West Virginia Pioneers
Family: William [Lowther?] Parsons / Susan Fink (F895)
m. Between 1786 and 1790-
Father | Male
William [Lowther?] Parsons
Born 24 Jul 1769 Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Co., MD 
Died 10 Oct 1839 Frozen Camp, Jackson Co., WV Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Married Between 1786 and 1790 Maryland or Virginia Other Spouse Nancy Elizabeth Walker | F894 Married 28 Feb 1809 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Father Charles PARSONS | F601 Group Sheet Mother Elizabeth CHESTNUT | F601 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Susan Fink
Born Est 1770 Died 1808 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Father Henry Fink | F9047 Group Sheet Mother
Child 1 | Male
Henry Parsons
Born Between 1788 and 1792 Buchannon Fort, Harrison County, VA Died 11 Sep 1862 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Spouse Lavina 'Vina' Turner | F1495 Married 5 Jun 1823 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 2 | Male
John Fink Parsons
Born 20 Aug 1794 OR 1797 Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Died 10 Sep 1873 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Spouse Ruhama Lyons | F1356 Married 19 Jun 1823 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 3 | Female
Martha Parsons
Born 1796 OR 1802 Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Charles Love | F2119 Married Spouse Francis Perry | F9180 Married 11 Aug 1840 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 4 | Male
Charles Parsons
Born 1800 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died Abt 1884 Hancock County, Illinois, USA Buried Spouse Delilah Carpenter | F2259 Married
Child 5 | Female
Hannah Parsons
Born Abt 1801 Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse John Turner | F2120 Married 7 Mar 1822 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 7 | Male
William M Parsons, Jr
Born 20 Sep 1806 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Died 27 Jan 1892 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Susannah Bonnett | F785 Married 12 Nov 1826 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Spouse Nancy A Hogsett | F2260 Married 6 Dec 1866 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 8 | Female
Infant Parsons
Born 1808 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 1808 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried
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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.