Dr.
John
Wilkes
Parsons
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Parsons
and Mary Langdon (Seavey) Parsons
Brother of
Amos Seavey Parsons, Mary Parsons, Samuel Parsons, Joseph Parsons and Elizabeth (Parsons) Garland
Husband of
Abigail (Garland) Parsons
— married
11 Aug 1803 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Jefferson Parsons, Emily (Parsons) Brown, Charles G. Parsons, Abigail Parsons, William Harrison Parsons, John Parsons, Warren Parsons, Abby Semira Parsons and Semira Parsons
Died
at age 70
in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2016
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Biography
He was a Physician in Rye, NH, for about 50 years and also served as Justice of the Peace for many of those years. He went privateering one cruise during the War of 1812. (Wikipedia defines privateering as a "person or ship authorized by the government by letters of marque to attack foreign vessels during wartime, and take them as prizes.")
He served in the senate and state legislature in NH for several years.
He married Abigail Garland, of Rye, on Sept 22, 1857.
Sources
- Parsons, Langdon Brown. The History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire (Rumford Printing Co., Concord, New Hampshire, 1905) Page ?.
- Marriages and Deaths, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 102.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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