1. Benjamin Parrott .
Benjamin married Georgiana Johnson.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 2 M i. Cecil Lawrence Parrott was born in 1884 in Round Hill, Loudoun Co., Virginia and died in 1951 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania,, at age 67.
Second Generation (Children)
2. Cecil Lawrence Parrott (Benjamin1) was born in 1884 in Round Hill, Loudoun Co., Virginia and died in 1951 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania,, at age 67.
Cecil married Susan A. Gaskins. Susan was born in 1896 in Virginia.
Children from this marriage were:
3 F i. Daisy Parrott was born on 15 Feb 1914 in Virginia and died on 28 Dec 1999 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania,, at age 85.
Daisy married Samuel Rice. Samuel was born in Feb 1899 in South Carolina.
+ 4 M ii. Lellwood D. Parrott was born on 24 Sep 1919 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, and died on 28 Oct 1975 in Pennsylvania, at age 56.
+ 5 M iii. James Walter Parrott Sr. was born on 25 Jul 1923 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, and died on 23 Sep 1997 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 74.
Third Generation (Grandchildren)
4. Lellwood D. Parrott (Cecil Lawrence2, Benjamin1) was born on 24 Sep 1919 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, and died on 28 Oct 1975 in Pennsylvania, at age 56.
Lellwood married Forestine Slaughter on 14 Jan 1946 in Cut Bank, Glacier Co., Montana. Forestine was born on 18 Jul 1922 in Croweburg, Crawford Co., Kansas and died on 3 Oct 2010 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland, at age 88.
Notes: BALTIMORE \endash Memorial services for Forestine Parrott, 88, of Baltimore, Md., who died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, in Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 7) at the Wylie Funeral Home, 9200 Liberty Road, Randallstown, MD 21133. Apostle A. Phillip Parrott will officiate.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lellwood, her grandson, Keith, her granddaughter, Lisa, and her great-grandson, Jeffrey. She leaves to mourn five daughters, Janice Burton and Mary Parrott of Baltimore, Susan McCormick-Holmes (Clarence) of Raleigh, N.C., Linda Parrott of Atlanta, Ga., Anita Parker of Trenton, N.J.; and one son, William Parrott of Atlanta, Ga. She also leaves to mourn six grandchildren, Keara (Jay), Deirdre (Bruce), Jason (Lakisha), Tanisha, Aaron (Frankie), Marlon (Felicia); 22 great-grandchildren; 14 great great-grandchildren; a special friend and traveling companion, Thelma "Tookie" Tate (Wayne); and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and acquaintances.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinson's Research in memory of Forestine Parrott; donations@michaeljfox.org, or call (1-800) 706-7644.
https://www.trentonian.com/obituaries/forestine-parrott-blatimore-md/
5. James Walter Parrott Sr. (Cecil Lawrence2, Benjamin1) was born on 25 Jul 1923 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, and died on 23 Sep 1997 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 74.
Notes: Homeless refuge losing its home
NEWARK, N.J. - The Rev. James W. Parrott raised his eyes to the dingy ceiling, blessed the dozens of homeless people huddled around tables waiting for their only hot meal of the day and prayed for a "miracle on Broad Street."
His Pentecostal church on Broad Street here, which blossomed from a street-corner ministry into a 160-member congregation and daytime refuge from the homeless, must move out of the 136-year-old building by Jan. 15. The imposing but dilapidated stone building was deemed unsafe by the Presbytery of Newark, which owns it.
The Presbytery, in East Orange, allowed Parrott's fledgling ministry to move into the building in 1974 and has been paying for some of its programs and all the upkeep since then.
Now, however, the $2,500 monthly utility bills and the structural repairs necessary to keep the building open are too much for the Presbytery to pay, said its administrator, Carrie Washington. She said he cost of repairs has been estimated at more than $300,000.
"We will continue to work with them, try to do whatever we can," she said. "But we must recognize our limitations." The Presbytery of Newark serves as headquarters for the 52 Presbyterian churches in New Jersey.
