Job
Parsons
Sr.
Born before in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Parsons Jr.
[uncertain]
and Anna (Clarke) Parsons
[uncertain]
Brother of
Jonathan Parsons Jr and Jeffry Parsons
Husband of
Elizabeth (Jumper) Parsons
— married
26 Jan 1771 in Gloucester, Province of Massachusetts Bay (present day Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA)
Descendants 
Father of
Moses Parsons
Died before
at about age 68
in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Private Job Parsons Sr. served with 9th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
A Job Parsons, son of John, jr., was baptized at the First Parish Church, Gloucester on 29 Apr 1750. [1]
His parents were John Parsons and Anna Clarke. He married Betsey Dow * See Research Notes
Job served in the Revolutionary War as a private, enlisting in January 1777 in Captain Child's company, Colonel Wesson's regiment. Job was transferred to Colonel Michael Jackson's regiment and served to the end of the war. His heirs applied for a land grant. In the grant application papers is a letter from the Judge of Probate, Essex County Probate office dated 2 Feb 1819 which states "I Daniel A. White, judge of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Ebenezer Parsons, Edward Parsons, Moses Parsons, Anna Parsons and Elizabeth Parsons are the only children and heirs at law of Job Parsons, late of Gloucester in said county, deceased, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, in colonel Wesson's regiment; as appears by the records in said office." The record also states there are no other Job Pearsons or Job Parsons in other Massachusetts Regiments. [2] The Job Parsons who settled in Dover, Piscataquis, Maine, therefore, could not have been his son and heir at law.
Research Notes
12 Mar 2023
- Parsons, Job, and Elizabeth [Betty. int.] Jumper, Feb. 14, 1771. [3] Evans-3182 18:48, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
5/9/2018
- Could not find any Job Parsons born in or near 1765 in the Gloucester Vital Records. [4] Williams-27459 00:10, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
- No listing for the marriage of Job Parsons and Betsey Dow in the Vital Records for Gloucester. Looked under Parsons and under Dow. [5] Williams-27459 00:14, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
14 May 2018
- The only documented Job Parsons of Gloucester, Massachusetts who was son of this John Parsons was baptized 29 Apr 1750 at First Parish in Gloucester. No documentation has been located which suggests that this Job died and another child of the same name was born in 1765 or thereabouts. - Wright-17252 18:14, 14 May 2018.
Sources
- ↑ Gloucester Vital Records, 1:516 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B516.shtml
- ↑ Pension: Fold3.com; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; B.L.Wt. 832-100 https://www.fold3.com/image/25329495
- ↑ 'Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.)', 1917-1924, Volume 2, pp 406, archive.org (accessed 12 March 2023)
- ↑ Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.) Publication date 1917-1924 The Topsfield Historical Society , Volume 1. [Births]
- ↑ Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.) Publication date 1917-1924 The Topsfield Historical Society , Volume 2. [Marriages]
- Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). [page 313]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Job 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 Job:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Job 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 Job:
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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4WT-CYF : 7 December 2017), Job Parsons in entry for Henry Plumer and Anna Parsons, 28 Oct 1849; citing , Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,257.