Descendants of William PEREY
FIRST GENERATION
1) William PEREY resided in Water, Devon, England.(1)
+2 i. William PEREY
+3 ii. Roger PERY
SECOND GENERATION
2) William PEREY resided in Water, Devon, England.(2)
4 i. William PEREY resided in Water, Devon, England.
(4) William had only daughters )
3) Roger PERY resided in 1532 in Exeter, England. He was
a Merchant in Exeter, England.(6,7) Roger was admitted a
freeman of Exeter by apprenticeship and later became a
merchant in Exeter.
+5 i. William PERY
+6 ii. Richard PERY
THIRD GENERATION
5) William PERY was a Merchant in 1560 in Exeter, England.
(8)William imported raisins, figs and wine, presumably
from Spain and the Mediterranean. He, along with his
brother, is specifically named as merchants trading to
Spain and Portugal and as founding members in Queen
Elizabeth's charter of 1577 incorporating the Spanish
Company. He resided in 1578 in Exeter, England.(9) He
was a Bailiff in 1578 in Exeter, England.(10) He died
in 1590.(11) He was married to Alice ILCOMB (daughter
of John ILCOMB). Alice ILCOMB resided in 1592 in Plymouth,
England.(12) The children of William and Alice Pery are:
7 i. William PERY was christened 1563 in Exeter,
England.(13) He was born about 1563 in Exeter,
England.(14) He resided in 1600 in Limerick,
Ireland.(15,16) He was a Merchant in 1600 in
Limerick,Ireland.(17) He died in 1633.(18)
Named his nephew Edmond as his executor,
resideuary legatee and principal heir.
+8 ii. Henry PERY
6) Richard PERY resided between 1575 and 1595 in Exeter,
England.(19,20) Richard resided near the catherdral in
the parish of St. Petrock, of which he was churchwarden
in 1583-1585. He was a Merchant in 1580 in Exeter,
England.(21) Richard is found in the Exeter port books
in the 1580s importing wine and other goods from Spain
or Portugal. He, along with his brother, is specifically
named as merchants trading to Spain and Portugal and as
founding members in Queen Elizabeth's charter of 1577
incorporating the Spanish Company. He was a Bailiff in
1585 in Exeter, England.(22) He died in 1621 in St.Edmonds,
Exeter, England and was buried there in 1621 (23). He
resided in St. Edmonds, Exeter, England.(24) Parish
registers show that Richard had 9 sons.
9 i. Phillip PERY was born in 1577
10 ii. Richard PERY was born in 1578 and died in 1579
11 iii. Roger PERY was born in 1579 and died in 1618.
He was buried in 1618 in St. Edmonds, Exeter,
England.(25)
+12 iv. Richard PERY
13 v. John PERY was born in 1581. He was christened
in 1581 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England. (26)
He died in 1629. He was a Merchant in London,
England.(27)
14 vi. (H)Osea PERY was born in 1584
15 vii. Edward PERY was born in 1585 and died in 1622.
He was buried in 1622 in St. Edmonds, Exeter,
England.(28)
16 viii. Thomas PERY was born in 1586
17 ix. William PERY was christened in 1581 in St.Petrock,
Exeter,England.(29) He was born in 1588 and died
in 1619. He was buried in 1619 in St. Edmonds,
Exeter, England.(30)
18 x. Elizabeth PERY was born in 1590
FOURTH GENERATION
8) Henry PERY(31) resided 1587 in Buckland Monachorum, Devon,
England.(32) He was a Merchant.(33) Probably connected
with the cloth trade. He owned no real estate. He was
married to Richarda PLATYR in 1587.(34) Richarda PLATYR
resided in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England. (35)
Buckland Monachorum is a few miles north of Plymouth.
