I'm writing this post with trepidation that part of this post may be incomplete or even worse, incorrect. I'm also disappointed that I have not yet been able to determine the parents of Humphrey, nor his wife's name. I am leaning toward the idea that Humphrey was not the one born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, but that his roots are deeper in Virginia. We know that he died in 1743 in Goochland County, Virginia, and there are other Parrish families in the area prior to that. His wife is just as much of a mystery. He may or may not have married Mary Walker, the daughter of John Walker, and if he did marry her, she may or may not be his second wife. Others seem convinced, but for me, the jury is still out.
Likewise, it is not certain, at least not in my eyes, how many children Humphrey fathered. There are four children I feel (perhaps unwisely) confident about, and various others that I have seen in lists with no documentation.
John has various birthdates from 1691 to 1699, which would indicate that Humphrey may have been married by 1691. His first wife may or may not be Mary or Margaret Harrison, and his second wife may be Judith Mosely, although I tend to think she married a different John Parrish. At any rate, John's children are Joseph, Briscoe, Brissie, William, Charles, John, James, William, David, and Sarah.
Jane or Ann was born in 1698 and died in New Kent, Virginia in 1743. She married John Cross, and their children are Eliax, Judith, William, Hanne, Parrish, and Jane. She may then have married Francis Hardyman, and had Martha and James with him. I have seen many trees that say she died in Barren County, Kentucky, but the death date would seem to preclude that as Kentucky wasn't a state until 1792 and there was very little settlement anywhere in Kentucky prior to 1775.
Henry was born in 1701 and may have died in 1753. His wife was Mary Margaret, possibly Atkinson. His children are Mary, Jerusha, Henry, Ruth, Nancy, Mourning, Sarah Ann, Solomon, Elizabeth, and Mary.
Humphrey was born in 1705 and died in 1773 in Goochland County, Virginia. His wife may be Mary Morton or Mary Hamilton. His children are Humphrey, Ursula, Joel, Aaron, and Booker. I will try to follow this family in my next blog post.
Other names I have seen include Thomas, Mary, Jane (who may or may not be the same person born in 1698), Elizabeth, and David. The only one I could trace from these names is David. He died about 1800 in Granville, North Carolina and had children John, David, Clayton, Booker, Susanna, Tabath, Ann, Betsy, and Sarah. However, his birth date is shown as 1720 and that would make a large gap in ages, unless the first wife had died and Humphrey did marry again.
Once again, this is a post of more speculation and more unanswered questions than I would like. I hope someone will see this and realize that they can add more dates and more documents to the story of this family, who are important in our Allen family line.
