John
Parr
Born in Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Parr
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Clements) Parr
— married
1702 in Rathkenny, County Cavan, Ireland
Descendants 
Died
at about age 92
in Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2012
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Biography
John was born 1672 in Dublin, Ireland. He fought for William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne and also at Blenheim, Marlborough's greatest victory (1704) and also under Prince Eugene.
His name appears as Ensign in Colonel Tatton's Regiment of Foot/ Lieutenant 1709, and in the Blenheim Prize Rolls 1704. He became Captain before 1724 and was admitted at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainhan October 1739 as a decayed, maimed and ancient officer.
John Parr's family was part of that "upper crust" that was formed in Ireland during the 17th Century by the immigration of English nobility.
He married Eleanor, daughter of Daniel Clements of Rath Kenny, County of Cavan.
He had three sons and two daughters. The sons Peter, Samuel Clements and John all served in the army. Their youngest son John became the Lt Governor of Nova Scotia.
John lived to the age of 92, dying in Dublin, Ireland in 1764.
Sources
Book: Memoir of Governor John Parr-By James S. MacDonald 1909.
Book:Major General Sir Henry Hallam Parr..recollections and correspondence...
www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/henty-hallam-parr/recollections-and-correspondence. [1].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000272067].
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Patricia Davis
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23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #534681
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~0.39%
Susan (Johnson) Theriault :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A291253 [compare], Ancestry member susan_theriault
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~0.39%
Lillian Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168428 [compare], Ancestry member BRAMBLE568
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~0.39%
Don Catling :
MyHeritage DNA
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