Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Elisabeth Paris

Female Abt 1708 - 1776  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Elisabeth Paris 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt Oct 1708  St Mary-le-Bow, City of London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 26 Oct 1708  London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Will 20 Jan 1770 
    Death 11 Jan 1776  [1
    Probate 31 Jan 1776 
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
    Last Modified 25 May 2021 

    Father Joseph Paris
              b. Abt 1670  
              d. Aft 1724 (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Sarah Unknown (Paris) 

    Husband Edward Clarke Parish
              b. Abt 1704, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Jan 1764, Walthamstow, Essex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1728  St Benet, Paul's Wharf, City of London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age at Marriage Elisabeth was 19 years old - Edward was ~ 24 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Parish
     2. Alice Parish
              b. Abt 1738  
              d. 11 Jun 1776, Newtown, Isle of Man, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
    Last Modified 31 May 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Elisabeth Paris was born in 1708 and baptised on the 26th 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]


  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt Oct 1708 - St Mary-le-Bow, City of London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 26 Oct 1708 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Jun 1728 - St Benet, Paul's Wharf, City of London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0321] FindMyPast, Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946, (findmypast.co.uk), 1728, Parish/Parish.

    2. [S0307] FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (familysearch.org), 26 Oct 1708, Elizabeth Paris; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP27-M3N : 20 March 2020), Elizabeth Paris, 1708.

    3. [S0342] FindMyPast, England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, (findmypast.co.uk), 26 Oct 1708, Elizabeth Paris.

    4. [S0133] Ancestry, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, (ancestry.co.uk), 29 Jun 1728, Edward Clark Parish; London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/BEN3/A/003/MS05718/002.