Mary Baldwin

Spouse: Ebenezer Flagg
Marriage: 5 Dec 1830, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA

• Brookfield Vital Records to 1850

1. Frank B. Flagg, born about 1855, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

"Of Spencer," per marriage record.

Elizabeth Billings

Birth: 6 Nov 1669, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Elizabeth Billings birth; p. 14; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/14/mode/2up : accessed 23 Dec 2022).

Death: 27 Jun 1756, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Elizabeth Parks death, "in the 88th year of her age"; p. 416; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/416/mode/2up : accessed 23 Dec 2022).

Spouse: Richard Parks
Marriage: 14 Jul 1690, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Richard Parkes and Elizebeth Billing, p. 33; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/32/mode/2up : accessed 22 Dec 2022).

1. Joseph Parks, born 9 Jan 1690/91, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
2. Elizabeth Parks, born 29 Jan 1691/92, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
3. Sarah Parks, born 6 May 1696, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
4. Josiah Parks, born 10 Jan 1697/98, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
5. Abigail Parks, born 11 Sep 1700, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
6. Jonathan Parks, born Feb 1701/2, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
7. Hannah Parks, born 18 May 1704, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
8. David Parks, born 30 Jul 1705, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
9. Isaac Parks, born 26 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
10. Rebecca Parks, born 26 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
11. Ephraim Parks, born about 1710
12. Daniel Parks, born estimated 1712
13. Zaccheus Parks, born estimated 1714

Notes:

Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Billlings, per birth record.

Ebenezer Flagg

Spouse: Mary Baldwin
Marriage: 5 Dec 1830, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA

• Brookfield Vital Records to 1850

1. Frank B. Flagg, born about 1855, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA

Phebe Laflen

Spouse: Rufus Sibley
Marriage: 16 Jul 1809, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

1. Sylvanus Sibley, born 6 Oct 1809, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA
2. Edward Sibley, born 8 Dec 1813, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

Lydia M. Lamb

Death: 14 Feb 1846

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23472583/lydia-sibley: accessed 21 December 2022), gravestone photo for Lydia Lamb Sibley (d. 14 Feb 1846, aged 27), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23472583, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998).

Burial: Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23472583/lydia-sibley: accessed 21 December 2022), gravestone photo for Lydia Lamb Sibley (d. 14 Feb 1846, aged 27), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23472583, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998).

Spouse: Sylvanus Sibley
Marriage: 4 Feb 1841, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850

1. George E. Sibley, born about 1844, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

Elizabeth Parks

Birth: 29 Jan 1691/92, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Elizabeth Parkes birth, p. 36; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/36/mode/2up : accessed 22 December2022).

Death: 18 Aug 1757, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 5 Jan 2023), Elizabeth Fassett death, Pomfret, p. 73, citing vol. 1, p. 81 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript at NEHGS, Boston.

Father: Richard Parks
Mother: Elizabeth Billings

Spouse: Benjamin Fassett
Marriage: 4 Feb 1713/14, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Elizabeth Parks and Benjamin Fassett; p. 89; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/88/mode/2up : accessed 23 Dec 2022).

1. Josiah Fassett, born 2 Mar 1725, Canterbury, Windham County, CT

Joseph Parks

Birth: 9 Jan 1690/91, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Joseph Parkes birth, p. 34; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/34/mode/2up : accessed 22 December2022).

Father: Richard Parks
Mother: Elizabeth Billings

Spouse: Abigail (--?--)
Marriage: estimated 1718

• Based on the birth of their first child recorded in Concord, Benjamin, born 13 Jan 1718/19.

Notes:

Joseph and Abigail had the following children, all recorded in Concord: Benjamin, b. 13 Jan 1718/19, Stephen, b. 30 Apr 1721, Joseph, b. 2 Apr 1725, David, b. 10 Jan 1724/5, Love, b. 4 May 1726, Sarah, b. 20 July 1730, Elizabeth, b. 4 July 1732, Benjamin, b. 20 Jan 1733/4, and Grace, b. 26 Feb 1735/6.

The last recorded sale of property by Joseph and Abigail was on 6 March 1737, when they sold property in Concord to Timothy Billings.¹ In later years, starting in 1758, Joseph and Mary sold property in Concord. The latest of these sales was in 1784, way too late to be the Joseph born in 1690/91. These might be sales by his son Joseph, Jr.² And Joseph, Jr. might be the Joseph "of Concord" that married Mary Barron, 30 Mar 1754 in Boston.³ But Joseph, Jr. (per genealogies) supposedly filed intention to marry Sarah Swan 3 March 1753 in Cambridge. This intention was "forbidden by Joseph Garfield." On 17 Apr 1755, Joseph, Jr. of Concord married Lydia Garfield. It therefore remains unclear who the Joseph was who married Mary Barron.

