Rev. Moses Parsons (1716-1783) graduated from Harvard in 1736 and settled as minister for forty years in Byfield, a village of Newbury, Mass. His son, Eben Parsons (1746-1819) became a wealthy merchant and shipper, first in Newburyport, Mass., where he engaged in privateering during the Revolution, and then in Boston, from which he conducted extensive commerce with the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea areas. After incurring heavy losses during the War of 1812, he retired to his prosperous Fatherland Farm in Byfield. Eben's only son, Gorham Parsons (1768-1844) of Brighton, Massachusetts, moved to Byfield as proprietor of the Farm in 1837 and became an important member of the town's political and religious community.
From the description of Papers, 1736-1835. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 214092765
