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| | William Parsons (1701-1757) |
 | | Parsons served three terms as Justice of the Peace between 1752 and 1757; one term as an Assemblyman, 1753; and filled the offices of Prothonotary, Clerk of the Court, Recorder, and Clerk of the Commissioners. |
 | | Parsons died at Easton, December 17, 1757, and is justly entitled to the honor given him, “The Father of Easton”. |
 | | Later his prejudices against the Moravians changed, and his attitude became friendly; he embraced the evangelical faith; and as his end drew near, he desired to have all his family gathered around him, but in that pathetic hour, it was too late for his wife to come from Philadelphia. |
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