With the Winthrop Fleet. Robert Parke and his family sailed in the Winthrop Fleet, 29 Mar 1630, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, supposedly on the Ship Arbella. He returned to England the same year, carrying an order by Governor Winthrop to his son John, in England, to pay money which is in my possession and may be the earliest bill of exchange drafted on our side of the water. It is not known just when Robert returned from England, but on 9 Apr 1640, he was made freeman at Wethersfield, Connecticut. He represented that town as Deputy to the Connecticut General Court in August 1642. He moved to Mystic [Stonington], Connecticut about 1655.

He acted as "buisness manager" for Gov. Winslow, returning to purchase supplies for the starving colonists. He returned to America in 1639 and settled in Wethersfield, CT

1. Martha PARKE b. 13 Oct 1603, Semer (Suffolk) England.
2. Robert PARKE, III b. 4 Jun 1605, Semer (Suffolk) England.
3. William PARKE, I b. 21 Apr 1607, Semer (Suffolk) England; d. 11 May 1685, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
4. Richard PARKE b. 8 Aug 1609, Whatfield (Suffolk) England; d. 1665.
5. John PARKE b. 3 Mar 1611, Ringshall (Suffolk) England.
6. Jane PARKE b. 10 Aug 1613, Ringshall (Suffolk) England.
7. Thomas PARKE, I b. 13 Feb 1616, Hitcham (Suffolk) England; d. 30 Jul 1709, Preston (New London) Connecticut; bur. 1709, Preston (New London) Connecticut.
8. 1. Anne PARKE b. 3 Feb 1618, Hitcham (Suffolk) England; d. 10 Sep 1641, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
9. Samuel PARKE, Sr b. 20 Jun 1621, Bildestone, England; d. Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

1. 2. Robert PARKE, II b. 3 Jun 1580, Preston (Suffolk) England; d. 14 Mar 1664, Mystic (Stonington) Ct; bur. Mar 1664, Whitehall Cemetery, Mystic (Stonington) Connecticut.
2. Edmund PARKE b. Abt 1583, Preston (Suffolk) England.
3. William PARKE b. Abt 1586, Preston (Suffolk) England.

1. 3. Martha CHAPLIN b. 4 Feb 1583, Semer (Suffolk) England; d. 1643.