3/22/1802 memorial for lot #11, SE side Washademoak Lake, Queens County.
3/13/1802 complaint against David Pakds by John Watson re lot #11, Queens Co.
6/7/1803 quitclaim lot #11 from David Park to John Watson.
6/11/1804 quitclaim for lots #10, 11 & 12 at Washademoak Lake, Queens Co.
12/29/1818 petition for land, Parish of Waterborough. (same lot as brother Nathan: alloted to Samuel Fairweather, Jr.)
5/24/1819 signed a document in support of the building of Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Kings Co.
9/4/1824 petitoned for 400 acres in the Parish of Wickham.
5/16/1827 bought lot #4, Parish of Wickham.
5/26/1846 sold lot #4, Parish of Johnston (same lot as above).

Vol. 41 - 6/8/1877 Daily Times - " d. Portland (St. John) 3rd inst. of
diptheria Alice M. Parks second d/o David Parks and Lydia Parks, age 9 years
2 mos."

dated 8/5/1884 in the Daily Times re the trampling
death of a 3 year old daughter (name not given) of David Parks of Bloomfield,
brother of William J. Parks of St. John City - the wife's name is not given.

David Parks was thought to be Town Clerk of Eaton Grant. (Before it joined with several other small communities to become Caribou, ME).

David Parks according to Caribou Centinnel Papers say he settled on the south side of Aroostook River at Eaton Grant in the year 1827.

He mustered into Civil War January 9, 1864, at age 44, lists him from Forrestville, which is now Caribou. He served in Company H, 30th Reg under Captian Jonathan P. Fall. He was assigned special duty January 9, 1864 and mustered out on January 1, 1865.

Maine, Epitaph: 'Preserve Me Oh God for in Thee, do I put my trust'. David's age 80y 3m 2d at death.

*Let me quickly trace the roots of another family who are still in our community. David Parks was a son of Jonathan Parks. One of his sons was Patrick Parks. His daughter was Mrs. Bert Kelley, Sr. and thier son Little Bert lived here.

*From a transcript done by Allen Voisine.

Erastus Parke was the youngest son of Daniel and Phoebe Parke's. Looking for work he walked from his home in Union Settlement to York County, a distance of about sixty miles. This was told by his nephew, Elwood Gorman. It is believed he found employment on a farm because in later years, he operated his own farm, was a very profitable farmer, won an award for his potatoes at the Royal Winter Fair. He won a gold watch which the family still has in its possession. He lived on a farm at Burt's Corner. He married Annie E. Brewer and had one son, Ivan. She is believed to be the daughter of Cornelius Brewer and Mary Ann Whitehood of Zealand. Cornelius is the son of Loyalist John Brewer. Annie died yourng, and her sister Amanda, who was married to Joseph Gorman, brought Ivan up. Erastus then married a second time to Annie A. Brewer, daughter of Gould and Jane (Stevenson) Brewer. Erastus had two sons by his second marriage, both of which met with a tragic death. The eldest son, Franklin Gould, was killed in WWI. The younger son, William Earl, was killed by lightening sitting by an open windown. Erastus is buried in the Bert's Corner Cemetry, at the Mouth of Keswick.

George left his wife and children in 1864 and enlisted in the Northern Army during the Civil War in the United States because he would receive $300. He died at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. of wounds on August 6, 1864. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetary on Longfellow Walk.

George was listed as 37 years old in the 1850 Eaton Grant Census - this would make him born in 1823. He was also listed as a farmer, his father Jonathan is in his household age 85 years. George F. Parks was born in Canada but came with family in 1826 to the banks of the Aroostook River. He married Rebecca Bubar, daughter of one of the Treaty lot settlers. From the union of Rebecca and George, there were a total of seven children.

My Grandmother Eva never did see her father, George F. Parks. She was born on October 6, 1864 but earlier in that same year George left his family on the banks of the Aroostook and went to Augusta to enlist in the Civil War, because he had been promised a bounty of $300. Hard cash dollars to this family meant an awful lot. He went, I'm sure reluctantly, but feeling the war would not last much longer, he took that chance. He was sworn in at Augusta, January 26, 1864 and went to Virginia. He was a member of Company (3 15th Maine Volunteers, under the command of Captain Elbridge J. Pattee. From Virginia he participated in the Louisiana Red River Campaign and was wounded there, he died from his wonds at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington, DC on August 6, 1864. He is buried in Grave No. 772 1, Section 13 on Double Day Walk, Arlington National Cemetery. He was 45 years old at the time of his death.

