Person:George Parkhurst (13)

"George Parkhurst of Guildford, County Surrey, England is first found on record on the first page of the Guildford Borough records of 3 April 1514, apparently receiving a license to sell in the local market. Later that year he was chosen Hallwarden. This office had the responsibility of the actual fabric of the Guild Hall as well as the collection of sums due to the Guild Merchants for admissions, and so on. Two men usually served together. A century later, they were called Borough Treasurers. The office of Hallwarden dates back to at least 1361. … On 6 October 1515, George Parkhurst was named Bailiff. On 18 January 1517/18, he was again Sworn in as a Hallwarden. He is on the first list of Approved Men on 3 October 1519. Approved men were associates of the Mayor, entry being restricted to those who had served as Bailiff. There are many more entries in the Borough records for his appointment as Hallwarden and he was on the list of Approved Men year after year for the rest of his life. On 15 January 1514/15, he and Henry Cowper were sworn in as Flesh and Fish Tasters. In 1522, George Parkhurst was elected Mayor and Coroner of Guildford, being sworn in 6 October. He was reelected Mayor in 1529 and 1533. In 1533 he was one of two men elected a warden of the scole house (school house). … George Parkhurst probably died between 27 April 1545 and 2 May 1546 as he is mentioned in the Guildford Borough records on the earlier date, but is not on the tax list of the latter date. Christopher Parkhurst is called 'son and Heir' of George Parkhurst" in 1550 in a Surrey Feet of Fines."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
   281-286.
2.   Burial not recorded, but death and burial almost certainly took place at Guildford.