Francis Parratt of Rowley MA: Perrot Family? Great Migration Newsletter?

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Francis Parratt of Rowley MA: Perrot Family? Great Migration
Newsletter?

I've become interested in the ancestry of Francis Parratt, an early
settler of Rowley, Massachusetts. In particular I have wondered if he
has direct connections with the Perrot families of North Leigh,
Oxfordshire, as a possible factor in my gateway ancestor Will Warde's
emigration ca. 1640-52.

Francis Parratt's birth has been assigned to a number of places that
are unlikely (Rowley, Yorks) or don't exist (Sulerton, Lincs), and he
has been identified by some with the Francis Parratt who married Anne
Irby of Sutterton, Lincs. (but I think the dates don't work). [One can
even mistranscribe Allerton, Lancs. as Sulerton, Lincs., and there's a
field named Parratt there; but I think this is pushing it.]

I'm told that the new issue (Oct-Dec) of the Great Migration
Newsletter summarizes his ancestry in a section about Rowley MA.
Perhaps someone who subscribes to this can tell me if a connection has
been made, and/or a real birthplace found?

The only treatment of the Perrot family with which I am familiar
appeared in ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS, beginning in the January, 1865
issue (Third Series, No. XLI). In this series the Perrot families of
North Leigh are treated in some detail, and I find a Francis, born
1613; but he married Alice Bowring of Oxon. and was living in Eynsham
in 1666. A different Francis Parret, of these families, was born 1563
and alive in 1591 when he was godfather to his niece Elizabeth;
however, no children are given for this Francis. At least we know the
name Francis had some currency in this line.

Michael Ward
San Jose, CA USA

[holl...@gmail.com]

Nothing specific. His sisters are given as Ann, wife of Thomas Mihill
and Faith, wife of John Smith. It is noted that the surname Parratt
occurs at Driffeilds Ambo (sixteen miles north of Rowley) in the 1636
muster roll. Great Migration Newsletter 18 (2009):29.

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Thank you for checking! Doesn't seem they've discovered much.

I've now found the Bodleian's copy of "Perrot Notes" by E. L. Barnwell
(the collected version of the Arch. Camb. papers), online at Google:
http://books.google.com/books?id=giwAAAAAQAAJ

It comes with additional manuscript notes at the end, some of which
are readable, and most of which are imaged at ninety degrees to the
vertical. Perhaps the secret lies within these mysterious pages; I
suspect it's up to me to struggle through them.

[WJho...@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/25/2009 10:50:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mjw...@hidden-knowledge.com writes:

> It comes with additional manuscript notes at the end, some of which
> are readable, and most of which are imaged at ninety degrees to the
> vertical. Perhaps the secret lies within these mysterious pages; I
> suspect it's up to me to struggle through them.>>

PAINT which comes on every windows computer allows you to rotate by 90
degrees.

Will