(1) Hij is getrouwd met Martha Chapen.
Zij zijn getrouwd te Bury St. Edmonds, Cambridge, England.Bron 1
Kind(eren):
(2) Hij is getrouwd met Alice.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1644 te Roxbury, MA, hij was toen 59 jaar oud.Bron 2
The Bromley Genealogy
Viola Anette (Derby) Bromley
pg 346-349
Park Or Parke.
Sir Robert Parke, the Emigrant.
The "Parke Record," by Edwin H. Park, contains the following: "The name Park originally came from a follower of William the Conqueror, who, after the Conquest, was rewarded by the king with grants of land in the north of England. He was made Master of the Hunt and placed in charge of the Royal Parks and granted the title of baronet, and was known as 'Sir Thomas de Park.' A descendant of this,Sir Thomas was Sir Robert Park, the first progenitor of the family in America. Others of his descendants were Major William Parke and Col. Richard Parke, both companions of the Order of the Bath. Daniel Park, from whom descends the Park-Custis family of Virginia, was a near relative of Sir Robert Parke. Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685, among the Protestants or Huguenots, compelled to flee from France, were many by the name of Parc, and they escaped to England, and some of them eventually found their way to America. From these some of the families in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are descended. The direct descendants of Sir Robert Parke in Connecticut generally dropped their final 'e' about the time of the Revolution, although some of them still preserve it, and even write it Parkes. The family have ever been honest, thriving, industrious, and law-abiding citizens, strict in their observance of the Sabbath, orthodox in their adherence to the Christian religion and in politics stanch Republicans." By intermarriage they were connected with some of the most prominent of the Colonial families, among others not named in this record being those of Hopkins, Snow, Doane, Paine, Bangs, Palmer and Winn, of Massachusetts; Tracy, Winslow, Mason, Bushnell, Marvin and Caulkins, of Connecticut, and the old Sackett family of Amenia, New York State. The arms were granted to Sir Thomas Parke, of Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely, county Cambridge, in 1618. They are: "Gu. on a pale argt., three bucks' heads ca bossed, of the first. Crest, A talbot's head gu., pierced in the breast with a pheon of the last." In addition, from the College of Heraldry, is added: "Gorged with a collar gemmel or." Motto, "Justitiae tenax."
Robert Parke, born about 1580, at Preston county, Lancashire, England, sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, March 29, 1630, in ship Arabella with Gov. Winthrop. He served during the voyage as private secretary to the Governor, and was associated with him for several years subsequent. They landed at Salem, Mass., June 12, and from there to Boston, June 17, 1630. He married, first, at Bury St. Edmonds, county Cambridge, England, Martha Chapen (or Chaplin), daughter of Capt. Robert Chapen (or Chaplin) and Elizabeth Anstey, daughter of Francis Anstey, of Bury St. Edmunds. He went to Wethersfield, Conn., in 1639, with his son, Thomas; was made Freeman in 1640, deputy to the General Court in 1641-2, a Selectman in 1651, and Representative to the State Assembly in 1652.
Thomas Parke, born in England in 1622, came with his father and lived in Wethersfield and Preston, Conn., of which town he was one of the incorporators in 1686, and gave the name to the town from his birthplace, in Preston, England. He was a deacon in the Rev. Treat's church. He married, in 1645, Dorothy Thompson, daughter of John and Alice Thompson, of Preston, England. He died in Preston, Conn., July 30, 1709, and his will was probated in Sept., 1709.
His children were:
1 Martha, born in Wethersfield, 1646; died Feb. 14, 1717; married, Jan. 16, 1667-8, Isaac Wheeler; born 1646; died June 5, 1712.
2 Thomas, born in Wethersfield, April 18, 1648; died 1697-8; married Mary Allyn, daughter of Robert, of New London.
3 Robert, born in New London; married, Nov. 24, 1681, Rachel Leffingwell, daughter of Thomas and Mary Bushnell.
4 Dorothy, born in New London March 16, 1652; married, in April, 1670, Joseph Morgan.
5 Nathaniel, died 1718; married Sarah Geer, daughter of George and Sarah (Allyn) Geer.
6 William, married, Dec. 3, 1684, Hannah Frink, born 1661, daughter of John, of Stonington, and Grace (Stevens) Frink.
A paper of great interest is the letter which Robert Parke wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, from Easterkeale, in Lincolnshire, shortly before they sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for America, in the ship Arabella, March 29, 1630, and which is printed in the Massachusetts Historical Society's collections, series 5, volume 1, page 194. Here is a copy of it:
"To the Right Worshipfull Maigr. John Winthrop Esquier in Gratton in Suffolke give this with speede I pray you.