Parrott's church, the South Park Lighthouse Temple, provides thousands of the city's homeless and poor people with free hot lunches, medicaal and spiritual are, job counseling, showers and a wall of free clothing that the minister calls "the mall." The church has a large room with tables and chairs where people can eat and socialize.
Parrott, a burly man with deep baritone voice, said his ministry is well known among the city's poor. "All you have to say is 'the church that feeds the poor,' that's even better than the address," he said.
The Presbytery's decision to shut down the building has caused deep resentment among members of Parrott's congregation. "There is quite a bit of hostility," he said.
And members of New Jersey Presbyterian churches who have donated money to the Newark church over the years "are a little bit hurt" by the reaction, Ms. Washington said.
She said Presbyterian church members who visited the Newark church "got a little embarrased," by its the (sic) deteriorated condition.
"I think it's a shame that two religious institutions can't get along," Parrott said.
In September, after several warnings and two architectural studies that called the building dangerus and structurally unsound, the Presbytery told Parrott's church to lock its doors, Ms. Washington said.
Parrott said he consulted an architect who said the building was in need of repairs but not in danger of collapsing. He filed suit and won and injuction against the Presbytery, which agreed to let him stay until Jan. 15, while he tried to keep his programs operating. Now the congregation has no building and little money, Parrott said.
The church served as many as 300 hot lunches per day, four days a week, said Steven F. Parrott, the miniter's son and office manager for the church.
Though the hot-meal program officially ended after Christmas, Parrott said the church's head cook, his sister-in-law Betty E. Martin, "has a heart, and she just couldn't stop."
"People kept coming around," the minister said.
The Greenwood Commonwealth, 13 Jan 1989, p 6
James married Ann Clark. Ann was born in 1924 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey and died on 27 Aug 2016 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 92.
Notes: Ann Parrott Life celebration is on Sunday Ann Parrott (Shepherd Mother), 92, made her transition on Aug. 27, 2016. Visitation is on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church, 275 West Market St., Newark, N.J. A celebration of her life will commence at 6 p.m. Sunday at church. Interment is Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J. Born in Freehold, N.J., Ann was a resident of East Orange, N.J. She was the beloved wife of the late Bishop James W. Parrott Sr.; devoted mother of District Elder James W. Parrott Jr., (Judith), Rev. Dr. Joan S. Parrott, Bishop S.F. Parrott Sr. (Jeannie), Apostle A. Philip Parrott, (Dyanne), Elder Mark E. Parrott (Dorie), Rev. T.J. Martin, and the late Dennis Parrott (Yvonne). She was the loving sister of Betty Elizabeth Martin, Janiece V., Louise, Daniel, David and Anthony Clark, and the late Nathaniel, John, Bishop James Howard and Bishop William A. Clark Jr., Wilhelmina Johnson and Willa Mary White. She was the adored grandmother of 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends.
Star-Ledger, Sept. 2, 2016
Children from this marriage were:
+ 6 M i. Dennis Michael Parrott was born on 10 Jun 1952 in New Jersey and died on 18 May 1995 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 42.
7 F ii. Joan Sandra Parrott was born on 15 Jan 1954 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey and died on 12 Aug 2018 in Hampton, Virginia, at age 64.
Notes: First Baptist Church of Hampton installs first female pastor
When the Rev. Joan S. Parrott needs a moment to herself, she drinks chamomile tea and watches comedy on television. And usually the more ludicrous the comedy, the better.
"I like Bernie Mac -- he was so crazy funny ... Sometimes you just need to laugh," Parrott said. "I love Laurel and Hardy. Comedy…it makes me relax."
It's a necessary guilty pleasure for Parrott, who serves at First Baptist Church of Hampton on N. King Street as its senior pastor '97 a job that keeps her on her toes.
With a 1,500-member congregation and 60 ministries to oversee at the historic house of worship, the 64-year-old pastor says her days are packed.
Add into the mix is the fierce battle Parrott is facing against spinal cancer. It often leaves the spirited pastor snatching every available minute of the day to research and prepare for her Sunday sermons.
"God has just blessed me to give me energy and the strength," she said. "There is just something about this congregation. When I get into this building or when I have to preach or teach, this incredible energy … comes over me. I don't feel anything, except love for these people and love for this office."
