Rev. Gregory Parry M.A.

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Gregory Parry [1716–1785]

Gregory Parry was born in 1716, the son of Gregory Parry and Elizabeth Penry, in Llandefaelog Fach, Brecon.

He married Ann Davies and they had one daughter together.

Gregory Parry
Married: Ann Davies
On: 14th October, 1739
At: Anglesey, Wales.

He then married Ellizabeth Pretty and they had four children together. He died in 1785 at the age of 69, and was buried in Breconshire, Wales.

Gregory Parry
Married: Elizabeth Pretty
On: 27th August, 1749.
At: Andover, Hampshire.

Children:

Ann Parry
Christened: 28th July, 1751.
At: Andover, Hampshire.
Death: Deceased

Elizabeth Parry
Christened: 1st November, 1752.
At: Andover, Hampshire.
Death: Deceased

Catherine Parry
Christening: 4th August, 1756.
At: Andover, Hampshire.
Married: Jeffreys Wilkins
Death: 21st May, 1827.
In: Swansea
Buried: St. Brynach Churchyard Llanfrynach, Powys, Wales.

Mary Parry
Christening: 4th August, 1759.
At: Andover, Hampshire.
Death: Deceased

Jane Parry
Birth: before 12th September, 1764.
At: Andover, Hampshire.
Death: 11th April, 1801.
At: St. Bartholomew Hyde, Winchester, Hampshire.

His wife Ellizabeth passed away in 1774. They had been married 24 years. Ellizabeth Parry [ – 1774]

Gregory Parry died 1st August, 1785 when he was 69 years old.

Burial: 6th August, 1785; St. Bilo's Llanfilo, Breconshire, Wales.

Probate: 26th January, 1786; Bronllys, Wales.

Gregory Parry lived in Llandefaelog, Breconshire, Wales.
Llandefaelog, Breconshire, Wales [*Bodedern]

Gregory Parry lived in Oxford. [Holy Trinity]

Gregory Parry lived in Andover, Hampshire.

Gregory Parry lived in Worcester [Worcestershire]

The name *Bodedern is formed from the Welsh word “bod” meaning “dwelling” and the name of the saint Edern, who established the parish church in the 7th century

ON THE south side of this Monument
Lie the mortal remains of CATHERINE,
wife of the late JEFFREYS WILKINS
of the Priory Brecon, and Daughter of the late
Revd. GREGORY PARRY Prebendary of Worcester.
She died at Swansea on the 21st May 1827 in her 71st year
surrounded by her children and with a smile on her
placid face. She was in spirit and in faith a Christian
and went about doing good. If evry Christian lived and died
As She did, Christ's Kingdom would indeed become; and God's will would be done on Earth, as it is in HEAVEN.

St. Brynach Churchyard, Llanfrynach, Powys, Wales.

St. Mary the Virgin, Knightwick. [Now closed and sold as a house]



St. Mary and St. Andrew, Mortuary Chapel, Knightwick.

Oxford Alumni 1715 - 1886

Gregory Parry, s. Gregory, of Llandevaylog, co. Brecon, cler. MERTON COLL., matric. 20 May, 1734, aged 17; B.A. 1737, M.A. rector of *Vaynor, co. Brecon, 1749 preb. of Worcester 1772, until his death 1st August, 1785.

St. Gwynno's Church, *Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil.

This 'Old' Vaynor Church dates back to 1295 making it 725 years old. It sits derelict in the woods close to the 'New' Church, which was built in 1870, paid for by Richard Thompson Crawshay.

Llandefaelog Fach, where Gregory Parry was born is just slightly north of Brecon, and 21 miles north of Vaynor, where he was the vicar in 1749.

From here he went to Andover in Hampshire, where he marrried his second wife and had their five children from 1751 to 1764.

By 1772 they had moved to Worcester, and he was a prebendary.

A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the choir stalls, known as prebendal stalls.

During the following years he was the vicar of Knightwick.
Gregory Parry - 1775 Rector / Appt (Institution)
Gregory Parry - 1778 Rector / Vac (cession)

He possibly died in Worcestershire, but was buried at St. Bilo's Llanfilo, Breconshire. Just east of where he was born.

St. Bilo's Llanfilo, Breconshire.