George Parkhurst

George Parkhurst

• Born about May 1589 in Key Parrish, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Died before 18 Jun 1675 in St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Son of John Parkhurst and Sarah (Disdall) Parkhurst
• Husband of Phebe (Leete) Parkhurst — married 1612 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Husband of Susanna (Unknown) Parkhurst — married about 1644 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Father of Phebe (Parkhurst) Arnold, Mary (Parkhurst) Carter, Samuel Parkhurst, Deborah (Parkhurst) Smith, George Parkhurst II, John Parkhurst, Abigail Parkhurst, Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Merry, Joseph Parkhurst, Benjamin Parkhurst, Mary Parkhurst, Daniel Parkhurst, Joshua Parkhurst and Caleb Parkhurst

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Biography

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George Parkhurst was born about 1588, or May 1589, at Ipswich, Suffolk, England. "He was probably the "Old George Parkhurst" buried 18 June 1675 at Saint Lawrence, Ipswich, England.

He married, about 1611-12, Pheby Leete, the daughter of Robert Leete and Alice Grundy of Eversden, born 20 Dec 1585, the youngest of seven children.[1][2]

They lived in Ipswich where their children were baptized, but after the last child was born and until their departure for England, there is no record of them and they may have lived elsewhere.[2]

Children of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete

Phebe and George had nine children, all baptized at Ipswich, Suffolk, England:[2][3][4][5]

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. SamuelParkhurst, bp 2 Feb 1616, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young
4. 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)
5. 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
6. John Parkhurst, bp 19 Oct 1623, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young
7. Abigail Parkhurst, bp 1 Jan 1625, St. Margaret, Ipswich; prob. d. young
8. 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
9. 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 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.[6]

Immigration

George's arrival date in New England can be estimated by the marriages contracted by his children in Massachusetts prior to 1640. George, his family, his wife's brother-in-law, the Reverend Timothy Dalton, and Dalton's family were very possibly in the group from Ipswich, England that arrived on three ships in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 Jun 1637. According to NEHGR, V. 53, pg. 302, George and family immigrated to New England aboard the Primrose in 1634. They settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. According to the “First Inventory of Grants and Possessions: Original Index,” George Parkhurst was living in Watertown in 1634-5.[7]

George Parkhurst first appears in New England records when a highway was ordered by his house in Watertown on 10 May 1642. At the same time, he was granted 56 acres of land, but he does not appear in the town grants between 1636 and 1638.

Phebe died sometime before 1644 when George married his second wife, Susanna Simson in Massachusetts.[8] According to John Brooks Threfall’s Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and their Origins, Phebe died before 1641.[2]

George married Susanna, the widow of John Simson, who died in Watertown in June 1643. He acquired Simson's land, some of which he disposed of in November 1644, meaning they were married before then. He is then recorded in Boston in several deeds between 1645 and 1655.

In a 1695 suit involving George Parkhurst’s son George and some land of John Simson's, there is an affadavit that says George was "about 67" in 1655, that his family was in destitute condition, that his wife had had seven sons and three daughters in America (including two sons with Simson) and that she had gone to London with six of those children. She had found her family unable to help and George apparently wanted to sell his remaining land to go to her aid. If he indeed returned to England with her, it makes sense that he is the "Old George Parkhurst" who is buried at St. Lawrence, near where he was married and had children by his first wife.[2]

Research in NEHGR 27:364 reveals the following:

George Parkhurst Sr. of Watertown was the brother-in-law of Ruth Leete,[1] wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England. She provided in her will for his children, Deborah, wife of John Smith; Elizabeth, widow of Emmanuel Hilliard, wife of Joseph Merry; Phebe, wife of Thomas Arnall; George Parker [Parkhurst]; Joseph Parker [Parkhurst]; Mary, wife of Thomas Carter of Woburn. Other letters connect Benjamin and Joseph.

Early New York Families, Hudson-Mohawk Family Memoirs, Vo. III, page 1307 has an entry on George that mixes up several of the spouses:

"George Parkhurst, born in England about 1590, came to America about 1638 or 1640, and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1642. He removed to Boston, and is supposed to have died there as there is a record of the adminstration of he estate. He married (first) in England, Rebecca _______; (second) Susanna Simpson, widow of John Simpson of Watertown. Children: George jr. born 1618; Joseph; Benjamin; Phebe married Thomas Arnold; Deborah married John Smith; Elizabeth, married (first) Emanuel Hilliard, (second) Joseph Merr; Mary, married Joseph Merry."