On Sunday, Parrott will officially be installed as the 11th senior pastor of First Baptist in Hampton. She will be the first woman to lead one the city's oldest Baptist churches, she said.
Parrott had been working as the church's senior pastor on an interim basis since 2016 after the church's trustees asked her to step in when the former pastor, the Rev. Richard Wills, stepped down in 2015.
She previously held First Baptist's "executive pastor" post from 2008 through 2013, after which she took a three-year sabbatical.
Parrott succeeds Wills and a lengthy line of clergy who embraced this senior role, which up until now had been held by a man.
"It's taken 154 years to shatter the stained glass ceiling," Parrot said. "It's a miracle that I am able to just function, but thrive. This is where God has called me. It's been a long journey."
It's a role Parrott unwittingly has been groomed for most of her life, despite being a woman. She grew up in a family of male preachers and future preachers '97 her brothers.
The journey has been sinuous for Parrott, taking the current Hampton resident from her native East Orange, N.J., to West Africa in the Peace Corps '97 and personal challenges and doubts before she headed to divinity school, several top pastoral roles to follow and eventually to the pulpit.
"I had a kaleidoscopic journey. I did not go the traditional route as pastor," she said. "God took me all over the world."
And First Baptist is celebrating the occasion with flair, kicking off a weeklong slate of events on Sunday, including a concert from the New York's Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers, plus other dignitaries and guests.
Amid the fanfare, Parrott is calmly aware it's an important moment in First Baptist's tradition, as well as for her.
Parrot said a good friend of hers, the Rev. Calvin O. Butts, who leads Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, reacted to the news about her ecstatically.
"He said, 'This is huge! I do not know too many churches that have done this that are historically black churches and it's a thriving church. It is a big, big deal,' " Parrott said.
The Rev. Dwight Riddick, senior pastor at Gethsemane Baptist Church in Hampton, said he welcomes Parrott as a colleague and sees her installation as a refreshing sign of real change.
"It's also an indication of the direction of the churches are moving in … that churches are becoming more open to female leadership," Riddick said. "It sends shock waves through the faith community that will certainly encourage other congregations to be open to female leadership."
"I think it's great. She is a wonderful person," said the Rev. Cindy Higgins, senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. "There may be some people who are wringing their hands. Change is always a challenge. They have experienced her leadership. Confirming that call to a permanent position says it all."
Women clergy
It is still rare to have an ordained female minister, though in some denominations '97 Episcopalian, American Presbyterian, United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalists, for example '97 there are already women leading churches.
Higgins, at First Presbyterian, remembers a time when things weren't as open, even for her denomination. Once early in her career, she was told by a church they would sooner close their doors before calling a woman pastor.
"Used to be a woman was a Christian educator or associate pastor … that they have a staff position. I think it's a fairly recent history and rapid movement on that."
Parrott is a self-described Pentecostal by birth, an American Baptist by choice, and ecumenical by necessity.
She explained the Baptists are a unique group of worshippers. They are a group with many associations, some more conservative than others, she said.
"Baptists '97 we are eclectic. We are more of an association than a denomination. We are progressive Baptists and we are general Baptist and we are American Baptists," she said.
"Unlike a Methodist denomination where the bishop says 'You must do so and so,' our local congregation is autonomous. We aren't constrained to do anything. The church is run by the local congregation."
Becoming a senior pastor at an American Baptist Church might be easier than in other Baptist associations, she said.
Even with progressive groups, Parrott says, it's not easy for women to pursue senior posts in clergy careers. It's one reason why she has held executive pastor roles, what's known as the "second chair" '97 the person who runs the church, but not the person who preaches.
"I've always worked in the church. I've gone to seminary the I've done all the training, all the educational requirements and beyond what you need to do," she said.
However, in terms of employment, women face the same discrimination in the church as they do in the corporate world, Parrott said.
"It was so difficult for women to pastor," she said. "I think because of sexism, misogyny, all the same reasons in the corporate world '97 and just fear. The same things in the corporate world came through in the church."
