Mary Park

concerns

Do not confuse this Mary with Mary Johnson. One of them has wrong dates (and maybe also wrong places), but it is unclear which one that is. Further research is warranted.

Origins

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/Freeman/p191.htm#i4999

• Mary Rose was born between 1662 and 1680.
• She married Robert Parke, son of Thomas Parke and Dorothy Thompson, circa 1693.1
• Mary Rose died in 1726 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.
• Mary Rose is a possible daughter of Thomas Rose. If so, she would not likely have been born until at least 1675, which would have made her a much younger woman than her husband, Robert Parke. Alternatively, she may have been a sister of Thomas Rose of Preston.

family

Mary Rose married Robert Parke and had 7 children. The Mary Rose who married Robert Parke is probably Thomas' sister, and her descendants will have the name Parke.

• 31 Hezekiah, born in Preston, Conn., about 1695. He became very prominent in the Colony, being Rep- resentative during the years 1736-7-9-41-2. He was Grandjuryman in 1717, Lister 1720, Tithingman 1725, Graineryman 1727, Constable 1729, etc. He married Margery Dyke, Nov. 14, 1716. She died April 10, 1776, aged 83 years. He died Peb. 10, 1752.
• 32 Jemima*, bapt. in Stonington, July 15, 1694; m Jacob Rude. Children: Jacob, John, Joseph, Zachariah, Mary, Robert, Susanna, Jemima and Dorothy Rude.
• 33 Robert*, was bapt. at Stonington. Conn., Oct. 10, 1697. He resided in Preston, or the northern part of Groton. He was twice married; 1st, to Mary Rex; 2nd, to Elizabeth Benjamin, who he married at Griswold, Conn., in 1725.
• 34 Keziah*, b at Preston, Conn., about 1700; m Jonathan Davison. Children: Jonathan, Thomas, Hezekiah, Ziporah, Samuel, Keziah, Mary, Hannah, Margery and Margaret Davison.
• 35 Margaret*, bapt. June 7, 1702, at Preston; m Benjamin Rockwell, Feb. 3, 1723. Children: Sarah, Samuel, b Nov. 28, 1727; Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary Rockwell.
• 36 Dorothy*, bapt. April 15, 1704. She married 'Thomas Woodward, May 18, 1725. They lived at Preston.
• 37 Rose*, bapt. March 30, 1707. She mar- ried Moses Meech, at Stonington, Oct. 1, 1729.
• 38 Mary*; m Enoch Badger.

notes

Ages of Mary Rose's children suggest she was a contemporary and therefore a sister of Thomas. Savage refers to a Mary Rose in a sketch on Robert Fleming: "ROBERT, Stonington 1669, had gr. of land 30 Sept, that yr. and d. bef. 1681, leav. wid. Joanna and d. Mary Rose, possib. other ch. "

links

• http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/rose_index.html
• Genealogy of the Parke families of Connecticut, including Robert Parke, of New London, Edward Parks, of Guilford, and others, also a list of Parke, Park, Parks, etc., who fought in the Revolutionary war by Parks, Frank Sylvester, b. 1861 Publication date 1906. Page 36. Archive.Org
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_Parke_%283%29
• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/Freeman/p191.htm#i4999