Born in Hampshire, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Parrill Jr.
and Christian Bumgarner
Sister of
Nancy (Parrill) Hunt, Catherine (Parrill) Montgomery, John Parrill III, Enoch Parrill, Leah Parrill, Priscilla (Parrill) Nessell, Rachel (Parrill) Renard, Jeptha Parrill, Silas Parrill and Mahala (Parrill) Lyon
Wife of
James Richards
— married
21 Dec 1817 in Ohio, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Ann Richards
Died
at age 74
in Buck Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2016
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Biography
Matilda Parrill was born on July 27, 1797, in Hampshire County, Virginia, to John Parrill and Christian Bumgarner.
She married James Richards on December 21, 1817, in Pike County, Ohio. [1] In 1850, the family was living in Pleasant in Hardin County, Ohio. [2]
She died March 31, 1872 in Buck Township in Hardin County, Ohio, and is buried in the Wolf Creek Cemetery in Kenton. [3]
Matilda Purrill Female 1797–1872 • LHKT-GF2
Marriage 21 DEC 1817 , Pike County, Ohio Rev. James Richards Male 1791–1888 • LHKT-GXL
Children (10)
Louisa Ann Richards Female 1818–1819 • 9NKG-V6B
Leonard Richards Male 1820–Deceased • 9NKG-VX8
Minerva Richards Female 1821–1837 • LHKT-GNN
Sarah Ann Richardson Female 1823–1911 • LHKT-G5S
John P. Richards Male 1827–1913 • 9NKG-VXP
Esther Ann Richards Female 1828–1847 • LHKT-GBH
Joseph P. Richards Male 1830–Deceased • 9NKG-VFD
Harriet Richards Female 1832–Living • LJKS-GLH
James Richards Male 1836–1838 • 9NKG-VFX
Benjamin Franklin Richards Male 1838–1888 • G35R-NCC
Parents
John Parrill II Male 1762-1828 • KL6Z-L9G
Christine Bumgarner Female 1760–1825 • 2MKD-ZB7
Marriage 11 NOV 1786 Hampshire,Virginia
[4]Chapter VII 1326 -- Matilda Parrill Matilda, daughter of John and Christian Bumgarner Parrill, was born in Virginia. She married James Richards 27, December, 1817 in Pike County, Ohio. Matilda shared in her father's estate. She received at one time the amount of $166.37. James Richards witnessed the deed when John and Christian sold 225 acres of land lying on the west side of the Seiota River in Pike County, Ohio.ce of us. William Hampton Elizabeth Reymond This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?
Sources
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993" Film Number
000292748
- Matilda Purrill and James Richards
- Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1817, Marriage Place: Pike, Ohio, USA
- ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census" Census Place: Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio; Roll: M432_692; Page: 119A; Image: 460
- Matilda Richards, Age: 53, Birth Year: abt 1797, Birthplace: Virginia
- Home in 1850: Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio, USA
- Jas Richards, Age: 58, Birth Year: abt 1792, Birthplace: New Hampshire
- Children: Jeptha Richards 20, Benj F Richards 12
- John Richards 23 and Matilda Paterson 5
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial ID 21874857 [1]
- ↑ Parrill - A Family Genealogy, by LaRue Parrill, compiled in 1969 [2]
- "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6L4-L2T : 1 March 2021), Matilda Richards, 1872; citing Death, Buck, Hardin, Ohio, United States, source ID it 1 32, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,070,068.
- "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDH9-9LF : 20 June 2020), Matilda Purrill in entry for James Richards, 1817.
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQZ-LHH : Mon Jul 17 21:05:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Jas Richards and Matilda Richards, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2B-X3Y : Mon Jul 17 22:01:53 UTC 2023), Entry for John Richards and Matilda Richards, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62J-KHP : Mon Aug 21 23:29:44 UTC 2023), Entry for John P Richards and Sarah M Richards, 1870.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jerry Smith 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch AG9990523 [compare], yourDNAportal GER0d50a00c
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Kathryn (Liston) Recken :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Rachel Woolever :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T445331 [compare], Ancestry member rmeyer_55
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T445331 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T445331 [compare]
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~1.56%
M Parrill :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Paula Griffith :
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Her father would have been 111 when she was born; her mother 105.
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