Elizabeth Emma Park

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Emma

When Elizabeth Emma Park was born on 13 November 1786, in Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Joseph Park, was 40 and her mother, Abigail Nesbit, was 26. She married Elijah Wolcott I on 9 September 1802, in Chemung, Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Litchfield, Litchfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 26 January 1873, in Litchfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Litchfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Wolcott I
1780–1840
Elizabeth Emma Park
1786–1873
Marriage: 9 September 1802
Susannah Park Wolcott
1806–1848
Thomas Park Wolcott
1807–1887
Silas Park Wolcott
1809–1870
Samuel Park Wolcott
1811–1882
Maria Cook Wolcott
1814–1900
Elijah Wolcott Jr.
1816–1904
William Reed Wolcott
1821–1876
Mary Wolcott
1821–1900
Hannah Moore Wolcott
1823–1898
Amos Prentice Wolcott
1826–1898
Louisa Jane Wolcott
1829–1897
Marion Elizabeth Wolcott
1831–1917

Sources (9)

  • Betsey Woolcott, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Park Wolcott, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Skiff in entry for Wm R. Walcott and Mary Humphreys, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1810

Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, New Jersey, United States 1812: Bradford, New Jersey, United States

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Korean Young, Sang, Sung, Yong, Jung, Jong, Chan, Jae, Jin, Kwang, Kyung, Myung, Chong, Chang, Chung, Byung, Min, Moon, Chul, Hae, Jeong, Dae, Seong, Myong.

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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