Elijah Parish Genealogy

 16. ELIJAH⁴ PARISH (Samuel,³ Samuel,² John¹), baptized in Canterbury, Conn., 9 Apr. 1740, died in Goffstown, N. Y., in 1817. He married EUNICE FOSTER, who died 13 Dec. 1799, aged 66, daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Standish) of Stafford, Conn. Children:

1. REV. ELIJAH, b. in Lebanon, Conn., 7 Nov. 1762; d. 15 Oct. 1825; m. 7 Nov. 1796, MARY HALE, who d. 30 May 1831, aged 64, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Mary (Northend) Hale of Byfield, Mass. He fitted for college at Plainfield Academy, graduated from Dartmouth in 1785, and preached at Byfield.

2. REV. ARIEL, b. in Lebanon 29 Nov. 1764; d. 20 May 1794; m. 7 July 1792, HANNAH CHUTE, b. Apr. 1765, d. 28 Apr. 1842, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Hannah (Adams) of Byfield, Mass. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1788.

3. PHILOMELA, b. 4 Dec. 1768; d. in Bedford, N. H., 24 July 1818; m. 26 June 1794, DEA. STEPHEN THURSTON, b. in Rowley, Mass., 2 Jan. 1770. He m. twice afterwards.

4. ASA, d. 20 Feb. 1772, aged 3.