Parris

Parris

Parris is a given name or surname, and may refer to:

In politics:

* Albion K. Parris, American politician and jurist of Maine
* Matthew Parris, journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
* Parris Glendening, the 59th Governor of Maryland in the United States

In the Salem witch trials:

* Betty Parris, nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
* Samuel Parris, Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials

In other fields:

* Alexander Parris, prominent American architect-engineer
* John Parris, English cue maker
* Patricia Parris, American voice actress
* Robert Parris Moses, Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide US Algebra project

ee also

* Parris Island, South Carolina, United States
* Paris

Parris is also a popular brand of snooker cue, used by many of the greats such as, Ronnie O'Sulivan and John Higgins. The cue's are fiarly expensive but are high quality


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