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I believe my American Parr line began in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the form of Abel Parr, who became a Freeman there in 1641. I think Abel was a follower of Roger Williams who migrated from England in 1631 aboard the LYON. Roger preached at odds with the Puritans, and as a result fled eventually to present day Providence, RI. From there we pick up the trail of Parr followers migrating to Long Island and our Cornelius Parr, born abt 1671 and probable wife Hannah. Cornelius's son John married Mary Corwin. John and Mary had about 6 children including Matthias, born about 1725. I and one other Parr cousin in Georgia are a DNA match to this Matthias, who had several children including the well know: John, Benjamin and Matthias brothers who all were Revolutionary War Soldiers. Another branch, The Moses Parr line also started in RI, and continues into VT, NY, etc. I'm interested in working with any other serious Parr researchers who believe they are part of this line. The next step is to fill in the New England blanks and then secure a DNA match with our current day Parr Cousins in England. We should be able to run the Parr line back to the 13th century. Bill Parr, San Diego.
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