Excerpt from Genealogical Record of the Families of Parsons and Leonard, of West Springfield, Massachusetts As it respects the origin of the name of Parsons, some have supposed that it was derived from the word parson, a clerical title given from the fact that a clergy man is the principal person in the church. Hence 111 law he 1s termed ecclesice persona, and has full posses sion of all the rights of a parochial church. The s is added for euphony's sake, or from the fact that the in dividual was the parson's son. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.