Parry, Martin (1758-1802)

Name:

Parry, Martin (1758-1802)

Title:

Warden, Universalist Society, Portsmouth, 1794
Assessor, Town of Portsmouth, 1800

Born:

06/24/1758

Birthplace:

Kittery, ME

Died:

07/29/1802

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Kittery, ME
Portsmouth, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, Jeweler -- to 1795
Ship Captain, cargo of cordage, iron, rum, sugar, & flour -- 1795-1802

Father:

Parry, John

Mother:

Hammond, Mary Adams

Relations:

Turned silversmith shop over to William Simes, brother of wife, Ann Nancy Simes (brother-in-law) in 1795. William Simes had been apprenticed to Parry.

Spouse:

Ann Nancy Simes (1764-1842), April 6, 1786

Children:

Ann, born 1787; died 1825

Notes:

Became ill July 24 and died of yellow fever on July 29.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 295.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (West Cranbury, New Jersey: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 117.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, NH

Death Notice, New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, August 3, 1802.

Health Office, United States Oracle, Portsmouth, NH, August 7, 1802