1. Richard Branham, of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Vir

4. Benjamin Branham and

5. Nathaniel Branham and Mary Napier.
6. Mary Ann Branham and William Jolliffe.
7. William Jolliffe and Emma R. Parry.

PARRY.

"THE Parry family are descended from an ancient and honorable family of that name, long residing in Caernarvonshire, North Wales, one of the most ancient families in the Kingdom. History shows them established in North Wales in the twelfth century at Madryn Castle,' which estate is still in the possession of an elder branch of the family." The coat of arms borne by the family in North Wales is: Vert, a stag Trippant, ppr. Crest: A War Charger's Head and Neck, Ar. Motto: "Gofal dyn duw ai Gwerid."

Geoffrey Parry, Esq., of Rhydolion, Caernarvonshire, North Wales, a cadet of the ancient family of Parry, of Poston Court (sometimes called New Court), in Golden Vale, county of Hereford, England, married Margaret Hughes, daughter and sole heiress of Hugh Hughes, Esq., of Cefn Llanfair, North Wales, by whom he had a son, Love Parry, Esq.

Love Parry, Esq., of Wernfaur, high sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1685, and son of Geoffrey Parry, Esq., and Margaret Hughes, his wife, married Ellen Wynn, daughter and heiress of Hugh Wynn, Esq., of Penarth, and had sons, Love Parry, Esq., and Thomas Parry, gent.

Thomas Parry, gent., born in Caernarvonshire, North Wales, in 1680, son of Love Parry, Esq., and Ellen Wynn, his wife, came to America when quite a young man, settling in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the family in America. He married in the year 1715 Miss Jane Morris (daughter of Morris Morris), of an early colonial family, by whom he had ten children, as follows: Thomas, Philip Wynn, John, Stephen, Edward, David, Mary, Jacob, Isaac, and Martha. Thomas Parry died in 1751, aged seventy-one years. His wife, Jane Morris, died in 1741. "He derived his descent from a younger branch of the Caernarvonshire family; the elder branch of which still exists in England." His descendants are found in Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Tennessee.

John Parry, of Moorland Manor, the third child of Thomas Parry and Jane Morris, his wife, was born July 25, 1721, and married September 21, 1751, Margaret Tyson (daughter of Derrick and Susanna Tyson), of Philadelphia County, by whom he had seven

children, namely, Thomas, John, Benjamin, Phoeby, Stephen, Daniel, and David. John Parry died November 10, 1789, aged sixty-nine years. His wife died in 1807. He left all his children fine estates of land or money.

Benjamin Parry, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was the third child of John Parry and Margaret Tyson, his wife, and was born March 1, 1757, at "Moorland Manor." He married, November 4, 1787, Jane Paxson, daughter of Oliver Paxson, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, an eminent Friend, by whom he had four children, namely, Oliver; Ruth, born January 4, 1797, died October 28, 1885 (never married); Jane, born August 27, 1799, died September 28, 1879 (never married); and Margaret, born December 7, 1804, married Charles B. Knowles, and left no children.

Benjamin Parry removed to "Coryells Ferry," Bucks County, in 1784, and erected a large flour-mill and saw-mills upon lands he had purchased, and upon which the town of New Hope is now built. A few years later he erected a linseed-oil mill and another large flour-mill on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River below his "New Hope Mills;" these he called "Prime Hope Mills." He also erected a large warehouse and store, and engaged in an extensive business with his brothers for a number of years. He was largely instrumental in getting erected the fine bridge spanning the Delaware River at New Hope, which cost about sixty-eight thousand dollars. "From his mills he carried on a large trade with the West Indies and other tropical countries, and was the inventor of a process by which corn-meal would resist the heat and moisture of voyages in tropical climates, and remain sweet and wholesome." He died November 22, 1839, in his eighty-third year, and was buried at "Friends Solebury Burying-Ground," Bucks County. Jane Paxson, his wife, was born in 1767, and died in Philadelphia May 13, 1826, and was buried in "Friends Burying-Ground," Fourth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia.

Oliver Parry, the eldest child of Benjamin Parry and Jane Paxson, his wife, was born at New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1794, and married, May 1, 1827, Rachel Randolph, daughter of Major Edward Randolph and Anna Julianna Steel, his wife (he was an eminent Friend and citizen of Philadelphia, and had been a distinguished officer of the Revolution). They had twelve. children, namely, Julianna Randolph, born in Philadelphia, married. John Tatum, of Philadelphia; Jane Paxson, born in Philadelphia, married Dr. Caleb Winslow, of North Carolina; Elizabeth Randolph, born December 29, 1830, and died September 6, 1831; Major Edward