Born in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua (Gamage) Gammage Sr.
and Elinor (Foster) Gamage
Sister of
Daniel Gamage, Stephen Gamage, Joshua Gammage, Ruth Gamage, Nathaniel Gamage, Jane Gamage, William Gamage, William Gamage, Jemima (Gamage) Pool, Samuel G Gamage and Jane Gamage
Wife of
Andrew Parsons Sr.
— married
1 Dec 1785 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Moses Parsons, Andrew Parsons, Joshua Parsons, June Parsons, James Parsons, Eleanor (Parsons) Northey, Sally Parsons, Martha Jane (Parsons) Levensailor, Jane Parsons, Jerusha Parsons and William Parsons
Died
at age 87
in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Eleanor Gammage was born on 29 November 1767 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Joshua Gamage (1741–1810) and Elinor Foster (1748–1795).[1][2]
Eleanor (18) married Andrew Parsons (20) (born in Gloucester; son of James Parsons Sr. and Sarah (Lane) Parsons) on 1 December 1785 in Gloucester.[3] Their known children were:
- Moses Parsons (12 October 1786 – about 0 March 1870)
- Andrew Parsons (28 December 1788 – about 1870)
- Joshua Parsons (about 1790 – 8 July 1840)
- June Parsons (5 December 1794 – unknown)
- James Parsons (26 July 1795 – about 26 July 1795)
- Eleanor Parsons (31 May 1796 – 24 April 1855)
- Sally Parsons (28 March 1798 – unknown)
- Martha Jane Parsons (24 March 1800 – 5 May 1871)
- Jane Parsons (26 May 1802 – unknown)
- Jerusha Parsons (9 February 1804 – unknown)
- William Parsons (6 June 1806 – unknown)
Eleanor died on 11 September 1855 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, aged 87.[2]
Census
In 1850, she was living in the household of her son Moses in Medford, Massachusetts.[4]
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Moses Parsons | M | 63 | Shoemaker | Massachusetts |
| Jane Parsons | F | 48 | Maine | |
| Eleanor Parsons | F | 82 | Massachusetts |
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007729402; FHL microfilm: 823641
FamilySearch Record: FZZT-9JM (accessed 15 September 2023)
Elinor Gamage baptism on 29 Nov 1767, daughter of Joshua Gamage & Elinor, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Death: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004219407; FHL microfilm: 960171; Record number: 155; Packet letter: B
FamilySearch Record: N7N1-5TY (accessed 15 September 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-XHG3-H6T Image number 409
Eleanor Parsons death 1855 (age 88), daughter of Joshua Gamag... & Ellen, in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. - ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHC-N45 : 4 December 2014), Andrew Parsons and Eleanor Gammage, 01 Dec 1785; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823641 V. 1-2.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS9-34F : Fri Sep 15 18:13:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Parsons and Jane Parsons, 1850.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
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~3.12%
Nancy (Beale) Skuba
:
23andMe, GEDmatch YC5316286 [compare]
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Jeffrey Sprague :
23andMe
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