When Dr. Curtis Parkhurst was born on 2 July 1794, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Parkhurst, was 34 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Bullard, was 30. He married Jane Ann Kassen on 11 November 1830, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 5 June 1872, in Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Parkhurst, such as Parkhurst in Buxted (Sussex), which is recorded as Perkehurst in 1439, and Parkhurst in Abinger (Surrey), which is recorded as Parkherst in 1464. The placenames derive from Middle English park ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc) or parrok ‘enclosure, paddock’ (Old English pearroc) + hirste ‘hillock, copse’ (Old English hyrst).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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