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Subject: Re: [PARKS] Joseph Parke's wife Mary Smith Paine
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:57:45 -0400


Hello,
Could you please tell me more about the Parke Society newsletter? Does it
have Parkes also?
Thank you,
Karen Stone

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:00:52 -0400 "Arnold V. Weirmeir"
<> writes:
> Parke Society Newsletter, 1993, Vol0, No 3, in an article presumably
> by
> David L. Parks, #13, states that the marriage of Rachel Pain and
> Joseph
> Parke was from Preston vital records. He felt most comfortable with
> Mary
> Smith being the daughter of John Smith 1644-1692 son of Ralph Smith
> 1610-1685 son of John Smith of Hingham and Eastham MA. The unsigned
> article
> Vol 31 NO 3 1994 refutes this.
> Arnold V. Weirmeir
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom or Donna" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:46 PM
> Subject: [PARKS] Joseph Parke's wife Mary Smith Paine
>
>
> > On the "Correction of Mary Smith Paine" that was in the Parke
> Newsletter
> > Vol 31 NO 3 1994
> > Who was the author?
> >
> > I am having a hard time connecting Mary (the wife of Joseph Parke)
> to
> > John Smith (1655-1736) of Lyme CT.
> >
> > Sources given in the article were The American Genealogist V
> 18:124 and
> > Vol 25:140
> > CT Nutmegger Vol 7 #1: 3-10
> > Miner Family by Selleck 1928 pg 159-61
> > John Smith of Lancaster MA by Rev Alven Smith 1931
> >
> > Does anyone have copies of these and does it show a daughter Mary
> for
> > John-3 Smith?
> >
> > ____An email I received ____
> > > Subject: Re: [CTNEWLON-L] John & Richard Smith of Lyme CT
> > > Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 23:03:45 -0400
> > > From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > 5. There is no record of death for Richard-2 SMITH. The
> will of
> > > > Richard SMITH
> > > > > was mentioned in New London Court Records under date of 6
> June 1682,
> > > > the widow
> > > > > appearing as executrix, but the will was not recorded, and
> no copy
> > > > survives.
> > > > > Obviously he died quite a while before the date of 1701 you
> give.
> >
> > > This would be Richard-3 SMITH, Jr., b. ca. 1649, Sudbury, MA, d.
> 8 Mar
> > > 1701/2, Lyme, CT, son of Richard-2 and Mary (KERLEY) SMITH.
> >
> > >
> > > There is no daughter Mary in this family. Sorry! Her parentage
> will
> > > have to be sought elsewhere. Her father may or may not be a
> John SMITH,
> > > but not John-3 SMITH (Richard-2, John-1) of Lyme, CT.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, but I don't think the Lyme family is connected to your
> Mary
> > > (SMITH)(PAINE) PARK.
> > >
> > ____End of email ____
> >
> >
> > The John (1655-1736) married a Mary ?? in 26 OCt 1685 according to
> LYME
> > marriages -It did not list her as Mary BILL.
> >
> > Does anyone have the Parke Newsletter VOl 30 pg 27 that listed the
> > "Incorrect lineage of Mary Smith Paine Parke"???
> >
> > I have sent away for the probate of John (1655-1736) but I don't
> have
> > much hope from Robert Ward that it will list Mary as John's
> daughter.
> >
> > Any help on this would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Widow Mary Paine married Joseph Parke, son of Nathaniel and Sarah
> Geer
> > parke in Groton in 1709 - Is there any book of marriages that has
> this
> > info in it?
> >
> >
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