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The
PARR Family of Kinver, Staffs & Churchill, Worcs.
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Distribution of the family
name in 1881.
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Throughout
the ages Kinver was also known as Kinfare,
Kynfare, Chenfare, and Cynefare and PARRs are resident in the
village today. Related families are also found in nearby villages
such as Iverley, Staffs and Ismere, part of Worcestershire.
The tree is headed by William
PARR and his wife
Elizabeth (of unknown family),
my 7xGGPs, both born late 1600's and probably married before
1710. Their children (and year of baptism) include:
Elizabeth
PARR (1710);
Mary
PARR (1717);
Joseph
PARR (1719);
John
PARR (1722-1808), who m.
Sarah
WHITAKER
in 1746 at Churchill, WOR (my 6xGGP). They owned Parr's Farm in
Ismere, Worcestershire (present day on the A451, Stourbridge
Road), although they may have lived just over the county border
under Kinver. Their known children (and year of christening)
were:
John
PARR (1748-1820);
William
PARR (1750-1827);
Sarah
PARR (1753);
Joseph
PARR (1754), m. Nancy
(of unknown family at a date unknown). Their children were:
Catherine
PARR (n. May 1788); m.
George EVANS,
an Old Swinford Schoolmaster);
Violetta
PARR (c1790-1871) -
unmarried;
Sarah
PARR (c1792-1892) -
unmarried;
Mary
PARR (c1794);
John
PARR (c1796);
Amelia
PARR (c1798), m. Joseph
PARKES in May 1817, Sedgley;
Joseph
PARR (c1800);
Emma
PARR (c1802), m. James
SMITH (1799-1866) at Birmingham
St Martin in July 1827. Widowed Emma SMITH was living with her
2 maiden sisters in 1871 Stourbridge;
Benjamin
PARR (c1804);
Ann
PARR (1758);
Susannah
PARR (1760), m. Robert
DUGARD,
a Butcher born c1760 in Feckenham, Worcs., at nearby Hagley in
1779 and are my 5xGGPs;
Thomas
PARR (1761-1853);
Benjamin
PARR (1762-1849);
Hannah
PARR (1764), m. William
WINNALL;
Catherine
PARR (1767-1859);
Violetta PARR
(1769-1845); m. William HEATH
in 1788 at Bredon, WOR. They were the first 2 owners of the
"Waggon & Horses" in Ismere, where all previous
owners are recorded on the wall of the pub;
In
"Gentleman's Magazine" in 1821 is was reported that
Robert PARR, the great grandson of the celebrated Thomas PARR
resided in Kinver where he died in 1757 aged 124. Thomas, who
resided at Winnington in Shropshire, was referred to as "Old
Tom" based on stories that he died in 1635 aged 152. There
is no known connection to the above family, however the legend &
story is included in the data file.
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