Early survey records show that George Parks had Lot Number 6, with 15 acres of cleared ground, a log house and barn. His brother, David had Lot number 8, 30 acres of cleared ground, log house and barn and their father had Lot number 7, with 20 acres cleared, a log house and barn.

As told by Roy Doak.

From Atlantic Canadians Serving in State of Maine Regiments 1861-1865:

George F. Parks - 42, married, light, blue, brown, 5 ft. 9 in., farmer, N.B., Eaton Pl., G 15th Inf., Private, Jan. 26, 1864, Augusta, Jan. 27, 1864, 3 years, Aug. 7, 1864, Washington, D.C. died of disease.

George W. Parks lived his entire life in Maine. He owned much property

Hannah Sophia Parks
by Audrey Bissett Swift 4/1998

My grandmother, Hannah Sophia Parks was born in 1848 at Grand Lake, New Brunswick. In 1872 she married George Morgan, a butcher, in Saint John. During her married life she lived on King Street, Guilford Street, and St. James Street: all in West Saint John.

She had six sons and two daughters. William, the oldest, was born in 1873 and Emma, the youngest was born in 1889. Emma died as an infant and so Hannah was left with 7 children who lived into adulthood. My mother was blamed for Emma’s death for she had taken Emma up into the hay loft and then she dropped Emma who landed on her head after falling to ground level. Emma died a few months later.

A turning point in Hannah’s life and the lives of her children was when her husband died of TB in the fall of 1892.

Hannah died in 1931 so my memories of her are from 1919 until her death. I was born in 1914 and from 1918 until her death, my summers were spent with her in West Saint John. However, during one period of her life, she came down to Malden, MA to live with my mother, her daughter.

Hannah was troubled with rheumatism during the period that I knew her. Her father also suffered from this affection. She spent most of her time sitting in a rocking chair and when she walked, she would use a cane and shuffle along. She was of medium height and weight with middle age spread. Her hair was straight and gray, pulled back in a bun. Her eyes were brown. She always wore a loose fitting dresses that reached down to her low heeled button shoes. I never remember a time when she was anything but placid and content. She never uttered an angry word or spoke ill of anyone or thing. My sister, Helen Bissett Weyland, inherited her personality.

My mother often told us that her mother’s (Hannah Sophia Parks) ancestors came from Holland and she was Dutch.

The house on St. James Street had six apartments and a store. She shared the house with her son Allie and she ran the store while Allie worked for the Postal Service in Saint John. Her apartment consisted of the store and behind the store was the kitchen and then Allie’s room. Up a few stairs was the bathroom and up a few more stairs was Hannah’s bedroom. Her bedroom consisted of a cot sized bed, a straight back chair, bureau and closet. The bathroom had a toilet and sink but no tub. I don’t have any idea about bathing arrangements. The kitchen had a big black stove, a table covered with oil cloth, kitchen chairs, pantry, ice box and soapstone sink. The store consisted of a long counter with groceries on the shelves behind the counter. There was a large plate glass window facing the street. The rear of the store, by the kitchen door, had the money box and the rocking chair that Nana used. She would always sit in the chair and rock getting up only to wait on a customer.

I remember sitting at the kitchen table and you could look out the back window to the outside stairs for the upper apartments. A man came down carrying a big animal by the tail. I kept asking what kind of animal it was and finally my brother told me that it was a rat. It was huge. During the summer we would stay in one of the vacant apartments and I would sleep with my sister Helen. One night I was awakened by the sounds of scratching and gnawing and was scared so I asked my sister what the noise was. She replied ‘that’s the rats ripping the nails out of the floor boards.’ Needless to say, I didn’t get much sleep that night and the next day began to round up all the stray cats in the neighborhood to live in our apartment.

