Brief Life History of Ebenezer Fisk
When Ebenezer Fisk Parkhurst was born on 1 November 1807, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Parkhurst, was 47 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Bullard, was 43. He married Dimis Brown on 8 November 1829, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 15 October 1892, in Springfield, Springfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (3)
- E F Parkhurst, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ebenezer Fisk Parkhurst, "Find A Grave Index"
- E F Parkhurst, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, New Jersey, United States 1812: Bradford, New Jersey, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
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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