Mary (Malbon) Perry (1620 - abt. 1659)

Born 1620 in London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about 16 Aug 1659 at about age 39 in Cordwainer Ward, London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Malbon) Perry immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary (Malbon) Perry was the daughter of Richard Malbon who arrived in New Haven Connecticut aboard the Hector in 1637.^[1]

Mary (Malbone) Perry was a member of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, where was shown as member number 174, daughter of # 36 (Richard Malbone), wife of #42 (Richard Perry).^[2]

She married Richard Perry before 1640 (birth of first child, Mary).

1. Mary bap. 4 October 1640 - 1682
2. Micajah bap 31 October 1641 - 1721
3. Samuel bap 8 June1645 - 1709
4. John bap.11 July 1647 - 1710
5. Grace bap. 2 September 1649 - 1709

Mary and Richard returned to England in 1651 or 1652 (discussed and sourced on Richard's profile) with their children. Their son Micajah was apprenticed to Robert Carter of the Haberdasher's Company in London in 1656; the fates of their other children are not well documented on WikiTree but they disappeared from Connecticut records as you would expect when they returned to England with their parents. John went into business with his father in Tipperary, Ireland after 1660.

While Mary's death is not known with absolute certainty, it is very possible that she was the Mary "Parry" buried 16 August 1659 at St. Antholin, Cordwainer, London^[3] where her husband Richard grew up and where all his siblings except John were christened. Richard himself was known to be living in Glasgow, Scotland in 1656 and then in Tipperary, Ireland by 1660 so this is far from certain. The Hugh Perry who also had children baptized around the same time as Richard at St. Antholin so was likely about the same age had a wife named Catherine and had no record of a daughter Mary, so this burial is at least a reasonable possibility. Previously a 1666 burial in Stoke, Somerset, England was asserted without source and the family is not known to have lived there.

More information is available in the book "Perry of London: A Family and a Firm on the Seaborne Frontier, 1615-1753" Author: Jacob M Price which is an amazingly well researched and sourced book about this family, it is far from the typical "vanity publication" of unsourced family lore. Unfortunately it cannot be posted here due to copyright restrictions.^[4] That book is the source of the numbering of Richard 1, 2 and 3 sometimes seen on the internet and the author makes it clear those numbers are just to keep the generations straight, the men at the time did not use those numbers. Much of the narrative of this bio comes from that book which has 10 pages of primary sources for Richard I, II and III.

Research Notes

A possible death of in 1666 at Stoke St. Gregory, Somerset at age 46 was suggested but has not yet been sourced. 2 Somerset deaths of Mary Perry are found at freereg.org.uk in 1666, but they are listed as wife of Edward and wife of John so are not this Mary.

From The catalogue of members of the 1st Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut. 1639 - 1914 States Mary Malbone, daughter of Richard Malbone, and wife of William Perry.k NOTE: This is incorrect. See Sources section, All three persons returned to England, and Mary's death is recorded in the Parish Register where she was resident in England.

Sources

1. ↑ Anne Stevens, "Hector, England to Massachusetts 1637"; web content, PackRat-Pro.com.
2. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Historical catalogue of the members of the First church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center Church) A.D. 1639-1914, published 1914. Reference page 12, Mary; Reference page 3, Richard Malbone; Reference page 4, Richard Perry No William Perry is shown in the list of members.
3. ↑ London (City) : Cordwainer : St Antholin : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581859aee93790ec7511c674 : viewed 18 Oct 2021) burial Mary Parrey 16 Aug 1659
4. ↑ Perry of London: A Family and a Firm on the Seaborne Frontier, 1615-1753 Author: Jacob M Price Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.Google Preview

See Also

• TEPPER, Michael. American Passenger Arrival Records; A Guide to the Records of Immigrants Arriving at American Ports by Sail and Steam, pp. 468-470.

Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151,

Primary Immigrant: Richard Malbon (Her father)

Arrival Year 1637

Arrival Place: New Haven, Connecticut

• FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England. P. 187

Malbon, Richard was an assistant in the New Haven Colony in 1637 Wintrop, ii. Hist. NE 95. Thomas Malbone grad at H.C 1752.

• ATWATER, Edward. History of the Colony of New Haven To its absorption into Connecticut, The Journal Publishing Company, Meriden, CN, 1902

Early Planters included Richard Perry, Richard Malbon

The division of land, though prepared before April, 1841, is found in the record-book amid the records of 1643.

The name of the plantation was changed, by order of a general court held on the first day of September, 1640, from Quinnipiac to New Haven

p.122 Richard Perry lived wife Mary Malbon

p.670 Richard Perry bio, include Mary Malbon

• Society of Colonial Wars in the state of Connecticut From the Winthrop Journal of 26 Jun 1637-- "There arrived two ships from London, the Hector and " Winchester. It states that families were aboard.

Included aboard the Hector - Richard Malbon, a kinsman of Theophilus Eaton

• TEPPER, Michael. Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977, pp. 468-470.

Richard Malbon (Her father) and reportedly Mary

Arrival Year 1637

Arrival Place New Haven, Connecticut

Source Publication Code 1936

Primary Immigrant Malbon, Richard

Annotation Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151.