When Abijah Park was born on 24 May 1734, his father, Elezier PARKER, was 52 and his mother, Eliphall Button, was 39. He married Elizabeth Morse on 16 December 1761, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 November 1807, in Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Avery Cemetery, Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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English and Scottish: from Middle English and Older Scots parc, parke, perk ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc), often referring to the grounds of a manor house or a deer park where the lord hunted. The name was probably synonymous with Parker , denoting an officer who looked after a park for the lord of the manor.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter . Compare Parkin .
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