The children Susanna took to England probably remained and grew up there, never to return to America, except Benjamin who, if he was taken back, apparently returned as a young man to his American brothers and sisters and then migrated to New Jersey. A letter of 25 Jun 1669 from George, Jr. To his cousin requesting payment to his brother Benjamin of £5 of the £20, which would be due him from his Aunt Dalton (his legacy), shows that Benjamin lived to maturity, had dealings with his brother, and was probably then in New England, further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in New Jersey the next year.[2]

The letter follows:[2]

"Loveing Cousn Bashelder: after my kynde love remembered to you and all the rest of my friends, these fue lines are to desire you if you plese to paye unto my brother Benjamen, fife pounds of that twenty which will bee due to me from my ant Dolton, which I understand you are to paye; and if you will plese so to doue, this shall be your discharge for that fife pounds. As witnese my hand. George Parkis haveing nothing alrd. Att present of, rest your loveing frind. Endorsed: My unkell Georg. Parkes his letter: sent by bejeiman Parkes"

Children of George Parkhurst and Susanna Simson

George and Susanna had five sons:

1. Benjamin, bc 1645-7, Watertown or Boston, MA; d bef inventory of estate taken 16 Feb 1683/4 at Elizabethtown, NJ; m (1) Martha, prob sister of Benj Homan or Oman who d a bachelor 1684, leaving bulk of his estate to her; c 1670 settled Woodbridge, NJ
2. -- (a son) Parkhurst, bc 1645-7, Watertown or Boston, MA; returned to England w/ mother
3. Daniel, bp 10 Jun 1649, 1st Church of Boston, ca 11 days old; returned to England
4. Joshua, bp 7 Mar 1649, 1st Church of Boston; returned to England w/ mother
5. Caleb, bp 26 Feb 1653/4; 1st Church of Boston; returned to England; prob the one with wife Sarah of St Giles, Cripplegate, London with 5 children bp there

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George Parkhurst 'George Parkhurst about 1588 - 1675 (~ 87 years)

Name George Parkhurst

Born about 1588 Ipswich, Suffolk

Gender Male

Died June 1675 Ipswich, Suffolk

Buried 18 June 1675 St. Lawrence, Ipswich

Notes “It has not been ascertained at what time he came to America,

nor whether he brought a wife with him; but he brought at least two children,

viz., a son George, and a dr. Phebe, who m. Thomas Arnold.

Perhaps Joseph, who settled early in Chelmsford, was his son.” [1] Person ID I24157 Schirado Last Modified 17 August 2012

Father John Parkhurst, b. 29 October 1554, Guildford, Surrey, Eng. ,

d. about 1611, Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng

(Age 56 years)

Mother Sarah [Parkhurst]

Family ID F17652

Family/Spouse 1 Phebe Leete, b. about 1585, Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire ,

d. ca 1641/1645 (Age ~ 60 years)

Married about 1611 England

Children
+ 1. Phebe Parkhurst, b. about 1612, Ipswich, Suffolk ,

d. about 1700, Providence, RI   (Age ~ 88 years)

+ 2. Mary Parkhurst, b. about 1614, Ipswich, Suffolk ,

d. 27 March 1687, Woburn, MA (Age ~ 73 years)

	3. Samuel Parkhurst,   b. ca 1616/7, Ipswich, Suffolk ,  

d. before 1641, England (Age ~ 23 years)
+ 4. Deborah Parkhurst, b. about 1619, Ipswich, Suffolk ,

d. about 1686, Edgartown, MA (Age ~ 67 years) + 5. George Parkhurst, b. about 1621, Ipswich, Suffolk ,

d. 16 March 1698/9, Watertown, MA (Age ~ 78 years)

	6. John Parkhurst,   b. about 1623, Ipswich, Suffolk ,   

d. before 1641, England (Age ~ 17 years)

	7. Abigail Parkhurst,   b. about 1625, Ipswich, Suffolk ,   

d. before 1641, England (Age ~ 15 years) + 8. Elizabeth Parkhurst, b. about 1628, Ipswich, Suffolk + 9. Joseph Parkhurst, b. about 1629, Ipswich, Suffolk , d. 30 November 1709, Chelmsford, MA (Age ~ 80 years) Family ID F17619 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family/Spouse 2 Susanna [Simpson], b. about 1610, England ,

d. about 1690, London, England (Age ~ 80 years)

Married about 1644 Watertown, MA

Children

	1. (A Son) Parkhurst,   b. about 1645, Boston Or Watertown, MA ,   d. London, England 

+ 2. Benjamin Parkhurst, b. about 1647, Boston, MA ,

d. about 1683, Elizabethtown, NJ (Age ~ 36 years)

	3. Daniel Parkhurst,   b. about 1649, Boston, MA ,   

d. London, England

	4. Joshua Parkhurst,   b. ca 1651/2, Boston, MA ,   

d. London, England

	5. Caleb Parkhurst,   b. ca 1653/4, Boston, MA 

Family ID F17653

Sources
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• George Parkhurst
• Birth: May, 1589 Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
• Death: Jun., 1675 Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
• George was a son of John and Sarah Parkhurst.

He married Phebe Leete on Mar. 29, 1610/1611

and with her had at least nine children between 1612 and 1629:

Phoebe, Mary, Samuel, Deborah, George, Jr., John, Abigail, Elizabeth and Joseph.

• George immirgrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637.

There he married 2nd Mrs. Susanna Simson, the widow of John Simson,

who had died in Watertown in 1643. She had five children

with John and at least five more with George.

• George and Susanna lived first in Watertown and later in Boston.

Susanna returned to England after 1650. George followed in 1655

after selling the remainder of the land she had owned with John Simson.

