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8. John Williams Mix b: 8 DEC 1794 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut ----- Warham Parks http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bucknum/P160Db01.htm Warham Parks was born 13 Mar 1752 at Westfield, MA; d. 6 Mar 1801 [of wounds received at the Battle of Saratoga [Stillwater], where he served as aide to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln]. The Journal of Rev. Mr. Ballantine entry for July 20, 1768: “Went with my wife to Cambirdge. Attended public exercises [Commencement at Harvard] … My wife came to Cambridge. Parks admitted.” That was Warham Parks then about 16 years old, who had been fitted for college by Mr. Ballantine. He became one of Westfield’s very illustrious citizens, Gen. Warham Parks, prominent in the war of the Revolution. In 1773 Warham graduated from Harvard College. Upon the first alarm at Lexington he commanded a company of 70 men, all of whom were from Westfield. He became a major, served throughout the Revolutionary War, and at the time of his death was a General. He lived in Westfield, where he was a large land-owner; and was Selectman in 1790-1, 1797-98-99, and 1800. Warham Parks married Mary ‘Molly’ Ingersoll, his cousin, a daughter of John Ingersoll, 15 Jan 1778. Mary Ingersoll was born 19 Feb 1755; d, 29 Aug 1790. [he was the son of Elisha Parks and Mary Ingersoll; Warham married second 1791 Rebecca Gorham, b. 1765, d/o Nathaniel Gorham and Rebecca Call]. Warham Parks served as a Captain of Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment from May to Dec 1775; was a Captain of the 3rd Continental Infantry on 1 Jan 1776; a Major of the 4th Massachusetts on 1 Jan 1777, encamped at Valley Forge, PA; was wounded at Saratoga, NY on 7 Oct 1777; and resigned 1 Jul1778. At the March meeting, 1778, the need of the army were considered. Major Warham Parks was chosen to go to Boston “on the cost of the town,” as its agent in consequence of certain letters received from Colonel Shepard and others in the Continental Army. Then a committee consisting of John Ingersoll, Esq., Doct. Mather, Elisha Parks, Esq., and Capt. David Mosley, was chosen “to remonstrate to the General Court &c. of the Nakedness of the Army & of the Necessity of its being supplied with Cloathing & other necessaries immediately.” In August a committee consisting of Dea. Root, Elisha Parks, Esq., Capt. Daniel Sacket, Col. John Mosley, and Mr. Samuel Fowler, was appointed to collect the clothing sent for the by the General Court for the use of the Continental Army. The Shays Rebellion - On 12 Jun 1782, a rabble of about 150 riotous persons, gathered from different towns up the river, entered Springfield late in the afternoon when a large part of the male inhabitants were absent at the funeral of Rev. Stephen Williams of Longmeadow, and released Ely from the gaol. Col. Elisha Porter of Hadley, high sheriff of the county, hastily organized a posse and the next day in Northampton an agreement was reached between the mob and the representatives of civil authority, whereby Ely was to be given up, but as he had already disappeared he could not be produced, and three hostages were therefore given by the mob and put into jail in Northampton to remain until Ely should be returned. This angered the malcontents who had begun to disperse. They gathered again and were joined by others the next day, while the guard about the jail was strong and vigilant. On Saturday, June 16, the crowds increased and became so threatening that Colonel Porter called upon various towns for assistance, and the services on the following day were marked by the absence of many male worshipers usually in attendance. The account in the Diary of Jonathan Judd, Jr., who was and eyewitness, is so vivid in its details of the proceedings on that eventful Sunday as to warrant its reproduction. “Sunday 17. Got up about four went to the middle of the Town. Maj. Bannister, Capt. White & Capt. Warner, who are leaning toward the Mobb go up to Hatfield. Was with a Committee to advise the Sheriff. Was at the Meeting part of the Exercises. People collect but slow till Noon and after. Upon Maj. Bannister &c. coming back at 2 Phinehas Lyman, Noah Smith & Dea. King go to the Mobb. All the return we have is that they will have the Hostages. They were then thought at Luke Lymans. We answer they can not. At Dusk when Col. Porter had about 500 Men at the Jail and General Parks arrives with 160 more, they march to the Jail mostly on horses, being about 450 men one half armed with Clubbs. They fill the lane from the School House to and in the Jail Yard. A Parley then began which lasted about 1 Hour and a half, in which Time Capt. Dickinson and other Heads of the Mobb went into the Goal and saw the Prisoners. They had then one Idea of resigning up Ely, but as soon as they came out Ely put off with speed. It was then agreed that the Mobb should go to the plain near the Burying Yard and they went and Dickinson returned and the agreement was that the Question whether the Hostages should be delivered up should be brought to a County Convention and their opinion sent to the General Court who should be the final Judges in the matter. When Dickinson returned to the plain all his party had left him. Almost the whole Party might have been taken with very little loss, but we aimed to show we did not want to Hurt them nor shed blood. Springfield people came while they were at the Jail with 1 field Piece and a Number of Continental Soldiers. A large Guard was kept at the Goal, others scattered about a little not much; it was so near Day before matters were settled.” It was surely a long and exciting day for Judd, lasting nearly twenty-four hours, during which he could have had little if any rest. But late as was his hour of retiring he got up at 4 o’clock again on the following morning to find the leaders as “obstinate as human creaturs can be. Nothing can be done with them. A Mobb man is almost certainly a Liar. Their cause is principally carried on by Lying.” 40
