Isabella Perry

Isabella Charlton Isabella was born sometime before 1725 in Ireland or Pennsylvania.  She was the daughter of Thomas Charlton and Alice Charlton; cousins.  Isabella received "one shilling sterling" in her father's will in 1743 and the "remainder to my daughters Isabella and Mary" in her mother's will in 1761.  The "remainder" must have been what was left after the home, land, two bedroom suites, large pot and crock, Bible, five shillings for each of the children of John and Ann (who had died), and 10 pounds for funeral expenses.7  Isabella took a third of her husband Joseph's estate instead of all that he listed for her in the will (1785).  This was probably done to increase the amount that her children would get.  The affairs of Joseph Perry's will were taken care of in 1795 and nothing more is known about Isabella after that time.      The Charlton family kept close ties to the Perry family for some time.  Some of them moved to the same area that the Perry family went to in Greenbrier, Monroe, and Augusta Counties in VA.  Isabella died sometime after her husband's will was probated in 1795.  Her brother Arthur Charlton was the grandfather of Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner". www.Perryresearch.net Joseph Perry born 1704 and Isabella Charlton Perry are the parents of Eleanor Nellie Charlton Perry who married Daniel Perry born who was born in 1848

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According to the Perry web site Isabella Charlton married Joseph the son of James Perry and Ann Swift Perry: Joseph was born about 1703/04.  He started schooling at Trinity College in Dublin on July 3, 17211.  Unlike Adam before him, Joseph did not complete his degree.  Instead, he came to America sometime in the 1730's and married Isabella Charlton.  He was the first of this Perry family to come to America.  It is very possible that he lived in Londonderry Township, Chester County, PA.  That is where Isabella's father Thomas made his will.2  Sometime shortly after their marriage, Joseph and Isabella moved to Frederick County, MD.  Isabella's mother Alice also seems to have moved to Maryland after the death of Thomas.  This was the time of the border problems between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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