Saturday, October 3, 2015

Isaac Parlee (May 28, 1762-Nov. 11, 1831) one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Isaac Parlee, one of my 3 x great grandfathers was born May 28, 1762 in New Jersey. Died Nov. 11, 1831 in Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

He married Mary Polly Casey [orphan] July 5, 1789 in Sussex Vale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
 3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
 4. Hannah Catherine Parlee (b July 31, 1841) - Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m James C Allen)
 5. John Casey Parlee (b March 4, 1816) - Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Margaret Folkins)
*6. Isaac Parlee (b May 28, 1762) - New Jersey (m Mary Polly Casey)
 7. Peter Parlee Sr. (b June 13, 1736) - Fresh Kill, Richmond, Staten Island, New York (m1 Unknown: m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins)
 8. Jean Parlier 3rd (b Sept. 5, 1703) - Kings Co., New York (m Abigail Jones)
 9. Jean Parlier 2nd (b Oct. 16, 1669) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Anne Rezeau)
10. Jean Parlier (b cir 1640) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Marie Arnaud)

Sources:

Hannah Catherine Parlee (m James C Allen July 17, 1856)
At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872, where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert, Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughter died, she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown. No known gravestone.

Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.

The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the  Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.

1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51.  LAC mf C-995.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia East 11. p. 22. LAC mf T-18358.
1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia 207. Sub-Dist. 16. p. 1. LAC mf  20450.
1921 Census of Canada. Ontario. Victoria 135. Snowdon Twp 38. P. 6. Folder 93.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_427. Timiskaming District. Ingram Twp. June 24,  1931. Reg. # 032905. Age 89. B New Brunswick. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.

John Casey Parlee (m Margaret Folkins Aug. 1, 1839)
Moved to Burford Twp. concession 9 lot 13, Brant Co., Ontario in 1852.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  John C  Parlee signed declarations dated Dec 16, 1872 at Burford Township, Brant Co., saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 7 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Dec 19, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. J.C. Parlee lot 2 conc 7 McLean Twp.

Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html

1851  Canadian Census.  New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51.  LAC mf C-995.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Brant Co. (113). Burford Twp. (3). p. 93. LAC mf C-1009.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. Brant South 15. Brantford West. 02 c. P. 3. LAC mf C-9914.

In 1874 he was in McLean Twp, Muskoka and witnessed the death of his son.

1881 Canadian Census. Ontario. Muskoka (131). Ridout & McLean (K). p. 15. LAC mf C-13243.

Buried Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Ontario.

Isaac Parlee (m Mary Polly Casey July 5, 1789)
He came from Bucks Co., Pennsylvania and settled on Long Reach of the Saint John River, Kings Co. Mary was born in Dublin, Ireland. They were married at Sussex Vale, Kings Co. by Rev. James Scovil, on July 5, 1789. By 1790 they lived in Kings Co., Studholm Parish, Millstream. In 1832 his will was intestate, with administration of such being granted to Mary on March 6, 1832. Buried in the Old Berwick Cemetery, Millstream, Studholme Parish, Kings County New Brunswick, according to Gone but not Forgotten.

Inscription reads:
In memory of Isaac Parlee died Nov 1 1831 in the 70th year of his age. Also his wife Mary died 7 Sept 1848 aged 77 years (note that the date of death is 1 on the tomb stone but 11 in the Kipp file)

Probate records
Millstream, Kings Co. Intestate. Administration granted 6 March 1832 to Mary Parlee and Samuel Sharp of Kings County. Inventory dated 26 December 1831, valued at 163 pounds by Robert McLeod and Robert Sharp.

The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.

Loyalist Families, Cleadie B. Barnett & Elizabeth S. Sewell. Loyalist Bi-Centennial Project for Fredericton Branch of U.E.L. Assoc. of Canada. 1983.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Old Fenwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. FAG Memorial # 129847436.

Peter Parlee Sr. (m1 Unknown cir 1761; m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins cir 1772)
Pieter was baptised June 13 1736 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. Witnesses were Pieter Parliez and Marie Parliez. 
He was located in Durham Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.

Loyalist
He petitioned the British Governement for losses and services.
After suffering grievious persecutions and abuses he enlisted as a private
soldier in the British Army in April 1777 with the 2nd Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Col. Allen, and served there until the Battalion was disbanded. In April 1779 he was employed in the existing service and was taken prisoner and robbed of 40 pounds. In 1781 he was taken prisoner again and confined three months and was at the expense of a least 30 pounds. He was frequently employed in dangerous and arduous services. He appears to have served until October 24, 1783. He then went to New Brunswick, where he settled in Sussex, Kings Co.  UEL. - United Empire Loyalist

Peter Parlee reg NJV2 b 13 Jun 1736 Bucks Co PA? d 1821-27 bur Sussex Kings? s/o Jean Perlier3rd & Abigail Jones. m Lydia Robbing (Robbins)

The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg 27
Peter Parlee Sr and Isaac Parler - Said to have been a different branch of Parlees from those who settled in the Dutch Valley. Both groups probably trace their decent from Peter, son of Jean Perlier of French origin and Abigail Jones who was baptized at the the Reformed Church of Richmond Staten Island, New York, June 13 1736.

