Lt. Col. Caleb Parry

Caleb Parry, Lt

Born February 9, 1734 - PA
Baptized February 9, 1735 - Abington Presbyterian Church, Chester, PA
Deceased August 27, 1776 - Long Island, NY, aged 42 years old

Spouses and children
Married December 15, 1761 to Elizabeth Jacobs 1732-1805 with
F Esther Parry 1764-1815

Notes
Individual Note
death cause: Battle of Long Island: Death by a musket ball to the head

_MILT: Revolutionay War Lieutenant Colonel [march 1776]

Birth
9February 1734
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Baptism
9 February 1735

Biography CALEB PARRY, a Chester county patriot of the Revolution - descended from a family which emigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania, toward the close of the 17th century - was among the first to espouse the cause of the revolted colonies, and gallantly sealed his devotion to that cause with his blood, in the battle of Long Island, on the 27th of August, 1776.

He was born about the beginning of the year 1734 (being baptized, February 9th of that year); was married to Elizabeth Jacobs, in December, 1761; was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Atlee, in March, 1776, and soon thereafter marched with his corps for the defense of New York.

At the time he entered the military service, he was the proprietor and occupant of the public house, then and still known as 'The Leopard,'in Easttown, the township of Anthony Wayne.

We learn from the Colonial Records, that on the 26th of April 1776, an order was drawn in favor of Lieut. Colonel Caleb Perry, for L 250, for the use of the Musket Battalion in the service. In reference to the incidents of the battle in which Colonel Parry fell, the family tradition relates that his HAT was brought home, and kept for a considerable time: The fatal bullet had passed through it into his forehead.

The ancestors of Colonel Parry, as we learn, were connected with some of the oldest and most esteemed of the early settlers in Chester county, - such as the THOMAS, the BULL, the SMITH, the VAUGHAN, and the LLEWELLYN families. JOHN PARRY was seven times elected to the ASSEMBLY, from Chester County, between the years 1723 and 1737. He was chosen SHERIFF of the County, in 1732,3, and 4, - and was appointed Sheriff of the same, by the Governor, in 1738, and 1739, - on the recommendation of JAMES LOGAN, and others - who urged that John been Sheriff before, and had executed that office with great integrity, and a becoming resolution, in difficult times.'DAVID PARRY, Esq. was also a Captain of Chester County Association in 1747.

Colonel Parry left five children, when he fell, - three Daughters, and two Sons: His daughters - named Esther, Hannah, and Mary - were respectively married to Messrs. Aerisen, McEuen, and Musgraves. Their worthy descendants are still to be found in Philadelphia; where, also, occurs the family name, in the male line. Rootsweb

Lieutenant-Colonel Caleb PARRY was born in 1734.  A sketch of his life says he was born in North Wales and was a man of culture.

Caleb became the proprietor of a wayside inn, known as the Admiral Warren on the Lancaster Turnpike, in 1767. During the second year that he was in charge, a danger threatened the inn. This was nothing more or less than the petition for license of a new house between the Warren and the Blue Ball. Parry fearing this would injure his business appealed to his landlord, Lynford Lardner, to use his influence with the Governor to prevent a license being granted to Joshua Evans, the new applicant. The protest did not avail, as the license was granted and the "General Paoli" was the result. Parry remained at the Warren for another year after the Paoli was opened, when he resigned in 1771.

From the very outbreak of the Revolution we find Caleb commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel. He served in the Pennsylvania Musket Battalion, 3d March, 1776. The battalion was recruited mainly from among the Presbyterians in the Chester and Pequea Valleys. He was active in all the military operations around New York, which culminated so disastrously to the patriot cause, and on the memorable 27th of August, 1776, in the engagement known as the Battle of Long Island, Colonel Parry was numbered among the slain, as his brother officers stated, "Dying like a hero." An account of the affair states: "The men shrunk and fell back, but Atlee rallied them and Parry cheered them on and they gained the hill at Greenwood cemetery. It was here, while engaged in an officer's highest duty, turning men to the enemy by his own example, that the fatal bullet pierced his brow." Another account relates that the colonel was wounded and taken prisoner and he was killed. He died like a hero and left at the call of his country a wife and four children in Chester Co. (Adapted from "The Wayside Inns" by Julius F. Sachse, Lancaster, Pa. 1912. Pp 50-51.)

The Battle of Long Island, (Aug. 27, 1776), in U.S. War of Independence, successful British action in Brooklyn, N.Y., against the American Continental Army. The battle initiated the British campaign of 1776 to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. After the British evacuation from Boston in March, the British general Lord Howe moved to occupy New York City under the protection of a British fleet that commanded the surrounding waters. To protect his left flank, the defending American general, George Washington, stationed one-third of his troops (numbering no more than 20,000 trained soldiers) on the Long Island side of the East River, where they erected fortifications.

From his encampment on Staten Island, Howe attacked Washington's isolated wing by landing 20,000 men at Gravesend Bay, Long Island, on August 22. After four days' reconnaissance, Howe drove the Americans back and inflicted heavy losses (1,200 American prisoners were taken, and about 400 men on each side were killed or wounded). Howe might have captured Washington's entire force on Long Island at this point, but instead he elected to lay siege. The following week Washington took advantage of this delay to retreat across the river to Manhattan, a successful move that helped repair low American morale. Britannica.com

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Postscript to the story of the Admiral Warren Inn: In September, 1777, there occurred another major battle known as the Paoli Massacre that took place just south of the Admiral Warren where several divisions waited to slow the British advance while General Washington retreated with the main body of the Continental Army . Unfortunately Tory spies watched from the Admiral Warren Inn and reported to the British the exact strength and location of the Patriots. The British won the battle decisively and were then able to proceed to Philadelphia where they would remain until run out in June of 1778. (Adapted from "The Wayside Inns, page 123" and "The Battle of Paoli")

• Caleb PARRY was married to Elizabeth JACOBS in 1761.
• Elizabeth JACOBS was born in 1732. She died in 1805.

Children were:

• i Rowland PARRY died in 1796
• ii John Jacobs PARRY In 1832 John Jacobs Parry began the legal process of filing for "Bounty Land For Revolutionary Services--Claim of Heirs, B.L.W.T.1857-450" in behalf of all twenty seven living heirs of Caleb Parry. By the end of May, 1832 all paperwork seems to have been completed. The Bureau of Land Management should have the land grant document, but due to government concerns of internet security, a copy is not available for the time being. When it becomes available again, its information will be presented here. John died in 1835
• iii Esther PARRY
• iv. Hannah PARRY died in 1827
• v. Mary PARRY Source

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LTC Caleb Parry BIRTH 7 Feb 1734 Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 27 Aug 1776 (aged 42) Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA BURIAL Maryland Monument Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA Add to Map PLOT Possibly Buried here? MEMORIAL ID 71057309 · View Source

Listed as MIA August 27, 1776 Served in COL. ATLEE'S MUSKETRY BATTALION. Appointed March 3, 1776 Widow was Elizabeth Parry-sister of John Jacobs, Esq Speaker of Penn Assembly and Mrs. David Rittenhouse

ref: Linn, James Blair. "Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution Battalions and Line 1775-1783" Vol 1 1895

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Caleb Parry
PARRY, Caleb, soldier, born in Pennsylvania about 1735" died on Long Island, New York, 27 August 1776. He was one of the first to take up arms m the cause of independence, assisted in raising Colonel Atlee's "musketry battalion," was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, 3 March, 1776, and with his troops took part in the battle of Long Island, in the midst of which, while he was cheering on his men, he met instant death. In consideration of his services, his widow and children received from Pennsylvania 2,000 acres in Westmoreland county, Pa.