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- [S20] Hughes, Thomas, American Ancestry: giving name and descent...settled i n the US prior to the Decla, Vol.10, pp.33-34.
PERRY, MOSES of Worcester, Mass., b. there July 15, 1843, lives on th e homestead purchased in 1751 by Nathan Perry in southern part of Worc ester, on which six generations have lived (m. May 26, 187o, Mary Jan e Robbins, and has 4 children, viz.: Alice J., b. Aug. 22, 1871, Edit h M., b. Oct. 1o, 1873, Everett R., b.' Oct. 5, 1876, and Samue l R., b. Dec. 6, 1877); son of Samuel of Worcester, b." ther e Nov. 26, 1796, d. there Feb. 12, 1878, deacon in Union ch. 35 years , one of its founders, farmer, liberal toward every worthy call (m. De c. 8, 1823, Mary Harrington, who by her skill and sympathy in care o f the sick was a blessing in many households, dau. of Francis and Lydi a (Perry) Harrington, her gt. gr.-father Francis settled on the old Ha rrington homestead about 174o, she had 1o children, viz.: Hannah H., b . Oct. 8, 1824 [m. Elisha J. Stone of Auburn, Mass. and had 4 children ], Mary Stone Perry, b. Nov. 8, 1826, Joseph Stone Perry, b. Nov. 3, 1 828 [m. Jan. 1, 1855, Lucy A. Day of Ludlow, Mass. and had 6 ch.), Jul ia Maria, b. Oct. 13, 183o [m. June 27, 1861, Wm. J. Baker), Nathan Fi ske Perry, b. Mar. 1o, 1833, d. Apr. 6, 1888 (m. Sep. 8, 1859, Mary J. Tucker, and has 1 ch.], Lydia Almira, b. Feb. 27, 1835 [m. Nov. 24, 18 7o, John W. Jordan, and has 4 ch.]. Harriet Newell Perry, b. Feb. 28 , 1837 [m. May 26, 187o. George L. Robbins, and has 3 ch.], David Brai nerd Perry of Crete, Neb., b. Mar. 7, 1839, grad. B. A. at Yale coll. , 1863, tutor there 1865-71, M. A. of Yale, 1866, ordained at Crete, 1 872, prof. Latin in Doane coll. there 1873-81, pres. same since 1881 [ m. ]July 3, 1876, Helen Doane, dau. Thomas Doane, civil engineer, desc . of John Doane, early of Eastham, Mass., and had by her 5 children, v iz.: Thomas Doane, Brainerd Clark, Charles Boswell, Helen Clark and He nry Eldridge), Samuel Payson Perry, b. Mar. 18, 1841 (m. June 13, 1868 , Evelyn Harrington and had 3 ch.) and Moses, above); son of Moses Per ry of Worcester, b. there Feb. 16, 1762, d. there Mar. 12, 1842, deaco n in Old South ch. 35 years, deacon in Union ch. 6 years and one of it s founders, respected for his judgment and integrity, 3 of his 5 son s were ministers (m. 1st, Dec. 28, 1784, Marcy Clark, 2d, 1791, Hanna h Hall, b. Mar. 19, 1768. d. Nov. 26, 1861 [dau. of Nehemiah, desc. o f Edward Hall of Shrewsbury, Mass., 1685] and had ■ 1o children, viz. : Marcy, b. Oct. 11, 1785 [m. in Oct., 18o9, John Melendy and had 14 c h ], Baxter, b. Apr. 16, 1792, d. Jan., 183o, grad. Harvard coll., stu died theology at Andover-sem., minister at Lyme, N. H. 9 years [m. Jan . 22, 1821, Lydia Gray and had 5 ch.], John, b. Sep. 8, 1793. d. in Ma r., 1853 [m. Oct. 19, 1817, Lydia Pierce and had 5 ch.], Clark, b. Jan . 5, 1795, d. Aug. 13, 1796, Samuel, b. Nov. 26, 1796, above, David, b . July 26, 1796, d. Aug. 7, 1876, grad. Dartmouth coll., studied theol ogy in Andover sem. [m. 1st, Sep. 8, 1829, Almira Drury and had 5 ch. , m. 2d, Julia Ann Stebbins and had 4 children, m. 3d, Almira Hodges] , Clark, b. Apr. 21, 18oo. d. in Gorham, Me., July 1t, 1843, grad. Har vard coll., studied theology in Andover sem., minister in different pl aces (m. 1st, 1 Aug. 4, 1828, Mary Jarvis Stone and had 4 ch., m. 2d , Sophia P. Eaton and had 1 ch., m. 3d, Eunice McClelland and had 2 ch .), Nathan Fiske Perry, b. Dec. 19, 18o2, d. Oct. 15, 18o6 and Matilda , b. Apr. 4, 18o5, d. Oct. 16, 186o [m. Apr. 9, 1828, Henry Parker an d had 12 children]); son of Nathan Perry of Watertown. Mass.. b. ther e May 2, 1718, d. in Worcester, Feb. 16, 18o6. moved there 1751, purch ased the homestead there, county treasurer many years, deacon with hi s son and gr.-son, 95 years (m. May 1, 1746, Hannah Fiske, b. May 17 , 1719, d. 1813 [dau. of Dea. Nathan Fiske] and had 8 ch., viz.: Hanna h, b. July 24, 1747, d. Jan. 28, 1749, Hannah, b. June 12, 1749, d. 18 o2 [m. Elias Hayden], Nathan, b. Mar. 3o, 1751, d. in Jan., 177o [m. S ally Stearns], Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1752 [m. Elisha Johnson), Josiah, b . Mar. 9, 1755, d. in Sep., 181o, Moses, b. Apr. 23, 1757, d. 1759, Ma ry, b. Mar. 1,1759, d. 18o1 (m. Wm. Harrington], Moses, above); son o f Josiah of Watertown, Mass., b. there Nov. 28. 1684, d. there Sep. 16 , 1767, member Cong. ch. as were six generations of his descendants (m . 1st, Jan. 12. 17o8, Ucthiah Cutter, d. Oct. 9, 1735, 2d, Elizabeth H arrington and had 1o ch., viz.: Jonathan, b. June 7, 171o, d. Mar. 14 , 1783, Lydia, b. Dec. 8, 1711, Josiah, b. Feb. 8, 1714, Ephraim, b. N ov. 1, 1715, Nathan, above, Bethia, b. Jan. 31, 172o, Mary, b. Feb. 13 , 1722, Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1724, Dorcas, b. Dec. 28, 1727 and Sarah, b . 1728); son of John of Watertown, Mass., b. in London, 1644, d. in Wa tertown before Dec. 23, 1724, came from London about 1666, settled i n Watertown, located in North Brookfield about INT, returned to Watert own about 1722. Perry's pond was named after him (m. Dec. 13, 166 7, Sarah Clary, b. Oct. 4, 1649 and had 9 ch., viz.: John, b. Oct. 1 , 1658, d. Nov. 8, 1668, John, b. Mar. 3, 167o, Johannah, b. Nov. 8, 1 672, Sarah, b. July 11, 1675, Josiah, b. Dec. 7, 1677, Elizabeth, b. O ct. 2, 1681, Josiah, b. Nov. 28, 1686, Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 169oand Sar ah, b. Apr. 3o, 1694); son of John, b. 1613, was living in Watertown , 1674 (m. Johannah Holland and had John, above, Josiah and Elizabeth) .
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