Deacon Benjamin PARSONS

Abt 1625 - 1689  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Benjamin PARSONS
  Prefix	Deacon
  Born	Abt 1625
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 May 1625	Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England
  Noteworthy	Original settler of Springfield, MA
  Died	25 Aug 1689	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I40217	Main
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	William PARSONS,   b. Abt 1580,   d. Bef 19 Mar 1654, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret HOSKINS,   d. Apr 1655, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England
  Married	15 Nov 1602	Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England
  Family ID	F27876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 25 Aug 1689 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  "The History of Coos County" has a biographical description of the Parsons Family and gives the parents of Benjamin Parsons as Hugh Parsons and Elizabeth (Bagshaw) Thomkins. Volume One of "The Parsons Family" by Gerald Parsons disputes this, saying that no record can be found of a relationship to Hugh Parsons. Benjamin Parsons came to New England in 1650 or 1651 and was one of the original settlers of Springfield, MA. He took an active role in town affairs and was chosen to be a selectman thirteen times at town meetings. He received many grants of land from the town of Springfield, including grants in what are today the towns of Enfield and Suffield in Connecticut. He took an active role in the founding of the town of Enfield, which was annexed to Connecticut in 1749. He never lived in Enfield, but his sons Benjamin and Samuel settled there. His will was probated on 30 Mar 1690 and the court appointed Benjamin and Ebenezer Parsons to be guardians to their brothers Joseph and Hezekiah. Three pages of biography are in "The Parsons Family", Volume One.