Early Life
Elisabeth Paris was born in 1708 and baptised on the 26
th of October that year at St Mary-le-Bow in London. Her father was
Joseph Paris of All Hallows, Honey Lane, married to
Sarah ___, as per a
Boyd's family record.
Family Life
Noted as of "St Mary le Bow" in her marriage records. See her husband's entry for more detail on the family.
Elisabeth and her 2 daughters were left £10 each by Robert Dinwiddie, late of Colony of Virginia "but now of Saint Albans Street in Westminster".
Death
Died 1776 aged 68 (see
Death section for her husband
Edward Clarke Parish). Her will, dated 20 Jan 1770, mentions:
- Elizabeth Perk?, spinster
- Sarah Lowe, widow
- Mr and Mrs Syms "her good friends"
- Her servants Richard Crawford, Ann Elliot, Frances Blason, Diana Wright
- Her brother Robert Parish of Ipswich (brother-in-law?)
- Her daughter Elizabeth Ratcliffe
- Son-in-law Ebenezer Ratcliffe
- Her daughter Alice Bushe
- Her son-in-law Wadsworth Bushe
- Her grandchildren Edward Bushe, Jacob Hans Bushe, Robert Bushe and WIlliam Bushe [no mention of the youngest son Hans, who wasn't born until 1772]