Freelove (Powell) Parish (1764-1817)

Mrs Freelove Weeks (Powell) Parish

Orphaned by the age of 15, she was the sister of Thomas Powell who would become one of the wealthiest citizens at Newburgh. She married and had nine children, but only six (listed above) survived to adulthood

Parents (2)

Henry Powell

Farmer, of Hempstead, Queen's County, New York

1741-1781

Mary (Keen) Powell

Mrs Mary (Keen) Powell

b.1741

Spouse (1)

Jacob Parish

Jacob Parrish/Parish, Quaker Storekeeper, of Coxsackie, New York

1762-1841

Children (6)

Henry Parish

Merchant, of H. & D. Parish, New York City

1788-1856

Ann Parish

"Nancy" Parish, of Newburgh, died unmarried

1791-1880

James Parish

Merchant, of Dutchess County, New York

1793-1856

Daniel Parish

Merchant, of H. & D. Parish, of New York City

1796-1880

Thomas Parish

Merchant, of New York; died unmarried

1799-1840

Martha (Parish) Sherman

Mrs Martha (Parish) Sherman, of Newburgh

1803-1891

Image Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library; Genealogies of the State of New York (1915) by Tunis Garret Bergen; The Henry Parish Will Case in the Courts of Appeal, 1864