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Descendants of John Parkhurst

Generation No. 2

2. George² Parkhurst (John¹) was born 1588 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England, and died June 1675 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England. He married (1) Phebe Leete 1611 in England, daughter of Robert Leete and Alice Grundy. She was born 1545 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England, and died Bef. 1641 in England (probably). He married (2) Susanna Unknown (Widow Simson) 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. She was born 1610 in England, and died 1690 in Greater London, England (Probably).

Notes for George Parkhurst:
George was born during 1588 possibly in May, probably in Ipswich,
England. George and his wife, Phebe Leete, lived in Ipswich where their
nine children were baptized, but after the last child was baptized there
is no record of them in Ipswich and they may have lived elsewhere until
George appears on record in New England.

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, MA on 20 June 1637.

George first appears on record in New England at Watertown, MA in
1642 when it was ordered that a highway should be laid out to his house.
He is not mentioned in the four grants of land made in Watertown between
25 July 1636 and 9 April 1638. Whether he brought with him his wife,
Phebe, is unknown. If he brought her she died shortly afterwards, for
about 1644, he married his second wife, Susanna Simson, the widow of John
Simson.

The time period when George and Susanna were married can be
determined by John Simon's burial at Watertown on 10 June 1643 and by the
sales of Simson's real estate. Susanna held title after John's death and
deeded some of the land on 9 November 1643. George sold two acres of
Simson's land on 16 November 1644, having acquired title by his marriage
to Susanna. They were living in Boston by 1645 as evidenced by a deed
George made there on 4 October 1645 selling six more acres in Watertown.

On 13 June 1655, George sold the last 12 acres of what had been
John Simson's land for 21 pounds. This 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, who was in England, and most of her children were in destitute
condition, that she had had 10 children during her 20 years of residence
in America - seven sons and three daughters (at John Simon's death, he
left two sons and three daughters; therefore she had five sons by
Parkhurst), that she had gone to London, England with six of her children
but found her mother, brothers and sisters were 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. George probably returned
to England as soon as possible after the deed of 13 June 1655, his last
act on record in New England.

George was probably the "Old George Parkhurst" buried 18 June 1675
at Saint Lawrence, Ipswich, England. He may have been living with his
cousin Nathanial Parkhurst, who had six hearths in the Suffolk Hearth Tax
of 1674.

More About George Parkhurst:
Burial: June 18, 1675, St. Laurence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England
Immigration: June 20, 1637, In Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
Occupation: Farmer

Notes for Phebe Leete:
Phebe (Phebe "unknown" in some early Parkhurst genealogies) was the youngest of seven children. She had a sister, Ruth, wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leete were married on 13 June 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk. Ruth died in New Hampshire without surviving children and left legacies to six Parkhurst children of her sister, Phebe, but nothing to Phebe's children Samuel, John, and Abigail which suggests that they had died young.

More About Phebe Leete:
Christening: December 20, 1585, Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England

More About George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete:
Marriage: 1611, England

Notes for Susanna Unknown (Widow Simson):
Susanna, widow of John Simson, who married George Parkhurst as his second wife, may have been nee Brown, as she interacts with Browns in Watertown, MA. Susanna returned to England before 1655. Except for Benjamin Parkhurst, the children Susanna took back to England probably grew up there, and never returned to New England.

More About George Parkhurst and Susanna Simson):
Marriage: 1644, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

Children of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete are:

Phebe³ Parkhurst, born 1612 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died 1700 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. She married (1) Daniel Dan March 27, 1635 in Woolverstone Co., Suffolk, England; died Unknown. She married (2) Thomas Arnold 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.

Notes for Phebe Parkhurst:
Phebe's first marriage took place at Wolverstone, the home of her Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton near Ipswich.

More About Phebe Parkhurst:
Christening: September 29, 1612, St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

More About Daniel Dan and Phebe Parkhurst:
Marriage: March 27, 1635, Woolverstone Co., Suffolk, England

More About Thomas Arnold and Phebe Parkhurst:
Marriage: 1640, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

ii.

Mary Parkhurst, born 1614 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died March 28, 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. She married Thomas Carter Bef. 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.

Notes for Mary Parkhurst:
Mary's husband, Thomas Carter, was living in Watertown, MA before 1637. Mary's first child was born
early in August 1640 in Watertown. This places Mary in Watertown by 1639. She probably arrived with her father and some of her siblings and this helps to date the arrival time of George and his family to 1638 or 1639.

More About Mary Parkhurst:
Christening: August 28, 1614, St. Laurence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

More About Thomas Carter and Mary Parkhurst:
Marriage: Bef. 1640, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

iii.

Samuel Parkhurst, born 1617 in In Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died Bef. 1641 in England (Probably).

Notes for Samuel Parkhurst:
Samuel probably died young in England since he was not mentioned in his Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.

More About Samuel Parkhurst:
Christening: February 02, 1616/17, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

iv.

Deborah Parkhurst, born 1619 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died 1686 in Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA. She married John Smith 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.

Notes for Deborah Parkhurst:
Deborah probably married shortly after she arrived with her family at Watertown, MA.

