Ancestry of Jack Parsons

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Marvel Whiteside ("Jack") Parsons should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Jack Parsons
1 Marvel Whiteside ("Jack") Parsons, b. Los Angeles Co., Cal., 2 Oct. 1914, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 17 June 1952 [SSN 559-10-7396]
PARENTS
2 Marvel H ... ("Tad") Parsons, b. ... , Mass., ... [ca. 1890], d. ...
m. ... 1912, sep. ... Jan. 1915
3 Ruth Virginia Whiteside, b. ... , Ill., 1 Jan. 1891, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 17 June 1952 [SSN 554-09-8050]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Charles Henry Parsons, b. Springfield, Mass., 18 Feb. 1864, d. ... [living 1920]
m. Hartford, Conn., 23 Sept. 1885
5 Adeline M ... Marvel, b. Hartford, Conn., 13 Feb. 1865, d. ... [living 1920]
6 Walter Hunter Whiteside, industrialist, b. ... , Ind., ... [ca. 1862], d. ... [living 1920]
m.
7 Carrie Virginia Kendall, b. ... , Ohio, ... [ca. 1859], d. ... [living 1920]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 William Henry Parsons, b. Concord, N. H., 14 Feb. 1822, d. ... 10 March 1907
m. ... 20 Sept. 1848
9 Sarah A ... Wood, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 William Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, Maine, 19 March 1792, d. Springfield, Mass., 15 April 1876
m. ... 15 July 1813
17 Sarah S ... Dearborn, b. Greenfield, N. H., ... [ca. 1793], d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Thomas Parsons, b. ... 18 Sept. 1735, d. Parsonsfield, Maine, ... [ca. 1811]
m. ... [ca. 1785]
33 Lucy Bradbury, b. Seco, Maine, ... [1756-7], d. Seco, Maine, 11 Nov. 1811
34 Benjamin Dearborn, b. ... 21 May 1770, d. ... 5 Jan. 1835
m.
35 Sarah Pickering, b. ... 31 Jan. 1773, d. ... 16 Nov. 1866
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Joseph Parsons, b. ... [ca. 1702], d. ... 4 May 1765
m.
65 Frances Usher, b. ... [ca. 1703], d. ... [ca. 1747]
68 Levi Dearborn, b. ... 7 March 1730, d. ... 28 March 1792
m.
69 Sarah Swett, b. ... 20 Sept. 1736, d. ... 2 Aug. 1808
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 Joseph Parsons, b. Northampton, Mass., 28 June 1671, d. Salisbury Beach, Mass., 13 March 1739/40
m. ... 1701
129 Elizabeth Tompson, b. ... , d. Kensington, N. H., ... 1774
130 John Usher, Lt. Gov., b. ... , d. ...
m.
131 , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 Joseph Parsons, b. Springfield, Mass., 1 Nov. 1647, d. Northampton, Mass., 29 Nov. 1729
m. Springfield, Mass., 11 May 1669
257 Elizabeth Strong, b. Windsor, Conn., 24 Feb. 1647/8, d. Northampton, Mass., 11 May 1736
258 William Tompson, b. ... , d. ...
m.
259 , b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 Joseph Parsons, b. ... , d. ...
m.
513 Mary Bliss, b. ... , d. ...
514 John Strong, b. ... , d. ...
m.
515 Abigail Ford, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1920 California, Los Angeles Co., Pasadena, ED 535, sheet 5B, line 53

Whiteside Walter H   H    M W 58 M      IN IN OH
          Carrie B   W    F W 61 M      OH NJ MD
Parsons Ruth V       D    F W 29 D      IL IN OH
        Jack W       GS   M W  5 S      CA MA IL
   (two servants)

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1920 Massachusetts, Hampden Co., Springfield, ED 149, sheet 10B, line 94

Parsons Charles H     H   M W 55 M     MA NH MA     Real Estate
        Adeline M     W   F W 54 M     CT MA MA
        Marvel H      S   M W 30 S     MA MA CT     Salesman Stocks & Bonds

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