"To the Right Worshipfull, Sir,
"I understand by some of my frendes that you are suddenly to goe into New England. If it be not to laite for me to provide my selfe with cattell and shiping, I do porpose to goe with you, and all my company, if please God to permit us life and health. I haue sente to my sonne and to Mathewe Harrison to by for me six coues, and three mayers, and a horse; soe, I beseech you, give them directions to take the beste course for me that you shall thinke fit for to be done, hoping you will doe the beste that you can do fordere my jurny. Furder, I woulde desire you to giue me directiones what household I shall take with me, and for howe longe we shalle vittle us, and what day we shall set forwardes from London; but as for our selfes, we wilbe at Stratford the laste weke in February; and thus with my loue and seruis remembred, in haste, I reste, comiting you unto the Allmightie. Your assured frend to comaunde.
Ro: Parke.
"From Easterkeale, in Lincolnshire this xxviijth day of February 1629."
Ancestry of Lawrence Williams
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PARKE
1. Robert1 Parke was born in Preston, England, in 1585 and died in Stonington, Conn., 4 Feb., 1665. Sir Robert Parke was the progenitor of the New England branch of the family. He emigrated from Preston Capes, Lancashire, England, sailing with his wife and three children 29 Mar., 1630, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in the ship "Arbella," with seventy-six passengers. They landed at Salem, Mass., 12 June, and at Boston, 17 June, after a passage of seventy-eight days. This was the famous Winthrop party which was comprised of the best Puritan families of England and was by far the most important expedition that had left England for the new world, the Mayflower excepted. The emigrants included many persons of high character, wealth, and learning, among whom were four non-Conformist ministers.
Robert Parke was a warm personal friend of Governor Winthrop's and there is a letter extant that he wrote to him regarding the prospective voyage, dated from Easterkeale in Lincolnshire, 27 Feb., 1629/30. He was a man of some means and did not come to the New World through dire necessity, or to better his condition, but rather from a desire to have more religious liberty. He acted as secretary to Winthrop during the passage to America. He returned to England the same year, carrying an order from the Governor of Massachusetts to his son John to pay money, probably the first bill of exchange drawn in America. On his return to America, Robert1 Parke and his son Thomas2 settled in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1640 where lands were allotted to him. He was admitted freeman of the Colony in April of that year; was Deputy to the General Court in 1641, 1642; juror, 1641-1643; and townsman 1646, 1647. He removed in 1649 with his son Thomas to Pequot (now New London), the Rev. Mr. Blinman coming thither also as first minister of the town (see page 162). Here Robert Parke resided six years. His new barn which stood at the corner of Hempsted and Granite streets was used as the first house of worship in the new town. The call to service was by beat of drum. He finally settled east of the Mystic River and was one of the men appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1658 to organize the town of Southertown (Stonington). He served in the Colonial wars, and was a man of considerable importance in the Colony. His will is dated 14 May, 1660, and was proved March, 1664/5. He was probably buried in Whitehall Burial Ground.
He married first in Edmundsbury, England, Martha Chaplyn, daughter of Capt. Robert Chaplyn and Elizabeth Anstey (daughter of Francis Anstey of Bury, England). Her father gave her ???300 as her marriage portion. Her brother was Sir Francis Chaplyn, Lord Mayor of London in the reign of Charles II.
He married second in Roxbury, Mass., in 1644 Mrs. Alice Thompson, widow of John Thompson (see page 162) and mother of Dorothy Thompson, who married his son Thomas.
Children by first wife born in England:
i. William,2 b. 1604; d. Roxbury, 11 May, 1685; m. Salem, 1636, Martha Holgrave (John) of Salem. He emigrated in the "Lyon" with Roger Williams February, 1631. He was one of the wealthiest citizens of Roxbury, a deacon of the church and for more than forty years a member of the General Court.
ii. Samuel, m. Hannah.
2. iii. Thomas, b. 1619
iv. Ann, d. 10 Sept., 1641; m. 10 Aug., 1640, Edward Payson, born in Nazing, England, 13 Oct., 1631; died in Dorchester, Mass., 1709. He married (2) 1 Jan., 1642, Mary Eliot, sister of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians.
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