Parris

Parie is a given name and surname, and may refer to:

In politics:

• Albion K. Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine
• Matthew Parris (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
• Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician
• Parris Glendening (born 1942), the 59th Governor of Maryland in the United States

In the Salem witch trials:

• Betty Parris (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
• Samuel Parris (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials

In other fields:

• Alexander Parris (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer
• Eddie Parris (1911–1971), Welsh international footballer
• Francis Sawyer Parris (1707–1760), Biblical scholar
• John Parris(born 1952), English cue maker
• Patricia Parris, American voice actress
• Robert Parris Moses (born 1935), Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide US Algebra project

See also

• Parris Island, South Carolina, United States
• Paris