• George died in Ipswich, Suffolk, England and was buried at St. Lawrence on June 18, 1675.
• Family links:
• Children:
  • George Parkhurst (1618 - 1698)*
• Burial: Saint Lawrence Churchyard, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 154537824
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154537824 _______________
• George Parkhurst
• M, #71469, b. May 1589
• Father John Parkhurst1 b. 20 Oct 1554
• Mother Sarah1 b. c 1556, d. a 1611
• George Parkhurst was christened in May 1589 at Key, Ipswich,

Suffolk, England. He married Phebe Leete,

daughter of Robert Leete and Alice Grundy,

on 29 March 1610 at St. Mary on the Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

George Parkhurst was buried on 18 June 1675

at St. Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

• Family Phebe Leete b. 20 Dec 1585, d. 24 Apr 1645
• Children
  • Phebe Parkhurst+2 b. 29 Nov 1612, d. a 1688
  • Mary Parkhurst+3 b. Aug 1614, d. 28 Mar 1687
  • Deborah Parkhurst+4,1 b. 1 Aug 1619, d. 8 Mar 1676
• Citations
• [S11674] Genealogy.com, Ancestors of Stanley Elmer Allen.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by Dixie L. Flahive.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by rivernile11.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC .
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2378.htm#... ___________________
• PARKHURST, George
• b. ABT 1588 Ipswich, England
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1611 England
• Spouse: LEETE, Phebe
• b. 20 DEC 1585 Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England
• d. BEF 1641 England
• Children:
  • PARKHURST, Samuel d. BEF 1641 England
  • PARKHURST, John d. BEF 1641 England
  • PARKHURST, Phebe
  • PARKHURST, Mary
  • PARKHURST, Deborah
  • PARKHURST, George
  • PARKHURST, Abigail b. 1 JAN 1625/6 Ipswich, England d. BEF 1641 England
  • PARKHURST, Elizabeth
  • PARKHURST, Joseph
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1644 Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
• Spouse: Susanna,
• b. ABT 1610 England
• d. ABT 1690
• Children:
  • PARKHURST, Daniel d. London, Middlesex, England
  • PARKHURST, Caleb
  • PARKHURST, Benjamin b. ABT 1647 Boston, Suffolk, Mass. d. ABT 1683 Elizabethtown, NJ.
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_8f.htm#38 ________________
• The Rev. Thomas Carter (1608 – 5 September 1684) was a Puritan minister who was ordained in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1642.
• Carter was born in Hinderclay, Suffolk, England, and baptized there on 3 July 1608. His father was James Carter, who was buried 3 May 1625. He had an older brother, James, baptized 14 June 1603, and an older sister, Mary, baptized 25 March 1605 or 1606. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1630 and his M.A. in 1633.[1] Carter was a student at Cambridge at the same time as John Harvard, and the two probably knew each other there. Like Harvard and many other Puritans, Carter immigrated to New England as part of the Great Migration, becoming a freeman of Dedham, Massachusetts in 1637. Carter was active in the church, both at Dedham, and at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he served as an elder.
• Having demonstrated spiritual gifts during his time as an elder, on November 22, 1642, Carter was ordained at Woburn, Massachusetts and he became the pastor of the Woburn congregation.
• In 1638, Carter married Mary Parkhurst (1614–1687), daughter of George Parkhurst and Phoebe Leete, whose cousin William Leete became Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. Together, they had eight children: Samuel, Judith, Theopilus, Mary, Abigail, Deborah, Timothy, and Thomas.
• A painting by Albert Thompson depicting the occasion of his ordination is currently displayed at the Woburn Public Library. His ordination, as the painting suggests, included all of the major ministers of Massachusetts, including John Cotton, Richard Mather, John Eliot, Edward Johnson, John Wilson, with Increase Nowell sitting in the front row.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carter_(minister) __________
• Carter : a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Carter of Reading and Weston, Mass., and of Hebron and Warren, Ct., also some account of the descendants of his brothers, Eleazer, Daniel, Ebenezer and Ezra, sons of Thomas Carter and grandsons of Rev. Thomas Carter, first minister of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1642 by Carter, Howard Williston
• https://archive.org/details/cartergenealogyo01cart
• http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/n26/mode/1up
• Pg.9
• The birthplace and the parentage of the Rev. Thomas1 Carter, first minister of Woburn, Mass., cannot be stated with certainty, but there is no reasonable doubt that he was a native of Suffolk County, England, and there is ground for the belief that he was the son of James Carter, yeoman, of Hinderclay, Suffolk County, whose will, dated August, 1625, proved Oct. 1, 1625, is on file at Bury St. Edmunds. For a full discussion of this matter, the reader is referred to an article contributed by the writer to the Boston Evening Transcript, June 1, 1904.
• .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/14/mode/1up
• Mr. Carter died September 5, 1684, .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/17/mode/1up
• There is little doubt that Mary, wife of the Rev. Thomas Carter, was Mary Parkhurst, daughter of George Parkhurst Sr. of Watertown and Boston, and that she was baptized in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England, August 28, 1614. If so she was daughter of Phebe, the first wife of George Parkhurst. .... etc.
• She died at Woburn, March 28, 1687. (Reg. xvii, p. 51.)
• No record of the marriage of Rev. Thomas Carter and Mary Parkhurst have been found, but their first child, Samuel, was born in Watertown, Aug. 8, 1640.
• Children of Rev. Thomas1 and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter:
  • i. Samuel2 b. Augl 8, 1640. d. autumn, 1693. m. Eunice Brooks, 1672.
  • ii. Judith b. —— . d. 1676. m. (1) Samuel Convers, June 8, 1660. m. (2) Giles Fifield, May 2, 1672.
  • iii. Theophilus b. June 12, 1645. d. Feb. 15, 1649/50.
  • http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/18/mode/1up
  • iv. Mary b. July 24, 1648. d. 1688. m. (1) John Wyman Jr., 1671. m. (2) Nathaniel Bachelor, Oct. 31, 1676.
  • v. Abigail b. Jan. 10, 1649. d. Before 1684. m. John Smith, May 7, 1674.
  • vi. Deborah b. Sept. 17, 1651. d. Dec. 14, 1667.
  • vii. Timothy b. June 12, 1653. d. July 8, 1727. m. Anna Fiske, May 3, 1680.
  • 2. viii. Thomas b. June 8, 1655.
  • SECOND GENERATION.
• 2. THOMAS2 CARTER (Rev. Thomas1) was born in Woburn, Mass., June 8, 1655. The exact date of his death is not known, but he was living at least at late as Sept. 21, 1722, when he and his wife, Margery, acknowledged a deed originally given by them in 1688. .... etc.
• He married in 1681, Margaret (or Margery) Whittemore, (or Whitmore), b. Sept. 9, 1668, d. Oct. 5, 1734, dau. of Francis Whittemore of Cambridge and his wife, Margaret Harty (or Hartz).
• .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/268/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• On the Parish Registers of Ipswich, Suffolk County, England, are found the following baptisms : —
  • Phebe, dau. of George and Phebe Parkhurst, Nov. 29, 1612.
  • Mary, dau. of George Parkhurst, Aug. 28, 1614.
  • Samuel, son of George Parkhurst, Feb. 2, 1616/17.
  • Deborah, dau. of George Parkhurst, Aug. 1, 1619.
  • George, son of George Parkhurst, June 5, 1621.
  • John, son of George Parkhurst, Oct. 19, 1623.
  • Abigail, dau. of George Parkhurst, Jan. 1, 1625/6.
  • Elizabeth, dau. of George Parkhurst, May 18, 1628.
  • Joseph, son of George Parkhurst, Dec. 21, 1629.
• In the so-called "Dalton Deed" (Reg. xxvii, p. 364), Ruth, widow of the Rev. Timothy Dalton, conveys by deed dated March 22, 1663/4 certain property to her "constituted heir," Nathaniel Bacheller, he paying her a certain sum down, and agreeing to pay the sums mentioned below to the persons named, after her death :
  • To Deborah Smith, wife of John, £50
  • To Elizabeth Merry, wife of Joseph, £20
  • To Phebe Arnold, wife of Thomas, £20
  • To Joseph Parkhurst, £20
  • To George Parkhurst, £20
  • To Mary Carter, wife of Thomas (Carter of Woburn), £20
• http://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/269/mode/1up
• The identity of the six names in the two lists is striking, but in addition to this, at least three of the persons mentioned in the Dalton deed are known to be children of George Parkhurst Sr.
• Nathaniel Bacheller, the grantee above, had married Deborah, dau. of the above John and Deborah Smith. In 1669 George Parkhurst Jr. writes Bacheller concerning the money coming to him from "my aunt Dalton," which letter Bacheller endorses as from "my uncle, George Parkhurst."
• Joseph Parkhurst also wrote Bacheller about the money coming to him from "my aunt Dalton." Hence George, Joseph and Deborah must have been children of George Parkhurst Sr.
• As to Ruth Dalton, wife of Rev. Timothy Dalton, from all the facts known to the writer it would seem that she was not a sister of George1 Parkhurst, but was more likely a sister of his first wife, Phebe. No record of the first wife is found in America, though he again married, about 1643, Susanna, widow of John Simpson.
• Unfortunately no record of the marriage of Rev. Thomas Carter and his wife Mary has been found, and the same is true of the marriage of George Parkhurst and his wife Phebe, as also of Rev. Timothy Dalton and his wife, Ruth.
• .... etc. ________________

