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Show Pamsb' Originally Spelled With One R - By VES HARRISON Whenever I saw the name "Par-rish" "Par-rish" spelled with just one "r" I attributed it to the ignorance or poor spelling of the person who wrote or printed it. But that was before James Gilbert (Gib) Parrish presented the history of that illustrious illust-rious family in our October meeting meet-ing on the 17th. WE LEARNED that the surname has taken several forms since their earliest known ancestor left his home in England. It was "Paris" or "Parris" as a Norman French name. Then "Parish" or "Par rish," as a name taken from a local ity. It has even been inferred tha. the name was originally "de Paris." In England the name wa-. usually spelled with one "r," and was spelled that way in America until about I8(X). Since that time . has been spelled with the doubl "r." Gib gave us an intcresiing and comprehensive talk about the Parrish Par-rish family from about the year 1642 until the fairly recent past. This covered nine generations from the birth of John in 1642 to Gib's birth in 1917, and even! since. HE CONFINED his remarks primarily pri-marily to his own direct lineage, although he did digress sufficiently to relate interesting facts about the family members of his grandfather Joel's first wife, Elizabeth Bratton Parrish. While space does not permit per-mit detailing these lives here, we certainly hope to record them in a future article. For now, we must stick to Gilbert's direct line. John Parish (1st generation). Born Massachusetts, March 8, 1642. Married Hannah Jewell August Au-gust 30, 1664. She bore him four children before her death. Married Mary Wattell in 1685. Ten children were born of this marriage. John died in 1715. : IN HIS last will he left 10 children chil-dren five shillings each, to be given them when they became of age. To another child, thought to be handicapped, hand-icapped, he left 10 pounds. To one he left his "great Bibul" (note spelling). To two of the sons he gave "all of his lands" with the stipulation that each was to give his mother 50 shillings a year and a comfortable room to live in "so long as she remained a widow." r s : - Samuel Parish (2nd generation). Oldest son of John and Hannah. Birth date unknown. In 1699 he married Mercy Madiver who bore him eight children. He was a farmer far-mer in Massachusetts. On papers regarding the sale of land, Samuel "made his mark," and one son (also named Samuel) signed as Samuel "Juner." In referring to Samuel, Sr., it was spelled "Sea-ner." "Sea-ner." He died in 1735. JOEL PARISH (3rd generation). Son of Samuel and Mercy, born 1709 in Connecticut. Married Rebecca Re-becca Green in 1732. Parents of four children. After Rebecca's death he married Abigail Tinker, who bore him three children. Ezekiel Parish (4th generation) Born Oct. 5, 1742 in Connecticut to Joel and Rebecca. Married Mary Pannock. Many settlers felt that England would win the war, and feared to become too active for the Colonial Army, feeling that if they did so they would likely lose their land after the war. Ezekiel was loyal to the Crown until his dying day, and distinguished himself as a British spy during the Revolutionary Revolution-ary War. He was imprisoned by the Americans, but escaped into Canada. Cana-da. He died in 1791 or 92, and Mary and the children were granted land in Canada as payment for his service ser-vice to the British Army. Mary remarried re-married and lived out her life in Canada. JOEL PARISH (5th generation).. Third son of Ezekiel and Mary. Born Oct. 10, 1769 in Vermont. Moved with his parents to Canada. Married Sarah DeWolf, and they had 1 1 children. He was a Quaker, very sincere in his religion. When their oldest son, Samuel, decided .to move from Canada to Illinois, Joel and Sarah came with him. Here they were baptized into the Mormon Church. Joel and Sarah died in 1842, and are buried in Montrose, Iowa. Samuel Parrish (6th generation) Oldest son of Joel and Sarah. (Note change in spelling.) Born Sept. 30, 1798 in Canada. Married Fanny Dack in 1820. As Quakers they dressed plainly, seldom laughed, sang or danced. They read from the Bible at morning meal. Before leaving Canada they lived near a Smith family whose mother and father died, leaving a little three-year-old boy whose name was William Wil-liam Reed Smith. THIS BOY lived with Samuel and Fanny, moved with them to Illinois and then to Utah where he later became prominent in Center-ville Center-ville and Davis County. In 1841 the family embraced Mormonism and moved to Iowa. In 1842 they moved to Nauvoo where Samuel and son Joel did much of the fine work on the temple. The family came west with the pioneers, arriving arriv-ing in Salt Lake valley on Sept. 2 1 , 1847. With their only son, Joel, daughter daugh-ter Priscilla and the orphan