Elias Parshall, >

1746 - 1823  (77 years)

• Name	Elias Parshall  [1]
  Suffix	>
  Birth	1746  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1746	Aquebogue, Suffolk, New York
  Burial	Patchogue (Union Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Burial	1823	Waverly Street Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	20 Jun 1823	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Name	Elias Parshall
  Death	20 Jun 1823	Bayport, Islip, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I11231	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	David Parshall, >,   b. Bef 1705, {Aquebogue, Southold, Suffolk, NY} d. 3 Feb 1760, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States of America (Age > 55 years)
  Mother	Sibyl White, >,   b. Abt 1716   d. 8 Jul 1812, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1736  [3]
  Family ID	F2755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Youngs, >,   b. 18 Apr 1751, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 6 Oct 1824, Bayport, Islip, Suffolk, NY (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1769	Southhold, Suffolk Co., NY
  Children	1. Elias Parshall,   b. 11 Sep 1771, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 13 Feb 1856, McClellandtown, Fayette, PA (Age 84 years)   2. Anna Parshall,   b. Abt 1770, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 30 Apr 1845, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 75 years)   3. David Parshall,   b. Dec 1777, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 11 Dec 1850, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States (Age 73 years)   4. Polly Parshall,   b. 31 Aug 1775   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Charity Parshall,   b. 1779, Patchogue, Long Island, New York d. 1782 (Age 3 years)   6. Charity Parshall,   b. 6 Jan 1782, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT d. 7 May 1869, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 87 years)   7. Lewis Parshall, ^,   b. 1783   d. 5 Nov 1813, the Atlantic Ocean (off Fire Island) (Age 30 years)   8. Daniel Parshall, ^,   b. 1787   d. 5 Nov 1813, the Atlantic Ocean (off Fire Island) (Age 26 years)   9. Hannah Parshall,   b. 23 Dec 1794   d. 22 Feb 1880, Sayville, Islip, Suffolk, NY (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F5052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Elias Parshall was a ship builder during the greater part of his life. He probably resided at Aquebogue until after the close of the Revolutionary War. It appears from the Census of 1776, that he was then a resident of Southold Tp., and it is probable that he was during the War. In 1779, he was obliged, with others, to flee from the Island to escape the persecution of the British force, as appears from the following: "At a meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety at Windham the 21st of September 1779 "Present His Excellency the Governor Honble Matthew Griswold Elipht Dyer Wm Williams i v Wm Pitkin Nathl Wales j q "On motion of Elias Parshall, of S.hold on Long Island, representing that he is a friend to the United States, that he had lately built on said island a small vessel of about 20 tons, for trade; that by means of the threats and usage from the enemy, within whose power the inhabitants of said island are, he dared not remain longer on said island, and has therefore brought over part of his family and effects on board of said vessel to this State, which are now in the river at East Haddam, and moving for liberty of landing and safe protection for said effects for his own benefit; and further shewing that Matw Welles of said South Hold, a friend to the States, has also come over from said island in said vessel, with his family and effects, for the same occasion and for safety: Resolved, that the said Parshall be permitted to land his said goods and effects within this State, and that they shall and may remain safe & free from any arrests, in his own care, unless and until other order shall be given concerning them; provided that said effects and goods be under the inspection of Colo. Jabez Chapman, who is to examine and see that no articles are introduced from the enemy and contrary to law, and to make report to his Excellency the Governor in the premises. And the said Parshall is also permitted to bring over the rest of his family, and to be reported accordingly." Subsequently he removed to Patchogue, where he had a ship yard. He also was the owner and captain of a merchant vessel with which he made regular trips between New York and the West Indies. This vessel he commanded in person until after the marriage of his daughter Charity to Capt. Brown, when he retired from active command and was succeeded by his son-in-law. On one occasion his vessel was attacked by pirates, whom he defeated after a vigorous resistance. A set of silver buttons given him by his passengers to commemorate the event are still in possession of his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Louretta Neff, of Masontown, Pa. [From James Clark Parshall, 1903]

  
  

• Sources

  [S393] James Clark Parshall, The History of the Parshall Family from the Conquest of England by William of Normandy, A.D. 1066, to the Close of the 19th Century (Syracuse: Crist, Park and Parshall, Cooperstown, NY, 1903), ; digital images, Google Books, <, Downloaded; 26 September 2009; p. 37 (Family XI). [S91] Collected and compiled by Osborne Shawn, Town Historian, Historians Cemetery Inventory (Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY. 1939-1940. Handwritten manuscript transcribed July 1982.). [S393] James Clark Parshall, The History of the Parshall Family from the Conquest of England by William of Normandy, A.D. 1066, to the Close of the 19th Century (Syracuse: Crist, Park and Parshall, Cooperstown, NY, 1903), ; digital images, Google Books, <, Downloaded; 26 September 2009; p. 25 (Family V).