See also:

• THEOPHILUS

THEOPHILUS See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• THEOPHILUS PARSONS (1750-1813)

PARSONS (1750-1813)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American jurist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Byfield, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1750, the son of a clergyman . He graduated from Harvard See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1769, was a schoolmaster at See also:

• FALMOUTH

Falmouth (now See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland), See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, in 1770-1773, studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1774 . In 1800 he removed to See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston . He was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Massachusetts from 18o6 until his See also:

• DEATH

death in Boston on the 3oth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1813 . In politics he took an active See also:

• PART

part as one of the Federalist leaders in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . He was a member of the See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of 1778, called to protest against the proposed state constitution, and as a member of the " Essex Junto " was probably the author of The Essex Result, which helped to secure the rejection of the constitution at the polls . He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1779-1780, and one of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of twenty-six which drafted the constitution; he was also a delegate to the state convention of 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution; and according to tradition was the author of the famous " Conciliatory Resolutions," or proposed amendments to the constitution, which did much to win over See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HANCOCK
• HANCOCK, JOHN (1737–1793)
• HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-1886)

Hancock to the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of ratification . His Commentaries on the See also:

• LAWS

Laws of the See also:

• UNITED

United States (1836) contains some of his more important legal opinions . His son See also:

• THEOPHILUS

THEOPHILUS See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

PARSONS (1797-1882), who was Dane See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of law at Harvard from 1848 to 187o, is remembered chiefly as the author of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of useful legal See also:

• TREATISES

treatises, and some books in support of Swedenborgian doctrines; he wrote a See also:

• LIFE

life of his See also:

• FATHER

father (Boston, 1859) .