boy William Reed Smith, they came to Centerville and lived, first in a tent east of the main road, later in the rock house presently owned by Leola Chandler, and then to the house east of Main Street and north of Parrish Lane. SAMUEL secured squatters rights to the block between Parrish and Chase Lanes, and from the upper up-per road to the lake. He later gave land to Parley Evans, Zackarius Cheney, Stew Rollins, Jacob Winters Win-ters and Charles Duncan. He had the first molasses mill, the first stone to grind wheat and ' corn into flour and meal, and was the first water master in Centerville. Centervil-le. He died October 12, 1873 and is1 buried in Centerville. Fanny was born in Ireland in 1795. A large woman, with a good business head, she often officiated as a mid-wife. She died in 1851 and is buried in South Bountiful. JOEL PARRISH (7th generation) genera-tion) shown in accompanying drawing. Only son of Samuel and Fanny. Born Nov. 6, 1827 in Canada. Cana-da. Came to the Salt Lake Valley with his parents in 1847. Joel seemed to enjoy the prioneer life, 7 ': I- i . V 7 Yt, A - Jy and had many adventures. During October conference of 1856 a call was made for volunteers to go and meet a belated handcart company with teams and wagons and provi-, sions. A number of teams started out, but in Wyoming all but four turned back. Joel and three others succeeded suc-ceeded in reaching the handcart company (Martin) who had exhausted ex-hausted their provisions, and were in a foot and a half of snow in zero weather. The morning following Joel's arrival, 16 people were dead, some frozen to the ground. JOEL TRAPPED coyotes and wolves where Salt Lake's Main-Street Main-Street now runs. He moved to Centerville Cen-terville and took a prominent part in its settlement and that of Davis County, serving 16 years as a County Commissioner, Commissioner Commis-sioner of Roads for Davis County for nine years, County Selectman, Water master in 1855-56. He was a ' large man -- six feet three inches tall, and weighing between 265-270 pounds. He married Elizabeth Bratton on July 16, 1854, and later, on July 13, 1867, he married Emma Ford. With these two women he raised two families, both located in Centervil-' Centervil-' le. He located Elizabeth's family on the east side of Main, and Emma's family on the west side of the road. ' AS IN many polygamous families, fami-lies, the first wife's acceptance of second or third wives was not easy, and there was some emotional strain, stress and animosity. The role of the husband was not easy, either. Joel acquired much land in Centerville and in Morgan County, and several tracts from the Union Pacific. He also retained much of the land owned by his father. For many y ears" he was m Mi and owner of the Center store, and the followino u ten by Anson Perkins ..H - members it during thosdalr1 bO'1 "ATTHEtumofthecS JtnPs two most important l0(3 - s0uth Centerville were the mee ?' ' Aed and the store. On the Saft' meeting house claimed the xt sch' tion of the vast prepondera';'! the people, while the stoiT ''( asI where things went on the oth v ' days of the week. The hin f.VER' posts at the south and west 1 1 A f g store, at midmorning, jj :ne the who you would see inside a i "-n : accumulation of manure b ? 'if each horse indicated howl0n ? ;Vs lanl had been there. 81t;i kni Joel left on a mission to Ik Missouri and Iowa in ; time when there were 11 chjuf1 his family. On March 19 i1 g f and Israel Barlow were'oriW I patriarchs of the Davis Stab i lit died Nov. 14, 1904. J;' M EZRA B. Parrish (8th ge(. fjf tion) Third son of Joel and lm U Born Sept. 28, 1871 in Center Married Mabel Elvira Fernet' " March 13, 1901. He met her r dance in Peterson, Morgan cj ty. She was born in Minnesoi-., 1882. Sixteen children, evenlj ' i vided as to sex, blessed this unicT 4 Ezra 'was active in commmj ill affairs, and served on the &j County School Board. Mabel died in 1929, leaving Ein li still with a house full of chilfc Dl the youngest just two years ol'" The older girls carried the bnimj the household. Ezra did muchir. Fort pie work in his later years. In ft; sense he married LoreneMahan.Hepiv m0st ti sed away in April, 1951. Hist cage I grey-haired sons (9th generafe, animal: are known as "Ez Parrish's boj iso to many in Centerville. Our speai. ,0.One er, Gib and his wife Grace, live ,!,,, 445 N. Main. " w' GIB, ONE of those sons, madt our evening complete when heps. , , sented the Society with a large. In ( handsomely bound copyofakcoi "Ancestors and Descendants- Samuel Parrish -- 1847." It s Poul compiled by Ruth Parrish Tippets. mar assisted by many family memte Kren Thanks Gib! And, please, ever)- Mvei body -- don't forget our Novemk meeting on the 21st. Start your NO! Thanksgiving holiday out right h. for pit attending. Watch for on ad ca announcements. killing Kiund |