Joseph Parsons (1702 - 1765)

Born 1702 in Springfield, Hampshire (now Hampden), Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Usher) Parsons — married 7 Jan 1729 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Jewett — married 1753 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 4 May 1765 at about age 63 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Rev. Joseph Parsons

Birth

1702, at Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Alternate birth dates: 29 Oct 1702, at Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts or about 1702, at Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Marriage

7 Jan 1729, at Bradford, , Massachusetts^[3]

Wife: Frances Usher

Child: Samuel Parsons

Child: Frances Parsons

Child: Elizabeth Parsons

Child: Joseph Parsons

Child: Thomas Parsons

Child: John Dr. Parsons (Relationship to Father: Unknown)

Child: William (B) Parsons

Child: Sarah Parsons

Child: Edward Parsons

Death

4 May 1765, at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts^[4]

Alternate death: 4 May 1765, at Haverhill, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ "Joseph Parsons ye son of Joseph Parsons and Abigail Parsons was borne 1702." Ancestry.com image of Vital Records of Springfield.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Vital Records of Springfield, Book 1, page 44.
3. ↑ Vital records of Bradford, marriages, p. 256. "Parsons... Joseph, jr., Rev., and Mrs. Frances Usher of Charlestown, at Charlestown, Jan. 7, 1729."
4. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Deaths, p. 351. "Parsons... Joseph, Rev., May 4, 1765, in his 63d y."

• Find A Grave: Memorial #18149469: Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts