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| | Elijah Parish |
 | | PARISH, Elijah, clergyman, born in Lebanon, Connecticut, 7 November, 1762; died in Byfield, Massachusetts, 15 October, 1825. |
 | | He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1785, studied theology, and on 20 December, 1787, was settled as pastor of the Congregational church at Byfield, with which he remained connected till his death. |
 | | The degree of D. was given him by Dartmouth in 1807. |
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