Husband: Richard PEARIS
Birthdate: c1725 -7
Birthplace: possibly Ireland
Death date: 11 Nov 1794
Place of death: Nassau, Bahamas
Burial:
Father: George PEARIS
Mother: Sarah (unknown)

Marriage date:
Marriage place: prob. Virginia

Wife: Rhoda unknown
Birthdate: c1730
Birthplace:
Death date: after March 1806
Place of death: Bahamas
Burial:
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Sarah PEARIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: c1748
Birthplace: Virginia?
Death date: 23 Jan 1795
Place of death: Charleston, SC
Burial: First Scots Presbyterian Chruch, Charleston, SC
Marriage date: by 1783
Marriage place: SC
Spouse's name: John CUNNINGHAM

Child No. 2: Margaret PEARIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: c1755
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: 00 Nov 1806
Place of death: New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas
Burial: Nassau, Bahamas
Marriage date: 12 Apr 1790
Marriage place: Nassau, Bahamas
Spouse's name: William JONES

Child No. 3: Richard PEARIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: c1765
Birthplace: Frederick Co, VA
Death date: between 1806-1808
Place of death: prob. Camden Co, GA
Burial:
Marriage date: 22 Jun 1790
Marriage place: Nassau, Bahamas
Spouse's name: Margaret CUNNINGHAM (#1)

Child No. 4: Richard PEARIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: c1765
Birthplace:
Death date: betwen 1806-1808
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: by 1806
Marriage place: prob. Camden Co, GA
Spouse's name: Catherine HOWELL (#2)
 
 
Documentation:
* Richard Pearis left numerous records in VA, SC, and the Bahamas. His father's will and his Loyalist Petition provide detailed family information.
* Richard Pearis' daughter Sarah is the only child by Rhoda's who had issue.
* Richard Sr. also had a Cherokee family by at least one Cherokee woman; her name is not known. Richard identifies in a deed and deposition a Cherokee son named George; however, Moravian records establish that George had at least two sisters who may be Richard's daughters. The Cherokee mother of George Parris is not identified, but believed to be a sister to the warrior Savarooka also known as "The Raven of Chota." George was a cousin to James Vann.
* Elizabeth Pearis Jones left a detailed will dated 1806 indicating that her brother had no children and that her mother was still alive.
* Richard Jr.'s estate is mentioned by 1808 when his second wife posts a notice in the Bahamas. There is no record of any issue by either of his wives.