Suddenly, with the arrival of the year 2000, this seems like more ancient history! Francis Perry and wives 1. Mable and 2. Sally and their children are my first provable Perry ancestor. I continue looking for any data to support the "tradition" that he was one of 7 Perry brothers who left the home of their father, a Phllip Perry, and came to NC, obtaining land grants from the Earl of Granville. I have been told that they had to have money to get these grants. His son, Sion, was in the Revolution, and then moved to Sumner Co., TN. Later he was heard from in Habersham Co., GA. We do not know where Sion and wife Bartheny Arundel (Arendell, even Arnold) died, but sure would like to know. Sion's record has been used by many to enter the DAR. Sion's sons included Ransom, Ducalion A., Albert George, and Sion L. Perry. Sion L. went to Tuscaloosa, AL. Ransom went to Indiana. Ducalion and A. G. came to Washington Co., TX, then a part of Austin's First Colony in TX. Relative Burrell Perry also came here, but was not their brother. Through these ancestors, we would be eligible for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. I now live in Washington County, either by coincidence or a part of a divine plan! I have found the grave of Ducalion Perry on private property, and the graves of his wives. I am interested in any more information on any of these Perrys and their relatives. Many of their descendants live in Chappell Hill, TX, and in nearby Grimes County, and possibly in Austin and Waller Counties. I have more information to share on the descendants. Here are the children of Sion Perry, and his wife, Bartheny: Descendants of Bartheny Arrendel Generation No. 1 1. BARTHENY3 ARRENDEL (THOMAS2 ARUNDELL, RICHARD1) was born 1763 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1821 in probably Habersham County, Georgia. She married (1) SION PERRY October 07, 1782 in Wake County, North Carolina, son of FRANCIS PERRY and MABLE. He was born Abt. 1760 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1821 in probably Habersham County, Georgia. Children of BARTHENY ARRENDEL and SION PERRY are: i. CHARLOTTE4 PERRY, b. Unknown; m. ARMSTRONG. ii. RANSOM PERRY, b. February 06, 1784, Wake County, N. C.; d. July 1854, Columbus, Batholomew County, Indiana; m. KATHARINE ELIZABETH MARTIN; b. April 08, 1791, Blount County, Tennessee; d. February 22, 1844, Columbus, Barth. Co., Indiana. iii. SIMEON PERRY, b. July 24, 1786; d. 1826; m. (1) ELIZABETH ROGERS; m. (2) MARY THOMPSON WEIR, WEAR, OR WARE, 1816, Tennessee; b. 1795; d. 1821. iv. CAROLINE PERRY, b. 1788; m. JOHN CRAWFORD. v. SION LUTHER PERRY, b. 1793; m. MISS LACY. vi. HORATIO PERRY, b. 1795. vii. DIALTHEA COOK PERRY, b. 1798. viii. DUCALION ALDREDGE PERRY, b. October 14, 1799, Wake County, North Carolina; d. July 23, 1845, Washington County, Texas; m. (1) JANE GATES, Washington County, TX; b. December 01, 1805; d. December 19, 1843, Washington County, TX; m. (2) JANE GATES KUYKENDALL; m. (3) EUNICE E. GARDNER, January 21, 1845, Washington County, Texas; b. October 10, 1815, Salem, Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1846, Washington County, TX buried at Masonic, Chappell Hill. ix. ARNOLD PERRY, b. 1801; m. LACY?. x. ALBERT G. PERRY, b. July 03, 1807; d. Falls County, TX; town nearby; Perry, TX; m. HARRIET GRIMES. Lois Perry Richardson, Ph.D.