George and Phebe had nine children. He had 5 more by his second wife, Susanna SIMSON. After Phebe's death, George married Susanna SIMSON, widow of John, on 13 Jun 1655. He acquired the land which had formerly belonged to John, and he sold the last of this land by permission of General Court, granted in response to his petition in which he asserts that he was then "near 67 years old"; that he and his wife and most of her children were in destitute condition; and that he wanted to sell land to go to the aid of his wife and children who had returned to England. He returned to England and is probably "Old George Parkhurst" buried at St. Lawerence, Ipswich, England. He is first of record in Watertown, MA, on 10 May 1642, and in Boston on 4 Oct 1645. "The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, MA," (1966), p. 440; NEHGS, "English Orgins of New England Families," Vol 2, 2nd Series, pp. 835 - 40; N.E.H.&G.R., "The Family of George Parkhurst of Watertown and Boston, Massachusetts", Vol. 68, pp. 370-375; Threlfall, John B., "50 Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins," (1990), pp. 257-259.

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It is not known exactly when George came to America or if he brought a wife with him. He did however bring at least 2 children with him : a son, George, and a daughter, Phebe (who later married Thomas Arnold). Daniel, baptized at the First Church in Boston could very well have been his son. It is also possible that Joseph Parkhurst of Chelmsford was a son [Watertown Genealogies ].

