Josiah "Bos'n" Parks was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Benjamin) Parks. He was the husband of Thankful Anne (Weekly) Parks. Thankful died March 29, 1827.∼Josiah was baptized by Rev. Asher Possiter of the First Congregational Church, Preston, Connecticut. Josiah Parke was a Scout in the American Rev. War. Josiah was engaged as boatswain's mate on a British ship at the taking of Havana in 1762. The Commander was pleased with his strategy during this time and promoted him to Boatswain - thereafter he was usually known as Bo'son Parks. After his discharge from the British service, he joined other Connecticut settlers in the Pennamite War in Wyoming. Pa. From there he took up a 150 acre tract of land on the west side of the Delaware River at Stockport, two miles below Shehocken Point, including Preston's Flats. He built a cabin on Equinunk Island and before this he had lived at Shawangunk about 20 miles west of the Hudson in Ulster Co., N.Y., then briefly in Goshen, NY and Minisink (Port Jervis). Josiah's last days were spent near Fish's Eddy in the Town of Hancock, N.Y., He was buried without a monument in the Partridge Island Cemetery at Fish's Eddy (The Fishs Eddy Cemetery, Partridge Island Cemetery, as it is known, is located on County Route 17 (old route 17) west of the village.
Submitted by Collin Haight
Submitted by Collin Haight
Josiah "Bos'n" Parks was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Benjamin) Parks. He was the husband of Thankful Anne (Weekly) Parks. Thankful died March 29, 1827.∼Josiah was baptized by Rev. Asher Possiter of the First Congregational Church, Preston, Connecticut. Josiah Parke was a Scout in the American Rev. War. Josiah was engaged as boatswain's mate on a British ship at the taking of Havana in 1762. The Commander was pleased with his strategy during this time and promoted him to Boatswain - thereafter he was usually known as Bo'son Parks. After his discharge from the British service, he joined other Connecticut settlers in the Pennamite War in Wyoming. Pa. From there he took up a 150 acre tract of land on the west side of the Delaware River at Stockport, two miles below Shehocken Point, including Preston's Flats. He built a cabin on Equinunk Island and before this he had lived at Shawangunk about 20 miles west of the Hudson in Ulster Co., N.Y., then briefly in Goshen, NY and Minisink (Port Jervis). Josiah's last days were spent near Fish's Eddy in the Town of Hancock, N.Y., He was buried without a monument in the Partridge Island Cemetery at Fish's Eddy (The Fishs Eddy Cemetery, Partridge Island Cemetery, as it is known, is located on County Route 17 (old route 17) west of the village.
Submitted by Collin Haight
Submitted by Collin Haight
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