Dcn. Nathan Perry b. 2 May 1718 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Feb 1806 Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

Discovering My Ancestors

1718 - 1806 (87 years)

Name	Dcn. Nathan Perry
Name		An Incomplete History of the Descendants of John Perry of London This document is an excerpt containing the descendants of Josiah Perry (1684-1767). (pp 544-560). The complete book can be found on Internet Archive
Birth	2 May 1718	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
Occupation	Between 1751 and 1774	Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 32 years) [5]
Deacon in Old South church for 23 years.
Occupation	Between 1775 and 1790	Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years) [5]
Treasurer of Worcester
Death	14 Feb 1806	Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4, 6]
Burial	Worcester Rural Cemetery [4]
		Headstone - Perry, Nathan and Hannah Fiske...Moses Perry and Hannah Hall Close-up of headstone
		Headstone - Perry, Nathan and Hannah Fiske
		Headstone - Perry, Nathan and Hannah Fiske...Moses Perry and Hannah Hall
Person ID	I126	Discovering the Perry/Doane Family Tree
Last Modified	16 Feb 2023

Father Josiah Perry
b. 28 Nov 1684, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
d. 16 Sep 1767, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)

Mother Bethiah Elizabeth Cutter
b. 2 Dec 1686, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
d. 9 Oct 1735, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years)

Marriage 12 Jan 1708 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage He was 23 years old - She was 21 years old. (Were Married 27 years).

Children 9 children

1. Jonathan Perry
b. 7 Jun 1710, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 14 Mar 1783, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

2. Lydia Perry
b. 8 Dec 1711, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 23 Nov 1752, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

3. Josiah Perry
b. 8 Feb 1714, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 21 Oct 1783, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

4. Ephraim Perry
b. 1 Nov 1715, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 1742

5. Dcn. Nathan Perry
b. 2 May 1718, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 14 Feb 1806, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

6. Bethia Perry
b. 31 Jan 1719, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 3 Oct 1735, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

7. Mary Perry
b. 13 Feb 1721, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 17 Sep 1756, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

8. Sarah Perry
b. 16 Feb 1723, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 30 Jun 1725, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

9. Dorcas Perry
b. 26 Dec 1727, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse Hannah Fiske
b. 19 May 1719, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
d. 2 Sep 1813, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 94 years)

Marriage 3 May 1746 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 7, 8]

Age at Marriage He was 28 years old - She was 27 years old. (Were Married 59 years).

Children 8 children

	1. Hannah Perry b. 24 Jul 1747, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Jan 1749, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)
	2. Hannah Perry b. 12 Jun 1749, Massachusetts, USA d. 1802 (Age 52 years)
	3. Nathan Perry b. 30 Mar 1751, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jan 1770, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 18 years)
	4. Sarah Perry b. 27 Nov 1752, Massachusetts, USA d. 1847, Connecticut, USA (Age 94 years)
	5. Josiah Perry b. 9 Mar 1755, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Mar 1842, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87 years)
	6. Moses Perry b. 23 Apr 1757, Massachusetts, USA d. 1759, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)
	7. Mary Perry b. 1 Mar 1759, Massachusetts, USA d. 1801 (Age 41 years)
	8. Moses Perry, (Dcn.) b. 16 Feb 1762, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Mar 1842, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)

Last Modified 19 May 2017

Family ID F45 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Burial - - Worcester Rural Cemetery

= Link to Google Earth
Photos
Perry family home on Vernon St in Worcester, MA (abt 1875)

Tree Image (Ancestor)

Sources

[S91] An Incomplete History of the Descendants of John Perry of London 1604- 1954, Pg.548.
[S41] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, Birth - Watertown, 1718.
Birth date: 2 May 1718
[S115] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.
[S86] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
[S58] Derby, George & James Terry White, National Cyclopedia of American Bio graphy, Vol.10, pp. 215-216.
[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) .
[S41] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988.
[S41] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, Marriage - Watertown, 1746.
Marriage date: 3 May 1746

Photos		Perry family home on Vernon St in Worcester, MA (abt 1875)
Photos		Tree Image (Ancestor)