The descendants of John Parris and Jane Neville of Wrotham, Kent, are documentedinthefollowing pages.Thefamilyhadlinkswith theneighbouringvillages,in particularHalling,Snodland,RidleyandStansted.Someemigratedto theUnitedStatestoestablishthefamilyinIllinois,Nebraskaand California.Wethink(buthavenoevidenceyettoprove)thataParris familyfromtheOffhamareainKentmaybelinkedtoJohnandJane. This branch is covered as well, starting here.TheOxfordDictionaryofFamilyNamesprovidestwoorigins:a locativenamefromParis,theplacenametakenfromtheCeltic peopletheParisiiwhosettledonthebanksoftheRiverSeine;anda relationshipnamefromtheOldFrenchpersonalnamePatrice,Patris andtheLatinPatricius(from“patrician”(nobleman)thatbecame associated with the Trojan hero Paris of Homer’s Iliad).Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoanyindividualorfamily featuredhere,orifyouwanttoleaveusyourfeedback, tap or click the icon to contact us.