The General Parks mentioned in his record was Gen. Warham Parks of Westfield, and his contingent of 160 men was probably raised in his native town. Judd’s Diary: Tues. [Sept.] 26, 1786. 60 or 70 men of the Militia set off for Springfield, very early to support the Government. About 8 I set out, some from Westhampton likewise got to Springfield about 10. Militia at the Court House and the mob above Ferry. About 1 the Mob marched down in order and back; about 900 armed and unarmed. The Government upwards of 1000. Court sit in the afternoon. A very sorrowful day. Brother against Brother. Father against Son. The Mob threaten the lives of all that oppose them. Came away about sunset. Wednesday, 27. Went with Dr. Woodbridge about 9. Got to Springfield by 12. Lines are drawn with Centuries kept by each party. Looks more threatening than yesterday. Committees from each have met but cannot agree. Court did business in the P. M. our situation is truly deplorable. An alarm about 7; but rest of the Night was Quiet. Thursday, 28. mob threaten much but they are not coming. Those who threaten most do the least. The agreement nearly completed yesterday. Militia march on to the Hill, the Mob march and countermarch through the Town. Militia discharged about 3 P.M. Mob are high yet, not lowered tho lost their vim. I came away about 5; nothing but fire and Smoke where the Mob are. Fryday, 29. Militia got home in afternoon.” Besides the government forces mobilized in response to the Governor’s order and on duty during the disturbance, an ancient muster roll proves that eighty persons who had arrived from various towns organized themselves into an independent company of defense, chose General Warham Parks of Westfield to act as their Captain, and were armed at the public store. Several Westfield men served in the ranks… As the crisis approached there were five different bodies of combatants under arms: General Shepard had about 1200 at Springfield; General Lincoln with some 3000 men was moving from the east toward Springfield; Shays with some 1200 men was on the march from Rutland; Eli Parsons with about 400 had come from Berkshire and taken possession of the north parish of Springfield, now Chicopee; Luke Day with about the same number of well-drilled men and boys held West Springfield under martial law. He had the presumption to arrest, examine and imprison travelers and citizens of Springfield and Longmeadow, two of whom while resisting such outrageous treatment were severely wounded. Ezra Starkwether of Worthington was held in prison two or three days. Gen. Warham Parks and Dr. Paul Whitney of Westfield were seized in their sleighs. Day was the most arrogant and offensive of the leaders at that time. On the 21 st Shepard sent an urgent appeal to Lincoln at Worcester for a flying column to follow in the rear of Shays to harass and hinder him. Mary Parks died August 29, 1790 (Source: Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts, 1909.). March 14, 1791 Town Meeting. Voted that several Bulls shall be provided the present year for the use of the Town: & that William Shepard Esq, Warham Parks, Esq, Jed Taylor 7 Zadoc Martindale be a Committee to procure said Bulls & allot them to the different parts of the Town. (Source: Westfield and Its Historic Influence: Reverend Lockwood, 1919.). Warham Parks married Rebecca Gorham, a daughter of Nathaniel Gorham, December 20, 1791 (Source: Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts, 1909.). Warham Parks died March 6, 1801 at Charlestown, MA. Rebecca Parks died November 26, 1834 at Cambridge, MA (Source: Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts, 1909.). Warham Parks was born at Westfield, Massachusetts 13 March 1752 [Thomas Bellow Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass., David Clapp and Son, 1879), p. 730] ; died there 6 March 1801. [Frank Chester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts. (Washington, D.C., 1909), p. 70] Warham was a son of Elisha and Mary (Ingersoll) Parks. He married (1) at Westfield, Mass. 15 January 1778 to Mary Ingersoll (his cousin). She was born 19 February 1756; died 29 August 1790. He filed his (2) intention of marriage at Charlestown, Mass. 4 December 1791, and married there 20 December 1791 by Rev. Jedediah Morse to Rebecca Gorham. [Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass., NEHGS, 1984), 1:501 [Marr. Int.], 441 [Marriage]] She was born at Charlestown 20 March 1765 [ibid, 1:412] ; died at Cambridge, Mass. 26 November 1834. [Vital Records of Cambridge, Mass. to 1850. (Boston, Mass., NEHGS, 1915), 2:688] Rebecca was the daughter of Hon. Nathaniel and Rebecca (Call) Parks. Her father held many high offices including serving as President of the Continental Congress in 1786. [Thomas Bellow Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass., David Clapp and Son, 1879), p. 424] The announcement of Warham and Rebecca’s marriage was published in the Massachusetts Centinel, 24 March 1791. Warham was a graduate of the Harvard Class of 1773. The accounts of his academic misadventures at Harvard, and his later accomplishments are chronicled in detail by Conrad E. Wright and Edward W. Hanson in Sibley’s Harvard Graduates – Biographical Sketches of those who Attend Harvard College in the classes of 1772-1774 (Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Historical Society, 1999). [Sibley’s Harvard Graduates – Vol. XVIII– 1772-1774. Biographical Sketches of those who attended Harvard College in the Classes 1772-1774. (Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Historical Society, 1999), pgs. 270- 272] During the Revolutionary War he served as Captain of Danielson’s Massachusetts Regiment from May to December 1775; Captain 3rd Continental Infantry, 1 January 1776; Major of the 4th Massachusetts, 1 January 1777; wounded at Saratoga 7 October 1777, and resigned 1 July 1778. [Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution April, 1775, to December, 1783. (Washington, D.C., Rare Book Shop Publishing Co., 1914), p. 427] His second marriage occurred a few months after his being wounded at Saratoga. After the war he served as a justice of the peace in Hampshire County from 1779 until his death. [Sibley’s Harvard Graduates – Vol. XVIII– 1772-1774. Biographical Sketches of those who attended Harvard College in the Classes 1772-1774. (Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Historical Society, 1999), pgs. 270-272] Warham would later serve Hampshire County in the capacity of Brigadier General for the county militia from 1782-1786. [ibid] Warham’s death notice appeared in the Columbian Centinel, 11 March 1801. He was buried at the Mechanic Street Cemetery in Westfield, Mass (Source: The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Profiles.). 41
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