He resided in 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. in 1642, he was the proprietor of a homestall of 12 acres as well as 5 other lots of land in Watertown.

He was admitted freeman in Watertown 5/10/1643 (there is also a possibility that this referred to his son George, Jr.).  He married Susanna, the widow of John Simpson of Watertown in about 1645.  They moved from Watertown to Boston around 1645.  

On 10/4/1645, he (then a resident of Boston) sold a lot of his Watertown properties to John Coolidge and Thomas Hastings which he himself had bought of Hugh Mason.

12/20/1648, he sold to Thomas Arnold, his son-in-law, 30 acres of dividend land in Watertown. On 3/5/1648/9, he sold to William Page 10 acres near the Great Pond. On 6/13/1655, he sold to John Traine 10 acres which had been granted to John Simpson.

He is referred to as George Parkhurst, Sr. in Colonial Families of America (Online database, Ancestry.com).

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From Fifty Great Migration Coloniests to New England, by John Brooks Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990; pp. 257-277. GEORGE1 PARKHURST, (JohnA, ChirstopherB, GeorgeC) was born about 1588, probably in Ipswich, England. About 1611-12 he married PHEBE LEETE, the daughter of Robert and Alice (Grundy) Leets of Eversden on 20 December, 1585, the youngest of seven children. They lived in Ipswich where their children were baptized, but after the last one until their departure for England, there is no record of them and they may have lived elsewhere. George first appears in New England on record at Watertown in 1642 when it was ordered that a highway should be laied out by his house. He is not mentioned in the four grants of land between 25 Jul 1636 and 9 Apr 1638. When he arrived and whether he brought with him his wife Phebe is unknown. If he brought her, she died shortly, for about 1644, he married SUSANNA (-?-) Simson, the widow of John Simson, who was buried at Watertown on 10 June, 1643, leaving two sons and three daughters. By this marriage George acquired most of the real estate of the deceased. She deeded some of it 9 Nov 1643 and George sold two acres of it on 16 Nov 1644, indicating that they married between these dates. By 4 Oct 1645 George Parkhurst was styled "of Boston" in a deed whereby he sold 6 acres which he had purchased from Hue Mason to John Cooledge and Thomas Hastings of Watertown. On 13 Jun 1655 he sold the last twelve acres of what had been John Simson's land for £21. This last conveyance was made by permission of the general Court, granted 23 May 1655 in response to his petition in which he asserts that he was then "near 67 years old", that he and his wife and most of her children were in destitute condition, that she had had ten children during her twenty years residence in America - seven sons and three daughters (five sons by Parkhurst), that she had gone to London, England with six of her children but found her mother, brothers and sisters unable to do what she had expected, that four of her children had remained in America, and that the petitioner desired to sell the land (apparently all that remained) in order that he might go to the aid of his wife. He probably returned to England as soon as possible after this deed was signed, his last act on record in New England. He was probably the "old George Pakhurst" buried 18 Jun 1675 at Saint Lawrence, Ipswich, England. He may have been living with his cousin Nathaniel Parkhurst, who had six hearths in the Suffolk Hearth Tax of 1674. The children Phebe took back to England probably remained and grew up there, never to return to America, except Benjamin who, if he was taken back, apparently returned as a young man to his American brothers abnd sisters and then migrated to New Jersey. A letter of 25 June, 1669 from George, Jr. To his cousin requesting payment to his brother Benjamin of £5 of the £20, which would be due him from his Aunt Dalton (his legacy), shows that Benjamin lived to maturity, had dealings with his brother, and was probably then in New England, further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in New Jersey the next year. The letter follows: "Loveing Cousn Bashelder: after my kynde love remembered to you and all the rest of my friends, these fue lines are to desire you if you plese to paye unto my brother Benjamen, fife pounds of that twenty which will bee due to me from my ant Dolton, which I understand you are to paye; and if you will plese so to doue, this shall be your discharge for that fife pounds. As witnese my hand. George Parkis haveing nothing alrd. Att present of, rest your loveing frind. Endorsed: My unkell Georg. Parkes his letter: sent by bejeiman Parkes" Phebe, George's wife, had a sister, Ruth, wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England., She died without surviving children and left legacies to six of the children of her sister Phebe, suggesting that Samuel, John and Abigail had died young. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leete were married on 13 June 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk, where Ruth had cousins. George and his first wife Phebe, had four sons and five daughters, all born at Ipswich, England:

