Leonard Parks (1760 - 1838)

Born 25 Oct 1760 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey (Bucknam) Parks — married 15 Mar 1785 in Lincoln, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Died 8 Jun 1838 at age 77 in Cambridgeport, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Leonard Parks was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 25 October 1760 ^[1],^[2].

Leonard Parks and Betsy Bucknam of Malden published their intention to marry in Lincoln on 19 Dec 1784 ^[3]. They did marry on 15 March 1785, at Malden ^[4].

There were several children of this family, including:

• Leonard Parks (1785-)
• Betsey Bucknam Parks (1790 - 1866); married 1) Nehemiah Lovejoy; 2 (probable) Charles Pike ^[5]
• Caleb Goddard Parks (29 Jul 1793 - 29 Oct 1826) ^[6]
• Royal Mifflin Parks (7 Jul 1797 - 30 Mar 1853) ^[7]
• Mary G. Parks (1799 - 19 Jul 1893); married John I. Abbott ^[8]

Maj. Leonard Parks died 8 June 1838 at Cambridge(port), Massachusetts. His grave is represented to be in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ^[9]. No grave marker is depicted.

Notes

The online family "searching" app lists 19(!) children of this Leonard Parks, all with the same spouse, Elizabeth Bucknam. Whereas some of these may be valid (some may be duplicates), a high degree of skepticism is recommended, accompanied probative reticence before accepting the complete list.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908, page 60. Accessed on 1 Aug 2022 at the Internet Archive. [ https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofli00linc/page/60/mode/2up ]
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NS-XZQ : 20 May 2022), Leonard Parks, 25 Oct 1760; citing Birth, Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010703.
3. ↑ Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908, page 128. Accessed on 1 Aug 2022 at the Internet Archive. [ https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofli00linc/page/128/mode/2up ]
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH1-7HKG : 11 May 2022), Leonard Parker and Betsey Buckman, 15 Mar 1785; citing Marriage, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009681.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174687299
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174688997
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174689901
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #133188794
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174687557

Acknowledgments

Thank you to LaFaye Lincoln for creating Lincoln-2067 on 30 Nov 13.