Benjamin Perry, of Kings Towne

Benjamin, son of Edward "The Quaker" Perry and Mary Freeman. Married Susannah Barber. Do not confuse with Benjamin Perry, of Stoughton who married Dinah Swift.

Benjamin (2) Perry (Edward (1))was born probably 1677. and died 1742. Moved to Rhode Island, and purchased land in Kingstown as early as 1702. He was made a freeman of the colony May 1, 1716.

He married first, Unknown:

married second, October 11, 1727, Susanna Barber, of Moses and Susanna (Waite) Barber. She was born October 23, 1697.

Children of his second wife:*

• I. Benjamin (3), born November 7, 1729. Died young.
• II. Edward (3), born March 28, 1731, probably married January 7, 1759, Deliverance Moore, of Exeter.
• III. Freeman (3), born January 23, 1733, died Nov. 13, 1813. Married (Mercy) Hazard, of Benjamin and had among others, Christopher Raymond (4), born Dec. 4, 1761, the father of Commodore O. H. Perry, U.S.N.
• IV. Mary,
• V. Susannah, (both) born November 19, 1735

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Notes

SOME NOTES UPON THE PERRYS OF THE NARRAGANSETT COUNTRY, RHODE ISLAND. CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. E. R. SMITH AND COL. T. J. CASEY. < GoogleBooks >

ABOUT the year 1700, two men, John and William Perry, were married in Portsmouth, R. I., to two sisters, Priscilla and Isabel Gatchell. The births of the seven children of John and Priscilla Perry, three sons and four daughters, which occurred between June 21, 1701, and July 1, 1717, are entered in the Portsmouth Town Records.

A little earlier than the advent in the colony of the two Perry's above mentioned, two other men by the name of Perry, namely, Samuel and Benjamin Perry, sons of Edward Perry, of Sandwich, Mass., came into the Colony, and settled in the town of Kings Towne, in the Narragansett Country.

There is no evidence of any relationship between John and William Perry, of Portsmouth, and Samuel and Benjamin of Kings Towne, and, it is believed, the Perry's of the Narragansett Country are descendents exclusively of Samuel and Benjamin, sons of Edward1 and Mary (Freeman) Perry, of Sandwich, Mass.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125774125/benjamin-perry cites
  • The Perrys of Rhode Island and Tales of Silver Creek, by Rev. Calbraith Bourn Perry 1913:
    • Page 51: Judge Freeman Perry "died a venerable and venerated man of eighty-one years of age, and lies buried on the old homestead by the side of his wife and his father (Benjamin Perry) and many others of his family".
    • Pg 109: Benjamin Perry, b. (circ.) 1677; d. Sept., 1748; m. Oct. 11, 1721, Susannah Barber. Children: Benjamin (d. in infancy), Edward, Freeman, Mary, Susannah.
  • Vol. 5, Washington County Births, Marriages, Deaths, South Kingston Marriage Records, pg. 25: Benjamin Perry and Susannah Barber; Rouse Helme, Assistant, June 11, 1727.
  • The Rhode Island Historical Magazine, New Series No.4, Vol. 1, April 1885, Contents: Edward Perry of Sandwich, and some of his Descendants..by Col. T. L. Casey..Pg. 317:
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 15 2018, 17:17:52 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perry-4528
• http://navalwarcollegemuseum.blogspot.com/2010/07/perry-family-of-n... There are two lines of the Perry family that rise to prominence in the 17th century in Rhode Island. The Samuel Perry line is associated with the Colony of Kings Towne … The Benjamin Perry line, brother to Samuel, produced the more “famous” side of the family. Benjamin’s son, Judge, married Mercy Hazard and their third child was Christopher Raymond, father to Oliver Hazard and Matthew Calbraith Perry. ….