John I am particularly interested in what you have found on the Quaker Perrys as I descend from them. The earliest record I have found is a Court record for Jacob Perry and John Riddick requesting to build a Grist Mill in 1744 other than the Quaker marriage of Elizabeth Perrey to Isaac Willson in 1743. According to Winslow's History of Perquimans Co., NC Jacob is the son of John and Mary Perry. The Quakers were in Perquimans Co. in 1680, yet Perry records begin in 1743. What do you have on this family of Quaker Perrys? Joy in Wisc. John Collins wrote: > > I seem to recollect having previously noticed some confusion in the > information somewhere. > > According to my notes both Micajah Perry and Elizabeth (Perry) Evans were > children of Richard Perry, whose wife is unknown. This Micajah (b. 10 Oct > 1644 d. 1721) made a will on 22 Dec 1720. He had a son Richard (Dick) (b. > ? d. 16 Apr 1720), who had a son Micajah (Mike) (b. ? d. ?) who was the > Lord Mayor (1738-39). The elder Micajah's will names 3 other grandchildren > (besides the younger Micajah): Mary Perry, Elizabeth Perry and Philip Perry > - as well as his sister Elizabeth Evans. I have not found the birth records > for these 3 grandchildren, so cannot be certain their father was Richard > Perry: it is possible Richard had a brother I have not found. If so, the > brother must, like Richard, have died before their father. > > There is one slight peculiarity: if the widow of Richard Evans who married > James Oates is Micajah's sister, why does his will - written 25 years after > her remarriage - still use her first husband's name. Possibly she reverted > to using it after her second husband died in 1703? Possibly this woman in > Perquimans is not Micajah's sister? > > Richard Perry had a younger brother, Philip Perry, who moved from London to > Isle of Wight County, VA. The dates I have for his descendents don't yet > make complete sense, possibly because of two later Philip Perrys having > been run together, but several of them moved to Chowan/Perquimans. At least > some of these descendents were Quakers, because they occur in Meeting > Records - the earliest I have found is in 1760. There are some first names > which suggest they may already have been Quakers before 1700. James Oates > is in the 1702 Tax List. Given the lack of Perrys in the extant early > eighteenth century tax lists for Perquimans, I suspect they initially lived > just over the border in Chowan but attended Meeting in Perquimans: as far > as I know, there has never been a Quaker Meeting anywhere in Chowan. > > At 02:49 PM 01/16/2000 -0600, Le Bateman wrote: > > It was my understanding that her father's name was Micajah Perry. Her > >brother Micajah Perry of London, who was a partner in Perry & Lane Merchant > >Ship Co. listed her in his will in 1721 as his sister. Le > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Collins" <johnc@datalinkc.com> > >To: <NCPERQUI-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:09 AM > >Subject: [NCPERQUI] James Oates - Elizabeth (Perry) Evans > > > > > >> The LDS records, on Film 1761127, show a marriage between James Oates and > >> Mrs Elizabeth Eivans on 11 Sep 1694 in Perquimans; on Batch No F800512 > >> Source Call No 1260814 a marriage between James Oates and Elizabeth Perry > >> on 11 Sep 1694 in Warwick, NC (a place which I never heard of). > >> > >> Eivans is almost certainly a mistake for Evans, as I have an Elizabeth > >> Perry, daughter of Richard Perry (without a birthdate, but her siblings > >> range between 1644 and 1653, all born in London). Micajah Perry's 1720 > >will > >> names sister Elizabeth Evans, but we do not have the first name of her > >> husband: there is a supposition that he was Richard Evans of Perquimans. > >> These 2 marriage records point to her remarrying in Perquimans, and thus > >> confirm the supposition. However, even if she was the youngest child of > >her > >> parents, which is probable, she would have been well into her thirties > >when > >> she married James Oates. > >> > >> Her brother Micajah's grandson, also Micajah (Mike) Perry, was Lord Mayor > >> of London, 1738-39. > >> > >> The last of the 5 children by her first husband was born 30 Nov 1693. > >> > >> She seems definitely to have had a son with her second husband, born 7 Aug > >> 1797, but there are 2 records which disagree on his name: one gives John > >> and the other Joseph. There are also records showing 2 previous sons, > >James > >> (b. 1694 - which seems unlikely) and Jethro (b. 1696). My guess would be > >> that somebody found 2 sons from a previous marriage of his, and made up > >> dates to fit in after his marriage to Elizabeth. > >> > >> There is an individual record for James Oates showing birth 1660 Perran > >> Zaboloe, Cornwall, England and death 3 Oct 1703 Albemarle Precinct, > >> Perquimans, NC. > >> > >> > >> At 09:58 PM 01/15/2000 -0600, Le Bateman wrote: > >> > I am interested to see if there is a marriage record for James Oats > >and > >> >Elizabeth Eivans. They were supposed to have been married in Albemarle > >> >Perquimans County North Carolina > >> >in 1695. Their son was Joseph born 1697. 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