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Clint Eastwood

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    Samuel Parsons

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    • 7th Great-grandfather of Clint Eastwood — 10th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 856 
    • Birth Date:
    • 23 Jan 1652/1653 
    • Birth Location:
    • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Death Date:
    • 19 Nov 1734 
    • Death Location:
    • Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Old Durham Cemetery, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1677 
    • Marriage Location:
    • prob. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
    • Notes: 
    • Some sources state that Samuel Parsons had a third wife Mary Wheeler that he married in 1711 after the death of his second wife Rhoda Taylor. This would be incorrect as Rhoda did not die until 1759. The Samuel Parsons who married Mary Wheeler is believed to be the son of this Samuel Parsons and his first wife Eizabeth Cooke.

  • Additional marriages for Samuel Parsons


    • Spouse:
    • Rhoda Taylor
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1691

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  • Sources for Samuel Parsons

    • 1 Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 599.
    • 6 Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol. 1, Midland, Michigan: Published by the Author (1982), 31.
    • 7 Burt, Henry M., Cornet Joseph Parsons: One of the Founders of Springfield and Northampton, Massachusetts, Garden City, Long Island, New York: Albert Ross Parsons (1898), 109.
    • 8 Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Cuneo Press (1931), Vol. 2, pp. 636-639, 790.
    • 9 Jacobus, Donald Lines, comp., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Baltimore: Reprinted for Clearfield Company (2007, originally published 1930-1932), 599.
    • 10 Parsons, Gerald James, The Parsons Family: Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons . . . Through His Grandson Jonathan Parsons (1693-1782), Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc. (1984), 36.
    • 11 Parsons, Henry, Parsons Family: Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons: Springfield 1636 - Northampton 1655, Vol. 2, New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co. (1920), 21-22.
    • 12 Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 40.