+19 i. William PERY
20 ii. Thomas PERY was christened in 1595 in Buckland
Monachorum, Devon, England.(36) He was born
about 1595 in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
21 iii. Henry PERY was christened in 1597 in Buckland
Monachorum, Devon, England.(37) He was born
about 1597 in Buckland Monachorum, Devon,
England. He resided in Plymouth, England.(38)
He was a Merchant in Plymouth, England.(39)
Traded with Virginia in the 1620s
+22 iv. Edmund PERY
12) Richard PERY(40,41) was born in 1580. He was christened
in 1580 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.(42) He was a
Merchant before 1611 in London, England.(43) He resided
in 1611 in Cadiz.(44) He was selling English woolen cloth
for London merchants. He resided in 1615 in St.Pancras,
Soper Lane, London.(45) He was a Merchant in 1615 in
St.Pancras, Soper Lane, London.(46) He was admitted by
redemption to the freedom of the Company of Merchant Taylors
of which he subsequently became a liveryman (1627), assistant
(1643), and warden (1645). He resided between 1621 and 1650
in St. Antholins, London, England.(47) He was a Liveryman
in 1627 in St. Antholins, London. He was an Assistant in
1643 in St.Antholins, London(48) He was a Warden in 1645
in St.Antholins,London, England.(49) He died in 1650.
Richard Pery early became interested in the Virginia Company
of London and received at least one small land grant in the
colony. A lawsuit preserves the record of a venture of #300
worth of woollen cloth and other good which he exported
to Virginia in partnership with James Carter, a London
shipmaster and trader, who went out with the goods only to
die in Virginia. When Carter made his will there in 1626,
he directed that all the tobacco remaining on hand at the
time of his death be consigned for sale to his "kinsmen"
Richard and John Pery, merchants of London. Shortly there
after John went out to Virginia to look after the affairs
of his firm in the colony, persumably including the Carter
estate. He also died in Virginia, having first made his
will there on 26 June 1628 at Perry's Point near James City
with William Pery as witness. He left bequests of twenty
shillings to the poor of the parishes of St. Antholin, London,
where he resided, and St. Edmunds, Exeter,and the town of
Plymouth (suggesting that he had resided there after Exeter).
He also left middling bequests to various kinfolk,including
the wido (widow) of James Carter, his cousin, Susanne (nee
Pery), originally from Plymouth or its vicinity. The
residue of his estate went to his brother Richard and
children.
Richard was involved in the Massachusetts Bay Company as well.
He was elected an "assistant" of the colony and so named in
the charter of 1628. But he did not emigrate with most of
the others. He stayed in London when many royalists left
and (was)rewarded by being made a warden of the Merchant
Taylors Company in 1643-1645. In 1648 he was named by
Parliament a commissioner to collect taxes in his ward.
He was married to Dunes HICKS 1615 in St.Pancras, Soper Lane,
London.(50) Dunes HICKS died in 1653/54 in St. Antholins,
London, England.(51)
+23 i. Richard PERY
24 ii. John PERY was born before 1621.(52) He died
1632 in St.Antholins, London, England.(53)
25 iii. Peter PERY was born 1621 in St.Antholins,
London, (54) and died 1654 in St.Antholins,
London, England.(55)
+26 iv. Susanna PERY
27 v. Nathaniel PERY(56) was born 1625 in St.
Antholins, London, England.(57,58) died
in infancy
28 vi. Joseph PERY(59) was born 1627 in St. Antholins,
London,England.(60,61) He died in 1630 in infancy
at St. Antholins, London, England.(62)
29 vii. PERY(63)was born in St.Antholins,London,England.
(64) died in infancy
FIFTH GENERATION
19) William PERY(65) was christened in 1592 in Buckland
Monachorum, Devon, England.(66) He was born about 1592
in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England. He immigrated in
1611 to Virginia.(67) He died in 1637. (68). He resided
in Virginia(69). He was a Virginia Councillor in Virginia.
(70) John Perry of London
visited Virginia in the
1620s and stayed with Captain William at Perry's Point
on the James River and asked William to witness his will.
William PERY had the following children:
30 i. Henry PERY(71) died in 1661.(72) He was a
Virginia Councillor in Virginia.(73) He
resided in Virginia.(74) Called his estate,
Buckland, presumably after his fathers
origination at Buckland Monachorum.
22) Edmund PERY was christened in 1599 in Buckland Monachorum,
Devon, England.(75) He was born about 1599 in Buckland
Monachorum, Devon, England. He resided after 1600 in
Limerick, Ireland.(76,77) He immigrated in 1620 to Limerick,
Ireland.78 He died in 1655.(79) He was married to … SEXTON
(daughter of Stephen SEXTON).(80)
23) Richard PERY(81,82) was born before 1621. He resided in
1639 in New Haven, CT.(83) He resided in 1651 in England.
