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| 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 Simso The time period when George and Susanna were married can be determined by John Simson'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. 4 October 1645 - George Parkhurst of Boston sold to John Cooledge and Thomas Hastings of Watertown 6 acres bought of Hue Mason of Watertown for a valuable summe of come (1:3 1) 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. The children Susanna took back to England probably remained and grew up there, never returning to America, except Benjamin who, if he was taken back, apparently returned as a young man to his American brothers and sisters and then migrated to New Jersey. A letter of 25 June 1669 from George Jr. to his cousin requesting payment to his brother Benjamin of £5 of the £20, which would be due him from his Aunt Dalton (his legacy), shows that Benjamin lived to maturity, had dealings with his brother, and was probably then in New England, further support to the identity of the Benjamin Parkhurst in New Jersey the next year. The letter follows: Loveing Cousn Bashelder: after my kynde love remembered to you and all the rest of my frinds, these fue lines are to desire you if you plese to paye unto my brother Benjamen, fife pounds of that twenty which will bee due to me from my ant Dolton, which I understand you are to paye; and if you will plese so to doue, this shall be your discharge for that fife pounds. as witnese my hand. George Parkis haveing nothing alrd. att present of, rest your loveing frind. Endorsed: My unkeil Gorg. Parkes his letter: sent by benjeinian Parkes Phebe, George's first wife, had a sister Ruth, wife of Reverend Timothy Dalton, Rector of Woolverstone, which is five miles from Ipswich, England. She died without surviving children and left legacies to six of the children of her sister Phebe, suggesting that Samuel, John and Abigail had died young. Timothy Dalton and Ruth Leete were married on 13 June 1615 at Gislingham, Suffolk, where Ruth had cousins. Thus, Phebe was nee Leete. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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