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Henry Perrin

Also Known As: "Perrine"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Staten Island, Richmond County , New York Colony, British Colonial America
Death: 1734 (60-69)
Middlesex County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel "The Huguenot" Perrin, Sr. and Maria Perrine
Husband of Marie Perrin and Ann Perrine
Father of John Perrine; Marie Van Pelt; Capt. Peter Perrine; William Perrine; Henry C Perrine and 2 others
Brother of Peter V. Perrine, Sr.; James Pierre Perrine; Daniel Perrine, Jr; William Perrine and Francyntje Egbertson
Half brother of Sara Stillwell; Elizabeth Stillwell and Maria Perrine

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About Henry Perrin


Biography

DANIEL PERRIN, "The Huguenot," b. 164- ; d. after Sept. 6, 1719; m. (1) Maria Thorel, of Rouen, France, Feb. 18, 1666; b. 164- ; d. before 1687; m. (2) Elizabeth , after 1687; d. after Sept. 6, 1719. (See Records Ref. Dutch Ch., Port Richmond, S. I.)

Issue by first wife:

2. Henry Perrine (ca. 1669-1734) (or 1669-1765) d. in Middlesex Co., NJ,

m. twice,

  • 1st - ca. 1695, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, Marie (ca. 1673-ca. 1703) b. & d. Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, bur. Old Story Burying Ground, Monmouth Co., NJ,
  • 2nd - Ann Fountain (Fountaine) , daughter of Vincent Fontaine.

Henry Perrine was born in 1669 on Staten Island, New York, and died in 1734 in New Jersey around the age of 65.

He married Anne Fountaine, the daughter of Vincent Fountaine, Sr. His second wife was Marie -- of Staten Island who was born in 1674 and died in 1765, according to a monument erected in their names.

Antecedents of Henry Perrine and Anne Fountaine included the Vincent, Day, and Martineau families, members of the Huguenot colony established at an early date on Staten Island, New York.

Henry Perrine lived on Staten Island. On Nov 1, 1711, he purchased from Cornelius Longfield a tract of 200 acres of land in Monmouth County (later designated Middlesex County), New Jersey, located between Spotswood and Englishtown on the Matchaponix Neck. He later lived there.

A Henry Perrin is listed along with a Daniel Perrin in the Richmond County Militia, South Company, commanded by Captain James Pollion. (New York Colonial Muster Rolls 1664-1775, Report of the State Historian of the State of New York, Vol 1, page 549) Richmond County included all of Staten Island.

Henry Perrine's father-in-law, Vincent Fountaine, Sr., willed land "to my daughter Anne and hers husband Henry Perrine," being "150 acres of land and meadow, it being ½ of a tract of land in Middlesex County, N.J." (NYHSW 13: 65)

Henry was buried in the Old Stony Burying Ground, now called Hoffman's Burying Ground or Hoffman Hill Cemetery, located near Englishtown/Manalspan, Middlesex County, New Jersey. There is a large stone placed in the cemetery by William Perrine that includes the inscription "Henry Perrin 1669-1734 his wife Marie 1674-1765."

Children of Marie (unknown) and Henry Perrin:

  • a. John Perrine (ca. 1695-1/24/1779) b. New Dorp, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, d. Perrineville, Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ, m. 1721, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, Catherine Perrine (11/3/1708-4/28/1792) b. Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, d. Perrineville, Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ (See John & Catherine Perrine Family Outline)
  • b. Maria Perrine (ca.1697-post1723) b. Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, m. 1709, Jan Van Pelt, b. ca. 1684, New York City, Kings Co., NY
  • c. Peter Perrine (1703-1771) b. Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, d. Matchaponix, Monmouth Co., NJ, m. 1729, name unknown, b. ca. 1709

The children of Henry Perrine and Anne Fountaine:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33451724/henry-perrine

  • i Daniel
  • ii Anne, m. Pieter Strycker in 1730
  • iii Henry
  • iv (perhaps) Matthew
  • v (perhaps) William

From https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~emty/family/Section_F_Pierre_Perrin...:

  • d. Marytje Perrine (10/22/1710-ca.1749) b. Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, d. Millstone, Somerset Co., NJ, m. ca. 1725, Peter Stryker (9/4/1704-12/18/1774) b. Flatbush, Kings Co., NY, d. Millstone, Somerset Co., NJ
  • e. Jane Perrine, b. 7/6/1712, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY
  • f. Daniel Perrine, b. 12/25/1719, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY

Notes

Vincent Fountaine - page 323 Abstracts of NY Wills. Liber 11 Dated Jan 4, 1732 Leaves to son Vincent 150 acres of land in Middlesex, NJ which was 1/2 of a tract of land of 300 acres. Other half to daughter Anne and her husband Henry Perine. To youngest son Anthony the plantation where testator now lives in Richmond Co. He names a grandson Anthony a child of son Vincent to have 80 pounds if he dies then to the other grandchildren. He states that his mother Sarah Dye is to be well maintained. Names wife Anne as executrix as well as the sons and nephew and friend Stephen Marteneau. Proved 14 Jun 1742[4]


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Henry Perrin's Timeline

1669
1669
Staten Island, Richmond County , New York Colony, British Colonial America
1690
1690
New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, Colonial America
1692
1692
1695
1695
Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
1695
Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
1705
1705
Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
1708
1708
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
1734
1734
Age 65
Middlesex County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
1934
May 5, 1934
Age 65