This Peter brought with him six sons and one daughter, children of 2 marriages. He and an elder son Abraham received land on the north bank of the Salmon River where they farmed successfully for a number of years, finally selling their lots to John Roach and moving to the Head of Millstream. A long succession of Parlees has come from this family. Isaac Parlee drew land with in the area of the town of Sussex but may not have lived on it, as he settled in the Long Reach after his marriage to Polly Casey the little orphan girl brought up in the home of George Leonard. Dissatisfied with the stony farmland that he had received, Isaac moved to Millstream, carrying his infant child on his back while an Indian poled the boat which held Polly and their few household effects. Isaac died in 1831 in his 70th year, and Mary in 1848 at the age of 77. Their burial place is in the old cemetery on the Matthew Fenwick farm. They were parents of 3 sons and nime daughters and have many descendents living in Kings County. During her later life Mary Casey Parlee was welcomed into homes as a midwife or where ever there was illness. It is family legend that she took her feather bed, a cup and saucer and a silver-spoon with her on these missions.

Loyalist Lineages of Canada, The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Toronto Branch, 234 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 601, Toronto Ontario M4P 1K5, 1991

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY.  Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. IV, Staten Island Chruch Records 1909. (p. 48)

The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg. 27.

Rootsweb, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, Genealogical Resources. NYRICHMO GenWeb.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/misc/rdc_pr_baptisms.html
From website of Robert L. Billard, at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/vital_statistics.htm

FamilySearch.org. New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962. Indexing Project C50318-1. GS film # 476226. Accessed August 25, 2015. Birth of Pieter Parliez, June 13, 1736. Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. Parents Jean Perliez and Abigail Jones.

The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.

Jean Perlier 3rd (m Abigail Jones June 13, 1734)
Perlier, Parlie, Parliez.
Baptised at L'Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, by the minister Monsieur Peiret. Godfather Pierre Rezeau, godmother Marye Rezeau.
He married Abigail Jones prior to 1736. After 1736 they moved to New Jersey.

Registers of the births, marriages and deaths of the Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, from 1688 to 1804, edited by Rev. Alfred V. Wittmeyer, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1968. (p.96)

Jean Perlier 2nd (m Anne Rezeau Dec. 25, 1696)
He came to the New World in 1686 with his mother and brother and settled on Staten Island.  Jean was declared a freeman of New York in 1695.

A John Parlner was endenized by oath taken Dec. 6, 1695. Denization 25 Nov. 1695.

Jean's occupation was carpenter.
He served in the French Indian War in 1711 and in the South Company of the local militia in 1715.

His will was probated October 28, 1723.
In the name of God, Amen.  I, John Perle, of Staten Island, being sick.  I leave to my wife all my estate, real and personal, during her widowhood.  I leave to my son John all my carpenter tools.  If it is necessary to pay debts, my wife shall sell the salt meadow that I bought of Jerome Deslin.  I leave to my sons, John, Peter, and Abraham, all my lands and Plantation.  I leave all my movable estate to my six daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Esther, and Martha.  My sons shall pay to their sisters, 100 pounds.  I make my wife and beloved friend, John Le Counte, executors.  Witnesses: Margaret Le Counte, Catharine Jandine, William Hillyer. (Not proved)

(Patent - Manuscripts in the Manuscript Division, New York State Library, 6:551)
Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York, by Kenneth Scott & Kenn Stryker-Rodda, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1975

Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1902. Unrecorded Wills, p. 90.  New York Abstracts of Wills 1665-1801, Heritage Books, Inc., CD-ROM. Nyhsw 011:0090.

Staten Island and It's People 1609-1929, by Leng and Davis, pgs. 145, 935.Death.

Register of Ancestors, by The National Huguenot Society, 1975,p. 267.

Huguenot Ancestors Documented by the Huguenot Society of New Jersey, complied by Glenna See Hill, The Society, 1975.

Documents Relating to Descendants of Jean Perlier (ca 1670-1723). NYGBS Manuscript: File 1 (P4215).

Huguenot Emigration to America, Baird, Vol. 2, p. 292.

New York Genealogical  & Biographical Society Record, Vol. 70, p. 236, 359; Vol 71, p. 51.

World Connect websites


Jean Perlier (m Marie Arnaud Nov. 27, 1667)
Occupation: Ships Pilot. Vital Records from the Archives of the Dept. of Charente - Maritime Provence of Saintonge, France. Jean Perlier was a Hugenot of La Tremblade, on the Western coast of France. Jean seems to have met an untimely death probably in France.

Bulletin, Societe de L'Histoire du Protestantisme Francais, Janvier - Mars 1916. P. 66-70.
This document suggests that Jean Perlier, pilote, was one of 15 protestants arrested in 1685 by force by the dragonnades. The trial took place in 1699-1700 and most of them received fines. Jean Perlier was fined deux mil livres.

This could be why Jean did not accompany hs wife to the new world. He probably met an untimely death in France. His "widow" Marie probably knew she would never see her husband again, so remarried to protect her chlidren.

World Connect websites

Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html
Some of the information on Peter Parlee does not match what I have been able to find.

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