When her husband died the oldest son, William (Willie) was 19 years old. He took over all the decision making responsibilities for the family. My mother was 8 or 9 years old at this time. She was taken out of school and placed in a sewing factory where she learned to become a seamstress. When we were young she made all our clothes right down to the underwear. When she was 14, Charles Bissett age 23, asked her to marry him. She refused and he went to her brother William and he gave permission. He informed Hattie that the family would no longer support her. Hattie relented and was married shortly after.

During this time, William ran the business of supplying meat to butchers in West Saint John and Saint John. He would get all the children up to take care of the animals waiting for slaughter. They would do all the heavy work and this was always the reason given for the mental instability of three of his brothers. William soon made enough money to finance a move to Alaska and never returned to Saint John. I never met William as he left as a very young man. He married an had a family and much later I was visited by his daughters.

The next son was Albert (Allie) who worked for the Postal Service, was unmarried and always lived with Nana. He was very odd and in hind sight I cannot understand how he held a job. He never talked and his room was off limits. He had a parrot that would scream ‘get out’ when the door was opened. As children we would sneak into his room when he was not home. The walls were covered with stuffed animal heads. At one time Allie had a live monkey and we were scared to death of it. Finally the monkey learned to open the door and Allie had to keep the door locked. One day he forgot to lock the door and the monkey got out room and then out of the house. Allie never found his monkey. Allie lived in the house after Nana died. One night there was a fire in his room and he died. All the neighbors knew that he kept his money buried on the property, and when the family got to the house the yard was dug over. Days later there were a few new cars in the neighborhood.

Walter was the next son and he moved to the Pennsylvania. He married and had three children. He was a carpenter. Later he moved to Malden, MA and his two daughters lived in Melrose, MA and where known to their cousins. His son, Harold Morgan, lived in Hawaii.

Next came Mitchel. As a young man, he found work in Toledo, Ohio. He never married. He had some mental problem in Ohio and my mother was contacted. As he was Canadian, he couldn’t be hospitalized in the States. She arranged for him to come from Ohio to Massachusetts on the train and he stayed with us for a while. One day while in Malden center, he took off all his clothes and was brought home by the police. My mother then took him to Saint John were he was institutionalized at the Fairville Insane Asylum. Every once in a while Nana would bring Mitchel home and he would end up smashing the plate glass window in the store. After the second time, she never brought him home again. He spent his whole life in Fairville. When we would visit, Mitchel would always say that he didn’t belong there with mental patients and he wasn’t like them.

The next to the youngest son was Fred. He left home at an early age and went to Montreal. There he married a French woman with children. After Allie died in the fire, Fred came home and took over the house. He raised angora rabbits for fur and meat. After the death of his wife, her sister lived with him. Later when Fred died, she stayed on and lived alone in the upper floor of the house. A few years ago the neighbors convinced the authorities to put her in a nursing home and tear down the house. There is now a vacant lot where the house stood for so many years.

Ernest was the youngest son. He left home at an early age to go out to western Canada with the harvesters. He had a mental breakdown while with the harvesters and was returned to Saint John. His condition must have been worse than Mitchel’s, as he was never brought home. He spent his entire life in Fairville Insane Asylum. When we would visit him he would just sit there and never say anything. Ernest never married.

10/9/1872 Daily Times m. Hanna Sophia Parks of Washademoak Narrows and
George Morgan, Jr., of Carlton, St. George's Church, Carlton

After Isaac Miller died, Harriet Parks Miller remained single for a
while and several of the children assumed the role of male head of
household. Then she married Tristram Winslow Hillman, who was born
Oct. 6, 1800. He had children by a previous marriage. I think he had
nine children by his earlier marriage, but I don't have their names or
the mother's name.

Harriet was a devoted mother to these children as well as her own
children and the step children fathered by Isaac Miller. Quite a
remarkable woman.

A cousin, Sharon Auftengarten, found a census record, I'm not sure
what year, showing Tristram Hillman, Harriet, several children, and
stepson Leonard Miller living in Union, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin.
Harriet is buried beside her son George Miller in Picketts, Wisconsin.

The 1880 census of Kasota, Minnesota, shows Leonard Miller and his
wife, Mary Ann, three daughters, and living with them, Tristram Hillman,
79, born N.B., stepfather.

James left Maine at 19 years old and went first to Florida, then to Ozark, Michigan where he lived for the rest of his life.

