Henry Parrish
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1786 - South Carolina 13
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Death: 23 May 1831 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia ( at age 45) 13
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Parents
Father: Henry Parrish 13
Mother: Mary Ann Monk 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Nancy Williams
Marriage: 22 Nov 1811 - Bulloch County, GA 13
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Children:
1. Elizabeth Parrish
2. Mary Parrish
3. Ezekial W. Parrish
4. Josiah Parrish
5. Ansel Parrish
6. William Parrish
7. Matthew A. Parrish
Notes
General:
PARRISH, HenryHENRY PARRISH, ancestor of most of the name in Wiregrass Georgia, was born in South Carolina, January 27, 1786, a son of Henry Parrish, R.S., and his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann (Monk) Parrish. His parents moved to Bulloch County, Georgia, while he was yet a boy, and he grew up and married there and lived there until his removal to what was then Lowndes but now Berrien County in 1825. He lived in Lowndes, now Berrien, County, until his death May 23, 1831, at the age of 45 years.
1786-1831
BERRIEN
Mr. Parrish was married in Bulloch County November 22, 1811, to Miss Nancy Williams, daughter of James Williams, R.S., (q.v.). She was born July 30, 1794, and died February 11, 1886. To Mr. and Mrs. Parrish were born nine children:
1. Elizabethb. 1813, m. Malcolm McCranie.
2. Mary E.b. 1814, m. George Carter.
3. Jamesb. 1816, m. Tabitha Devane, daughter of Francis.
4. Ezekiel W.b. 1818, m. Martha C. Wooten, daughter of Redden.
5. Josiahb. 1820, m. Mary Sutton, daughter of John.
6. Anselb. 1824, m. Molcy Knight, daughter of William C.
7. Williamb. 1826, m. (1) Rebecca Devane, daughter of Francis (2) Mrs. Martha Gaskins Connell.
8. Matthew A.b. 1829, m. Sarah Giddens, daughter of Isbin.
9. Absalomb. 1830, m. Mary E. Walters. Moved to Arkansas.
Mr. Parrish settled in the present Berrien County community known as Lois. Lois Cemetery is located on the old Parrish farm. Henry Parrish's grave was perhaps the first to be placed there, and is the oldest marked grave in the county. This territory was cut out of Lowndes into Berrien County in 1856.
Mrs. Nancy Parrish, the widow, and Malcolm McCranie were the administrators on the estate. In later years, the widow married Henry Peeples but there was no further issue. She was a member of Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church.
Note: Mrs. Florrie Parrish Hendry of Adel, became the first descendant to join the D.A.R. on descent from Henry Parrish, R.S. She is a member of John Floyd Chapter D.A.R. Her National No. 386789.
Note: Hon. J. J. Parrish of Adel, in his book entitled "PARRISH" published 1948, has traced all the descendants of Henry Parrish, the subject.
Census References: 1820, Bulloch; 1830, Lowndes.
Henry Parrish
Sex: M
Individual Information
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Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann Monk 13
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Children:
1. Henry Parrish
2. Absalom Parrish
Henry Parrish
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1823 - Bulloch County, GA 6
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Father: Absalom Parrish
Mother: Polly R. Wiiliams
Jane Parrish
Sex: F
AKA: Jincy Parrish
Individual Information
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1827 - Bulloch County, GA 6
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Parents
Father: Absalom Parrish
Mother: Elizabeth Green
Spouses and Children
1. *Timothy Bland 6
Marriage: 4 Sep 1845 6
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Jerushia Parrish
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1773 13
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Spouses and Children
1. *William Monk 31
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Children:
1. Rhoda Monk
2. Telitha Monk
3. Nannie Monk
4. Sarah Monk
5. Malachi Monk
6. William Monk
Josiah Parrish
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1820 - Bulloch County, GA 4
Christening:
Death: 30 Sep 1899 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia ( at age 79) 4
Burial:
Parents
Father: Henry Parrish
Mother: Nancy Williams
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary M. Sutton 4
Marriage: 28 Nov 1839 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 4
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Notes
General:
PARRISH, JOSIAH.Josiah Parrish, one of the commissioners named in the Act creating Berrien County to lay out and organize the new county, was born in Bulloch County, March 10, 1820, a son of Henry and Nancy Parrish (Vol. I). He came with his parents to Lowndes (now Berrien) County in 1825, and grew up there. He was married Nov. 28, 1839, to Mary M., daughter of John and Blansett (Davis) Sutton. She was born in Montgomery County, March 19, 1824, and died at her home in western Berrien County, Dec. 25, 1889. Mr. Parrish died Sept. 30, 1899. To Mr. and Mrs. Parrish were born five children-
1820-1899
BERRIEN
1. Emilyb. Nov. 20, 1840, m. Berrien Folsom.
2. Henry E.b. Apr. 7, 1842, died single in C. S. A.
3. John A.b. Feb. 18, 1844, m. Virginia Elizabeth McCranie, Feb. 19, 1875.
4. Absalom J.b. Nov. 26, 1845, m. Jane Ellen Sineath, Dec. 10, 1864.
5. William W.b. Sept. 3, 1848, m. Ist. Rosalyn Juhan, Apr. 3. 1870, dau. of Francis. 2nd. Martha Webb Carter.
Mr. Parrish was a private in Capt. H. W. Sharpe's volunteer militia company in the Indian War in 1836. He served as a Justice of Inferior Court of Berrien County from 1865 until the court was abolished in 1868. His home and plantation was on Little River in Berrien County.
Census Refs: 1840, 1850, Lowndes; 1860, Berrien.
Malachi Parrish
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1830 - Bulloch County, GA 6
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Parents
Father: Absalom Parrish
Mother: Elizabeth Green
Mary Parrish
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 15 Mar 1833 - Bulloch County, GA 6
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Father: Absalom Parrish
Mother: Elizabeth Green
Mary Parrish
Sex: F
AKA: Polly
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1814 76
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Parents
Father: Henry Parrish
Mother: Nancy Williams
Spouses and Children
1. *George Carter
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Children:
1. James Carter
2. Molsy Carter
3. Elijah A. Carter
4. Eliza Carter
5. Irwin Carter
6. Minerva Carter
7. Jasper J. Carter
8. Newton A. Carter
9. Henry T. Carter
10. Rufus H. Carter
11. Georgia Ann Carter
12. Mary Ann Carter
13. Caroline M. Carter