Joseph Parsons 
Joseph was born in 1618 in England.1 He died at the age of 65 on October 9th, 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.1 General Notes
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Joseph, known as Cornet Joseph Parsons from the military title conferred on him 7 October 1678 by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, was a witness on 15 July 1636 to the deed by which the Indians conveyed to William Pynchon and others a large tract of land on both sides of the Connecticut River including what was to become Springfield, Massachusetts. Joseph Parsons does not appear again in Springfield records until 8 January 1645/6 when he was appointed a highway surveyor. He was a founder of Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1654, and a prominent resident there. He lived in Boston from about 1675 to 1677 or 1678, when he returned to Northampton; in 1679 or 1680 he returned to Springfield where he died 9 October 1683.
-Gerald James Parsons; NEHGR; April, 1989.
See entry under Mary Bliss for mention of her trial for witchcraft.
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!Birth: Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Vol.l, by Aaron T Bliss.
Details of Joseph's family with Mary Bliss
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Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1754, 20;1754.FTW, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1377, World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0105, 0105.ftw @ Tree #0105, phelps.FTW @ Tree #0105, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #3084, 3084.ftw
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1754, 20;1754.FTW, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1377, World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0105, 0105.ftw @ Tree #0105, phelps.FTW @ Tree #0105, World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #3084, 3084.ftw