Thomas Park was born in Stonington, CT, the son of Thomas Park and Mary Wilcox. He was a mariner, and when the Revolution broke out, he offered his services to the state of Connecticut, running supplies up and down the Connecticut River. On April 23, 1776 he received a letter of marque and reprisal from the U.S. Congress for his armed sloop "Prudence," and captured several British vessels in Long Island Sound. After the Revolution he moved to Catskill Landing, NY, and then to Tioga County, where in 1797 he bought 150 acres on the west side of Owego Creek and established the Park Settlement. He married Hannah Eldredge, the widow of Hugh Fiddis, Sr. in Groton, CT in 1768.If you have further information about this patriot, please contact the creator of this memorial.
Served in Captain Phineas Cook's Company, Lieutenant Colonel William Bond's 37th Regiment.
Hatcher cites "Old Cem, Harvard MA" from a record dated 1956. Her work is based on cemetery readings, church records, etc.
Sources:
Revolutionary War patriot, according to Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, by Patricia Law Hatcher.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v 2, p 826.
Served in Captain Phineas Cook's Company, Lieutenant Colonel William Bond's 37th Regiment.
Hatcher cites "Old Cem, Harvard MA" from a record dated 1956. Her work is based on cemetery readings, church records, etc.
Sources:
Revolutionary War patriot, according to Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, by Patricia Law Hatcher.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v 2, p 826.
Thomas Park was born in Stonington, CT, the son of Thomas Park and Mary Wilcox. He was a mariner, and when the Revolution broke out, he offered his services to the state of Connecticut, running supplies up and down the Connecticut River. On April 23, 1776 he received a letter of marque and reprisal from the U.S. Congress for his armed sloop "Prudence," and captured several British vessels in Long Island Sound. After the Revolution he moved to Catskill Landing, NY, and then to Tioga County, where in 1797 he bought 150 acres on the west side of Owego Creek and established the Park Settlement. He married Hannah Eldredge, the widow of Hugh Fiddis, Sr. in Groton, CT in 1768.If you have further information about this patriot, please contact the creator of this memorial.
Served in Captain Phineas Cook's Company, Lieutenant Colonel William Bond's 37th Regiment.
Hatcher cites "Old Cem, Harvard MA" from a record dated 1956. Her work is based on cemetery readings, church records, etc.
Sources:
Revolutionary War patriot, according to Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, by Patricia Law Hatcher.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v 2, p 826.
Served in Captain Phineas Cook's Company, Lieutenant Colonel William Bond's 37th Regiment.
Hatcher cites "Old Cem, Harvard MA" from a record dated 1956. Her work is based on cemetery readings, church records, etc.
Sources:
Revolutionary War patriot, according to Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, by Patricia Law Hatcher.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v 2, p 826.
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