The homestead of James Parks was visited many times by Harriett Morgan Bissett wife of Charles Bissett and her children, Helen and Charles. It was visited by Audrey Bissett (daughter of Harriett Morgan Bissett) and her daughter Beverly in 1979 and 1981.

Located in Cambridge-Narrows on the main road going north. Go over bridge over the river with boat dock on left. Pass store on left, pass intersection, next house on the left is James Parks house in 1981 owned by Black's (handed down in family. If you take a left at the intersection, there will be a church on your right.

John Parks had a servant named John Fidler that he came to Hopewell with. John Parks left a well in which he stated he had only two children. Thomas and Elizabeth. He left resl and personal income to John Fidler and thomas and Elizabeth were made excric of his will.

October 23, 1790, purchased lot 10 Dibbles Survey, 3rd Range, Queen's Co., NB.
This was witnessed by David Parke. On January 9, 1802 this lot was sold.

Fined for refusing to take oath but he would be too old to enter the Army.

Remained in Kingwood

1798 - petitioned for lots 12 and 13 Micheau's 3rd Survey, SE side Grand Lake.
1803 - petitioned for a lot Presque Isle, E. side St. John River, Parish of Wakefield, Carleton County.
1806 - Sale Lot 79, E. side St. John River, Parish of Wakefield, to Lt. William Turner. Singned by Jonathan and Hannah Parke.
1809 - Petition lot W. side St. John River, Parish of Wakefield.
1815 - Traded Wm Hunter for lot above Florenceville map 91-c No 94. WmHunter had lot near Beechwood map 81.

DEPOSITIONS
Report of Charles S. Daveis Esq. Agent appointed by the Executive of the State of Maine to inquire who and report upon certain acts relating to aggressions upon the rights of the State and of individual citizens thereof by inhabitants of the province of New Brunswick. January 31, 1828 p. 189

CORRESPONDENCE AND DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY Vol. I. Part 2 1825, 1827 & 1828
Documents accompanying the Report of Mr. Daveis.

Correspondence and Documents Relative to the North Eastern Boundary v.1 pt. 1 c.1

No. 18 page 341
I, Jonathan Parks do testify and say that I am a settler on the Aroostook west of the Boundary lind between the Province of New Brunswick and the United States, that in the month of May or June last George Morehouse Esq. holding his appointment in the Province aforesaid forbid my ........................put up an advertisement forbidding all persons trespassing on Crown land and that if they did he said they would be prosecuted by the Kings attorney general. For the month of July last I was served with a summons by Daniel Craig under sheriff of the Province aforesaid whereby I was commanded to appear at a ? before the Supreme Court to answer to such things and should be objected against me. ........ After I had been there three days and not called on or any notice of me. The sheriff told me that I had better go home. I live one hundred thirty miles from Fredericton and was gone from home fourteen days. I --- that sheriffs / and surveyors of the --- frequently visit the this place and do business in their --- capacity and --- Dec. 24 1824 Jonathan Parks

I Jonathan Parks a settler on the Aroostook and living about seven miles west of the Boundary line between the Provice of New Brunswick and the United States also testify and say that in 1803 or 1804 I assisted Charles Turner Jr. and Park Holland Esquire in locating and lotting Marshill Township situated eight or nine miles to the south of the Aroostook River and on the boundary line as it is now seen.
I was born in the State of New Jersey, Huntinton county, and removed into the Province of Nova Scotia now Province of New Brunswick in 1783. I removed to the Aroostook 1826 and I have ever since confined myself with the limits of the United according to the Treaty of 1783, which treaty I have often read. --- residence here. Officers holding their authority under the Province of New Brunswick, and often sent here to serve writs and to collect debts. I have been served three times since I have lived here and the writs served on me by British officers. I did not move here to get rid of paying honest debts. I left one thousand dollars which was due me in the Province when I came here and a considerable part of the above sum is due me now in good hands. Two of the above suits I consider to be oppressive and unjust for I have forever been willing and am now able to pay my honest debts. In 182(4or6) I let Ferdinand Armstrong, a son in law of mine, have some provisions to make his family comfortable and in order to ? me (secure?) he delivered me a cow, but I let the cow remain with him for the benefit of his family. In March 1829 William Anderson, living in the Province of New Brunswick holding a note against Armstrong my son in law, came to me and said that Armstrongs wife was willing to have the cow delivered to him to pay the note if I would consent. I delivered the cow to Anderson and gave him a bill of sale of her, Anderson then delivered the cow to Armstrongs wife and told her that he would not take the cow away from her till July and if he did not ?receive his pay by that time he would call for the cow and give up the note to Armstrong. When I delivered the cow to Anderson, he delivered her to Armstrongs wife. Anderson forbid me to meddle or have anything to do with the cow afterwards. The above transaction was done before witnesses now living. Anderson did not call for the cow at the time nor has he since but sued me before George Morehouse, Esq in two months after after the time was out to call for the cow for Armstrongs debt. I stood trial. I had witnesses to know the above facts, but Morehouse gave the judgment against me for five pounds debt and costs amounting to about fourteen shillings. Anderson still holds the note against Armstrong and Armstrong keeps the cow. I expect Execution to be issued every day and my property sold at vendue to satisfy this debt and costs. I have good reason to think that there is a hardness entertained on the British side against the Aroostook settlers and that we do not always have justice done for us.

