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Benjamin Parsons; born 1628, died 1689; emigrated from England to Windsor, Connecticut in 1685; later moved to Springfield, Massachusetts; married Sarah Vore in 1653.
Christopher Parsons; immigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century.
Edward Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1639.
Francis Parsons; emigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century.
George Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1665.
Giles Parsons; emigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century.
Henry Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1643.
Henry Parson[s]; immigrated to Virginia around 1658.
James Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1635.
James Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1637.
James Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1638.
James Parsons; transported* from Surry, England to Virginia on board the ship Forward Gally in April 1739; indentured servant.
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Jeffrey Parsons; born around 1631; died 1689; emigrated from England to Barbadoes then to Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1655; married Sarah Vinson in 1657.
John Parsons; emigrated from England to Virginia on board the ship Marygold in 1619.
John Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1637.
John Parsons; emigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century.
John Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1662.
John Parsons; emigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century.
John Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1653.
John Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1665.
John Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1666.
John Parsons; immigrated from England to Maryland or Virginia in September 1719; age 19, weaver; indentured servant.
John Parsons; transporated from Newgate Prison to Maryland on board the ship Patapscoe in March 1730/31; indentured servant.
Jonathan Parsons; immigrated to Virginia prior to 1664.
Joseph Parsons; born 1618; died 1683; emigrated from England to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1634; a founder of Northampton; was one of the richest men in Springfield; married to Mary Bliss.
Joseph Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1657.
Richard Parsons; immigrated to Virginia prior to 1639.
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Samuel Parsons; emigrated from England to Lynn, Massachusetts; was one of five original settlers of Easthampton, New York in 1649.
Samuel Parsons; transported from Newgate Prison to Maryland or Virginia on board the ship Essex in May 1740; indentured servant.
Thomas Parsons; born around 1663, died 1721; emigrated from England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it is said that his brother John and he were one of the first Englishmen to own and operate a mill in Philadelphia; married (1st) to Jean (Jane) Culling in 1685.
Thomas Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1639.
Thomas Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1639.
Thomas Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1658.
Thomas Parsons; emigrated from Surrey, England to Maryland in September 1722; age 20; indentured servant.
Thomas Parsons; emigrated from Kent, England to Virginia on board the ship Elizabeth in November 1774; age 25; carpenter; indentured servant.
William Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1638.
William Parsons; immigrated to Virginia in 1653.
William Parsons; immigrated to Virginia around 1662.
William Parsons; transported from Newgate Prison to Maryland on board the ship Alexander in July 1723; indentured servant.
William Parsons; transported from Newgate Prison to Virginia or Maryland on board the ship Elizabeth in June 1728; indentured servant.
* There were no less than 150 capital crimes in England for which a man might be transported. Of course, there were the expected ones of murder, arson, and treason, but there were also lesser ones such as maiming, stealing a cow, cutting down trees along an avenue, sending threatening letters, and standing mute when addressed by a legal official. Some convicts were even people of quality. One gentleman of high birth, for instance, was transported for stealing books out of a library. As a child, George Washington was taught to read and write by a transported convict who had been a schoolmaster. Esepcially in the countryside, the crimes which resulted in transporation were often very petty. One man was transported for stealing a silver shoebuckle. Another was sent to America and indentured for seven years for the theft of a chicken.
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