He was the son of Thomas Parris.
He married 1st Elizabeth Eldridge in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married 2nd the widow Dorothy (Noyes) Brown at Sudbury.
Samuel was born in London, England in 1653, the son of cloth merchant Thomas Parris, who also had interests in the island colony of Barbados. When Samuel grew up, he was sent to Massachusetts to study at Harvard. In 1673, while he was still in college, his father died, leaving the 20 year-old with a plantation in Barbados. He moved to the island where he leased out the family sugar plantation and settled in Bridgetown. There, he established himself as a credit agent for other sugar planters.
In 1680, after a hurricane hit Barbados, much of his property was damaged. He then left the island, taking two slaves, Tituba and John Indian, with him. He then settled in Boston where he once again tried to establish himself as a merchant. He purchased a wharf and warehouse and attended Boston's First Church, where he met Elizabeth Eldridge. The two would soon marry and would have three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Susannah. His slaves, Tituba and John Indian remained a part of his household. Dissatisfied with the life of a merchant, Parris considered a change in vocation and in 1686, he began substituting for absent ministers and speaking at informal church gatherings.
After the birth of their third child, the Reverend Parris began formal negations with Salem Village to become the village's new minister.
On June 18, 1689 at a general meeting of all of the villagers, it was agreed to hire Samuel Parris, at an annual salary of £66 and the villagers would provide firewood for both the church and parsonage. At a later meeting, the villagers agreed they would also provide Parris and his heirs, the village parsonage, a barn, and two acres of land. Parris agreed and he and his family immediately moved to Salem Village, settling into the parsonage, and beginning his ministerial duties that same month. To the parsonage, Reverend Parris brought his wife, Elizabeth, his nine-year-old daughter Elizabeth, his 11 year-old niece, Abigail Williams, and his slaves, Tituba and John Indian.
On November 19, 1689, the Salem Village church charter was finally signed and the Reverend Samuel Parris became Salem Village's first ordained minister. A serious, dedicated minister, he combined his evangelical enthusiasm to revitalize religion in Salem Village with psychological rigidity and theological conservatism.
While the Salem Towne Church and most Puritan churches of the time, were relaxing their standards for church membership, Parris held rigid to traditional strict standards.
He his daughter and his slave were all intensely involved in the Salem Witchcraft trials. When the trials were over he was invited to leave. He moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts.
WILL OF REV. SAMUEL PARRIS OF SUDBURY. --No wife is mentioned. The testator has five children; viz., his dau. Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron, dau. Dorthy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons Noyes Parris and Samuel Parris having dedicated himself to learning, shall have his fathers library, saving such books as are in English, which shall be divided among the testator's three other children, namely, Samuel Parris, Dorthy Brown, and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation, equal to twenty acres, in the island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an uncle John Parris Esq., who was, in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of London. This property in Barbadoes desended to the testator from his father as sole heir. He bequeathes to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman Violet.
He married 1st Elizabeth Eldridge in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married 2nd the widow Dorothy (Noyes) Brown at Sudbury.
Samuel was born in London, England in 1653, the son of cloth merchant Thomas Parris, who also had interests in the island colony of Barbados. When Samuel grew up, he was sent to Massachusetts to study at Harvard. In 1673, while he was still in college, his father died, leaving the 20 year-old with a plantation in Barbados. He moved to the island where he leased out the family sugar plantation and settled in Bridgetown. There, he established himself as a credit agent for other sugar planters.
In 1680, after a hurricane hit Barbados, much of his property was damaged. He then left the island, taking two slaves, Tituba and John Indian, with him. He then settled in Boston where he once again tried to establish himself as a merchant. He purchased a wharf and warehouse and attended Boston's First Church, where he met Elizabeth Eldridge. The two would soon marry and would have three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Susannah. His slaves, Tituba and John Indian remained a part of his household. Dissatisfied with the life of a merchant, Parris considered a change in vocation and in 1686, he began substituting for absent ministers and speaking at informal church gatherings.
After the birth of their third child, the Reverend Parris began formal negations with Salem Village to become the village's new minister.
On June 18, 1689 at a general meeting of all of the villagers, it was agreed to hire Samuel Parris, at an annual salary of £66 and the villagers would provide firewood for both the church and parsonage. At a later meeting, the villagers agreed they would also provide Parris and his heirs, the village parsonage, a barn, and two acres of land. Parris agreed and he and his family immediately moved to Salem Village, settling into the parsonage, and beginning his ministerial duties that same month. To the parsonage, Reverend Parris brought his wife, Elizabeth, his nine-year-old daughter Elizabeth, his 11 year-old niece, Abigail Williams, and his slaves, Tituba and John Indian.
On November 19, 1689, the Salem Village church charter was finally signed and the Reverend Samuel Parris became Salem Village's first ordained minister. A serious, dedicated minister, he combined his evangelical enthusiasm to revitalize religion in Salem Village with psychological rigidity and theological conservatism.
While the Salem Towne Church and most Puritan churches of the time, were relaxing their standards for church membership, Parris held rigid to traditional strict standards.
He his daughter and his slave were all intensely involved in the Salem Witchcraft trials. When the trials were over he was invited to leave. He moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts.
WILL OF REV. SAMUEL PARRIS OF SUDBURY. --No wife is mentioned. The testator has five children; viz., his dau. Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron, dau. Dorthy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons Noyes Parris and Samuel Parris having dedicated himself to learning, shall have his fathers library, saving such books as are in English, which shall be divided among the testator's three other children, namely, Samuel Parris, Dorthy Brown, and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation, equal to twenty acres, in the island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an uncle John Parris Esq., who was, in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of London. This property in Barbadoes desended to the testator from his father as sole heir. He bequeathes to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman Violet.
