Parsons Family Association Discussion Board

Seeking documentation for the children and marriage of James Parsons and Martha Neely. The family Search site of the Mormon church lists children Robert, b 25/2/1775 VA; Anna, b 19/9/1776 VA; Joseph b 14/11/1778 VA; Enoch, b 10/3/1781 VA; Peter, b 15/3/1783 VA; John b 21/10/ 1787 VA; Benjamin b 17/2/1790 VA; Jesse b 05/4/1793 VA; Mary b 15/4/1796 VA and Silas b 17/09/1799 KY. Death dates are listed for some children. The family was living in Carter Co, TN in 1798 when Anna md John Storm. James and Storm family moved to Indiana. Is anyone familiar with this family or the origin of the data in this family i. e. bible, christening records, etc.         Marilyn Collins  marilync@hal-pc.org

There is a 15-Star Flag at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington , Ma .

This flag was made sometime between 1795 and 1818 and would have been used to flly over a fort or on a ship. Sometime after it was taken out of action, the flag came into the possession of the Parsons family whose members lived in New Hampshire and Southern Maine. The National Heritage Museum obtained the flag from a descendant in 1995.

Does anyone have any information about the flag or the connection to the family?

I came across a marriage of a Thomas Parsons / Bridget Culligan during my research of the Culligan name. Thomas Parsons was a private soldier in the British Army’s 55th Regiment and was aged 22 when they married in St. Stenan’s Church of Ireland(Protestant) in Kilrush, CO. Clare, Ireland on 17th July 1847. His father’s name was also Thomas. Bridget Culligan was aged 18 and the daughter of David Culligan from the townland of Ballykett, Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland. David Culligan died in the Kilrush workhouse of dysentary on 30 Jan. 1851 at the end of the famine in Ireland. He was aged 65. Maybe if you are keeping a databsase on the Parsons name you might like to add this information to it and maybe someone who is researching the name may connect with them. There is a Bridget Parsons, a widow, aged 51 (which tallies with the age of Bridget Culligan) shown in the 1880 US census in St. Louis, Missouri with children Mary Jane, Robert and Patsey and I was wondering what family this Bridget was connected to. If you have any information. Contact P.J. Culligan direct at PJ.Culligan@magellangroup.net

Regards from Co. Clare, Ireland

Is there recent information regarding the origin, date of birth,  and parents of Joseph Williston?

I live in the UK and my mother was a Parson before she married my father. Her father Frederick Charles Stratford Parson (FCSP) and three of his siblings were christened Parson between 1882 & 1892 whereas his other four older siblings were all christened Parsons between 1871 & 1879. All of these births were in the Saint Pancras area of North London. FCSPs father was John Thomas Stratford Parson (JTSP) and he was also born in Saint Pancras in 1847. JTSPs father was Thomas Parsons and he married Ann Drew in Gloucester, Gloucestershire in 1838, he was born in 1813 and was a Blacksmith.  Two of Thomas’s siblings born between 1812 & 1826 were also given the middle name of Stratford.  Thomas’s father John born 1789 in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire was also a Blacksmith. Johns ancestors were William born 1754 in Minchinhampton, (His brother John Newman Parsons born 1747 took his middle name after their mother), John born 1708 in Minchinhampton, Roger born 1667, Richard born 1632 with them both again being born in Minchinhampton, Richards father was also a Roger born circa 1605 in ??. I have found no other usage of the Stratford middle name. I would be very interested to hear if anybody has traced any of their ancestors to Minchinhampton or have found the middle name of Stratford in use within their family. Best wishes, Brian Pipe, London, UK.  

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