
<p>The Parmelee name is found in heavy concentration in two areas during the time period before 1600: south of London in Lewes and near the border with Scotland, in Middleton-in-Teesdale. It is the Parmelee's of Lewes who colonized Connecticut. Records of these Parmelee's date back to the 1572 marriage of John and Alice at All Saints. Later records are found at St. Michael. Shortly before John Parmelee Sr. left for Connecticut, records of Parmelee's in Lewes dry up. The Parmelee's of Middleton-in-Teesdale headed to Pennsylvania first and then off to the Midwest.</p>
<p>Several of the Parmelee men served in the Revolutionary War. Omar's great-great-great grandfather Ephraim Parmely fought in the American Revolution as a private in the North Carolina line. His name appears on a list of soldiers Dec. 2, 1785, who were to receive military land warrants. He received 640 acres in Sumner County, Tenn., on Bledsoes Creek. I located a record for his service while at the Library of Congress in a book entitled <em>Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution</em> by DAR, published by Genealogical Publishing Company in Baltimore, 1967. The call number is E 263 .N8 D17 and the book is in the Local History and Genealogy reading room in the Jefferson building. He is found on page 295 in the listing of "Military Land Warrants, Continental Line (Part 1)" as No. 3094 Ephraim Parmaley.</p>
<p>The Parmelee line is related to two U.S. Presidents: <a href="main/quick-links/paula-osborne-and-george-bush" title="Osborne to Bush">George Bush (43)</a> is the 9th cousin of Omar T. Osborne, and <a href="main/quick-links/paula-osborne-and-rutherford-b-hayes" title="Osborne to Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes (19)</a> is his 6th cousin 4 times removed.</p>
<p>Jim Walters is the Parmelee Family Historian and has a wealth of information at his site <a href="http://thefamilyparmelee.com/" target="_blank" title="The Family Parmelee">The Family Parmelee</a>.</p>
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