Sources:

1. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, deeds 40:216.
2. Middlesex County deeds 55:330, 69:364, 70:306, 87:449.
3. "Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/174/boston-ma-marriages-1700-1809 : accessed 4 Jan 2023), vol. 2, p. 10, Joseph Parks and Mary Barron.

Josiah Parks

Birth: 10 Jan 1697/98, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Josiah Parkes birth, p. 45; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/44/mode/2up : accessed 22 December2022).

Death: 17 Nov 1765, Lincoln, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC4-BNR : 24 Dec 2022), Josiah Parks death; citing Deaths, Lincoln, Middlesex, Co, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010703.

Father: Richard Parks
Mother: Elizabeth Billings

Spouse: Sarah Grant
Marriage: estimated 1722

• Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1860), p. 260, 386; online at Archive.org, accessed 24 Dec 2022.

Spouse: Thankfull Cooledge
Marriage: 5 Aug 1730, Weston, Middlesex Co, MA

• Town of Weston, Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestones, 1703-1900, Church Records, 1709-1825 (Boston: McIndoe Bros, Printers, 1901), p. 26; online at Archive.org, accessed 24 Dec 2022.

Spouse: Mary Brewer
Marriage: 7 Apr 1757, Lincoln, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3K-NHZ : 24 Dec 2022), Josiah Parks and Mrs. Mary Merriam; citing Marriage, Lincoln, Middlesex, Co, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010703.

Notes:

Josiah had the following children with his first wife, Sarah, recorded in Concord: Elisabeth Parks, b. 17 Sep 1723, Elisha Parks, b. 8 Nov 1725, Bulah Parks, b. 8 Nov 1727, and Josiah born 6 Jan 1729/30.

His wife, Sarah, died while giving birth to their fourth child on 6 Jan 1729/30.

Josiah married Thankfull Cooledge in Weston, 5 Aug 1730. Josiah was "of Concord" and Thankful "of Weston" at the time.

Josiah and Thankful had the following children recorded in Concord: Nathan Parks, b. 7 Mar 1732/3, Lucy Parks, b. 31 May 1735, James Parks, b. 22 Mar 1736/7, Lydia Parks, b. 23 May 1739, and James Parks, b. 17 Feb 1740/1.¹

Josiah made his will on 18 December 1764; he died before 15 Apr 1766 when the will was approved. In it he left bequests to his widow Mary, youngest son James, and his "other children" Elisha Parks, Josiah Parks, Bheulah Winchester, and Lydia Lee. Elisha Parks was nominated executor.²

Sources:

1. Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), p. 117, 121, 125, 134, 139, 146, 148, 153; at Archive.org.
2. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16434 (1766).

Richard Parks

Birth: about 1667

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24398866/richard-parks: accessed 22 December 2022), gravestone photo for Lieut Richard Parks (d. 19 Jun 1725, in his 58th year), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24398866, South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).
• Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts... (Washington, D.C. : author, 1909), p. 37; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparkef00inpark/page/36/mode/2up : accessed 27 Nov 2022); See also pp. 31-34.
• Town of Weston, Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestone, 1703-1900, Church Records, 1709-1825 (Boston: McIndoe Bros, Printers, 1901), p. 573; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028839847/page/572/mode/2up : accessed 22 Jan 2023).

Death: 19 Jun 1725

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24398866/richard-parks: accessed 22 December 2022), gravestone photo for Lieut Richard Parks (d. 19 Jun 1725, in his 58th year), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24398866, South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

Burial: South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24398866/richard-parks: accessed 22 December 2022), gravestone photo for Lieut Richard Parks (d. 19 Jun 1725, in his 58th year), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24398866, South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

Spouse: Elizabeth Billings
Marriage: 14 Jul 1690, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Richard Parkes and Elizebeth Billing, p. 33; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/32/mode/2up : accessed 22 Dec 2022).

