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Ashley, Joseph (b. 6 JUL 1652, d. ?)
Source: (Name)
Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts
Author: Charles Henry Pope
Publication: 1900 Boston, MA
Media: Book
Source: (Name)
Title: John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass.
Author: Geo. A. Perkins, M.D.
Publication: 1889
Media: Book
Death: 15 APR 1738 Ipswich, Essex, MA
Death: 23 AUG 1711 Springfield, Hampden, MA
Death: 4 MAR 1755
Death: BEF 1728 Died young,
Death: 9 MAY 1723
Death: 8 AUG 1747
Death: 3 NOV 1774
Death: 1724 Died in infancy
Note: He was the keeper of the ordinary [tavern] in Springfield, Mass. in 1646 and also a town officer.
Source: (Name)
Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts
Author: Charles Henry Pope
Publication: 1900 Boston, MA
Media: Book
Death: 29 NOV 1682 Springfield, Hampshire, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts
Author: Charles Henry Pope
Publication: 1900 Boston, MA
Media: Book
Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. Dict. of First Settlers of New England
Author: James Savage
Media: Book
Death: 19 SEP 1683 Springfield, Hampshire, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass.
Author: Geo. A. Perkins, M.D.
Publication: 1889
Media: BookPage: pg 12
Note: Coronet Joseph Parsons arrived in America in 1635 or before. In 1654, the family removed from Springfield, Mass. to Northampton, Mass. [Cornet = The lowest commissioned rank in a cavalry regiment, equivalent to the present 2nd Lieutenant. The equivalent rank in the infantry was that of Ensign. Like the latter, he carried the regiment's colors.]
According the Beaminster Town Historian (Marie Eedle), nothing is known of Joseph's father (William Parsons) before he showed up in town about the same time a woolen mill was opened nearby. Family tradition indicates that William came from Great Torrington or Tiverton, Devonshire, about 63 miles to the east. However, there are no records to support this assumption. In those days, people did not generally travel long distances.
Joseph's mother (Margret Hoskins) was born in Beaminster, about 1584, her parents were Robert and Margret Hoskins. Unfortunately, there were two Robert Hoskins families living in Beaminster at the time. Both families had daughters named Margret, both men were married to a Margret, and both men had similar professions, one a Glover and the other a Tanner.
Most of the Hoskins Families in Beaminster were generally well off, being owners of pubs, ranches, and other properties.
Joseph's parents (William & Margret) apparently meet sometime after William's relocation to Beaminster and were later married in St. Mary's Church on the 15th of November 1602. The Parsons family must have been well off also because they lived in town on East Street, not a poor area. Joseph's parents both died in Beaminster and are presumably buried in St. Mary's Cemetery (no records exist to support this). It was the custom of the day to have multiple burials within the same grave, one on top of another, and no grave markers (headstones).
According to the Bishop of Salisbury Transcripts (1585-1638), Joseph was baptized at St. Mary's Church in Beaminster on the 25th of June 1620. It is assumed that Joseph must have been born either in 1620 or a few years earlier. All of Joseph's siblings, that we know of, were also baptized at St. Mary's.
Unfortunately, nothing is known of Joseph's childhood or early life after this point such as schools, profession, and residence.
According to Henry Parsons (PARSONS FAMILY, Vol. 1, 1912, page 30, paragraph 3, line 6), at the apparent age of about 15 or 17, Joseph and his younger brother (Benjamin) immigrated to the America from England in July of 1635, aboard the Barque Transport (Edward Walker, Master) out of Gravesend, Co. Kent, England.
NOTE: Without additional information concerning Joseph's later teenage life, the Gravesend departure does not seem plausible. The question keeps coming up: Why would two brothers travel all the way across England, just to catch a ship to America? If they still lived with their parents, it would have been more plausible for them to leave from one of the nearby ports of Plymouth or Waymouth. In those days, it was not common for people to travel long distances. Other publications indicate that his brother (Deacon Benjamin Parsons) may have gone back to England and returned to the America at a later date.
Source: (Name)
Title: Torrey 2nd Supplement
Media: BookPage: 48
Death: 9 OCT 1683 Springfield, Hampden, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate
Media: BookPage: WI, Outagamie-V32, p324-325
Data:
Text: John's death record
Source: (Birth)
Title: Census
Media: CensusPage: 1900-WI, Outagamie, Maine
Data:
Text: She had 10 children, 7 living
Death: 26 AUG 1918 Maine, Outagamie, WI
Source: (Name)
Title: Ancestors of Amer. Presidents
Author: Gary Boyd Roberts
Media: Book
Death: 8 DEC 1705 Northampton, Hampshire, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass.
Author: Geo. A. Perkins, M.D.
Publication: 1889
Media: BookPage: pg 12
Source: (Name)
Title: Ancestors of Amer. Presidents
Author: Gary Boyd Roberts
Media: Book
Death: 26 MAY 1770 Northampton, Hampshire, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: Ancestors of Amer. Presidents
Author: Gary Boyd Roberts
Media: Book
Death: 28 AUG 1773 Northampton, Hampshire, MA
Source: (Name)
Title: Ancestors of Amer. Presidents
Author: Gary Boyd Roberts
Media: Book
Death: ABT 1776 Northampton, Hampshire, MA
Death: 25 MAY 1867 Somerville, MA
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