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Thomas Parsons 1645 -1701
By his first marriage, Thomas had 3 children. The children of Thomas and Sarah Dare were as follows:
| Order | Name | Birth | Notes |
| Thomas Parsons | Aug 9, 1645 @ Windsor, CT. | Married (1) Sarah Dare, Dec 24, 1668 @ Windsor. He died @ Suffield, CT on April 10, 1701. | |
| wife | Sarah Dare | Died on June 14, 1674, probably @ Brookfield, but recorded @ Windsor | |
| wife | Priscilla | (2) | |
| 1 | Sarah | Oct 12, 1669 | birth recorded in Windsor. Married Henry Stiles @ Windsor in 1698 |
| 2 | Hannah | Oct 3, 1671 | " " " Died at Brookfield before 1674 |
| 3 | Thomas, Jr. | Jan 2, 1673/4 | " " " Died at Windsor, CT. in Dec. 1680 |
| 4 | Nathaniel Austin | abt 1676 | Son of Anthony Austin. Adopted by Thomas & Priscilla in 1699. Married in January 1703, Abigail Hovey, age 21, granddaughter of Deacon Daniel Hovey of Brookfield. |
Note: Thomas and wife Priscilla adopted Nathaniel Austin of Suffield, CT. Records in Windsor show a Thomas Parsons died Dec. 14, 1680. But Thomas and Priscilla are later found in Suffield, CT. in 1700, where they adopt Nathaniel in order to establish an heir for their estate, implying that there were no living children of Thomas Parsons of Brookfield as of 1699.
Source: "Quaboag Plantation Alias Brookefeild" by Louis E. Roy, M. D., 1965, West Brookfield, MA., The Heffernan Press, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts.