Josiah Parsons1

M, #9201, b. 14 October 1775, d. 1796
     Josiah Parsons was born on 14 October 1775 in York, Maine.1 He was the son of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Josiah Parsons was baptised on 22 October 1775 at York.2 He died in 1796 in Lisbon "reportedly."2

Citations

  1. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 112 p. 305. Vital Records of York, Maine.
  2. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 5 p. 210.

Jotham Parsons1

M, #12833, b. 2 April 1783, d. 14 December 1860
     Jotham Parsons was born on 2 April 1783.1 He was the son of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Jotham Parsons married Olive Greenleaf.2 Jotham Parsons died on 14 December 1860 at the age of 77.1

Child of Jotham Parsons and Olive Greenleaf

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 62.
  2. [S46] Various contributors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Miss Olive Sewall Parsons. DAR ID Number: 24089.

Judith Parsons1

F, #16746
     Judith Parsons married Charles Chauncy Parsons, son of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf, on 16 November 1809 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.2

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.
  2. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to The End Of The Year 1849.

Lucinda Parsons1

F, #12835, b. 6 May 1787
     Lucinda Parsons was born on 6 May 1787.1 She was the daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Lucinda Parsons died unmarried.1

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 62.

Lucy Parsons1

F, #16752
     Lucy Parsons was the daughter of Thomas Parsons.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Lucy Parsons1

F, #16901
     Lucy Parsons was the daughter of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Lydia Parsons1

F, #5233, b. 3 April 1755, d. 21 March 1834
     Lydia Parsons was born on 3 April 1755 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine.2 She married Moses Greenleaf, son of Jonathan Greenleaf and Mary Presbury, on 17 September 1776 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.2 Lydia Parsons died on 21 March 1834 in Williamsburg, Piscataquis County, Maine, at the age of 78.2

Children of Lydia Parsons and Moses Greenleaf

Citations

  1. [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
  2. [S34] Unverified internet information, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/20/…
  3. [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 4. p. 409.

Martha Parsons1

F, #16922, b. 1 October 1840
     Martha Parsons was born on 1 October 1840 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of William Parsons and Sabra Watson.1

Citations

  1. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

Mary C. Parsons1

F, #22223
     Mary C. Parsons married George B. Shepherd.1

Child of Mary C. Parsons and George B. Shepherd

Citations

  1. [S89] Family Search, Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915.

Mary Judith Parsons1

F, #16900
     Mary Judith Parsons was the daughter of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Mary Sabra Parsons1

F, #16915, b. 5 August 1842
     Mary Sabra Parsons was born on 5 August 1842 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.1

Citations

  1. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

Miriam Parsons1

F, #16924
     Miriam Parsons was the daughter of William Parsons and Sabra Watson.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Olive Sewall Parsons1

F, #15822, b. 1 March 1866, d. 2 June 1936
     Olive Sewall Parsons was born on 1 March 1866 in Nashua, New Hampshire.2 She was the daughter of Rev. Benjamin F. Parsons and Mary A. Nesmith.1 Olive Sewall Parsons died on 2 June 1936 in Derry Village, New Hampshire, at the age of 70, after a long illness.3

Citations

  1. [S46] Various contributors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Miss Olive Sewall Parsons. DAR ID Number: 24089.
  2. [S89] Family Search, United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925.
  3. [S205] Newspaper, The Boston Herald, 3 June 1936.

Pamelia Parsons1

F, #12837, b. 12 December 1791, d. 3 November 1864
     Pamelia Parsons was born on 12 December 1791.1 She was the daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Pamelia Parsons died on 3 November 1864 at the age of 72.1

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 62.

Sabra Parsons1

F, #16925
     Sabra Parsons was the daughter of William Parsons and Sabra Watson.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Sarah Titcomb Parsons1,2

F, #9200, b. 13 March 1774, d. 8 December 1860
     Sarah Titcomb Parsons was born on 13 March 1774 in York, Maine.1 She was the daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Sarah Titcomb Parsons married Benjamin Walton Randall, son of Rev. Benjamin Wilson Randall and Joanna Oram, on 12 March 1801 in Edgecomb (marriage intention, Edgecomb 12 Dec 1800.)3 Sarah Titcomb Parsons died on 8 December 1860 in New Durham, New Hampshire, at the age of 86.3

Sarah's father-in-law was the founder of the Freewill Baptist church. She was reportedly a circuit rider for the church. Her father, Josiah, threw her out of the house when she converted, but later relented and was himself converted along with all of his family.4

Citations

  1. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 112 p. 305. Vital Records of York, Maine.
  2. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 62.
  3. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 5 p. 209.
  4. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 5 p. 210.

Schuyler Livingston Parsons1

M, #16251, b. 12 October 1852
     Schuyler Livingston Parsons was born on 12 October 1852.1 He was the son of William Barclay Parsons and Eliza Glass Livingston.1

Citations

  1. [S250] Saint Nicholas Society, Vol. 1. p 118.