(84) Richard and his family left New Haven in 1651 to
return to England and join his father in law who had left
the colony a year earlier. He immigrated between 1657 and
1660 to County Tipperary,Ireland.(85) He immigrated with
all his children except Micaiah since he was already
apprenticed in London at Michaelmas. Richard was an
ultra-Puritan: showing the strength of his youthful
convictions by emigrating in the late 1630s to New England
and participating in the foundation of New Haven. That
settlement was planted by a group of London Puritans led
by John Davenport, a minister who had given up his benefice
in the Laudian church, and Theophilus Eaton, and Eastland
merchant of London.
The register of the First Church in New Haven record the
birth of five of their children: Mary (1640), Micaiah
(1641), Samuel (1645), John (1647), and Grace (1649).
He was married to Mary MALBON (daughter of Richard MALBON)
in 1639 in New Haven,CT.(86)Richard PERY and Mary MALBON
had the following children:
+31 i. Mary PERY
+32 ii. Micaiah PERY
+33 iii. John PERY
34 iv. Samuel PERY was born 1645 in New Haven, CT.(87)
35 v. Grace PERY was born 1649 in New Haven, CT.(88)
36 vi. Peter PERY was born in 1651.(89)
37 vii. Ebenezer PERY(90)
26) Susanna PERY was born 1623 in St. Antholins, London,
England.(91) She died in 1657 in St.Antholins, London,
England.(92) She was married to William WHITTLE after
1655 in St. Antholins, London, England.(93) Susanna
PERY and William WHITTLE had the following children:
38 i. Esther WHITTLE(94)
SIXTH GENERATION
31) Mary PERY was born in 1640.(95) She was married
to ... LOWE and had the following children:
39 i. John LOWE
40 ii. Micajah LOWE died in 1703
41 iii. Susanna LOWE
42 iv. Mary LOWE
+43 v. Johanna LOWE
32) Micaiah PERY was born in 1641 in New Haven, CT.(96) He
died in 1721. He was married to Ann OWEN (daughter of
Dr.Richard OWEN) on 20 Oct. 1663 in St.Swithin, London,
England.(97) Ann OWEN was born in 1639.(98) She died
in 1689.(99) Micaiah PERY and Ann OWEN had the following
children:
+44 i. Richard PERY
45 ii. Micaja PERY was born 1670.(100) She died
in 1693.(101)
33) John PERY was born in 1647 in New Haven, CT.(102) He died
in 1710. He was married to Elizabeth RIALL and had the
following children:
46 i. John PERY
SEVENTH GENERATION
43) Johanna LOWE was married to John JARRETT/GARRETT and had
the following children:
+47 i. Elizabeth JARRETT
44) Richard PERY died in Apr 1720.(103,104) He was married to
Sarah RICHARDS in 1694.(105) Sarah RICHARDS died in 1756
in Greenwich, Kent, England.(106) Richard PERY and Sarah
RICHARDS had the following children:
+48 i. Micajah PERY
+49 ii. Sarah PERY
50 iii. Phillip PERY(107) was born in 1703.(108) He
resided in 1739 in East Greenwich, Kent,
England.(109) He died in 1762 in Greenwich,
Kent, England.(110,111) No children
+51 iv. Elizabeth PERY
52 v. Mary PERY
53 vi. PERY
54 vii. PERY
55 viii. PERY
56 ix. PERY
57 x. PERY
58 xi. PERY
EIGHTH GENERATION
47) Elizabeth JARRETT was married to John TYLER
48) Micajah PERY112 was born in 1695.(113) He was a Lord
Mayor of London in 1738/39 in London, England.(114)
He died on 22 Jan 1753 in Bath, England (115,116)
No children were born to Micajah. He was married to
Elizabeth COCKE (daughter of Richard COCKE)in 1721 in
London, England.(117) Elizabeth COCKE was born in 1699.
(118) She died in Oct 1738.(119,120) She was buried in
Church at Epsom, England.(121)
49) Sarah PERY (122) was born 1702.(123) She died in 1763.
