Robert Parks¹ (M)
b. say 1581, d. 1664
Relationship=7th great-grandfather of Lydia Electa Corey.

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Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

Children of Robert Parks and Martha Chaplin

William Parks b. 21 Apr 1607, d. 11 May 1685²
Thomas Parks b. s 1620, d. 30 Jul 1709¹

Notes and Citations:

1. [S157] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Rio Vista, California: American History and Genealogy Project, 2000). Online version used. Alphabetical by surname. [PARKE or PARKS] ROBERT, Wethersfield 1639, freem. Apr. 1640, may have sent ano. beside his eldest s. William some yrs. bef. he came to our shore, as permanent resid. for I have the best reason for think. he had come in 1630, and went back the same yr. carrying an order by our Gov. to his s. John in Eng. to pay money, wh. is in my possess. and may be the earliest bill of exchance dr. on our side of the water, but was not guid. by the decision of the s. as to his plana. rep. first in Aug. 1642, rem. 1649 to New London, where his barn was the first place of worship, selectman 1651, rep. 1652, call. an aged man 1662, d. 1665. His will, of 14 May 1660, pro. Mar. 1665, names only three ch. William, Samuel, and Thomas; but perhaps a d. Ann had accomp. her br. William early to Roxbury, there m. 20 [[vol. 3, p. 348]] Aug. 1640, Edward Payson, and d. 10 Sept. of foll. yr. In his favor, I suppose, was the curious order of 30 May 1644, by our Gen. Ct. that he might "proceed in m. with Alice Tompson, without further publishment."
2. [S263] Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-33, (database online), The Generations Network Inc., Provo, UT, http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4714, original source of data: Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-33 (Farmington, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2004). William Parke entry.