Samuel Bradstreet Parkhurst Parks

Brief Life History of Samuel Bradstreet

When Samuel Bradstreet Parkhurst Parks was born on 13 March 1777, in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Parkhurst Parks, was 22 and his mother, Rachel Christopher, was 22. He had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Elizabeth Bradstreet. He died on 18 October 1860, in Richmond, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Bradstreet Parkhurst Parks
1777–1860
Elizabeth Bradstreet
1782–1860
Daniel Parkhurst
1800–
Joseph Parks
1802–
Bradstreet or Broadstreet Parks
1806–1875
Daniel Parks
1802–1894
Mahala Parkhurst
1804–
Thomas Parks
1814–1890
George H. Parks
1820–1909
Marada Marie Parks
1825–1912
Sabra Jane Parks
1832–

Sources (3)

  • Samuel Parkhust, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Samuel Parks in entry for Maranda Currier, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
  • Samuel Parks petition for land in Richmond

World Events (7)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

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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