Nathaniel Perry (abt. 1728 - 1790)

Born about 1728 in Nansemond, Virginia

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Died 25 Aug 1790 at about age 62 in Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel was born about 1728.

The Seven Perry brothers were:

Joshua (1725 - After 11 Sep 1792)

William (1726 - 1803)

John (about 1727 - After 15 Mar 1796)

Nathaniel (About 1728 - 25 Aug 1790)

Francis (1 Jul 1730 - 10 Nov 1813)

Jeremiah ( 31 Mar 1731 - 16 Oct 1777)

Burwell (About 1735 - About 1801)

Six of these brothers appeared on the muster rolls of Colonel William Eaton's Regiment, Captain Osbourne Jeffrey's Company on October 8, 1754. Burwell's name does not appear on the muster roll, and it is presumed that he was too young for military service.^[1]

The Perrys

The Perrys of Franklin County, N.C., are of English descent. It is their tradition the family came from Nansemond County, Va., and that there were seven brothers, who settled in Granville County about 1746. They are a reserved, proud race of people. They left Virginia as they were displeased at their father’s second marriage. However, the Perrys followed the old English custom of inheritance of the eldest son, and it is tradition an elder son remained in Virginia. The names of these brothers were:

Jeremiah Perry

John Perry

Francis Perry

Joshua Perry

Nathaniel Perry

William Perry

Burwell Perry.

The Perrys were Royalists, and, with few exceptions, did not fight on the American side during the Revolution. However, they were distinctly military, serving prior and enlisting immediately after the Revolution. Six of these brothers’ names may be found in the must roll of Col. William Easton’s regiment, under Capt. Osbourne Jeffrey’s command, October 8, 1754. These were: Jeremiah Perry, John Perry, William Perry, Francis Perry, Joshua Perry, and Nathaniel Perry. These troops of 1754, raised to repel the Indian and French invasion, were the first troops raised by any Colony for service outside of its own borders.

Jeremiah Perry is known to have had a son, Jeremiah Perry, as he sold one of the grants inherited from his father to his uncle, Burwell Perry, which is still in possession of the family.
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Nathaniel passed away in 1790.

Nathaniel Perry's Will

“By the Grace of God Amen. I NATHANIEL PERRY being in a low state of health but of sound mind and memory having principally in view a short continuance in the world therefore having desire to settle and regulate all the whole of my temporal affairs before I go ____ do hereby make and ordain this my last will & testament whereby I convey and distribute all and the whole of temporal property as followeth.

Item. I give and bequeath unto SARAH TAYLOR a certain parcel of land lying on the south side of the flat rock craig bounds as follows beginning at the...{description of boundaries}... for a quiet possession during her life or the space of twenty years at the expiration of which the sd land is to fall into possession of my GRANDSON NATH’L PERRY THE SON OF DRURY PERRY. Further I directly prohibit the sd Sarah Taylor from cutting or cultivating the sd land by any person or persons whatever more that’s herself and her children.

Item. I give and bequeath to SOLOMON TAYLOR one Rone mare by the name of long hoof and the first mare colt brought by the sd mare to his brother ABRAHAM TAYLOR also one red heifer with a white spot in her flank one red sow and ___ one small iron pot one large pewter dish to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to Abraham Taylor one black heifer with a white face one spotted sow olive ___ one pewter dish to him his heirs & assigns forever what articles to be committed to the care of their mother Sarah Taylor and to be conveyed to them when come to age.

Item. I give and bequeath to my SON EPHRAIM PERRY two hundred acres land lying on the south side crooked creek and bounded as follows beginning at {description of boundaries}...

Item. I give and bequeath to my GRANDSON NATHAN SANDERS two hundred acres of land more or less lying on the east side of the great Branch and bounded as follows {description}...

Item. I give and bequeath to my GRANDSON NATHANIEL PERRY SON OF DRURY PERRY all the rest of my land including the manor plantation whereon I now live to him his heirs and assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to NATHANIEL PERRY MUNRY one red & white spotted cow to him his heirs & assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to Sarah Taylor one cotton ___ cotton ___ one small chest one half barrel corn five midlin bacon & the fourth part of the corn cotton and flax that is now in the plantation growing to her her heirs and assigns forever.

All the rest and residue of my estate to be equally divided among all my children in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of August 1790 the whole of which I ___ in the case of my belov’d SONS EPHRAIM PERRY & DRURY PERRY whom I ordain as my joint executors.

Nathaniel Perry {seal}

Signed & sealed in presence of

Name is Illegible

Nathaniel Sanders^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Roots, The Vines, The Branches by Mary Jo Perry (Polly) Logan
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/lineageandtradi00hendgoog/page/n148/mode/2up
3. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Franklin Wills and Inventories, Book A-B, 1785-1804, pp. 71-72: Will of Nathaniel Perry, written 25 August 1790, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/004755059_00104

• "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-VTB : Thu Oct 05 23:13:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathl Perry, 1790.
• "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JG9P-21?cc=1867501&wc=32LV-3TG%3A169768401%2C170875301 : 21 May 2014), Franklin > Wills, Inventories, 1785-1797, Vol. A > image 100 of 390; county courthouses, North Carolina.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZGR-1SS
• https://perry-dna.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-7-Perry-Brothers-Granville-Co-NC-Revised2016.pdf#:~:text=Oral%20tradition%20holds%20that%20the%20seven%20Perry%20brothers,is%20documentation%201Old%20Granville%20Co.%20was%20later%20divided.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Perry-1399 created through the import of most.recent.ged on Jul 23, 2011 by Norman Perry.
• First-hand information as remembered by Norman Perry, Saturday, June 28, 2014.