Hi all, From: "Bobbie Hall" <you_halls_ng@prodigy.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Edward Perry -- when did he arrive? "1640s!" > 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. <snip> > 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). Thanks. I have seen all of those except the Elwell Perry book. The PCR items are only about the marriage (by 7 Mar 1653/4) Five young people surnamed Perry seem to show up about the same time in the Sandwich area. Most people seem to assume: a) that the five are siblings, and b) that they arrived together. I have not been able to find any proof of those assumptions. (If the first could be proved, I'd be willing to assume the second as likely.) Indeed, the Register article (by Brownson and McLean) cited above says p. 86 "Circumstantial evidence suggests that this Ezra Perry was closely realted to others of the name in Sandwich and probably also in Scituate, Mass. Conclusive evidence regarding the precise nature of these relationships is still to be found, as will appear." That article was written in 1961. So, perhaps Elwell Perry or Mr. Lovell has found found something in the intervening years. Does Mr. Lovell say anything about this issue in his section on Ezra Perry? Thanks also to Abbie for mentioning naming patterns. I have compiled genealogies for only 3 of the Perrys: Ezra, Edward, and Margaret. The only name that seems to be common and is an alleged sibling's name is Deborah. But Deborah was the 6th most common female given name in early Hingham, so I'm not sure it helps the cause. [Waters in NEHGR 138:169] I was hoping to find "Ezra" among the other Perry's children, because that doesn't seem to be so common. They all name one of their later daughters Sarah; but this is the most common girl's name in Hingham [ibid]. Also, Brownson and McLean write on p. 88 re. the settlement of Sarah Perry's estate: "... the wording of the record makes it quite clear that neither Ezra nor any of the other Perrys in Sandwich were closely realted by blood to the deceased widow Sarah Perry." And thanks also to Abbie for mentioning PEIRCE'S COLONIAL LISTS..., which does indeed show that Edward was a grandjury man in 1653. However, I could find no indication of where he got his information. As to the "many famous descendants", one of them is Oliver Hazard Perry (Commodore, USN). His descent from Edward is sketched in NYGBR 43:296. Famous saying of his: "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com