Colonel Alexander Parris

Col Alexander Parris

• BIRTH 1661 -
• DEATH 11 Mar 1736 (aged 74–75) - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
• BURIAL Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 150655929 · View Source

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Father: Thomas Parris b: 1625 Mother: Catherine Aubrey Cane b: 1625

Emigrated from Barbados. He was one of the original settlers in Beaufort in 1717 and received grants totaling 1156 acres in Berkeley County and 552 in Craven County.

He had been Forty-one years married to his wife who died night Two years passed, and from her had 53 Children and Grand-Children, who are sensible of their Loss, as he had always shown himself with the Affection of a loving husband and a tender Parent. .......
At his own request, his Corps was interred on Friday Evening in a decent plain manner, attended by most of the Inhabitants of this place. ""

ID: I18606 Name: Alexander Parris 1 Sex: M Birth: 1661 in Barbados
Burial: 12 MAR 1735/36
Death: 06 FEB 1735 in Charles Town, South Carolina Note:
The South Carolina Gazette for Saturday, March 13, 1736, contains the following account of Col. Parris:

"On Wednesday last died Alexander Parris, Esq.: (after an Indisposition of Six Weeks) at the age of Seventy-four, wanting a few days, one of the oldest Settlers in this Province, in which he had been Forty-five Years; He had been Forty-one years married to his wife who died night Two years past, and from her had 53 Children and Grand-Children, who are sensible of their Loss, as he had always shown himself with the Affection of a loving Husband and a tender Parent. ....... At his own request his Corps was interred on Friday Evening in a decent plain manner, attended by most of the Inhabitants of this place. ""On Wednesday last died Alexander Parris, Esq.: (after an Indisposition of Six Weeks) at the age of Seventy-four, wanting a few days, one of the oldest Settlers in this Province, in which he had been Forty-five Years; He had been Forty-one years married to his wife who died nigh Two years past, and from her had 53 Children and Grand-Children, who are sensible of their Loss, as he had always shown himself with the Affection of a loving Husband and a tender Parent. ....... At his own request his Corps was interred on Friday Evening in a decent plain manner, attended by most of the Inhabitants of this place. "

Marriage 1 Mary Collins b: 29 SEP 1663 in Charles Town, South Carolina Married: 1695 in St. Helena Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina Children Has Children

1. Alexander Parris b: 1700 in Charles Town, South Carolina Has Children
2. John Parris b: 1700 Has No Children
3. Mary Parris b: JUN 1704 Has Children
4. Anne Parris b: 1705 Has Children
5. Jane Parris b: AUG 1706

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