(124) No children were born to Sarah. She was married to
William HEYSHAM in 1719.(125) William HEYSHAM was born in
1691.(126) He died in 1727.(127)
51) Elizabeth PERY died in 1787(128). She was married to
Salusbury CADE in 1733.(129) Salusbury CADE was born in
1696.(130) He died in 1773.(131) Elizabeth and Salusbury
CADE had the following children:
+59 i. Philip CADE
+60 ii. Sarah CADE
NINTH GENERATION
59) Philip CADE was married to Catherine WHITWORTH in 1766.
(132) Philip CADE and Catherine WHITWORTH had the following
children:
61 i. Salusbury CADE was born 1767.(133) He died
in Jamaica.(134)
62 ii. Benjamin CADE was born in 1768.(135)
+63 iii. Catherine CADE
He was married to Elizabeth PETLEY.(136) Elizabeth PETLEY
was born in 1744.(137) She died in 1799.(138)
60) Sarah CADE was born in 1739.(139) She died in 1810.(140)
She was married to Benjamin HARENC.(141) Benjamin HARENC
was born in 1735.(142) He died in 1812.(143)
TENTH GENERATION
63. Catherine CADE was born 1769 (144) She married to James
Tanzia SAVARY.(145)
Prepared by: Dennis Perry
SOURCES
1. Jacob M. Price. Perry of London, A Family and a Firm on
the Seaborne Frontier, 1615-1753. Havard University Press
Cambridge, MA. 1992. p. 115
2 - 4 Ibid. p. 115;
5. Ibid. p. 117;
6. Ibid. p. 8;
7. Ibid. p. 117;
8. Ibid. p. 8;
9 - 10. Ibid. p. 117;
11. Ibid. p. 116;
12. Ibid. p. 117;
13 - 14. Ibid. p. 116;
15. Ibid. p. 117;
16 - 17. Ibid. p. 9;
18. Ibid. p. 116;
19. Ibid. p. 117;
20. Ibid. p. 9;
21. Ibid. p. 8;
22. Ibid. p. 117;
23 - 30. Ibid. p. 9;
31. Ibid. p. 117;
32 - 33. Ibid. p. 116;
34 - 35. Ibid. p. 117;
36 - 37. Ibid. p. 116;
38 - 39 Ibid. p. 117;
40. Ibid. p. 11;
41. Ibid. p. 12;
42 - 43. Ibid. p. 9;
44 - 50. Ibid. p. 11;
51. Ibid. p. 14;
52 - 54. Ibid. p. 12;
55. Ibid. p. 14;
56 - 57 Ibid. p. 12;
58. Ibid. p. 10;
59 - 60. Ibid. p. 12;
61 - 62. Ibid. p. 10;
63 - 64 Ibid. p. 12;
65. Ibid. p. 117;
66. Ibid. p. 116;
67 - 74. Ibid. p. 117;
75. Ibid. p. 116;
76. Ibid. p. 117;
77. Ibid. p. 9;
78. Ibid. p. 116;
79. Ibid. p. 117;
80. Ibid. p. 9;
81. Ibid. p. 12;
82. Ibid. p. 13;
83. Ibid. p. 12;
84. Ibid. p. 14;
85. Ibid. p. 17;
86. Ibid. p. 12;
87 - 90. Ibid. p. 10, 13;
91. Ibid. p. 12;
92 - 94. Ibid. p. 14;
95 - 96. Ibid. p. 10, 13;
97. Ibid. p. 17;
98 - 101. Ibid. p. 26;
102. Ibid. p. 10, 13;
103. Ibid. p. 21;
104. Ibid. p. 63;
105. Ibid. p. 26;
106 - 107. Ibid. p. 91;
108. Ibid. p. 26;
109. Ibid. p. 87;
110. Ibid. p. 26;
111 - 112. Ibid. p. 91;
113. Ibid. p. 26;
114. Ibid. p. 87;
115. Ibid. p. 26;
116. Ibid. p. 88.
117 - 119. Ibid. p. 26;
120 - 121. Ibid. p. 87;
122. Ibid. p. 91;
123 - 133. Ibid. p. 26;
134. Ibid. p. 92;
135 - 145. Ibid. p. 26;