I lived about three miles above Fredericton in 1784 when Governor Parr granted a tract of land to the Second Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers lying next above Le...minster? and expanding? twelve miles up the river (now called Kingsclear) St. John. On this block of land there was at this time a number of Leveret? settlers. Those lands were all taken away from them except two hundred feet front and extending back from the river as far as their improvements. They could not subsist on so small a piece of land. They therefore were obliged to leave their unwelcome neighbors and seek refuge in the wilder ?. They ?planted themselves at Madawaska one hundred sixty miles above Fredericton, and this is the way that the British got possession of settlers Madawaska if it deserves that name. Paul Munni-- was one of the first settlers and Mitchel ? and Simon Martin. I visited Madawaska about the year of 1787 and I should judge I have seen fifteen families settled there at that time. They were very ? of provision. I could not obtain even a loaf of bread. They .............. for many years after they settled there and suffered very much on account of their distance from any other settlements.

I have been in the habit of hunting more or less every year since I first arrived into the Province of New Brunswick and have explored the country lying North of the Schoodic Lake. I -?- of the St. River as far north as the A----- and its tributary at the -?-. I have expended all the means of note to their s--- leading into the St. Johns in the above mentioned tract and confidences a body. I think the land is extraordinary good, and in an agricultural point of view ---s any within my knowledge. There are large and extensive ridges of good land --- with --- --- maple, birch beach ?basswood and elm and in many places butternut white ash and --- ash. On the banks of the Aroostook there are extensive trails of the very best of intervail and many large islands. I think that the land on the Aroostook offers to young and enterprising men the greatest --- of --- in farming. There are also many excellent mill sites and plenty of pine for building. and considerable for market. The soil is natural to the growth of wheat rye oats, barley, peas, potatoes, turnips and flax and they generally come to maturity. ----and I confident the land in dispute worth contending for.
June 21 1828 Jonathan Parks

Removed from Hopewell about 1732

Arrested and forced to enter the Revolutionary Army.

Lori Ellen Parks left Maine as a young girl, went to Minnesota, and lived to an old age. She married a distinguished trial lawyer who later became a judge.

Lived in Aroostook Junction, NB.

Moses served in the Canadian Army during WWI. Died on Christmas Day, 1935 from a ruptured appendix that created a liver abcess. There were no antibiotics in use in 1935. He was 35 years old and left Leora with two small boys and she was pregnant for Mary Jane

She lived in the area of Aroostook Junction. She was about 70 when she was killed in an auto accident. Her daughter, Rowena was driving

They lived in Burton, NB for 12 years then moved to Upham, NB., Canada.

Lived 12 years in USA after marriage.
1810 on census, 4th Parish, Newbury, MA, USA.
1814 re-entered NB., Kings Co.
12/10/1818 petiton for land, Parish of Springfiled, Kings Co.
12/2/1819 follow up of same petition.
c 1836 bap. Mary, Baptist Church, Upaham, Kings Co., by Rev. David Crandall.
12/31/1843 Nathan died in St. Martins.
10/13/1856 Mary died in St. Martins.