West Virginia Pioneers

Susan Fink

Female Est 1770 - 1808  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name Susan Fink 
    Born Est 1770 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1808  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2678  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 14 May 2018 

    Father Henry Fink,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F9047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William [Lowther?] Parsons,   b. 24 Jul 1769, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1839, Frozen Camp, Jackson Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Between 1786 and 1790  Maryland or Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • "Jackson County in the Wars"
      War of 1812
      In the summer of 1813, a body of Mason County troops under Capt. William Lowther Parsons, who then lived on Scyamore Creek near present Ripley, crossed the Alleghenies and served for a time at Norfolk, VA, They were mustered out in 1814. Known men from present Jackson County who served with Capt. Parsons' Company in the 6th VA Regiment were:. . .
      Cornelius Staats, who was either killed in action or died of other causes at this time
      Sidney Casto

      William Lowther "Captain Billy" Parsons, son of Charles Sr and Elizabeth (Chestnut) Parsons, was born in Quen Anne's County, Maryland, and died at Frozen Camp, Jackson County, (July 24, 1765-Oct 10, 1839). He married (1) Susan, daughter of Henry Fink, 1786, and they had 8 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity and an infant who died with his mother on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley in 1807, and was interred with her in the present old Ripley graveyard. "Captain Billy" married (2) Elizabeth Nancy Walker, and by this marriage there were 9 children, making a total of 17 in all. He is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery.
    Children 
     1. Henry Parsons,   b. Between 1788 and 1792, Buchannon Fort, Harrison County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1862, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     2. John Fink Parsons,   b. 20 Aug 1794 OR 1797, Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Martha Parsons,   b. 1796 OR 1802,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Charles Parsons,   b. 1800, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1884, Hancock County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Hannah Parsons,   b. Abt 1801, Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Susan Parsons,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. William M Parsons, Jr,   b. 20 Sep 1806, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1892, Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Infant Parsons,   b. 1808, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1808, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S70] John House.