Parsons, Jonathan, 1705-1776. Sermons, ca. 1727-1772. Notebook of handwritten sermons, ca. 1727-1772. bMS 579/1 (1), Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School.

Jonathan Parsons (1705-1776) was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1729 and was ordained a minister in 1730. He served pastorates at the Congregational Church in Lyme, Connecticut, from 1731 to 1745 and at the First Presbyterian Church of Newburyport, Massachusetts, from 1746 to 1776.