Jasper Parrish

In 1784, at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War and after a surrender at Fort Stanwix, he was given the choice to remain with the Hill family or return to his own.

The Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy consisted of the Mohawk (with whom Jasper Parrish had known family relationships), the Oneida, the Cayuga, the Seneca, the Onondaga, and the Tuscarora.

[6] Japser Parrish and Horatio Jones, another interpreter, were so appreciated for their services and themselves by the Iroquois, that in 1798 they were given large land grants from the Six Nations.

This contest threw the inhabitants of this whole island into a great tumult and commotion, like a raging whirlwind which tears up the trees, and tosses to and fro the leaves so that no one knows from whence they come, or where they will fall.—This whirlwind was so directed by the Great Spirit above as to throw into our arms two of your infant children, Jasper Parrish and Horatio Jones.

Then these, our adopted children, left us to seek their relations; we wished them to remain among us, and promised if they would return and live in our country.

We still feel our hearts beat with affection for them, and now wish to fulfill the promise we made them, and reward them for their services.Jasper Parish married Roxalina Paine in 1783.

[10] In the forward for her book, Martin notes: Jasper Parrish, (a grandsire) was a missionary and trader among the six tribes, and during this sojourn among them he so endeared himself to all, they named him Sen-ne-oc-ta-wa, meaning "Good Man", and ever after his descendents had only to say that name and every care and kindness was cheerfully given them that the Indians were able to bestow.Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42000908/jasper-parrish) The Buffalo Municipal Public Housing Authority Jasper Parrish Development commences at Jasper Parish Drive and Hertel Avenue in Buffalo, New York and extends to Lawn Avenue on the north and Military Road on the west.