A Parsons story, 1570-1935

A Parsons story, 1570-1935

Boston Newbury Street Press 2019

158 p. : ill., maps, ports., geneal. tables ; 28 cm.

929.2 P267cr 2019 M

Colored maps on lining papers.|Includes bibliographic references (p. 143-[146]) and index.|"Beginning with William Parsons, born in Dorset, England, ca. 1570 and encompassing the English Civil Wars, the story follows immigrant Benjamin Parsons, whose family settled in what is now Enfield, Connecticut. His great-grandson Hezekiah served in the French and Indian War and the early years of the American Revolution. Hezekiah's son Jabez Parsons served for a full six years during the Revolutionary War, responding to the Lexington Alarm, participating in the Battle of Brooklyn, and serving as a quartermaster at the Valley Forge encampment and beside General Washington at the Battle of Monmouth ..."--Book Jacket.|"Membership in the Society of the Cincinnati": p. 42-43.|L2019G17

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