John Parmelee

- 1659

• Name	John Parmelee
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 Sep 1584	Lewes, Surrey, England   [1]
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  Emigration	20 May 1639	England   [2]
  	||co. Surrey or co. Kent||John PARMELEE (also PARMILY, PERMELY, PARMALEE, or PARMELIN), was one of the first settlers of Guilford, Connecticut. John Palmerlee, Sr., came to America as a passenger on the Saint John. He was not the first member of the family to cross the Atlantic, as John, Jr. had come to New England in 1635. The company of settlers on the Saint John was led by the Reverend Henry Whitfield, who had been the rector of St. Margaret's at Ockley in Surrey since 1616. They sailed from England on 20 May 1639 under the command of a Captain Richard Russell, and arrived at New Haven (then Quinnipac), Connecticut, between the 10th and 15th of July 1639. While still at sea the settlers organized a single communal plantation; this was outlined in a document now known as the Plantation Covenant. It was signed by twenty five men, John being the fifteenth signer. Although the printed versions of the Covenant use the spelling "Parmelin" for John's name, it can also be argued that the original was actually spelled "Parmerly." Guilford, CT Plantation Covenant We whose names are herein written, intending by God's gracious permission, to plant ourselves in New England, and if it may be in the southerly part, about Quinpisac [Quinnipiac, later named New Haven], we do faithfully promise each for ourselves and families and those that belong to us, that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation and to be helpful to the other in any common work, according to every man's ability and as need shall require, and we promise not to desert or leave each other on the plantation but with the consent of the rest, or the greater part of the company, who have entered into this engagement. As for our gathering together into a church way and the choice officers and members to be joined together in that way, we do refer ourselves until such time as it shall please God to settle us in our plantation. In witness whereof we subscribe our hands, this first day of June 1639. Robert Bickell/Richell Abraham Crittenden John Housingsoe John Mepham Wm. Plane John Bishop Wm. Crittenden Thomas Joanes Thomas Naish John Stone Francis Bushnell Henry Doude John Jurden William Noble Wm. Stone Francis Chatfield William Dudley Henry Kingstone John Norton Richd. Sutridge Thomas Cooke John Hoadley Wm. Leete John Parmarly Henry Whitfield
  Will	08 Nov 1659	New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [3]
  	The last will and testament of John Parmerly, late of New Haven deceased, was presented, made the 8th of November 1659, proved by the oath of Deacon Lindon and Deacon Peck, at a court held at Newhaven January 3d, 1659/60. The inventory for the will was dated 2 January 1659/60. He left an estate valued at 78 pounds, 13 shillings. "Know all men by these presents, I John Parmely of Newhaven being very sicke in body but prfect in minde, doe Institute and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following I doe give and bequeathe to my beloued wife Elizabeth Parmely my house-lott and all my whole Estate for her to enjoy and possesse without molestation during the whole time of her life. "And after her decease I doe give and bequeath half of my house and lott to my sonne, John Parmile of Guilford, the other half, one quarter to my Grandchild Nathaniel Parmile, the sonne of John Parmile of Guilford. And the other quarter part I give to my wife to dispose to her sonne, Stephen [Bradley], if she see cause and for those goods whch shall be left at the dease my will is that my daughter Hannah Johnson the wife of John Johnson of Newhaven, and her dauter Ellen Allan ye wife of John Allen of Newhaven, should have ye greater part equally divided betwixt them and what doth remain I doe leave to her discretion to dispose as she pleaseth."
  Died	08 Nov 1659	New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [4, 5]
  Probate	03 Jan 1660	New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [5]
  Notes	"John Parmele of Guilford testifyeth upon oath, taken before Mr. Bisbrowe, the first of November, 1647, that he bought a pare of shooes wch came from Goodman Meges of Newhaven, russet, clossed in the insides at the side seames, and that wearing them but 6 dayes, or 7 dayes at the most, the soales ripped from the uper leathers."
  Person ID	I22437	Bryant
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	John Parmelee,   b. Bef 1554,   d. Apr 1583, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Mother	Alice Russell
  Married	11 Jan 1572	Lewes, Surrey, England   [4]
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  Family ID	F1628	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Anne Howell,   d. 1630, England
  Married	15 May 1608	Lewes, Surrey, England   [4]
  Children	1. Johan (Joane) Parmelee,   b. Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Jul 1628, Lewes, Surrey, England   2. John Parmelee,   b. 1609, probably, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Dec 1609, Lewes, Surrey, England   3. Elizabeth Parmelee,   b. 1610, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Feb 1613, Lewes, Surrey, England   4. John Parmelee, Jr.,   b. 1612, England ,   d. 31 Jan 1689, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut   5. George Parmelee,   b. 1614, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Apr 1615, Lewes, Surrey, England   6. Anne Parmelee,   b. 1616, Lewes, Surrey, England   7. Mary Parmelee,   b. 1620, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. England
  Family ID	F1609	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Wilbur,   d. Feb 1634, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Married	29 Apr 1630	Lewes, Surrey, England   [4]
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  Children	1. Hannah Parmelee,   b. 1632, Surrey, England ,   d. Aft 1693
  Family ID	F1623	Group Sheet

  
  

  Children	1. Mary Parmelee,   b. 24 Feb 1641, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut ,   d. 31 Mar 1667, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1624	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	Elizabeth Holter,   b. England ,   d. Abt Aug 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Married	01 Jun 1635	Lewes, Surrey, England   [6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Parmelee,   b. Feb 1636, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Sep 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England   2. John Parmelee,   b. Aug 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Dec 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England   3. Martha Parmelee,   b. Aug 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England ,   d. Sep 1637, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F1625	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 5	Joane Cobden,   d. 1639, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Married	03 Apr 1638	Lewes, Surrey, England
  Children	1. Rachael Parmelee,   d. Nov 1638, Lewes, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 6	Elizabeth Sheaffe?,   d. Jan 1683, New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut
  Married	08 Nov 1653	New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [6]
  Family ID	F1627	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 27 Sep 1584 - Lewes, Surrey, England Married - 15 May 1608 - Lewes, Surrey, England Married - 29 Apr 1630 - Lewes, Surrey, England Married - 01 Jun 1635 - Lewes, Surrey, England Married - 03 Apr 1638 - Lewes, Surrey, England Emigration - 20 May 1639 - England Married - 08 Nov 1653 - New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut Will - 08 Nov 1659 - New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut Died - 08 Nov 1659 - New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut Probate - 03 Jan 1660 - New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S118] Parmalee Family Website, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6222/conn.html. [S30] Palmerlee, The Palmerlee Famil, Palmerlee, Albert E., (Lawrence, Kansas: Author, 1967), p.5. [S30] Palmerlee, The Palmerlee Famil, Palmerlee, Albert E., (Lawrence, Kansas: Author, 1967), p.8. [S118] Parmalee Family Website. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 53:405. [S30] Palmerlee, The Palmerlee Famil, Palmerlee, Albert E., (Lawrence, Kansas: Author, 1967), p.9.