Elizabeth (Parsons) Durkee (1669 - 1711)

Born 22 Mar 1669 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Durkee Sr. — married 22 Mar 1684 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1711 at age 42 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth (Parsons) Durkee was born on 22 Mar 1669 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, daughter of Jeffrey Parsons Sr. (<1631–1689) and Sarah (Vinson) Parsons (~1636–1708).

Her siblings were:

• James Parsons (1658–1733)
• Jeffrey Parsons Jr. (1661–1750)
• Sarah (Parsons) Lee (1663–1688)
• John Parsons (1666–1714)
• Jeremiah Parsons (1672– )
• Nathaniel Parsons (1675–1722)
• Abigail (Parsons) Foster (1678–1732)
• Ebenezer Parsons (1680–1680)
• Ebenezer Parsons (1682–1763)

Elizabeth died on 23 Sep 1711 in Gloucester, aged 42.

Elizabeth (15) married John Durkee Sr. (20) (born about 3 Jan 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay; son of William Durkee and Martha (Cross) Durkee) on 22 Mar 1684 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Their children were:

• John Durkee Jr. (1689–1751)
• Jeramiah Durkee (1695– )
• Elizabeth (Durkee) Calkins (1697–1752)
• William Durkee (1700–~1753)
• Thomas Durkee Sr. (1702–1751)
• Patience (Durkee) Badger (1703–1793)
• Stephen Durkee (1706–1769)
• Sarah (Durkee) Griswold (1708–1744)
• Mary Durkee (1709–1713)
• Mary (Durkee) Walbridge (1711–1749)

Sources

• Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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• Source: S32 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R1
• Source: S35 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: #R1
• Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.

Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

• Ancestry.com Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriag; Repository: #R1
• From English Ancestry of Jeffrey Parsons, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The NEHGS Register Vol 142 page 249
•  :(Parsons Ms.). SG PAR 36 states that his home was t Fisherman's Field [Gloucester].
• :v. ELIZABETH, b. 22 March 1669; d. 23 Sept 1711; m. JOHN HURKEE (SG PAR 37)

vi. JEREMIAH, b. 28 May 1672 (ibid.). The 1743 manuscript states that he was "press'd on board A Man of War when young... uncertain whither living or dead." In a later hand is added, "The above Jeremiah most probably was settled at Virginia having got clear of the Mon of War but he never returned Home -- May 14th, 1771."

vii. NATHANIEL, b. 16: 1m [March] 1674/5 (Gloucester VRs, 1:522; SG PAR 36 gives date a 2 March); d. 21 May 1722 aged 47 yrs, of smallpox (SG PAR 36); m. at Gloucester, 27 Dec. 1697, ABIGAIL HASKELL< daughter of William (Gloucester VRs, 2:410)

viii. ABIGAIL, b. 25 March 1678; d. 23 Sept. 1711; m. 2 July 1699, ABRAHAM FOSTER (SG PAR 37)

ix. EBENEZER, b. 5 Jan. 1680; d. 6 Jan. 1680 (SG PAR 36).

x. EBENEZER, b. 28: 11 m 1681 [Jan. 1681/2] (Gloucester VRs, 1:510; SG PAR 36 gives date as 28 Dec.); d. 19 Dec. 1763 (Gloucester VRs, 3:229); m. (1) 3 Feb. 1704, LYDIA HASKELL (SG PAR 36), who d. 2 Oct. 1734 aged 53y 28d (Gloucester VRs, 3:232). The marriage intentions of Ebenezer Parsons and Mrs. ALICE NORWOOD were recorded at Gloucester 11 April 1741 (ibid., 2:403), but there is no record of the marriage. He m. probably (2) 4 Dec 172, JEMIMA (NELSON) (BENNETT) TODD of Rowley, who d. 25 April 1752 aged 65 yrs (SG PAR 37; George B. Blodgette, The Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts [1933] 21, 244, 385). He m. (3) 31 Oct., 1754 ELIZABETH (_____) ANDREWS (SG PAR 36). He was a tanner, "several years a Deacon of the First Church, often a Selectman, and a Ruling Elder of the Church at his death... the live on the cut in Gloucester" (ibid.)." [1] Marland-3 23:19, 16 August 2014 (EDT)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Parsons-1063 created through the import of Steve Sanders family tree_2011-08-28.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by Steve Sanders.