John PARSONS

Abt 1650 - 1692  (~ 42 years)

• Name	John PARSONS
  Born	Abt 1650	England
  Gender	Male
  Immigrant?	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed by Indians in the Candlemas Day Massacre  [1]
  Died	25 Jan 1692	York, York, Maine
  Buried	Old York Cemetery, York, York, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I40744	Main
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Mark PARSONS,   b. 17 Mar 1622, England ,   d. 1665, Kennebunk, York, Maine  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth HARDY,   b. 1624, England ,   d. 1696  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F27688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HUCKINS,   b. Abt 1655, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Aft 5 Apr 1720, York, York, Maine  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Children	1. John PARSONS,   b. 31 Jul 1677, York, York, Maine ,   d. 3 Sep 1722  (Age 45 years)   2. Elizabeth PARSONS,   b. 9 Feb 1679, York, York, Maine + 3. Mary PARSONS,   b. 13 Oct 1681, York, York, Maine ,   d. 14 Feb 1758, Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine  (Age 76 years)   4. Elihu PARSONS,   b. 31 Mar 1684, York, York, Maine ,   d. 30 Jul 1730  (Age 46 years)   5. Christian PARSONS,   b. 16 Feb 1685, York, York, Maine ,   d. 1762, Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine  (Age 76 years)   6. Rachel PARSONS,   b. 30 Aug 1685, York County, Maine ,   d. 1735, York, York, Maine  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F28553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1650 - England Died - 25 Jan 1692 - York, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  This is NOT the John Parsons of Springfield, Hampden, MA. —— The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, now in the state of Maine), killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings, taking another estimated 80 villagers hostage. The villagers were forced to walk to Canada, New France, where they were ransomed by Capt. John Alden Jr. of Boston (s/o John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Plymouth Colony). [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 60071299. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 142011043. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_York_(1692).