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LEWIS B. PARSELL, M.D.
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LEWIS B. PARSELL, M.D.
-The Parsell family in Bergen County are
of French origin, as the name indicates, it being derived from the French
expression of an oath "Par ciel," "by the sun." John Parcil, then a resident
of Hemdingdon, England, emigrated to America with his wife (whose
name does not appear). He first settled at Dutch Kills, Long Island,
where he obtained the sobriquet of "John Butcher," for what reason it does
not appear, nor do the records disclose the date of his arrival or the name
of his wife. His children of the second generation, who must have emigrated
with him, were Thomas, William, Henry, John, and Catharine.
There were, perhaps, others. Thomas Parcil (2), born in 1653, married, about 1673, Christina Van Houten. Thomas was a man of some note in his day. Although a blacksmith by trade, he was likewise a practical and experienced farmer and business man. At Dutch Kills he bought and managed a large farm. In 1679 he was made appraiser of several estates at Flatbush. He was one of the original patentees of the Newtown patent in 1686. In 1690 he purchased Great Barents Island for $3,000. At about the same time he sold his Dutch Kills farm for .$17,000. He built a house on his island purchase, erected a mill, and lived there until 1723. In the meantime he had bought Hart's Island (then called Spectacle Island), to which he soon removed, and there died about 1731. William Parcil (2), brother of Thomas, married, in 1694, and had issue of the third generation Nicholas, Thomas, John, and Walter. Nicholas Parcil (3), baptized June 10, 1606, in New York, married Greetie Cole, of Tappan, and removed to and settled at Hackensack. Walter Parcil (3), baptized in New York, April 1, 1702, went to Schraalenburgh in Bergen County, where, in August, 1'728, he married Sophia Riddner, of Bergen. Walter first purchased a tract of land between the Tiena Kill Brook and the Schraalenburgh road, just south of the old Christie farm. This he soon sold and bought a large farm northeast of Closter, fronting on the Hudson River. There he finally settled down for life. Both Nicholas and Walter reared large families and their descendants are widely scattered. Isaac Parsell, probably a grandson of Nicholas or Walter, married Mary Smock and, dying, left two sons, John and Richard. This Richard married Margaretta Brinkerhoff and removed to Pennsylvania and from thence to Central New York, finally settling in Cayuga County. There he had at least two children, Isabella (who married Rev. E. S. Hammond) and David (who married Catharine A., daughter of Louis Bevier). The latter resided at Owasco, Cayuga County, N. Y., where on the 16th of April, 1852, was born Lewis B. Parsell, the subject of this sketch. Dr. Parsell was educated in the high school of Auburn, N. Y. At the age of twenty-one he became an instructor in Fort Plain (N.Y.) Seminary, remaining three years. He then entered the Buffalo Medical College, but later became a student at the Long Island Hospital Medical College, where he completed his medical studies. In 1881 he began active practice in Harlemville, N. Y., but a year later removed to Closter, Bergen County, N. J., where he has since resided. He has built up a successful practice in that section, and both as physician and citizen is highly respected. He has served as physician to the Board of Health of Harrington Township and as President of the District Medical Society of Bergen County. He married Julia M. Hammond.
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