1. Joseph Parks, born 9 Jan 1690/91, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
2. Elizabeth Parks, born 29 Jan 1691/92, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
3. Sarah Parks, born 6 May 1696, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
4. Josiah Parks, born 10 Jan 1697/98, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
5. Abigail Parks, born 11 Sep 1700, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
6. Jonathan Parks, born Feb 1701/2, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
7. Hannah Parks, born 18 May 1704, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
8. David Parks, born 30 Jul 1705, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
9. Isaac Parks, born 26 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
10. Rebecca Parks, born 26 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA
11. Ephraim Parks, born about 1710
12. Daniel Parks, born estimated 1712
13. Zaccheus Parks, born estimated 1714

Notes:

He was the son of Richard Parks and Mary Cutler.¹

He made his will on the 8th day of June 1725. It was probated on 12 July 1725. In it, he made bequests to his sons Joseph Parks, Josiah Parks, Jonathan Parks, Isaac Parks, Ephraim Parks; his youngest sons Daniel Parks and Zeccheus Parks; his wife Elizabeth Parks; his daughters Elizabeth Fasset, Sarah Post, Abigail Fish, Hannah Parks; and his youngest daughter Rebecca Parks. He designated his wife sole executor.²

Research Notes for Richard Parks:

None.

Sources:

1. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration : Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 Vols (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011), Vol. 2, C-F, p. 261-272, esp. 270; online at Ancestry.com; also Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts... (Washington, D.C. : author, 1909), p. 34; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparkef00inpark/page/34/mode/2up : accessed 23 Jan 2023).
2. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16443, Richard Parks.

Sarah Parks

Birth: 6 May 1696, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

• Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1635 to 1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), Sarah Parkes birth, p. 39; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/concordmassachus1635conc/page/38/mode/2up : accessed 22 December2022).

Father: Richard Parks
Mother: Elizabeth Billings

Spouse: John Post
Marriage: 12 Dec 1723, Canterbury, Windham County, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 23 Dec 2022), John Post and Sarah Parks, Canterbury, p. 133, citing vol. 1, p. 192 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript.

Notes:

Three children of a John and Sarah Post are recorded in Killingly, WIndham County, Connecticut: Sarah, b. 29 May 1726, Easter, b. 26 Mar 1728, and Elizabeth, b. 9 May 1730.¹

This family may have moved to Hampshire County, Massachusetts, circa 1731, when John Post, of Brimfield, was licensed to run an inn there. He obtained licenses in each year from 1731 to 1734.²

John Post had various other hearings before the court of common pleas, dated 1734, 1740, and 1748.³

In 1740, he was of Brimfield, alias "the Elbows", was a husbandman, and was involved in a land dispute regarding a tract of land in "the Elbows" lying near the Ware River.⁴ Prior to 1742, when the Ware River Precinct came into existence, the territory of Ware was part of a section of Hampshire County called "The Elbows."⁵

In 1742, John Post became the first clerk of Ware.⁶

On 20 March 1745, Sarah Post, wife of John, died in Ware.⁷

On 17 Feb 1794, Esther (also spelled Easter in the same document) Pattiel (Parttriel, Palliel, perhaps Battiel) widow of Joseph Pattiel, late of Norwich, now residing in Noriwch, Windsor County, Vermont, an heir of Zaccheus Parks, quitclaimed to Samuel Parks her interest in the estate of Zaccheus.⁸

On 19 Dec 1763, an Esther Post married Adam Willcox in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut.⁹ But this is likely a different Esther. Family trees on Ancestry.com state that this Esther was the daughter of Noathan and Hannah (Barnes) Post, of Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Sources:

1. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, citing Killingly Vital Records, 1:3, 1:5.
2. Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Court of Sessions, Index Cards, 1677-ca. 1800, FHL 8,500,228, image 1073 of 2314.
3. Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Court of Sessions, Index Cards, 1677-ca. 1800, FHL 8,500,228, image 1074 of 2314.
4. Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Court of Common Pleas, 3:599 [FHL 008131360, image 325 of 579].
5. History of Ware.
6. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850", AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/62226/4/0 : accessed 14 Mar 2023), original source not specified.
7. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850", AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/62226/154/10003170497 : accessed 14 Mar 2023), original source not specified.
8. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, deeds 116:124, image 66 of 556 at FamilySearch.org.
9. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, citing Killingworth Vital Records, 2:75.

George E. Sibley

Birth: about 1844, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 21Dec 2022), George E. Sibley, Leicester deaths, vol 303, p. 344; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Death: 28 Oct 1878, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 21Dec 2022), George E. Sibley, Leicester deaths, vol 303, p. 344; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Father: Sylvanus Sibley
Mother: Lydia M. Lamb