Parrott's path to a senior pastor role evolved from a conversation she had with another woman after she called her a "coward" for not being brave enough to apply for a senior pastor role.
"Why do you say that? 'Because you have never put your name in to be a senior pastor,' " Parrot recalled. " 'You have more pastoral experience than all of us. If you put your name in, you would get a church. That would help open the door for other women to get a church.' "
For five years, the conversation "gnawed" at her, she said.
When the opportunity came to return to First Baptist as an interim pastor, Parrott asked to have in her contract the option to apply for the senior role permanently.
She applied for this job, a grueling and protracted experience, which lasted during her entire time as the interim pastor, she said.
Parrot has an extended list of appointments and accolades going back to 1981, which have prepared her for this role.
While they are experiences that added to her career tapestry, it really all began with the solid foundation she received in her youth.
Groomed from the start
When Parrott was a young girl, she and her brothers would play church and in their innocent make-believe world, it was OK for Parrott, a girl, to take a turn as the preacher. It was a common pastime for Parrott and her five brothers who grew up in an extended family of preachers.
Her father was head pastor at the Lighthouse Church, in her native East Orange, N.J.
"I grew up in the just most wonderful household, with normalcy and love and protected, but also being accountable," she said.
Growing up in the church meant everyone pitched in with some task, everything from directing the choir to working in the church office.
But, when it came time to speak during the real services, a shy Parrott said she was reluctant to take her turn. She avoided the task, by hiding between the pews or by ducking into the bathroom, she said.
"My father would push me, he would push me to speak," she said. "My brothers would always speak in the church. My father required the same things of me as he did my brothers."
While he always encouraged her, it was understood that everyone could be called a minister, but not her.
"As a little girl, I accepted that. In my heart, I felt something else," she said.
Prior to graduating high school in 1972, Parrott's initial career interest was in law. By the time she finished Montclair State College in 1978, she had earned a sociology degree.
It led her to teaching fourth grade in East Orange Public Schools and later she became a vocational counselor.
Parrott joined the U.S. Peace Corps in 1981 and went to Niger, West Africa '97 a predominately Muslim county '97 spending 27 months there. After serving impoverished children who were malnourished and working alongside midwives to birth babies in a village called Maradi, she received her spiritual calling.
Parrott went on to enroll and graduate from Union Theological Seminary in New York, earning her master's in Divinity. She later became an ordained minister at Bethany Baptist Church, in which she became the first woman ordained in its church's 134-year history.
Previously Parrott was the Executive Pastor at Park Ministries, an enormous congregation in Charlotte, NC, with 11,000 members and 80 ministries. She left Park Ministries in 2008 to come to First Baptist.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-female-pastor-20180220-story.html
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The Reverend Dr. Joan S. Parrott, esteemed and beloved Senior Pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Hampton made her transition on Sunday, August 12, 2018. Pastor Parrott is the 11th Pastor of the church and the first female pastor in the First Baptist Church of Hampton's 154 year history. All services will be held at First Baptist Church of Hampton, 229 North King Street, Hampton, VA 23669. On Sunday, August 19, 2018, viewing will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. followed by "A Season of Reflection" from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. On Monday, August 20, 2018, viewing will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. followed by a Service of Celebration Honoring the Life of Reverend Dr. Joan S. Parrott at 10:00 a.m. All clergy are asked to be robed and arrive at First Baptist Church at 9:00 a.m. and proceed to the lower level of the Patterson-Gaines Memorial Chapel. In alignment with Dr. Parrott's vision of creating a habitat village, in lieu of flowers or donations, the family of Pastor Parrott is requesting that donations be made to the First Baptist Habitat for Humanity Faith Build Mission Project. Checks should be mailed to 229 N. King Street, Hampton, VA 23669 and made payable to the "FBCH Habitat Faith Build Mission Project."
Daily Press, Aug 17, 2018
Fourth Generation (Great-Grandchildren)
6. Dennis Michael Parrott (James Walter Sr.3, Cecil Lawrence2, Benjamin1) was born on 10 Jun 1952 in New Jersey and died on 18 May 1995 in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 42.
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