Francis PARRATT

1614 - 1656  (42 years)

• Name	Francis PARRATT
  Born	1614	Rowley, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Will Notes	From _The Probate Records of Essex County_, vol. 1, 1635-1664 (1916), pp 244-245: ESTATE OF FRANCIS PARROT OF ROWLEY I Francis Parrat of Rowley intending to take a Journey to England desire as sensible of the frailty of this mortall life to set my house in order & doe therfore constitute and appoin this as my last will and testament in maner & forme as followeth. Imps I give & bequeath my soule to God that gave it & my body to be interred as the wise hand of God sees meete whether by sea or land in comfortable hopes of a happy resurrection at that day. Item my will is that my debts be first payd Item I give to my Loveing wife Elizabeth Parrat one hundred pounds to take it wher shee pleases in land goods & Cattle I also give to her my house and house lott for her life and after her death my will is that it shall be equally divided amonge my Children. Item the rest of my lands goods & Chattles I give to my Six daughters to be equally divided amongst them and each of them to have their equall share paid unto them at the age of twenty one yeares or the day of their mariage wch shall first be And I constitute my wife as my sole executrix of this my last will and Testament And I appoint my Loveing brethren Maxmilian Jewet & Ezekiell Northend as overseers of this my last will and testament in witnes hereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of November 1655. Francis Parrot Witness: Ezekiel northend, john palmer Proved in Ipswich court Sept. 30 by the witnesses. [Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 20,578.] Inventory taken 15: 7: 1656, by Mr. Joseph Jawet, Max. Jawet, Ezekiel Northene and John Smith: House, orchard and home lott, 70 li.; 10 Acres in the northeast feild, 40 li.; two Ackers of Bastard marsh, 4 li.; two Acres of salt marsh, 5 li.; Sawier's Ilande, 35 li.; marsh and Broken uplande, 35 li.; at the great plaine, 16 Akers of lande, 20 li.; ten Akers of medow at the Crayne, 10 li.; 13 Gates, 13 li.; one Mare, 13 li.; two oxen, 11 li.; three Cows, 11 li.; two steares, 5 li; two yearling Calves, 3 li. 6s. 8d.; sheepe, 9 li. 10s.; eighteene hogs, 15 li.; one Asse, 4 li.; due from Andrew Hadon, 6 li. 10s.; some Linin, 3 li. 13s. 4d.; A bed with Beding, 5 li.; another Bed with Beding, 3 li.; one Bed, 2 li.; malt, 6s.; hemp and flax, 1 li.; sheep woll and Cotten woll, 2 li.; a sword, 10s.; two tubs and a trough, 2s. 6d.; a payre of scales and weights, 5s.; one Chest, 5s. 6d.; hemp yearne, 1 li.; Books, 6s. 8d.; pots, ketles, hooks and a back Iron, 4 li.; peuder, 2li.; two Jugs and a frying pan, 1 s.; wooden and earthen vessells, 1 li.; foure cushins, 10s.; one Cuberd, 5s.; one Cart, one plow with other Iron Geares, 2 li. 10s.; Scives, 3s.; twelve Ackers of Ry, 12 li.; thirteen Ackers of Corne, 20 li.; Hay, 10 li.; fowre hides, 3 li.; for hides Taning, 5 li. 13s. 1d.; one Musket, 12s.; a brake, 2 li. 6s., total 357 li. 5s. There were a few things of uncertain value, as a hogshead of sugar, his wearing clothes, something in England and 22s. forgotten, for which there was as much debt forgotten. His debts amounted to 63 li. 9s. 5d. [Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol.3, leaf 55.]
  Residence	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	30 Sep 1656	London, London, England
  Buried	unknown
  Person ID	I40003	Main
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth NORTHEND,   b. 16 Mar 1617, Rowley, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1694, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1640	Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mercy PARRATT,   b. 23 Jan 1646, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Nov 1667, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 21 years)   2. Martha PARRATT,   b. 9 Oct 1649, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Jul 1730, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F12214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1614 - Rowley, Yorkshire, England Residence - - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Married - Abt 1640 - Massachusetts Died - 30 Sep 1656 - London, London, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  s/o Francis PARROT of Lincolnshire (b 1588) & Ann GODFREY (b 1588) Died while on a business trip in London.