I just saw a Discover Channel thing about the Thomas Parr who (according to them) lived to age 152 (I have heard the same story before; but, in that one he lived only to 120.). The two stories both said that he was invited to see the king (can't remember which one right now) and ate rich food and died. He was a farmer. I took down the details, as best I could figure them out from the report. Just wonder if anyone has him in their tree, if they go back that far. I don't know if he is in mine, as yet. I'd like to know what proof they use for that story. His plaque is hung in Westminster Abbey, where he is buried, and lists all the Monarchs he lived through. Carole Colquehoun Genealogyresearch@prodigy.net Searching my father's line: Allaman, Breedlove, Broaddus, Calhoun, Carlin, Carr, Durham, Evans, Garland, Gwynn, Lowry, Meekins, Mullicane, Noble, Overton, Parr, Sanders, Scott, Strickland, Stump, Vaughan, Webster, Winston, Wright England, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia Searching my mother's line: Christiansdatter, Hansen, Jensdatter, Jensen, Larsen, Milewski (Maloski), Nielsdatter, Nielsen, Oldsdatter, Pedersdatter, Pedersen, Soerensen Denmark, Germany, Nebraska, Poland

FYI, here are a couple of links I found re this gentleman. Sounds as if he had no children?? http://www.westminster-abbey.org/library/burial/parr.htm http://www.darwincountry.org/category.php3?trail=2908 Karen Hall Holmes loveistheanswer@bigfoot.com "Nunc scio quit sit amor." -Virgil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genealogy Research Mail" <genealogyresearch@prodigy.net> To: <PARR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 8:40 PM Subject: [PARR] Thomas Parr in England | I just saw a Discover Channel thing about the Thomas Parr who (according to them) lived to age 152 (I have heard the same story before; but, in that one he lived only to 120.). The two stories both said that he was invited to see the king (can't remember which one right now) and ate rich food and died. He was a farmer. I took down the details, as best I could figure them out from the report. Just wonder if anyone has him in their tree, if they go back that far. I don't know if he is in mine, as yet. I'd like to know what proof they use for that story. His plaque is hung in Westminster Abbey, where he is buried, and lists all the Monarchs he lived through. | | Carole Colquehoun | Genealogyresearch@prodigy.net | | Searching my father's line: | Allaman, Breedlove, Broaddus, Calhoun, Carlin, Carr, Durham, Evans, Garland, | Gwynn, Lowry, Meekins, Mullicane, Noble, Overton, Parr, Sanders, Scott, | Strickland, Stump, Vaughan, Webster, Winston, Wright | England, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia | | Searching my mother's line: | Christiansdatter, Hansen, Jensdatter, Jensen, Larsen, Milewski (Maloski), | Nielsdatter, Nielsen, Oldsdatter, Pedersdatter, Pedersen, Soerensen | Denmark, Germany, Nebraska, Poland | | | | ==== PARR Mailing List ==== | Query lists are okay but please try to limit them to say, half a dozen names. Any more than that and many people just won't read them. | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | |