Henry Charles Parrott

Henry Charles Parrott

• Father: James Parrott
• Mother: Mary (?)

• Henry Charles Parrott was born circa 1793 in England.
• He was baptized/christened on 14 July 1793 in Compton Near Guildford, Surrey, England.
• He married Susannah Neale, daughter of Jacob Neale and Martha (?), on 18 March 1819 in Cheam, Surrey, England.
• Henry Charles Parrott and Susannah Neale appeared in the British census of 6 June 1841 in St Mary, Newington, Surrey, England. Other members of the household included Henry Hodgson Parrott, Louisa Susannah Parrott, Charles Parrott and Rose Catherine Parrott.
• Henry Charles Parrott arrived in the Port of New York on 9 April 1850, accompanied by Henry Hodgson Parrott, Charles Parrott and Catharine Fisher aboard the Manhattan, from Liverpool.
• Henry Charles Parrott and Susannah Neale appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Quincy, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Henry Charles Parrott and Susannah Neale appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 June 1865 in Quincy, Minnesota, enumerated between daughters Rose Ames and Elizabeth Small.. Other members of the household included Emma Winston Parrott.
• Henry Charles Parrott and Susannah Neale, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Quincy, Minnesota, enumerated a few households from Alexander Mills and his family.. Other members of the household included Emma Winston Parrott. Also in the household was William Parrot, age 18, also born in Wisconsin, whose origins are not yet known.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Henry Charles Parrott and Susannah Neale appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 May 1875 in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Emma Winston Parrott.
• Henry Charles Parrott died on 31 December 1877 in Saint Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.
• Susannah Neale became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Carpenter Cemetery, Saint Charles Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.
• The following appeared on 12 January 1878 in the Winona Daily Republic: Henry Parrott died in St. Charles on the 1st inst. after a painful illness, at the advanced age of 83 years. He was a native of England; studied medicine in early life; emigrated to the United States in 1850; pursued farming in Wisconsin until 1861, when he removed to Quincy, Minnesota, where he continued farming until 1874, when his advanced age required him to dismiss the cares of that occupation and retire to St. Charles. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, a consistent Christian, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
• Emma's parents have not yet been identified. She first appears as Emma Winston in 1860 in the household of Elizabeth Parrott Asbridge, next to Elizabeth's parents Henry and Susannah Parrott. In 1865, 1870 and 1875, she is identified as Emma Parrot(t) in Henry and Susan's household, and in 1880 she is with Susan, identified as her granddaughter.
       She identified herself (in the family Bible) as Emma W. Parrott. Also in the Bible, she referred to Susan Parrott as "grandmother and mother." The rest of the story remains to be discovered.

• Last Edited: 19 Apr 2012