Family ID #: 061 in the Catalog of American P-rr-tt Families
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The Frederick Parrott
 of Shenandoah, Virginia group
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Left: Parrott-Camp-Soucy house in Newnan, GA, home of Charles & Callie Bigby Parrott, and backdrop for film, The Odd Life of Timothy Green.


There is the one early Parr-tt family from Virginia that did not originate in England. It was founded by Frederick, who came from Alasace-Lorraine, or perhaps Switzerland or Germany, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley by 1737, perhaps via Pennsylvannia. A son of his went on to establish Parrottsville, Tennessee. It went on to become the 3rd largest Parrott family living in the US today -- About 6%, or about 1 in every 16 Parrotts in the USA belong to this family.

The first few generations are still very poorly documented. Thus, there are other families in the region that are probably descended from these early generations, and are therefore listed here as orphan branches of the main tree. Nevertheless, there is always a chance that these belong to another family. In the absence of paper records, a Y-DNA test is needed to resolve any uncertainties and confirm the relationship.

  • Family origin: : Weight of the evidence is Germany, though Switzerland is often mentioned


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    Descendants of Frederick Parrott, emigrant from Alsace-Lorraine (or maybe Switzerland) to Shenandoah, Virginia in the 1730's
    Family ID #: 061a
    • Parrotts of Sevier & Jefferson Counties, Tennessee
    Family ID #: 061b
    Current thought is that the earliest known ancestor, Henry, is one of the sons of John Parrott Sr. who is enumerated in the census, but whose name does not appear in the records. Not all Parrotts from Jefferson Co. were of the same family.
    Parrotts of Bartow & Coweta Counties, Georgia
    Family ID #: 061c
    The line of Josiah Rhoten Parrott has now been incoporated into the main file.
    Additional Frederick Parrott descendants in the midwest
    Family ID #: 061d
    Current thought is that the earliest known ancestor, Henry, is one of the sons of John Parrott Sr. who is enumerated in the census, but whose name does not appear in the records. Not all Parrotts from Jefferson Co. were of the same family.

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