Philip Parrot
Parrott / Parret / Parrett
My 4th Greatgrandfather
( Sherry Diane Hess 1 , Evelyn Mae Swalander 2 , Maude Mabel Smith 3 , William Joseph Smith 4 ,
Samuel Martin Smith 5 , Susanna Parrot 6 , Philip Parrot 7 )
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Philip PARROT was born 1 January 1794 in Rockingham Co, Virginia to Samuel PARROT and Ellen ? . On 17 February 1818 he married Barbara Ann SCHNEIDER in Rockingham Co, Virginia. Supposedly, Philip served a year in the war of 1812. I have sent for these records and am waiting for a reply from the National Archives.
- Philip and Barbara Ann had the following children:
- Branson Mathias PARROT
b. 24 November 1818 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 11 April 1819 at the Peaked Mt. Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. Mary SHOWALTER bond dated 16 March 1840 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
d. 25 June 1874 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
interred in Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Susanna PARROT (first or middle name may be Engel)
b. 19 February 1820 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 15 May 1820 at the Peaked Mt. Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. 1st Jackson SMITH bond dated 12 June 1837 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. 2nd Jacob LEWIS 2 January 1862 in Warren Co, Illinois
d. 27 January 1884 in Lenox Twp, Warren Co, Illinois
interred in Lenox Union Cemetery, Warren Co, Illinois
- Jeremiah PARROT
b. ca. 1822 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. 1st Elizabeth SMITH bond dated 31 July 1848 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. 2nd Mary Margaret WHITMORE 12 September 1850 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
- Leannah PARROT
b. ca. 1824 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. William J. MILLER bond dated 17 December 1849 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
- John S. PARROT
b. 22 March 1825 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 6 August 1825 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. Angeline FIFER 12 December 1848 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
- Mary Ann Eve PARROT
b. 14 January 1827 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 27 April 1827 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. William S. SHOWALTER bond dated 17 August 1846 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
d. 1 March 1905 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
interred at Hill Creek Cemetery
- Samuel Henry PARROT
b. 23 October 1828 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 28 May 1829 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
- Barbara Ellen PARROT
b. 13 May 1831 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
bapt. 5 August 1831 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockingham Co, Virginia
m. John RIGGS bond dated 25 February 1855 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
I have a copy of a guardian bond which list Philip's first two children. This is a transcript of that document:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Philip Parret & Henry Shank are held and firmly bound unto Peachy Harrison Joseph Cravens David Huston & Charles C Spears Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Rockingham County, now sitting in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Justices, and their Successors, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals, and dated this 21st day of April 1834.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound Philip Parrott his Executors or Administrators, shall well and truly pay and deliver, or cause to be paid and deliver unto Branson M Parrott & Susannah Parrott [orphan of - crossed out] Children of Philip Parrott [deceased - crossed out], all such Estates as now is, or are, or hereafter shall appear to be due to the said Orphan, when, and as soon as they shall attain to lawful age, or when thereto required by the Justices of the said County Court, as also keep harmless and indemnified the above named Justices, their Heirs, Executors and Administrators, from all trouble and damages that shall or may arise about the said Estate or Estates, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force.
SIGNED AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN OPEN COURT.
Philip Parret Seal
[Signature unreadable] Seal
Philip died 4 January 1856 in Virginia and he is interred in Reedy's Family Cemetery.
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