birth 1549 in Guildford, Surrey, England Death 1589 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England (surely this refers to an earlier Phebe Leete?)
• Vitals as of 31 December 2012: Birth: circa 1556 Ipswich, Suffolk, England Death: April 24, 1645 MA, England. Changing to Christened December 20, 1585 ,Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England. Died before 1643, when George Parkhurst remarried; and perhaps Ipswich, England, as there is no record of Phebe residing in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Links

• http://karetom.com/Leete.htm#PhebeLeete1585
• https://sites.google.com/site/leeteleetgenealogyna/home/leeteleet-b...

Citations

1. THE DALTON AND BATCHELLER PEDIGREE. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1873 pg. 364, 365
2. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Carter By: Howard Willston Carter This book contains the history and genealogy of the Thomas Carter family of Massachusetts.  Published by the author. Connecticut. 1909. page 17. George Parkhurst had 9 children of his 1st wife, Phebe, baptized in Ipswich, England, including Mary on on Aug. 28, 1614.
3. The Leetes of Eversden by Lucy Joan Slater
4. * GEORGE-1 PARKHURST SELECTED DESCENDANTS 15 MAY 1997 Prepared by: Peter George Parkhurst

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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Margaret-F-Roberts... Married George Parkhurst 3/29/1610 in St. Mary Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK