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Note: Richard Parke came to this country with his wife, Margery Crane, son Thomas, and daughters Isabel and Elizabeth, on the ship Defence, July 1635. He settled at Cambridge, MA, where he purchased a large tract of land on the Charles River. Part of this tract is now the property of Harvard University. The land of Francis Whitmore in Cambridge adjoined it. Richard's first wife died at an early age and he married, second, at Duxbury, Sarah Collier, widow of Love Brewster. He died at Newton.
Name: Richard Parke Year: 1635 Place: Cambridge, MA Source Publication Code: 9448 Primary Immigrant: Parke, Richard Annotation: In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, complete in itself, entitled"Immigrant Ancestors," containing much genealogical information: vol. 1,pp. 965-997; vol. 2, pp. 387-421; vol. 3, pp. 645-692; vol. 4, pp.727-777; vol. 5, pp. 741-793; vol. 6, pp. 749-819; vol. 7, pp. 825-895.The section in vol. 7 appears to be the most complete and it has been reprinted. Thus that 1964 reprint list is the only one appearing in no.2048, Filby, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. The Virkus work supplies facts on birth, ancestry, time and place of arrival on this continent, marriage, and death of each immigrant that it includes. A more complete list of immigrants to America before 1750 whose surnames begin with the letter A or the letter B through "Battles" is contained in the material listed in item no. 9450. Source Bibliography: VIRKUS, FREDERICKA., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr.1986. Page: 522 _PREF Y RICHARD, PECK OR PARK came in the Defence from London, 1635, emb. Saturday, 11 July; and no doubt sailing next week, aged 33, with Margery, perhaps his w. aged 40, and Israel, 7 with Eliz. 4, both likely eno. to be his ch. See 3 Mass. hist. Coll. VIII. 269. How long,after arr. at boston, he contin. there, or whither he rem. is uncert. My conject. is that he short, aft. liv. at Rehoboth. In the Geneal. Reg. XIV. 320 this name is by Mr. Drake writ. Perk; and his eyes engag. on the same ancient MS. as mine, might seem more trustworthy, as younger. But since my reading was not chang. by the skilful keeper of her Majest's rec. in his exquisite collat. 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 130, I may trust the punctilious student to follow wh. seems to him more correct. conject. Geneal. Reg. XV. 60, that the name spell. Perk in the former vol. may be Park of Newton. According to Jackson, Richard Parke was the seventh settler of Cambridge Village. He settled in Cambridge Village in the year 1647 and was from Cambridge.(pg 9) RICHARD PARK b. ENG abt. 1602, d. Cambridge Village, MA between July 12 and Oct. 19, 1665, m(1) Eng. MARGERY CRANE, b. ENG abt. 1595, d. Cambridge, MA abt. 1650, m(2) Sept. 1, 1656 Sarah (Collier) Brewster, b. 1613, d. Duxbury,MA April 26, 1691.
Richard Park may have been a son of Thomas Park of the Isle of Ely. His occupation was that of a miller. At the age of 33, with his wife, aged 40, he left London in the ship Defence which sailed on August 19, 1635 and arrived at Boston on Oct. 3. He settled in Cambridge where, on Feb. 8, 1635-6, his home was near Fresh Pond. He was a proprietor of Cambridge in 1636, and by 1639 he owned � acre with house and outhouses adjoining the "Cow Common" in Cambridge. In the division of lands in 1647-8 he was granted 11 acres on the south side of the river in Cambridge Village, now called Newton. He was also granted 13 acres adjoining the west end of the lot he bought from John Betts, to make up his full division.[1] In 1648 a highway to Dedham was laid out through his Cambridge Village land. Around 1800 a very ancient dwelling house was pulled down which was suppossed to have been built by Richard Park. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by Eliot Church. Previous to 1652 Richard owned 600 acres of land in the northwest part of Cambridge Village.[1] Richard received another 100 acres, lot 78 of the Shawshine grant (later Billerica), June 9, 1652,[5/59] however it appears he never took up residence there. A Richard Park (perhaps his son) signed a document Oct. 17, 1664 pledging his loyalty to and satisfaction in the then present government.[5/75]
Richard Park was appointed constable on Nov. 10, 1656, and on Jan. 11, 1657 he and Edward Jackson, Samuel Hides, and John Jackson were named a committee to lay out and settle highways at their end of town. In 1661 he signed a petition to retain his connection with the Cambridge Church, and in 1663 he was released from military duties on account of his age.[1]
In his will, dated July 12, 1665, Richard mentioned his wife, his son Thomas, and his two daughters. It was witnessed by Hugh Mason and Thomas Wiswall and recorded June 16, 1666.[6/2:260] Richard's son Richard was not mentioned in the will and had either died, already been provided for, or had alienated himself from his father. The inventory of the estate was taken Oct. 19, 1665 by John Sherman and John Spring and totaled 972 pounds.[6/2:261] On Sept. 26, 1678 widow Sarah Park of Duxbury sold her interest in the estate to Thomas Park for 45 pounds 15s.[1] It is not clear what the evidence is for giving Margery's surname as Crane.
REF: [1] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick Warner, 1949 (pg.485) [2] Parke Families of MA - Frank S. Parke, 1909 (pgs.25-30) [3] One Branch of the Booth Family - Charles M. Booth, 1910 (pg.112) [4] The History of Newton - Francis Jackson, 1854 (pg.382) [5] The History of Cambridge - Lucius R. Paige, 1877 [6] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 16442)
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