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Where did the English Parr family come from? What is the English Parr family crest and coat of arms? When did the Parr family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Parr family history?
The ancestry of the name Parr dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the region of Parr which was known in Lancashire as an enclosed area. Parr is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Parr have been found, including Parr, Par, Parre and others.First found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Parr research. Another 313 words(22 lines of text) covering the years 1512, 1543, and 1548 are included under the topic Early Parr History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Parr. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Parr, or a variant listed above:
Parr Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Joe Parr, who arrived in St. Christopher in 1635
- Robert Parr, who came to Virginia in 1637
- Abel Parr, who landed in Massachusetts in 1641
- Edward Parr, who arrived in Virginia in 1649
- Thomas Parr settled in Virginia in 1651
Parr Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Alex Parr, who landed in Virginia in 1701
- Antho Parr, who arrived in Virginia in 1705
- Alerr Parr, who arrived in Virginia in 1705
- Jacob Parr, aged 20, landed in Pennsylvania in 1743
- Johannes Parr, aged 23, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743
Parr Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Samuel Parr, aged 25, arrived in New York in 1812
- Margaret Parr, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816
- Anne Parr, who landed in New York, NY in 1816
- William Parr, who arrived in New York in 1843
- Christian Parr, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1856
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- John Parr (b. 1954), American musician
- Larry Parr (b. 1942), American chessmaster
- Jack Harold Parr (1918-2004), American radio and television comedian and talk show host
- Chris Parr (b. 1944), English theatre director and television executive
- George Parr (1826-1891), English cricketer
- Martin Parr (b. 1952), British documentary photographer and photojournalist
- Rear Admiral Tony Parr MVO (b. 1955), Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy (2009-)
- Robert Michael "Bob" Parr (b. 1957), Emmy Award-winning English-born New Zealand television producer
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- The Descendants of Richard Parr: Pioneers of Licking County, Ohio by Mariam Parr.
- The Parr Family: Stephen of Delaware. some of his Descendants and Allied Families by Lucille Parr.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
- Shirley, Evelyn Philip. Noble and Gentle Men of England Or Notes Touching The Arms and Descendants of the Ancient Knightley and Gentle Houses of England Arranged in their Respective Counties 3rd Edition. Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1866. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- Elster, Robert J. International Who's Who. London: Europa/Routledge. Print.
- Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
- Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
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The Parr Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Parr Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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