Hi all, I'm trying to determine the earliest date that we know Edward Perry was in Sandwich (or anywhere else in the New World). He is not on the division of the meadow list in 1640 nor on the 1643 Able to Bear Arms list. He was evidently married by 7 Mar 1653/4 when he was fined for "unorderly proceeding...about his marriage" PCR III:45-7, 52 According to the article on him in RI Historical Mag. 5:317, he was a grand juryman in 1653. (I need to go back to PCR to try to verify that.) Can anyone narrow the gap between 1643 and 1653? Thanks, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com

Hi Howard, Maybe this will help a little: "Edward and his brother Ezra Perry and three sisters came to Sandwich as teenagers in the 1640s with an older lady Sarah Perry. These five all married and became strongly identified with the town. Edward's home was out on Old County Road probably in the Talbot's Point area, and he later became the town's leading Quaker, a forceful dedicated literate and conscientious man. In 1653 when criticism of the established church and Colony government was mounting, Perry married Mary Freeman, a young lady in Edmund Freeman's household. The young couple took each other in marriage and declined the services both of Thomas Tupper, who was authorized to conduct marriages in Sandwich, and of the magistrate for this district. Plymouth Court was very stern about this as a bad example in the town and Colony, and fined Perry £5 for his refusal, with a promise of a similar fine every quarter until he conformed. There is no record that he ever did. The Court must have been angered at Edmund Freeman as well for permitting this breach in his own family. The only recorded result is that Thomas Tupper was made a scapegoat and was dismissed from his authority to marry couples in Sandwich. The Edward Perrys had nine children and many famous descendants." From pp. 34-35 R.A. Jr. Lovell's, _Sandwich A Cape Cod Town_, (Sandwich, MA: Town of Sandwich, MA, 1996) . To help you dig up the original documentation... from the "Notes on Sources" section, several items are listed: Perry Family: Register, 115:86-99, et seq (1961); Perry Gen., 72-3, Elwell H. Perry, New Bedford, 1979. Perry-Freeman marriage: Freeman Gen., 30; PCR, III: 46, 47, 52. Tupper marriage authority: PCR, II:155 (bestowed); III:47 (removed). (I can personally rave about this book for anyone with family from Sandwich, it is superb and worth adding to one's library). I hope I'm not breaking list/copyright rules with this short citation, but it gives such great detail! Cheers, Bobbie Hall Chicago

Hello Howard, According to........ PEIRCE'S COLONIAL LISTS of CIVIL, MILITARY AND PROFESSIONAL LISTS OF PLYMOUTH AND RHODE ISLAND COLONIES........ comprising........ COLONIAL, COUNTY AND TOWN OFFICERS, CLERGYMEN, PHYSICIANS AND LAWYERS. WITH EXTRACTS FROM COLONIAL LAWS DEFINING THEIR DUTIES. 1621-1700 originally published Boston, 1881 Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 1995, 2001 On page 19 under the Town of Sandwich, in year 1653, there is an EDWARD PERRY listed as Grand Juryman He is listed again in 1657 as a Surveyor of Highways. It was common practice to named their sons and daughters after other members of their families, fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc., so one must look carefully at the dates. I hope this has been of help. Abbie (Bearse) Clark Hi all, I'm trying to determine the earliest date that we know Edward Perry was in Sandwich (or anywhere else in the New World). He is not on the division of the meadow list in 1640 nor on the 1643 Able to Bear Arms list. He was evidently married by 7 Mar 1653/4 when he was fined for "unorderly proceeding...about his marriage" PCR III:45-7, 52 According to the article on him in RI Historical Mag. 5:317, he was a grand juryman in 1653. (I need to go back to PCR to try to verify that.) Can anyone narrow the gap between 1643 and 1653? Thanks, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== Visit the Barnstable County GenWeb Project web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst/ It continues to be run by the former administrator of this list, and offers a wealth of research information on Barnstable County not found anywhere else.