More About Deborah Parkhurst:
Christening: August 01, 1619, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

More About John Smith and Deborah Parkhurst:
Marriage: 1638, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

George Parkhurst, born 1621 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died March 16, 1698/99 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He married (1) Sarah Browne December 16, 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Unknown September 24, 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.

Notes for George Parkhurst:
George, Jr. was the oldest surviving son of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete. He came as a boy to Watertown with his father and siblings and remained in Watertown the rest of his life, even when his father returned to England. He settled on what came to be known as the old Parkhurst farm in a part of Watertown that later became part of Waltham. His farm was located on the east side of Beaver Brook and on the north side of the old county road. The house stood a few rods east of the cottage of Thomas Page.

More About George Parkhurst:
Christening: June 05, 1621, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Occupation: Farmer

More About George Parkhurst and Sarah Browne:
Marriage: December 16, 1643, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

More About George Parkhurst and Mary Unknown:
Marriage: September 24, 1650, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA

vi.

John Parkhurst, born 1623 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died Bef. 1641 in England (probably).

Notes for John Parkhurst:
John probably died young in England since he was not mentioned in his Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.

More About John Parkhurst:
Christening: October 19, 1623, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

vii.

Abigail Parkhurst, born 1625 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died Bef. 1641 in Enland (probably).

Notes for Abigail Parkhurst:
Abigail probably died young in England since she was not mentioned in her Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton's will.

More About Abigail Parkhurst:
Christening: January 01, 1625/26, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

viii.

Elizabeth Parkhurst, born 1628 in St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died Unknown. She married (1) Emanual Hill(i)ard 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; died Unknown. She married (2) Joseph Merry December 14, 1659 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; died Unknown.

Notes for Elizabeth Parkhurst:
Elizabeth was probably living with her Aunt Ruth (Leete) Dalton in Hampton, NH prior to her first marriage in 1650. She moved to Martha's Vineyard in 1670 with her second husband. It is not known when she died and no stone marks her grave.

More About Elizabeth Parkhurst:
Christening: May 18, 1628, St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

More About Emanual Hill(i)ard and Elizabeth Parkhurst:
Marriage: 1650, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH

More About Joseph Merry and Elizabeth Parkhurst:
Marriage: December 14, 1659, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH

ix.

Joseph Parkhurst, born 1629 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England/Ipswich, England; died November 30, 1709 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children of George Parkhurst and Susanna Simson) are:

Son³ Parkhurst, born 1645 in Boston, MA or Watertown, MA; died Unknown in Greater London, England (Probably).

Notes for Son Parkhurst:
George Parkhurst's petition for permission to sell land in 1655 stated that Susanna had ten children while in New England. Of these ten children, five sons were fathered by George. Records have been found for four of these sons. This son, name unknown, could have been either the first or second born. He was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.

ii.

Benjamin Parkhurst, born 1647 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died 1683 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ/Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY. He married Martha Homan 1675 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ/Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY; died Unknown.

Notes for Benjamin Parkhurst:
Benjamin was either the first or second son of George and second wife, Susanna. He was born either in Watertown, MA or more probably in Boston between 1645 and 1648. If he was taken back to England by his mother, he apparently returned as a young man to his American brothers and sisters and then migrated to New Jersey.

Benjamin's half-brother, George, Jr., wrote to his "cousin Bashelder" on 25 June 1669 requesting payment to Benjamin of five pounds of the 20 pounds which would be due George, Jr. from his legacy from his Aunt Ruth Dalton. This letter shows that Benjamin was probably in New England and was in contact with at least some of his Parkhurst half-siblings, and lends further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in New Jersey the next year.

Benjamin is on record as being in Woodbridge, NJ about 1670. He was one of the first settlers of Woodbridge. He exchanged his properties at Woodbridge on 8 Aug 1672, with Claude Vallot of Elizabethtown, and became a permanent resident of Elizabethtown. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Company of Foot on 22 March 1679/80, and was listed as Justice of the Peace on 4 February 1682/3, Judge of Small Causes on 28 March 1683, and Captain of the Company on 3 December 1683.

When he died, probably in February 1683/4, the inventory of his estate established a value of 188 pounds16 shillings.

More About Benjamin Parkhurst:
Occupation: Joiner

More About Benjamin Parkhurst and Martha Homan:
Marriage: 1675, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ/Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY

iii.

Daniel Parkhurst, born May 1649 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died Unknown in Greater London, England (Probably).

Notes for Daniel Parkhurst:
Daniel was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.

More About Daniel Parkhurst:
Christening: June 10, 1649, First Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

iv.

Joshua Parkhurst, born 1653 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died Unknown in Greater London, England (Probably).

Notes for Joshua Parkhurst:
Joshua was probably taken back to England by his mother and died somewhere in the greater London area never returning to America.

More About Joshua Parkhurst:
Christening: March 07, 1652/53, First Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

Caleb Parkhurst, born 1654 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died Unknown. He married Sarah Unknown in Cripplegate Co., London, England; died Unknown.

Notes for Caleb Parkhurst:
Caleb was probably taken back to England by his mother. He was probably the Caleb Parkhurst with wife,
Sarah, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London whose five children were baptized there.

More About Caleb Parkhurst:
Christening: February 26, 1653/54, First Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

More About Caleb Parkhurst and Sarah Unknown:
Marriage: Cripplegate Co., London, England

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