GENERATION 13

GENERATION 12

Biography

RICHARD PARKE first appeared in Cambridge, Essex, MA, in 1635. He was a miller by occupation and a large land owner. He sailed from London in the ship "Defence," which left England Aug. 10, 1635, and arrived at Boston Oct. 3, 1635.

The list of passengers on the Defence include the following:

 A Miller   Richard Perk      33
            Margery Perk      40
            Isabell Perk       7
            Elizabeth Perk     4

Jackson's "History of Newton," says, "RICHARD PARK was a proprietor in Cambridge 1636, and of Cambridge Farms, Lexington 1642. His house was near the Cow Common in Cambridge.

MARGERY CRANE died Mar. 31, 1656. RICHARD married second, Sarah Collier, daughter of WILLIAM and JANE (CLARKE) COLLIER.