Person:John Parmelee (7)

Came 10-15 JUL 1639 on St. John to New Haven.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Smyth, R. D., and Bernard C. Steiner. The Descendants of John Parmelee. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1899)
   53:405-06.

   John Parmelee,¹ Parmily, Permely, Parmalee, or Parmelin, was one of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn., and was one of the twenty-five signers of the Plantation Covenant on June 1, (O. S.), 1639. He died in New Haven, Nov. 8, 1659, leaving property inventoried at £78. 13s. The will was probated on Jan. 3, 1659-60. His home lot in Guilford was on the site of the present First Congregational Church, and contained two and a half acres. He married, first, Hannah -----; second, widow Elizabeth Bradley, who died in New Haven, January, 1683. After his death she married May 27, 1663, John Evarts of Guilford.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Alcorn, Winifred S. Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book 1, Part 1, 1647-1687. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1927)
   81:130.

   Parmely, John. Willl made Nov. 8, 1658. Bequeaths to wife Elizabeth, to son John of Guilford and to John's son Nathaniel, to wife's son Stephen, and to daughter Hannah Johnson, wife of John Johnson, and her daughter Ellin Allen, wife of John Allen. Witnesses: Wm. Peck and Henry Lindon. Inventory, taken Jan. 2 1659, by Wm. Peck and Roger Ailing, £78:09:07.