Joseph Parke, Sr., of Salisbury

Joseph Parke formerly Parkes

m1. Preston, Conn., Feb. 1709/10 Mary ___, living 1725
m2. Sarah ____

Burial

13 SEP 1760 Northeast, Dutchess, New York

He lived at Groton, Preston, Middletown, Sharon and Salisbury, Conn. The History of Sharon, Conn., say that: "Joseph Park came from Middletown. He sold his farm in 1746 and moved to Salisbury. Had two sons Smith and Daniel. Smith lived here until 1780, when he moved to New Canaan, NY. Daniel moved away in 1762." In the Groton town records there is record of a deed, dated Nov. 24, 1724, by Joseph Park, of MIddletown, to Jacob Parke, of Groton, selling: "All my right and title to ye house and land which my Honored Father Nathaniel Parke, late of Groton, deed., which he died possessed of, which fell to me as part of my portion," etc. Joseph Parke was a weaver in Groton, in 1721; resided in Middletown from about 1724 to about 1736; in Sharon to about 1744, and in Salisbury for a few years, being one of the original members of the Congregational Church in Salisbury.

Son of Nathaniel Parke and Sarah Geer. Married Mary Smith, who was not the daughter of John Smith & Hannah Williams of Hingham, and the widow of Josiah Paine of Rehoboth, on Oct 25, 1709 in Groton, Connecticut. 7 children.

Family

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/Freem...

Mary Smith was born circa 1686.

She married Paine.2

Mary Smith married Joseph Parke, son of Nathaniel Parke and Sarah Geer, at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, in February 1709/10.3

Mary Smith died before 1757 at Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

Family 1: Paine

Family 2: Joseph Parke b. c 1682, d. Sep 1760

Children

1. Rachel Paine Parke b. 18 Aug 1708
2. Josiah Parke b. 1709
3. Sara Parke b. 3 Nov 1710
4. Joseph Parke+ b. 23 Sep 1712, d. 19 May 1768
5. Mary Parke b. 24 Feb 1715
6. Elizabeth Parke b. 1717
7. Daniel Parke+ b. 12 Apr 1719
8. Smith Parke+ b. 5 Nov 1721, d. 12 Feb 1807
9. James Parke+ b. 14 Jan 1724/25, d. May 1776

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Family

Source: page 269-270 of The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later. By Keith Harrison (2008)

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References

1. page 269-270 of The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later. By Keith Harrison (2008)
2. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 10 2021, 18:54:09 UTC
3. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 10 2021, 18:58:42 UTC
4. birth date seen as 11/08/1682
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parkes-125 cites
   1. McArthur, Selim Walker. McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines (The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1964) Page 102-3 < Archive.Org >
   2. Ancestral File Number: JPLF-DP