Sgt. Eleazer Parke

He was a farmer and lived in Preston all his life, becoming a large landowner in Preston, Groton, and Canterbury. "Mary, widow of Thomas Parke," deeded land to her youngest son Eleazer, signed by herself and children. March 13, 1710--Preston Lane Records, book 2, page 386. In 1720 he was Sergeant, in 1733 Tythingman, and in 1736 Surveyor, of Preston. His will, made Feb. 5, 1757, and filed in the Probate Office, in Norwich, Dec. 5, 1769, mentioned his wife, Eliphel; gave to son Ruben, "land in Canterbury where he now dwells, to son Simeon land in Canterbury where he lives; to sons Asa and Abijah, the homestead in Preston." He also mentions son Peter and daughters Sarah Cook, Eunice Park and Mary Park. The inventory of his estate, filed Dec. 18, 1769, amounted to 1023 pounds; s3: d9.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18329150/eleazer-park

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Links

• Genealogy of the Parke families of Connecticut, Pg.42
• Find-a-Grave Profile

Sources

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JY-18X : 3 December 2014), Eleazer Park, 14 Nov 1769; citing Preston, New London, Connecticut, reference 54; FHL microfilm 3,359.