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Suffolk / Re: Brand PARR of Exning
« on: Saturday 24 January 15 18:44 GMT (UK)  »
I would say you have reached the ultimate brick wall - Elizabeth clearly kept her secret!  And with an illegitimate child, there is no help from naming patterns among his children.  I am about to start an attempt at organizing, as opposed to collecting, all my Parr information, so if I find anything at all about Brand I will let you know.  I suspect he didn't know his father's identity, so the missing marriage record might be useless.  By the way, I was glad to see you point out the 3 wives of Ellery b. 1706 and also debunk the Chatteris Ellery - a lot of misinformation out there.  I've been arguing the Chatteris birth with a couple of "cousins" for a long time!  And I've also found an "Eleary," if you are collecting various spellings of the name.  Thank you for pointing out that the original Henery was probably an Ellery - isn't that an uncommon name for England at that time?

Good luck in your search!

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Suffolk / Re: Brand PARR of Exning
« on: Thursday 22 January 15 15:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much for your reply, which covered a lot of my unknowns.  I have not researched Charles at all thoroughly, but what you have makes good sense.  So I shall now add potentially another child to Ellery's long list!  (But I do think Elizabeth would have preferred the lusty farmhand!)  My maiden name was Parr, and I am descended from the multiple Ellery's, William b. 1806, and his son, my great-grandfather, George, who emigrated from Exning in 1851 to Ontario and, ultimately, Winnipeg.  I have the family traced back to Marke Parre, b. 1539 in Wilburton, and possibly a father Henery - which is about as far as any Parr researchers I have communicated with have been able to go.

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Suffolk / Re: Brand PARR of Exning
« on: Tuesday 20 January 15 16:28 GMT (UK)  »
This is six years after the fact, but perhaps you are still looking for Brand's parentage.  The FHL film #950449, Parish Registers of Exning, shows Brand Parr, son of Elizabeth Brand, baseborn, baptized 30 Dec 1744.  I suspect the father was not Ellery (b. 1706), who had his hands full with 3 wives, but his brother Charles (b. 1710), who was a widower at the time of Brand's birth, in between his 2 wives.

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Cambridgeshire Lookup Requests / Re: John PARR Swaffham Prior PRs
« on: Monday 30 January 12 18:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Wendy - Maybe you are no longer looking for Charles and John - if you are, they are in my line of Parrs - Charles was brother to my Ellery/Hilary.  According to what I found in the Exning records, Grace Buntin Parr died in childbirth of John, as you know.  However, John died 9 Mar 47.  Charles evidently remarried, to Mary ___ (there is no record), since the parish records show 7 children born to Charles and Mary Parr.  They are:  Mary, b 7 Mar 56;  Elizabeth b 25 Jun 58;  John b 22 May 63;  Charles 19 May 65;  William 3 Dec 69;  Anne 8 Mar 75;  and Robert 16 May 79.  There is no other Charles in Exning at this time, though Ellery did have sons Charles b 8 Jul 1733 and John b 28 Nov 1735.  From this point on, things get a little fuzzy, simply because there were so many Johns, Williams, and Roberts in the family.  I would be happy to send you the film numbers (LDS) if you would like, also a lineage for Charles.
Ruth

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