1.  WILLIAM BURRITT5 PARKHILL  (EZRA4, NATHANIEL3, ROBERT2, HUGH?1) was born 1814 in Essex, New York, and died March 19, 1882 aged 67.  He married MARIA ANTOINETTE EVEREST 1844, daughter of DAVID EVEREST and PARMELIA C.  She was born February 06, 1824 in Keesville, Essex Co., New York, and died February 26, 1892 aged 66. Anyone know maiden name of Parmelia? They lived first at Essex, N.Y. and moved to Keeseville abt 1854. In the 1870 census the now-childless Parkhills had in their Keeseville household Antoinette's sister Eugenia (Mrs. George Follett) and her husband and three oldest children, Charles Albert, "Kyla" [Cuyler Parkill], and
Will Strong Follett, shortly before the Folletts' move to Brooklyn. The 1880 census lists Antoinette as "Mary A." Parkill.
Antoinette's younger sister Helen died in 1878; after Helen's widower Albert Rice died early in 1881, Antoinette took in his blind son, Frank Watson Rice (1852-1914) who lived with her in Keeseville until her death in Feb. 1892.
Antoinette's funeral service was from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Keeseville, to which she had belonged since its founding in the mid-19th
century.
Record of the last Will and Testament of William B. Parkill, late of Chesterfield in the County of Essex and State of New York, deceased, proved and admitted to probate 26 June [1882]
I, WILLIAM B. PARKILL of Chesterfield in the County of Essex, and State of New York, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say:
I hereby nominate and appoint my wife Annette to be the sole executrix of this my last will and testament.
I direct my said executrix to pay and discharge all my just debts and funeral charges, as soon after my decease as shall be reasonably
practicable.
I give, devise and bequeath to my said wife for and during her natural life, the use of all the real and personal property and estate, of which
I shall die seized or possessed; I also give to my said wife the right to convert any part of my estate, real or personal, to her own use,
benefit and behoof, during her lifetime in case she shall find it necessary so to do, and to that end I hereby authorize and empower her,
at her option, to sell and convey the same or any part thereof.
After the decease of my said wife, it is my will that whatever shall remain of my estate, real or personal, shall be divided equally between
and among my brothers and sisters, Horace Parkill, Ezra Parkill, Belden Parkill, Cornelia Conger, Mary Ann Nicholson, and Susanna Odell, share and share alike, forever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of October in the year [1869].
WILLIAM B. PARKILL [LS]

The above instrument, was on the day of the date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William B. Parkill as and for his
last will and testament, in presence of us, who at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our
names as witnesses thereto.
C. J. Reynolds, Keeseville, N.Y.
Saml Ames, Keeseville, N.Y.

Depositions
Surrogate's Court, County of Essex:
In the matter of proving the last Will and Testament of William B. Parkill, deceased.
County of Essex SS:
Charles J. Reynolds being duly sworn and examined as a witness before Francis A. Smith, Esquire, Surrogate of the County of Essex, deposes and says that he resides in the town of Ausable in the County of Clinton and State of New York, and is a Clerk and is aged 35 years; that he was well acquainted with William B. Parkill now deceased, that deponent was present as a witness and did see the above named William B. Parkill subscribe his name at the end of the instrument in writing, now produced and shown to this deponent bearing date the 27th day of October in the year [1869] purporting to be his last will and testament. That the said decedent, at the time of making the said subscription, declared the said instrument to be his last will and testament, and requested this deponent and one Samuel Ames to sign their names as witnesses thereto.
Thereupon this deponent and said Ames accordingly signed their names as witnesses at the end of the said instrument, in the presence of the said decedent and of each other; and deponent further says that the said decedent, at the time he so executed the said instrument, was, as
deponent believes, a citizen of the United States, of full age, of sound mind and memory, in all respects competent to devise real estate, and
not under any restraint. And deponent further says that the said Samuel Ames died some six years ago; that deponent saw said Ames subscribe his name as a witness at the end of said will and that he knows that said signature is genuine.
And deponent further says that the deceased always called his wife by the name Annette or Nett. Charles J. Reynolds.
Taken, subscribed and sworn before me this 26th June 1882. Francis A. Smith, Surrogate.

State of New York, County of Essex SS:
I, Francis A. Smith, Surrogate of the said County of Essex, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy and record of the last will and
testament of William B. Parkill, late of Chesterfield, in said County, deceased, propounded for probate and this day proved as a will valid to
pass both real and personal property, together with the proofs and examinations taken before me in relation to the execution thereof.
Recorded this 26th day of June 1882. Francis A. Smith, Surrogate. Will Book H:124 - Will of William B. Parkill (proved 26 June 1882)
Burial with wife: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.

Children of WILLIAM PARKHILL and MARIA EVEREST are:
 i. EUGENE E.6 PARKHILL, b. August 27, 1847; d. November 05, 1848. Little Eugene. Son of W.B. & A.M. Parkill, Born Aug. 27,
1847, Died Nov. 5, 1848. [marble obelisk] [named for his mother's shortlived brother Eugene E. Everest (c1838-1840), buried Port Kent Cem.]
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.
 ii. EDWARD ALBERT PARKHILL, b. 1850; d. Bet. 1851 - 1853. He was apparently named for Albert Rice, who had just married Antoinette's sister Helen Armenia Everest between mid-1850 and mid-1851. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.
 iii. STEPHEN CUYLER PARKHILL, b. Abt. 1853, Essex; S[tephen] CUYLER [PARKILL], Died July 13, 1866 ae. 13 yrs.; CHARLES W. [PARKILL], Died July 13, 1866 ae. 9 yrs; Sons of Wm. B. & A.M. Parkill.  They fell asleep together and awoke in Heaven. [marble obelisk] [Drowned in Ausable River, Keeseville - ESSEX COUNTY REPUBLICAN, 16 July 1866] Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.
 iv. CHARLES W. PARKHILL, b. Abt. 1857; d. July 13, 1866. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y. Some records give middle name as Ward; listed as Charles W. W. Parkill in 1860 census, suggesting he may have been partially named for William Ward [d. 1839] of Milton, Vermont?)
 v. HENRY ORTON PARKHILL, b. November 10, 1860; d. May 21, 1862. HENRY [Orton] [PARKILL], [son of Wm. B. & A.M. Parkill], Born Nov. 10, 1860, Died May 21, 1862. He shall gather the lambs in His arms and carry them in His bosom. [This child was named for Dr. Henry Orton Tallmadge, 1819-1917, a friend over generations of the Everests, Parkills, Rices, and Folletts of Keeseville; he signed Antoinette's death certificate, but left out her mother's maiden name] Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.
 vi. HELEN E. PARKHILL, b. November 19, 1862; d. May 03, 1864. HELEN E. PARKILL, daughter of W.M. & A.M. Parkill, Born Nov. 19, 1862, Died May 3, 1864. The churchyard hath an added stone and Heaven one angel more. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton Co. side, N.Y.
 

Antoinette's father, David D. Everest, was at Port Kent, Essex Co., N.Y. in 1840, on the Lake Champlain shore about three miles from Keeseville. Essex Co., N.Y. deeds from 1835 to mid-1849 confirm his location there (by late 1850, the family had moved up the road to Keeseville). The Stark, Herkimer Co., N.Y. David Everest was a different man.
 
 

 

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