Mary Ann Parish

MARY ANN CONVERSE,8 (Israel,7(98), Col. Israel,6 Lieut. Josiah,5 Capt. Josiah,4 Maj. James,3 Lieut.James,2 Deacon Edward,1), born 30 April 1803; married, 13 May 1830, Jacob K. Parish of Randolph, Vt., who was the youngest son of his father in 1788. His father was born in Connecticut in 1752. Jacob K. Parish's great-grandfather was Isaac Parish. Jacob K. Parish's grandfather was Zebulon Parish. Zebulon Parish and two of his sons were later taken prisoners by the Indians in the Revolutionary War, in southern New York, near the Susquehanna River. He and his oldest son were taken to Canada and were soon exchanged. The younger son, Jasper, was left in the hands of the Six Nations, for years in New York, and after leaving them settled in Canandaigua. Most of Zebulon's family moved from Connecticut to New York, but the father of Jacob K. Parish and a younger brother came to Vermont in 1788. One of the sons of Zebulon Parish was for many years Indian Agent and Interpreter for the Six Nations, having been appointed in the administration of President John Adams.