Samuel Park and Margaret Marshall

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Husband Samuel Park ¹

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            AKA: Samuel Parks 2
           Born: Abt 1729
     Christened: 
           Died: 1794 - ? Washington Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret Marshall

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            AKA: Margaret [Unk],3 Mary [Unk] 4
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1808 5
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Children

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1 M John Park ⁴

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            AKA: John Parks 6
           Born: 18 Dec 1758 - Donegal, Lancaster Co, PA 2 4
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           Died: 31 May 1832 7
         Buried:  - Chartiers, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah McDowell (1769-1857) 2 8
           Marr: Jun 1787 - Washington Co, PA 3

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2 M James Park ⁴

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            AKA: James Parks 2
           Born: 1760 4 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Dec 1811 9
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         Spouse: Isabella Craighead (Abt 1763-1833) 4 9

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3 F Mary Park ⁴

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            AKA: Mary Parks 10
           Born: 1761 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1821
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Col. John Marshall (1746-1821) 4
           Marr: 1782 4

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4 F Isabella Park ⁴

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            AKA: Isabella Parks 2
           Born: 1764 4
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Clark Co, IN
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         Spouse: Robert McGee (      -1796) 4
           Marr: 1784 4

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5 M Hugh Park ⁴

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            AKA: Hugh Parks 2
           Born: 1767 2 4
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           Died: Bef 1794
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Park

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He and his wife came to America before their marriage on the same vessel, from the North of Ireland, the voyage lasting six months the passage being a very stormy and perilous one. He was an importer of horses from the mother country, and in pursuit of his business he made three trips to the land of his birth. In America, he settled in Donegal township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1777 he went to Washington County, and for the sum of £450, or about $2,160, pur-chased of Matthew Rodgers some 566 acres of wild land, the bill of sale being dated December 7, 1777. He then returned to Lancaster County, and sent out his sons, John and James, to clear some of this land, which they did, also erecting a log cabin and planting a crop, their sister Isabella accompanying them, to keep house for them. Samuel Park was a hardworking, industrious man, widely known and respected for his strict integrity.

One of the earliest settlers within the territory that is now Cecil township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, was Samuel Parks, who, in the autumn of 1777, came over the Allegheny Mountains in search of land on which to make a home. He purchased of Matthew Rodgers for four hundred and fifty pounds a parcel of land in two drafts on Chartiers' waters, containing five hundred and sixty-six acres. The bill of sale, marked No. 8, is dated Dec. 7, 1777. After the purchase he returned to his home at Lancaster and prepared to remove his family. He was to have possession of the land March 2, 1778. John and James, his sons, were sent on in advance to build a cabin, clear the land, and put in a crop. Their sister, Isabella, went with them as housekeeper. After a home was prepared the rest of the family removed to the farm. The land was afterwards warranted and surveyed. A portion of it was named "Deer Park," and contained four hundred and six and a half acres. On the 28th of June, 1782, by virtue of a land-office warrant (No. 1773) and in consideration of eighty pounds there was granted to Samuel Parks a tract of land which was surveyed to him Feb. 2, 1786, as containing one hundred and eighty-six acres and seventy-five perches, adjoining Thomas Bracken; also a pre-emption warrant. On the 4th of September, 1786, the last tract was granted to John Parks, son of Samuel, and surveyed as "The Experiment," containing one hundred and seventy-five and seven-eighths acres, and deeded by Samuel and Margaret, his wife, Jan. 1, 1787; but in September following the patent was made out to Samuel Parks. He lived on the "Deer Park" tract till his death in 1794, aged sixty-five years.
The greater part of the family home farm, "Deer Park," was intended for Hugh, the youngest child. He died when a young man, and before the death of his father. After the death of the mother in 1808 the farm was deeded to James Park by John Park and Col. John Marshall, executors, and was conveyed by James to John Park. It was purchased by William Boon, and is now owned by A. and J. Boon.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 285, 1413.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 698.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1142.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 285.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1413.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 698, 870.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 432.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 285, 1142.

9 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 699.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 698, 699.