John Alexander Parris (1724 - abt. 1752)

Born 11 Dec 1724 in Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Collins) Withers — married 25 Jan 1750 in Christ Church Parish, Province of South Carolina

Died about 1752 at about age 27 in St. James Santee Parish, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

John Alexander Parris, born 11 December 1724, was the son of Alexander Parris Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Stanyarne.^[1]

On 25 January 1750 he married Elizabeth Collins^[1], and they had a son John Alexander Parris.^[2]

John Alexander Parris wrote his Will on 22 May 1752. He refers to himself as of St. James Santee, Craven County, and refers to his land in Winyah, as well as land near Charles Town. His heirs are his wife Elizabeth and son John Alexander. ^[3] The proved date of the Will is not legible, but he died before April 1755 when his widow remarried.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “The Register of Christ Church Parish (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 20, no. 1 (1919): 65, 70 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569478
2. ↑ Webber, Mabel L. “Colonel Alexander Parris, and Parris Island.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 26, no. 3 (1925): 137–45. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569662.
3. ↑ South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-J89C-1G?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-XZ9%3A210905601%2C211509901 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1752-1763, Vol. 007 > image 18 of 613; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia. Will of John Alexander Paris 1752
4. ↑ The Annals and Parish Register of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, in South Carolina, from 1680-1884. (1884) p. 38 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t50g3z37f&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021

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