STUARTFAMILY ARCHIVE

THE STUART FAMILY ARCHIVE

Jane (Jean) Parkinson (mother of Nancy Diven)

Recorded life status
deceased

[[evidence:WEB-20261102-032150-c309488a|Parkison/Diven original will and releases]] Nancy Diven formerly Nancy Parkinson explicitly releases inheritance from 'my Mother Jane Parkinson' to Richard Parkinson on12 May1838; recorded1 August1842, Perry deeds1842–1845 p15,image12/382. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF1-P29V . The original clearly says Jane; machine transcript's James is wrong. John Parkison's1802 will names wife Jean and children Richard, Katharine, Ann and Elizabeth. Correlated Nancy1832 release and1830deed identify Ann/Nancy and the same estate/sibling cluster. Jane/Jean name variants retained. Maiden surname and exact birth/death unknown; do not infer Mitchel solely because John's will calls David Mitchel brother.

Recorded name forms

Jean Parkison

Jane Parkinson

Recorded spouses

John Parkison (father of Nancy Diven)

Sources and evidence