The descendants of John Parris and Jane Neville of Wrotham, Kent, are documented in the following pages. The family had links with the neighbouring villages, in particular Halling, Snodland, Ridley and Stansted. Some emigrated to the United States to establish the family in Illinois, Nebraska and California. We think (but have no evidence yet to prove) that a Parris family from the Offham area in Kent may be linked to John and Jane. This branch is covered as well. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names provides two origins: a locative name from Paris, the place name taken from the Celtic people the Parisii who settled on the banks of the River Seine; and a relationship name from the Old French personal name Patrice, Patris and the Latin Patricius (from “patrician” (nobleman) that became associated with the Trojan hero Paris of Homer’s Iliad). If you have a connection to any individual or family featured here, or if you want to leave us your feedback, tap or click the icon to contact us .