Stephen Parsons1

M, #9202, b. 31 October 1777, d. 7 April 1862
     Stephen Parsons was born on 31 October 1777 in York, Maine.1 He was the son of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1 Stephen Parsons was baptised on 3 November 1777 at York.2 He married firstly Lucy Knight on 18 July 1799.2 Stephen Parsons married secondly Margaretta Frederica Randall, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Wilson Randall, on 29 October 1801 at New Durham, New Hampshire.2 Stephen Parsons died on 7 April 1862 in Edgecomb at the age of 84.2

Stephen was a farmer and built the first grist and carding mills in Edgecomb; he surveyed and mapped Jeremysquam Island before the appointment of land titles there in 1815; he was the town's first representative to the new Maine legislature after separation from Massachusetts and was responsible for Massachusetts being called a state instead of commonwealth because the shorter word would save writing and printing time and expense.2

Citations

  1. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 112 p. 305. Vital Records of York, Maine.
  2. [S106] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 5 p. 210.

Thedosia Parsons1

F, #12836, b. 3 December 1789
     Thedosia Parsons was born on 3 December 1789 in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine.1 She was the daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.1

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 62.

Theodore Parsons Jr.1

M, #15008, b. 1802, d. 31 May 1889
     Theodore Parsons Jr. was born in 1802 in York Village, York County, Maine.1 The marriage intention of Theodore Parsons Jr. and Emeline Sewall, daughter of Nathaniel Sewall and Hannah Moore, was published on 6 November 1851 in York, Maine.2 Theodore Parsons Jr. died on 31 May 1889 in York Village, York County, Maine,2 and is buried in South Side Cemetery, York Village, York County, Maine.3

Citations

  1. [S34] Unverified internet information, http://genforum.genealogy.com/parsons/messages/101.html
  2. [S365] Eben Graves, The descendants of Henry Sewall. Vol. II (Unpublished), p. 244.
  3. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "#63779680 M.I."

Theophilus Parsons1

M, #16750
     Theophilus Parsons was the son of Thomas Parsons.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Theophilus Parsons1

M, #16913
     Theophilus Parsons died young.1 He was the son of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons1

M, #16726, b. 24 February 1750, d. 30 October 1813
     Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons was born on 24 February 1750 in Byfield, Massachusetts.2 He graduated in 1769 from Harvard.2 He married Elizabeth Greenleaf, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf and Elizabeth Chauncy, on 13 January 1780 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.3 Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons died on 30 October 1813 in Pearl Street, Boston, at the age of 63.

Children of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 58.
  2. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.
  3. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

Professor Theophilus Parsons1

M, #16908, b. 17 May 1797, d. 26 January 1882
     Professor of law at Harvard. Professor Theophilus Parsons was born on 17 May 1797 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.2,3 He was the son of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf.1 Professor Theophilus Parsons graduated in 1815 from Harvard.3 He married Catherine Amory Chandler on 7 May 1823 in Petersham, Massachusetts.4 Professor Theophilus Parsons died on 26 January 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 84.3

Children of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.
  2. [S89] Family Search, Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year of 1850 Baldwin, Thomas W.
  3. [S39] Harvard Law School Association, Harvard Law School, p. 251 et seq.
  4. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
  5. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

Thomas Parsons1

M, #16747
     Thomas Parsons was the son of Charles Chauncy Parsons and Judith Parsons.1

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.

Dr. Usher Parsons1

M, #5193
     Dr. Usher Parsons. Of Providence, Rhode Island.2 He married Mary Jackson Holmes, daughter of Rev. Abiel Holmes and Sarah Wendell, on 23 September 1822.1

Citations

  1. [S38] Catherine Drinker Bowen, Yankee from Olympus, p.6.
  2. [S74] S.V. Talcott, Genealogical notes, p. 394.

William Parsons1

M, #16919, b. 17 February 1800, d. 13 January 1847
     William Parsons was born on 17 February 1800 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf.1 William Parsons married secondly Sabra Watson.1 William Parsons died on 13 January 1847 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 46.3

Children of William Parsons and Sabra Watson

Citations

  1. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.
  2. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
  3. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

William Parsons1

M, #16923, b. 16 August 1831
     William Parsons was born on 16 August 1831 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of William Parsons and Sabra Watson.1

Citations

  1. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

William Barclay Parsons1

M, #16250, b. 1824, d. 1887
     William Barclay Parsons was born in 1824.1 He married Eliza Glass Livingston, daughter of Schuyler Livingston and Ann Eliza Hosie.1 William Barclay Parsons died in 1887.1

Child of William Barclay Parsons and Eliza Glass Livingston

Citations

  1. [S250] Saint Nicholas Society, Vol. 1. p 118.

William John E. Parsons1

M, #16911, b. 16 August 1831
     William John E. Parsons was born on 16 August 1831 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.1

Child of William John E. Parsons

Citations

  1. [S130] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
  2. [S286] William Chauncey Fowler, Memorials of the Chaunceys, p. 59.