John PARISH (PARRISH)

                   History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Sharkweather Bible Records in possession of Dora K. Stiles
Groton, Mass. Vital Records, Marriages, p. 126
N.E.H. Vol. 2, Bk. 60, p. 314, Vol. 63, p. 385
N.E. Parish Family, p. 4
Colonial Families of the U.S.
Ipswich, Mass Vol. 1 Vital Records to 1850
R.E.F. N.E.H.G. Reg. DAR LXII pp. 364-73
John Parrish of Groton, Mass. and sons of Desc. by Roswell Parish Jr. of
       Brookshire, Mass.
Chelmsford Vital Records, pp. 159, 340
Family History by John Ford Parrish
Records of Patricia Ellen Maher, 1348 Westwood Hills Road, Minneapolis,
       Minnesota 55426-1950

       John Parrish appears first in the records of Braintree, Massachusetts in 1674 and was one of the orig. prop. of Mendon.  For nearly 20 years from about 1675 he resided in Groton, Mass. where in 1679 he was chosen a representative to Gen'l Ct & he performed garrison duty in King William's War in 1691.
       From Groton he went to Chebaco parish, Ipswich, Mass. and finally rem. to Preston, CT where he died in 1715.
       With his 2nd wife, Mary he was admitted to the church in Preston, 15 Nov 1704.