Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameThomas Parsons I 
Birth1687/1697, Philadelphia, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
Deathbef 10 Mar 1772, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Death Memod. Hardy, Bedford Co., Virginia
FlagsDirect Ancestor of Craig Snyder
FatherWilliam Parsons (1662-)
MotherMartha Hughes
Spouses
Birth1697, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Marriage1729/1730
Notes for Thomas Parsons I
see will attached [ccs]
636Thomas Parsons, a prominent citizen who lived near Moorefield, listened to Howell's tales of a beautiful valley he had passed through and decided to see it for himself. In about 1773, he traveled over the mountains and visited the present site of Tucker County. After claiming the land, his two sons, Thomas, Jr. (1730-1804) and James (1740-1813), moved to the present county in 1774. In March 1774, John Minear (1732-1781) and about a dozen families also moved into the present county, near St. George. However, that summer Lord Dunmore's War broke out and, fearing for their lives, all of the settlers abandoned the county for nearly two years, returning in even larger numbers in 1776.
636Thomas Parsons, a prominent citizen who lived near Moorefield, listened to Howell's tales of a beautiful valley he had passed through and decided to see it for himself. In about 1773, he traveled over the mountains and visited the present site of Tucker County. After claiming the land, his two sons, Thomas, Jr. (1730-1804) and James (1740-1813), moved to the present county in 1774. In March 1774, John Minear (1732-1781) and about a dozen families also moved into the present county, near St. George. However, that summer Lord Dunmore's War broke out and, fearing for their lives, all of the settlers abandoned the county for nearly two years, returning in even larger numbers in 1776.