• i. PHEBE2 PARKHURST, bp 29 Nov 1616, St Stephen; 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) ii. MARY PARKHURST, bp 28 Aug 1614, St Lawrence, parish of St Mary-at-the-Quay; d 1687; m 1638 Rev THOMAS CARTER, 1st minister of Woburn; had 8 children (not named) iii. SAMUEL PARKHURST, bp 2 Feb 1616/7, St Margaret; prob d young iv. DEBORAH PARKHURST, bp 1 Aug 1619, St Margaret; m JOHN SMITH of Watertown, MA; moved 1644 to Hampton, NH; res 1653 Edgartown; had 5 children (not named) v. GEORGE PARKHURST, bp 5 Jun 1621, St. Margaret; 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 vi. JOHN PARKHURST, bp 19 Oct 1623, St Margaret; prob d young vii. ABIGAIL PARKHURST, bp 1 Jan 1625/6, St Margaret; prob d young viii. ELIZABETH PARKHURST, b parish of St Margaret; bp 18 May 1628 St Mary-le-Tower parish; 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 ix. JOSEPH PARKHURST, bp 21 Dec 1629, St Margaret; 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 and Susanna had five sons:

x. BENJAMIN PARKHURST, bc 1645-7, Watertown or Boston, MA; d bef inventory of estate taken 16 Feb 1683/4 at Elizabethtown, NJ; m (1) MARTHA, prob sister of Benj Homan or Oman who d a bachelor 1684, leaving bulk of his estate to her; c 1670 settled Woodbridge, NJ xi. -- (a son) PARKHURST, bc 1645-7, Watertown or Boston, MA; returned to England w/ mother xii. DANIEL PARKHURST, bp 10 Jun 1649, 1st Church of Boston, ca 11 days old; returned to England xiii. JOSHUA PARKHURST, bp 7 Mar 1649, 1st Church of Boston; returned to England w/ mother xiv. CALEB PARKHURST, bp 26 Feb 1653/4; 1st Church of Boston; returned to England; prob the one with wife SARAH of St Giles, Cripplegate, London with 5 children bp there (Ref: NEHGR 27:364; 68; Bond's Watertown; New Jersey Index of Wills, III, V. VI; The family of Leete, by Joseph Leete & John C. Anderson, London, 1906; Parish Registers.)

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Susanna M. Simson Parkhurst by SmartCopy: Sep 28 2015, 6:59:25 UTC
• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy by SmartCopy: Sep 28 2015, 7:03:37 UTC

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FHL book 929.273 J63bw (film 6006775) "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W.M. Bollenbach (Baltimore, 2003), pp. 276-77:

"GEORGE1 PARKHURST, born Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 1589, buried there 18 June 1675, son of

JOHNA and SarahA (___) Parkhurst; married (1) England about 1611 (birth 1612) Phebe1 Leete, christened Little Eversden, co. Cambridge, England 20 December 1585, died Watertown MA about 1643, daughter of RobertA and AliceA (Grundy) Leete; married (2) there between 9 November 1643 and 16 November 1644 Susanna1 (___ possibly Browne), born England about 1610, died in greater London, England about 1690, married (1) Watertown about 1633 (birth 1634) John1 Simpson, born England 1605, died Watertown 10 June 1643.

George1 Parkhurst is seen in Massachusetts about 1635, and was a proprietor at Watertown in 1642, when it was ordered that a highway should be laid out by his house. He was made freeman there 10 May 1643, in Boston MA in 1645, and apparently returned to England after selling his last piece of real estate for twenty-one pounds on 13 June 1655, this being the last record of him in New England. He stated, when obtaining the Court's permission to sell this last twelve acres of what had been John Simson's land, that his wife was in England and that their children there were in desperate condition. She had returned to England with six of her children, but found her mother, brothers and sisters were unable to do what she expected (and one wonders exactly what that might have been), and George desired to sell the land in order that he might go to the aid of his wife. Ruth (Leete) Dalton, Phebe (Leete) Parkhurst's sister, died in New Hampshire in 1641 without surviving children, and left legacies to six Parkhurst children, suggesting that Phebe's children Samuel, John and Abigail had died young. (Torrey 560 and 675).

The ancestry is traced back to Georgius Parkhurst, born say 1485, probably in co. Surrey, England.

Children, surname PARKHURST:

By first wife Phebe Leet:

i. PHEBE, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 29 November 1612, died probably Providence RI after 1688; married Watertown MA about 1639 (birth 1640) as his second wife Thomas1 Arnold, born England 1599, died Providence 1674, married (1) England about 1624 (birth 1625) (___), born England say 1603, died before 1639 (Torrey 22).

ii. MARY2, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 28 August 1614.

iii. SAMUEL, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 2 February 1617, probably died there young before 1641.

iv. DEBORAH, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 1 August 1619, died Edgartown MA about 1686; married Watertown MA about 1638/40 John1 Smith, born England about 1615, died Edgartown about 1670 (Torrey 683).

v. GEORGE, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 5 June 1621, died Watertown MA 16 March 1699; married (1) Chelmsford MA 16 December 1643 Sarah2 Browne, born England say 1623, died before 1650, daughter of Abram1 and Lydia (___) Brown(e); married (2) Watertown 24 September 1650 Mary1 (___), born England say 1620, died Watertown 9 March 1681, married (1) there about 1647 (birth 1648) Robert1 Veazey, born England say 1610, died Watertown before 1650 (Torrey 560 and 766).

vi. JOHN, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 19 October 1623, probably died there young, before 1641.

vii. ABIGAIL, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 1 January 1626, probably died there young, before 1641.

viii. ELIZABETH, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 18 May 1628; married (1) Hampton MA about 1654 (birth 1655) Emmanuel1 Hilliard, born say 1625, drowned at sea 20 October 1659; married (2) Hampton 14 December 1659 Joseph1 Merry, born England 1608, died 1710 ae 102 (Torrey 372 and 505).

ix. JOSEPH, baptized Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England 21 December 1629; probably married (1) Chelmsford MA say 1655 Rebecca (___), born say 1631.

