PARRATT, Francis

1614 - 1656  (42 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	PARRATT, Francis
  Birth	1614	Sulerton, Lincolnshire, England
  Christening	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Sep 1656	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Burial	30 Sep 1656	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  WAC	23 Jan 1936	SLAKE
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  Person ID	I53785	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	NORTHEND, Elizabeth ,   b. 1618, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 17 Nov 1694, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1639	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F6910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY: Deacon Francis Parrat (1614-bef. 1656)--WikiTree Deacon Francis Parrot was born about 1614 in Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England. He came to America in 1638 with the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, bringing his sisters Ann and Faith. Ann married Deacon Thomas Mighill and Faith first married John Smith then William Law. "The Aged widow Faith Law" died 30 March 1705. Deacon Parrot married Elizabeth Northend in Rowley, Ripplingham, Yorkshire, England in 1639. (Ryder-372 19:10, 14 September 2013 (EDT). This is the only date I've not been able to figure out. When did they actually marry and where? Did he return to England and marry, then return with Elizabeth?) He was one of the first settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was a man of ability and influence, with an unusual amount of education for the time. He penmanship showed this on Rowley records he scribed. He became freeman May 13, 1640, and served as the town clerk from 1641 thru 1655. He was one of those who made the first town survey and assigned houselots, he having two of two acres each, and was one of the Town Committee to contract with the early settlers on the "Merrimack Lands,". He was the first Rowley representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1640, and again in 1642. In 1652, he was the Commissioner of Rowley, and in 1655 was ordained Deacon. Parrat's household was on Wethersfield Street: "To ffrancis Parrot two acres, bounded the south side by John Jarrat's house Lott, the West End and the North side by the streets". He was a deacon of Rowley Church, though his names never appeared on the printed lists. In a paper on file in the Essex Probate, being the return of the division of the estate of Mrs. Ann Hobson, dated 3 Dec. 1694, a parcel of the land is described as bounded "by ye land yt was Deacon parrats"; the division was made by Ezekiel Northend, Jr., Nehemiah Jewett and Capt. Joseph Jewett, men who would have known who had been deacons of their church. Deacon Parrat made his will Nov. 18, 1655, before leaving for England on business. He mentioned his "Loving wife Elizabeth Parrat" in the amount of L100 in land, goods, and cattle, also the house and land during her lifetime. He also bequeathed to his six daughters. Apparently, he made his will as a precaution, and unfortunately, he died in 1656 while in England. His will, proved on Sept. 30, 1656 mentions himself as "intending to take a journey to England"; wife Elizabeth, and six daughters (unnamed) (Essex Co., Probate, 1:244). After Deacon Parrat's death, Elizabeth Northend Parrat married Thomas Tenney on 24 Feb. 1658.