Firkins in parliament.....
The suggestion that George Firkins was a member of Parliament came from the History of Knox County, IL 1886-
Biography of Mr & Mrs. Sheldon Oberlin (Zipporah Edwards) Allen, daughter of Hannah (Firkins) Edwards who was daughter of George (George Leonard/Leonard George?) Firkins and Lydia Capell.
It stated:
Mrs. Allen is of English origin, and the maternal side is of English and French ancestry.Her grandfather, George Ferkins, was a member of the English Parliament.