Born in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Best
and Maria Mesick
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Elijah Parsons
— married
1800 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Peter Parsons and James Parsons
Died
at age 62
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mary was born in 1779, the daughter of George and Maria (Mesick) Best, of Sharon, NY.[1] Mary married Elijah Parsons (1776 - 1865) in 1800. Together they had eleven (known) children[1]
- Maria Parsons, b. Dec 12, 1800. Maria died May 1881 She married Henry H Foland(1798-1881) in Columbia, Co, NY.
- Peter Parsons b. Nov 25, 1801. Peter d. May 5 1873 He married Maria Simmons May 10, 1825.
- Henry Parsons, b. Nov 4, 1804. d. May 10 1885. He m (1) Feb 22, 1825, Catherine Moore; m. (2) 1833, Mrs. Sarah (Engel) Powell.
- James Parsons, b. Nov 1, 1806; d. Oct 25, 1874; m. Nov 3, 1829 Hannah Moyer.
- Eliza Parsons, b. Aug 27, 1808; d. Mar 11, 1844; m. John D. Hiller
- George Parsons, b. Dec 13, 1810; d. May 7, 1900; m. (1) July 10, 1836, Elizabeth Diefendorf; m (2) May 2, 1878, Mrs. Sallie (Diefendorf) Ottman; m. (3) July 13 1893, Sarah A. Stokes.
- Katherine Parsons, b. Nov 9, 1812; d. Jan 29, 1837; m. George Anthony of Sharon.
- John Parsons, b. Oct 14, 1814; d. April 16, 1867, at Sharon; m. Mary Sylvester Churchill, of Plymouth, Mass., b. Apr 6 1807, d. at Sharon, Sept 28, 1894
- Elisha Parsons, b. Mar 14, 1815; d. Sept 20, 1878; m. June 15, 1852, Mary Ann Pool.
- Martha Parsons, b. Feb 14, 1819; d. June 2, 1849; m. 1847 Deacon Schuyler Gordon, of Cherry Valley (his 2nd wife).
- Charles Parsons, b. April 10, 1821; d. Oct 29, 1898 at Bath, Rensselaer Co., N.Y.; buried at Sharon; m. Oct 18, 1843, Martha Hiller, a sister of John D Hiller, of Sharon. She d. Jan 1887.
- Clarissa, b. Apr 18, 1823, was noted as living at Sharon Springs NY
- Sarah Parsons, b. Apr 16, 1825; d. Jan 21, 1893; m. Apr 3, 1849, Sidney Alonzo Powell.
Mary died on 11 Mar 1842 aged 62. [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Parsons, Henry. Parsons Family, Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1912) pages 189-192, biography of husband, marriage, and children
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