He was the son of Thomas Parris.
He married 1st Elizabeth Eldridge in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married 2nd the widow Dorothy (Noyes) Brown at Sudbury.
Samuel was born in London, England in 1653, the son of cloth merchant Thomas Parris, who also had interests in the island colony of Barbados. When Samuel grew up, he was sent to Massachusetts to study at Harvard. In 1673, while he was still in college, his father died, leaving the 20 year-old with a plantation in Barbados. He moved to the island where he leased out the family sugar plantation and settled in Bridgetown. There, he established himself as a credit agent for other sugar planters.
In 1680, after a hurricane hit Barbados, much of his property was damaged. He then left the island, taking two slaves, Tituba and John Indian, with him. He then settled in Boston where he once again tried to establish himself as a merchant. He purchased a wharf and warehouse and attended Boston's First Church, where he met Elizabeth Eldridge. The two would soon marry and would have three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Susannah. His slaves, Tituba and John Indian remained a part of his household. Dissatisfied with the life of a merchant, Parris considered a change in vocation and in 1686, he began substituting for absent ministers and speaking at informal church gatherings.
After the birth of their third child, the Reverend Parris began formal negations with Salem Village to become the village's new minister.
On June 18, 1689 at a general meeting of all of the villagers, it was agreed to hire Samuel Parris, at an annual salary of £66 and the villagers would provide firewood for both the church and parsonage. At a later meeting, the villagers agreed they would also provide Parris and his heirs, the village parsonage, a barn, and two acres of land. Parris agreed and he and his family immediately moved to Salem Village, settling into the parsonage, and beginning his ministerial duties that same month. To the parsonage, Reverend Parris brought his wife, Elizabeth, his nine-year-old daughter Elizabeth, his 11 year-old niece, Abigail Williams, and his slaves, Tituba and John Indian.
On November 19, 1689, the Salem Village church charter was finally signed and the Reverend Samuel Parris became Salem Village's first ordained minister. A serious, dedicated minister, he combined his evangelical enthusiasm to revitalize religion in Salem Village with psychological rigidity and theological conservatism.
While the Salem Towne Church and most Puritan churches of the time, were relaxing their standards for church membership, Parris held rigid to traditional strict standards.
He his daughter and his slave were all intensely involved in the Salem Witchcraft trials. When the trials were over he was invited to leave. He moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts.
WILL OF REV. SAMUEL PARRIS OF SUDBURY. --No wife is mentioned. The testator has five children; viz., his dau. Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron, dau. Dorthy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons Noyes Parris and Samuel Parris having dedicated himself to learning, shall have his fathers library, saving such books as are in English, which shall be divided among the testator's three other children, namely, Samuel Parris, Dorthy Brown, and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation, equal to twenty acres, in the island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an uncle John Parris Esq., who was, in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of London. This property in Barbadoes desended to the testator from his father as sole heir. He bequeathes to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman Violet.
He married 1st Elizabeth Eldridge in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married 2nd the widow Dorothy (Noyes) Brown at Sudbury.
Samuel was born in London, England in 1653, the son of cloth merchant Thomas Parris, who also had interests in the island colony of Barbados. When Samuel grew up, he was sent to Massachusetts to study at Harvard. In 1673, while he was still in college, his father died, leaving the 20 year-old with a plantation in Barbados. He moved to the island where he leased out the family sugar plantation and settled in Bridgetown. There, he established himself as a credit agent for other sugar planters.
In 1680, after a hurricane hit Barbados, much of his property was damaged. He then left the island, taking two slaves, Tituba and John Indian, with him. He then settled in Boston where he once again tried to establish himself as a merchant. He purchased a wharf and warehouse and attended Boston's First Church, where he met Elizabeth Eldridge. The two would soon marry and would have three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Susannah. His slaves, Tituba and John Indian remained a part of his household. Dissatisfied with the life of a merchant, Parris considered a change in vocation and in 1686, he began substituting for absent ministers and speaking at informal church gatherings.
After the birth of their third child, the Reverend Parris began formal negations with Salem Village to become the village's new minister.
On June 18, 1689 at a general meeting of all of the villagers, it was agreed to hire Samuel Parris, at an annual salary of £66 and the villagers would provide firewood for both the church and parsonage. At a later meeting, the villagers agreed they would also provide Parris and his heirs, the village parsonage, a barn, and two acres of land. Parris agreed and he and his family immediately moved to Salem Village, settling into the parsonage, and beginning his ministerial duties that same month. To the parsonage, Reverend Parris brought his wife, Elizabeth, his nine-year-old daughter Elizabeth, his 11 year-old niece, Abigail Williams, and his slaves, Tituba and John Indian.
On November 19, 1689, the Salem Village church charter was finally signed and the Reverend Samuel Parris became Salem Village's first ordained minister. A serious, dedicated minister, he combined his evangelical enthusiasm to revitalize religion in Salem Village with psychological rigidity and theological conservatism.
While the Salem Towne Church and most Puritan churches of the time, were relaxing their standards for church membership, Parris held rigid to traditional strict standards.
He his daughter and his slave were all intensely involved in the Salem Witchcraft trials. When the trials were over he was invited to leave. He moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts.
WILL OF REV. SAMUEL PARRIS OF SUDBURY. --No wife is mentioned. The testator has five children; viz., his dau. Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron, dau. Dorthy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons Noyes Parris and Samuel Parris having dedicated himself to learning, shall have his fathers library, saving such books as are in English, which shall be divided among the testator's three other children, namely, Samuel Parris, Dorthy Brown, and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation, equal to twenty acres, in the island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an uncle John Parris Esq., who was, in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of London. This property in Barbadoes desended to the testator from his father as sole heir. He bequeathes to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman Violet.
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