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. Le > > > >__________________________________________ > >NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > >Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at > >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html