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Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Samuel Parkman

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• • Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Ebenezer Parkman   
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Breck   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Aug 1751 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Jun 1824 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Rogers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 May 1784 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Willard Parkman (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  Francis Parkman

• Additional marriages for Samuel Parkman

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Shaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Feb 1773
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett

• Sources for Samuel Parkman

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection) , pp. 14172-14177, Records for Samuel Parkmen, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston, 1649-1920 , p. 772, Cemetery record for Samuel Parkman, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Westborough, Vol. 1, p. 82, Birth record for Samuel Parkman.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1924, Vol. 78, p. 96, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁵ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 , Columbian Centinel, 16 JUN 1824, Obituary for Samuel Parkman, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁶ Breck, Samuel , Genealogy of the Breck Family Descended from Edward of Dorchester and His Brothers in America , Omaha: Rees Printing Company (1889) , 27, gives Samuel's death date as 11 JAN 1784 [sic], Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ⁷ Dudley, Dean , History of the Dudley Family: With Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, &c., Number 1 , Boston: David Clapp and Son, Printers (1886) , 896-898, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ⁸ Porter, Joseph W., ed. , The Bangor Historical Magazine , Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer , JUL 1891 to JUN 1892, Vol. 7, p. 92, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193, 220, 224.
  • ¹⁰ Sturgis, Francis Shaw , The Descendants of Nath'l Russell Sturgis: With a Brief Introductory Sketch of His Ancestor s in England and . . . , Boston: Printed by G. H. Ellis (1925) , Introduction prior to page 1, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ¹¹ Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and D escendants . . ., 2nd Ed. , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004) , 248-249, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ¹² Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 3, Samuel Appleton and His Wif e Judith Everard . . . , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2007) , 54, 215-217.
  • ¹³ Whitmore, William H. , The Graveyards of Boston: First Volume, Copp's Hill Epitaphs , Albany: Joel Munsell (1878) , 28, Google Books (Digital Library).