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 1653 - 1720 (67 years)
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| Name |
PARRIS Samuel |
| Prefix |
Rev. |
| Birth |
1653 |
London, City of London, Greater London, England  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1689 |
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [1] |
| Ordained |
Nov 1689 |
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
| Residence |
1704 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
| Death |
27 Feb 1719/20 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [4] |
| Will (proved) |
28 Mar 1720 [3, 5] |
- Will of Rev. Samuel Parris of Sudbury. No wife is mentioned. The testator has five children. Viz: his dau., Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron; dau. Dorothy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons: Noyes Parris and Samuel Parris. These two sons are minors. Noyes Parris having dedicated himself to learning, shall have his father's library, saving such books as are in English, which shall be divided among testator's three other children, namely: Samuel Parris, Dorothy Brown and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation equal to twenty acres in the Island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an Uncle John Parris, Esq., who was in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of London. This property in Barbadoes descended to the testator from his father as sole heir. He bequeaths to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman, Violett.
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| _UID |
8B860D38EB9ED5118A064445535400008584 |
| Notes |
- NEXUS: Probably attended Harvard College 1672-74. He was a merchant in Boston and then in 1689 he accepted a position as minister in Salem Village, Mass., where he was subsequently caught up in the witchcraft trials.
"'...From Mr. Paris' position, as pastor of the Salem Village Church, he may have come in contact with cases in a perfunctory way which gave him unpleasant publicity. In 1695 a council met at Salem Village to confer about the witchcraft matter as related to Mr. Paris and his people. Shortly after this he left the church and the place. He became a trader, went to Watertown, then Concord; but his stay in each place was short. He then went to Dunstable, where for a few months he preached. He at length went to Sudbury, and died there about 1720. Thus originated the Salem witchcraft, and thus passed away the man who received notoriety by it....
'Mr. Paris was the son of Thomas Paris of London. He went to Harvard College, but did not remain to graduate. Before preaching at Salem Village he preached at Stowe. He was twice married, his first wife dying in 1696, at about the age of forty-eight, his second wife in 1719. His first wife was buried at Danvers.
'Mrs. Paris, it is said, was a good woman. Mr. Paris left several children. His daughter Dorothy, born 1700, became the wife of Hopestill Brown of Sudbury. Another daughter married Peter Bent. His son Noyes Paris, born 1699, took his first degree at Harvard College, 1721. His other son, Samuel, was born 1702.
'After Mr. Paris came to Sudbury, we conclude that for a time he taught school there. The records state, that in 1717, Mr. Samuel Paris was to teach school four months of the year at the school-house on the west side of the river, and the rest of the year at his own house. If he was absent part of the time, he was to make it up the next year. In Book III, Sudbury Records, we have the following statement, witht eh date May 25, 1722:
'These may certify that ye 28 pounds that ye town of Sudbury agreed to give Mr. Samuel Paris late of Sudbury, for his last yeares keeping school in sd town, is by Mr. John Clapp treasurer for said town by his self and by his order all paid as witness my hand John Rice excuter of ye last will and Testament of ye sd Mr. Paris.'
'There are graves of the Paris family in the old burying ground at Wayland. Towards the southeast side of it stands a stone with the following inscription: "Here lyes ye Body of Samuel Paris, Who died July 27th 1742 in ye 8th year of his age." On another stone is marked: "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Abigail Paris who departed this life February he 15th 1759 in ye 55th year of her age.' "
(History of Sudbury, pp.274-275)
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| Person ID |
I11446 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2016 |
| Family 1 |
[PARRIS] Elizabeth, b. Abt 1648 d. 14 Jul 1696, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1681 [1] |
- Based on birth of son, Thomas.
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| Children |
| | 1. PARRIS Thomas, b. 25 Oct 1681, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. PARRIS Elizabeth, b. 28 Nov 1682, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 21 Mar 1760, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. PARRIS Susannah, b. 6 Jan 1687/8, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Dec 1706, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 18 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5797 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Photos |
 | Rev. Samuel Parris
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Parris.html
This portrait was found in 1982 among uncatalogued Endicott papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society. On the enclosing envelope William C. Endicott, Jr., had written, "Miniature of Rev. Mr. [Samuel] Parris. " Parris in his 1720 will had made reference to bequeathing "my own picture" to his son Noyes, and in 1790 another son, Deacon Samuel Parris, bequeathed to his son Samuel, "my Grandfather's and father's pictures. " An 1839 letter by Rev. G. W. Porter of Boston offered the loan "of the miniature Portrait of the Revd Mr.Paris of Salem" to artist Washington Allston for copying, an offer the artist declined. Although it is unknown how and where Endicott acquired this miniature, it is well known that he was an avid late 19th and early 20th century collector of local history memorabilia.
The original brass-framed, color portrait measures 2 1/4 ' high by 1 3/4 " wide and is of the style typical of late 17th century English artists. It portrays a fair-complected man with aquiline nose, dark brown eyes and light brown, shoulder-length hair. He appears to be in his 20s or 30s, is wearing a knotted cravat and may very well be Samuel Parris prior to his religious calling. If so, this is the only known portrait of any inhabitant of 1692 Salem Village.
Courtesy, Massachusetts Historical Society. |
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| Sources |
- [S165] Magazine-NEHGS NEXUS, Vol. XIV, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1997, p.192.
- [S248] Book-History of Sudbury, MA, p.274-275.
- [S641] Book-The Tilson Genealogy, p.542, CS71.T59678.
- [S160] Correspondence-Internet-Rick Cheney, 10/30/97 11:22.
- [S837] Book-The Giles Memorial Genealogical Memoirs, p.24, R929.1V79s.
- [S103] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II, p.227.
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