I note the NJ >bACK CREEK,TO SW PA PRICKETT'S,SPRINGER'S, BOZARTH'S using Drusilla. Rachel Perin taught me,and we had Perrin's, but we thirdly had Perrine's from Cranbury,NJ, and [?] Staten Island,NY. I'll go with Perrines. Pear in is Perin. Per rind or Per rine for Perrine. I've never heard Perrin pronounced. rine like wine per like purr Can you tie Perrin to Malott\Marlott? South? Prigmore\Predmore 1778 oaths Washington Co,Md's Marsh hundred.People once on Staten Island,NY Runyon Bebout Bonham? On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:26:45 -0600 Corinne H Diller <cdiller@juno.com> writes: > F.Y.I. > I've corresponded with a fellow about the early PERRIN family, > who were French, and lived on the frontier pretty early. Following > is a combination of his notes, and mine: > > 1729, Aug 5, Pa., Lancaster, licensed to trade with Indians, Thomas > Perrin. > (Lancaster Co. Quarter Session 1729-1742, by Hawbaker, page > 3.) > > 1739, Md. petition, John Perrins. > (The Black Book, pages 60-61.) > > 1739, Nov. 20, Md., warrant 100 acres “Perrin’s Adventure”, #99 > (R:32.) > > 1740, patent, “Perrin’s Adventure” 100 acres. (Shaffer 2, page 64.) > > 1747, patent, “Perrin’s Adventure” 222 acres. (Shaffer 2, page 64.) > > 1753, Md., Frederick Co. debt books: > 37, John Perrin, “Perrin’s Adventure” 222 acres. > (MSA film # SR 7994.) > > 1754, Nov. 2, Md., Frederick Co., warrant to John Perryn, > 150 acres “Long Looked For”. > > 1757, Md., deed, Edward Cartledge, farmer of N.C., to Joseph > Chapline, > recorded 11 July 1763, by Isaac Baker & John Perrin. > (Frederick Co. Liber H, page 530-4.) > > 1759, Md., Frederick Co. debt books, > 105, John Perrin, “Long Looked For” 150 acres, west of South > Mountain. > (MSA film # SR 7995.) > > 1761, Md., had 3 grants. > > 1761, March 31, Md., Frederick Co. depositions: at the request of > Joseph Chapline, > to set boundaries of “Pile’s Delight” and “Hunting the Hare” > . . . > John Perin age 50 swore that Henry Enochs showed him a white > ash . . . > then came Joseph Chapline age 53 . . . > William Norris age 70 was present when Col. > Edward Sprigg bound a small white ash at the beginning … > (Land Records, G:158-160.) > > 1768, Md., Frederick Co. debt books: > 134, John Perrin, “Perrin’s Adventure” 222 acres (and more) > > (MSA film # SR 7997.) > > 1770’s, Virginia land patents in the area that became > Washington Co., Pa., in 1781: > Edward Perrin, 1773, Independence Twp. > > "Progeny of Capt. Griffin JOHNSON (1734-1805), by Ben S. Johnson, Jr > (deceased) of Aiken SC in 1988: > " ......Benjamin [JOHNSON] married Drusilla PERRIN, daughter of John > PERRIN, an early resident of Allegany Co., Penna., just across the > state line from Allegany Co., MD. John PERRIN (2-12-1722--7-13-1813) > was probably the son of another John PERRIN, who died in 1770 in the > same area. The younger John's first wife and baby were captured and > killed by Indians in a[sic] historic raid. He remarried at least > twice and reportedly fathered some 22 children, of whom I have the > names of only about 19. John PERRIN(PERRANE) was enrolled in 1782 > as a private in Fifth Class, Captain Patrick Hainey's Company, First > Battalion, Bedford County Militia. (Military Accounts (Militia), > Records of the Controller General, at the Division of Public > Records, Harrisburg, Penna.) The DAR at one time accepted this John > PERRANE as our ancestor John PERRIN (1722-1813); they now contend > that our ancestor was too old to have served in the Revolutionary > War. [He would have been 60.] Another of John PERRIN's daughters, > Elizabeth, married Benjamin JOHNSON's brother John. John PERRIN's > son, Jonathan, who never married, also migrated to Harrison Country, > Ohio, and took up land just a few miles from the homes of his two > sisters. The PERRIN ancestors came from France, although I don't > know just when. Drusilla PERRIN was regarded as a French woman by > my aunts, but she certainly must have been born in this country."