By second wife Susanna (— possibly Browne):

x. SON, born Boston MA about 1645, died probably London, England, after 1655.

xi. BENJAMIN, born Boston MA.

xii. DANIEL, baptized Boston MA 10 June 1649, died probably London, England after 1655.

xiii. JOSHUA, baptized Boston MA 7 March 1653, died probably London, England after 1655.

xiv. CALEB, baptized Boston MA 26 December 1653, died probably London, England after 1655; married Cripplegate, London say 1675 Sarah (___), born there say 1655.

(Colket 231; "Parkhurst Genealogy", W. C. Parkhurst, (pamphlet) 1883; "John Parkhurst", (pamphlet), 1897; Register 68:370, 27:364; NGSQ 71:171; tag 52:113; Savage III:358; Pope 345; Torrey Supplement I: 49; "Parkhurst Increasings", P. G. Parkhurst, 1995)"

"George Parkhurst Increasings for Nine Generations in Two Volumes", Vol I

by Peter G. Parkhurst, Los Altos Hills, CA, 1995

George was born circa 1588 in Ipswich, Suffolk England to John & Sarah Parkhurst. He was buried 18 Jun 1675 in Ipswich.

George married Phebe Leete and their nine children were baptized at Ipswich. [The author does not give these baptisms.]

George's arrival date in New England can be estimated by the marriages contracted by his children in Massachusetts prior to 1640. His first record is at Watertown in 1642 when a highway was to be laid out to his house. He is not in the lists of the four grants of land in Watertown between 25 Jul 1636 [yes he was, see later] and 9 Apr 1638. About 1644, he married his second wife, Susanna Simson, widow of John Simson - who was buried at Watertown on 10 Jun 1643, leaving 2 sons, 3 daughters.

Susanna sold some of her husband's land on 9 Nov 1643. George Parkhurst sold two acres of Simson's land on 16 Nov 1644. So they married sometime during that year.

4 Oct 1645, George sold six acres in Watertown but was living in Boston.

13 Jun 1655, George Parhurst sold the last 12 acres of what had been John Simson's land. The sale was made by permission of the court on 23 May 1655, in response to a petition that he was "near 67 years old" and he and his wife, who was in England, and most of their children were destitute. She had had 10 children during her 20 years of residence in American [included 5 Parkhurst sons] and she had gone to London with six of her children, but found her mother, brother & sisters were unable to do what she expected. Four of her children had remained in America, and George desired to sell the land so he could go to the aid of wife. That his last record in America; presumably he did return to England. He was probably the "old George Parkhurst" buried 18 Jun 1675 at St. Lawrence, Ipswich. He may have been living with his cousin Nathaniel Parkhurst of that place.

Watertown Records:

1636

First Inventory of Grants and Possessions:

Original Index:

p.81. George Parkhurst

p.82 Thomas Arnold

George Parkhust

1.An Homestall of 12a bounded E with the highway, W with William Jennison, N with Michael Barstow & the S with George Munnings

2.A Farme of 56a of upland in the 1 Division

3.An Homestall of 16a more or les bounded W with Hugh Mason, E with John Hayward, N with Richard Beers, & S with Justinian Holden

4.4a of Plowland in the hither Plaine & the 6 Lott

5.4a of Meddow in the remote Meddowes & the 100 Lott

6.30a of upland being a great Divident in the 1 Division & the 13 lott

7.9a of upland beyond the further Plaine & the 16 lott

8.2a of Meddow bounded E with William Hammond, W with Isaac Sterne, N with Henry Bright & S with John Warrin

9.A Farme of 78 acres of upland in the 5 division

Another inventory of grants taken 9th day 7th month 1639, did not include George Parkhurst.

Note

Source:  The Family of George Parkhurst of Watertown and Boston, MA by Edson Salisbury Jones, sq. of Port Chester, NY. Source:  WFT V38-1215.  George & Phebe, while living in Ipswich, had 9 children, altho this source lists 13 children born to them.  He first appears on record in N.E. at Watertown in 1642.  It is unknown if Phebe came to NE with him but she died shortly afterwards for he married again in 1644, and all children were born in Ipswich, ENG. George's 2nd wife, Susanna was widow of John Simson and had 2 sons and 3 daughters by him.  The last parcel of land was sold 13 Jun 1655 as he was then "near 67 years old and that he and his wife who was in ENG and most of her children were in destitute condition, that she had had 10 children during her 20 years of residence in America, 7 sons and 3 daughters.  She had gone to London with 6 of her children but found that her mother and siblings were unable to help.   Four of her children remained in America and George probably returned to ENG as soon as possible as his last act on record  of 13 Jun 1655.  He was probably the "Old george Prkhurst" buried 18 Jun 1675 at St. Lawerence, Ipswich, ENG. Modified 26 August 2013 by alsanchez2792814

