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William PARSONS

William PARSONS

Male 1722 - 1788  (66 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William PARSONSWilliam PARSONS was born in 1722 in England; died in 1788 in , Augusta, Virginia.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G8RN-KZB

    Family/Spouse: Martha HUGHES. Martha was born in 1724 in Northhampton, Pennsylvania; died in 1772 in Northhampton, Pennsylvania; was buried in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Ashbury PARSONS, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1745 in Province of Maryland, British Colony; died on 4 Nov 1823 in Frozen Camp, Jackson, Virginia; was buried on 5 Nov 1823 in Jackson, West Virginia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Ashbury PARSONS, Sr.Charles Ashbury PARSONS, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 4 Nov 1745 in Province of Maryland, British Colony; died on 4 Nov 1823 in Frozen Camp, Jackson, Virginia; was buried on 5 Nov 1823 in Jackson, West Virginia.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L63J-X22
    • Name: Charles Asbury PARSONS
    • _UID: A5BC72F905E34FBDAE3E3079C2CEB8F99667
    • possessions: 1773, Harrison County VA; 1400 acres on Elk Creek (now Buckhannon, WV (Randolph County)
    • Military: 17 Oct 1775, Harrison County VA
    • Residence: 1792, Jackson, Virginia; Jackson, Virginia, United States
    • Residence: 1820, Mason, Virginia

    Notes:

    Entered the American Revolutionary War as a private in the Virginia Militia in the company of Captain John Harness the Virginia Rangers. He was a surveyor in the new lands of western Virginia and moved his family to what is now Jackson County, WV.

    Charles married Anne Elizabeth FLESHER on 3 May 1796 in Harrison, Virginia. Anne was born in 1761 in Weston, Lewis, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1859 in Jackson County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]