GEORGE PARKHURST (John, Christopher, George) was born abut 1588,probably in Ipswich, England. About 1611-12, he married Phebe Leete,the daughter of Robert and Alice (Grundy) Leete of Eversden,Carnbridgeshire. Phebe was baptized at Little Eversden on 20 December1585, the youngest of seven children. They lived in Ipswich wheretheir children were baptized, but after the last one until theirdeparture for England, there is no record of them and they may havelived elsewhere. George Parkhurst first appears in New England on record at Watertownin 1642 when it was ordered that a highway should be laid out by hishouse. He is not mentioned in the four grants of land between 25 July1636 and 9 April 1638. When he arrived and whether he brought with himhis wife Phebe is unknown. If he brought her, she died shortly, forabout 1644, he remarried to Susanna Simson, the widow of John Simson,who was buried at Watertown on 10 June 1643, leaving two sons andthree daughters. By this marriage, George Parkhurst acquired most ofthe real estate of the deceased. She deeded some of it 9 November 1643and George Parkhurst sold two acres of it on 16 November 1644,indicating that they married between these dates. He soon leftWatertown for Boston where he made the following deed: 4 October 1645 - George Parkhurst of Boston sold to John Cooledge andThomas Hastings of Watertown 6 acres bought of Hue Mason of Watertownfor a valuable summe of come (1:3 1) On 13 June 1655, he sold the lasttwelve acres of what had been JohnSimson's land for £21. This last conveyance was made by permission ofthe General Court, granted 23 May 1655 in response to his petition inwhich he asserts that he was then near 67 years old, that he and hiswife and most of her children were in destitute condition, that shehad had ten children during her twenty years residence in America-seven sons and three daughters (five sons by Parkhurst therefore),that she had gone to London, England with six of her children butfound her mother, b rothers and sisters unable to do what she hadexpected, that four of her children had remained in America, and thatthe petitioner desired to sell the land (apparently all that remained)in order that he might go to the aid of his wife. He probably returnedto England as soon as possible after the deed of 13 June 1655, hislast act on record in New England. He was probably the Old GeorgeParkhurst buried 18 June 1675 at Saint Lawrence, lpswich, England. Hemay have been living with his cousin Nathanial Parkhurst, who had sixhearths in the Suffolk Hearth Tax of 1674. The children she took back to England probably remained and grew upthere, never returning to America, except Benjamin who, if he wastaken back, apparently returned as a young man to his Americanbrothers and sisters and then migrated to New Jersey. A letter of 25June 1669 from George Jr. to his cousin requesting payment to hisbrother Benjamin of £5 of the £20, which would be due him from hisAunt Dalton (his legacy), shows that Benjamin lived to maturity, haddealings with his brother, and was probably then in New England,further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in NewJersey the next year. The letter follows: Loveing Cousn Bashelder: after my kynde love remembered to you and allthe rest of my frinds, these fue lines are to desire you if you pleseto paye unto my brother Benjamen, fife pounds of that twenty whichwill bee due to me from my ant Dolton, which I understand you are topaye; and if you will plese so to doue, this shall be your dischargefor that fife pounds. as witnese my hand. George Parkis haveingnothing alrd. att present of, rest your loveing frind. Endorsed: Myunkeil Gorg. Parkes his letter: sent by benjeinian Parkes Phebe, George's first wife, had a sister Ruth, wife of ReverendTimothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles fromIpswich, England. She died without surviving children and leftlegacies to six of the children of her sister Phebe, suggesting thatSamuel, John an d Abigail had died young. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leetewere married on 13 June 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk, where Ruth hadcousins. Thus, Phebe was nee Leete. Children by second wife, Susanna BENJAMIN, prob. born at Watertown or Boston about 1645 or 7; if takenback to England by his mother, he returned, for he settled inWoodbridge, N.J. about 1670; m 1, Martha who was prob. sister ofBenjamin Homan (or Oman) who d a bachelor 1684, leaving bulk of hisestate to her; Inventory of B.P.'s estate was taken 16 Feb. 1683/4 atElizabethtown, N.J. SON, prob. b at Watertown or Boston about 1645 or7; taken back to England DANIEL, bapt. at Boston 1st Church 10 June 1649 ae about 11 days old;taken back to England JOSHUA, bapt. at Boston 1st Church 7 March 1651/2; taken back toEngland CALEB, bapt. at Boston 1st Church 26 Feb. 1653/4; taken back toEngland; prob. the Caleb Parkhurst with wife Sarah of St. Giles,Cripplegate, London with 5 ch. bapt. there Ref.: N.E.H.G.R. - 27:364; 68; Bond's Watertown; New Jersey Index ofWills - IT!, V. VI; The Family of Leete, by Joseph Leete & John C.Anderson, London, 1906; Parish Registers Modified 26 August 2013 by Tim Farr

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George was a son of John and Sarah Parkhurst. He married Phebe Leete on Mar. 29, 1610/1611 and with her had at least nine children between 1612 and 1629: Phoebe, Mary, Samuel, Deborah, George, Jr., John, Abigail, Elizabeth and Joseph.

George immirgrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637. There he married 2nd Mrs. Susanna Simson, the widow of John Simson, who had died in Watertown in 1643. She had five children with John and at least five more with George.

George and Susanna lived first in Watertown and later in Boston. Susanna returned to England after 1650. George followed in 1655 after selling the remainder of the land she had owned with John Simson.

George died in Ipswich, Suffolk, England and was buried at St. Lawrence on June 18, 1675.

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