Joseph Perry (abt. 1676 - 1753)

Born about 1676 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Clugstone) Edwards — married 1718 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1753 at about age 77 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Joseph Perry was born in 1676 in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was the son of Nathaniel Perry and Esther Lyon.

In 1705, Joseph bought Perry's Mill from the town and built a dam there. The property has been in the family until at least 1882. He had other property in Fairfield and was considered "an important personage." The house he build in Fairfield

He first married Sarah Buckley (1680–1710), daughter of John Buckley, about 1708- they had no children.

He then married Deborah Burr Whelpley (1680–1718), widow of Joseph Whelpley, daughter of Daniel Burr, about 1710. He and Deborah had:

Abigail (bap 8 February 1710/11 - 1777) m. Joseph Wheeler

Esther (bap. 15 June 1712) m. Commodore John Cannon

Joseph (bap. 20 September 1713 - 20 August 1753)

Daniel (bap. 29 January 1715/6 - 1742)

Nathaniel (bap 16 March 1718 - 2 July 1798)m. Mary Osborn

He last married Mary Clugstone (1698-8 November 1773), daughter of Michael Clugstone and Mary Wakeman in 1718.

They had, all baptised in Fairfield:

Samuel (15 May 1719 - 1 Jun 1796)

Michael or Micah (1721 - 10 Sep 1797) m. Grace Sturgis

Mary (1725 - 3 Jan 1807) m. Gershom Banks

Sarah (1728 - 27 Dec 1798) m. Nathan Bulkley

Esther (b.about 1732 - before 1773)

Peter (b. about 1738 - before 1773)

Ebenezer (bef 9 Apr 1738 - 26 Apr 1804) m, Martha Sherwood.

Joseph (1741–1743)

Sarah (1744–1826)

Joseph (b. 1748–before 1773)

He died 9 August 1753. His will was dated 15 March 1753 and proven 7 September 1753 leaving sums of money to Abigail, Mary, Esther, Sarah and land to his 6 sons. His inventory was taken on 19 September 1753. Included in the inventory is an enslaved black woman and an enslaved black girl. Their names are not recorded.^[1]

He is buried in the Ye Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, next to two unmarked graves, assumed to be his first two wives.

Mary died one day shy of twenty years later. She would marry Thomas Edmunds.

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YLTQ : 24 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 15-17, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 11, 1754-1757, Page 11-15.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #9069350
• DONOVAN, DK. [http://www.dkdonovan.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F23786&tree=Main JosephPerry/Mary Clugstone.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) Vol. 2, Part 1, page 321
• [ Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 295
• HATCHER. Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
• JACOBUS, Donald Lines.History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Clearfield Company, Inc., p. p. 473-4. Source of birth, mill purchase, wives, children, death, and will.
• JOHNSON, Louise Lyon. "Lyon Memorial: Families of Connecticut and New Jersey, including records of of the descendants of the immigrants, Richard Lyon, of Fairfield" W. Graham Printing Company, 1907, p. 254.
• PERRY, Kate E. Old Burying Ground of Fairfield p.71-2. Source of marriages, father and grandfather, and information about Perry's Mill.
• SANFORD, David. American Heritage Families No revealed soirces.

...I give into my daughter Hester Perry 4 pounds fully for her to dispose and I give unto my son-lin-law Nathaniel Perry is son Joseph Perry my grandson 3 pounds, and unto my son-in-law Nathaniel Perry I give 3 pounds in carting and plowing as he has ocation. I give unto my wife Margaret Lyon whom I hereby make my executrix, of this my last will, I say I give her 3 score pounds out of my estate and the use of the house I now live in and the barn and the homelot....13 April 1678.

• Waldo, George Curtis, Jr., History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (S.J. Clarke, New York, 1917) Vol.2, Page 320: "He was a wheelwrigth by trade."
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications

Peter Perry

Membership 70518

Grandson of Joseph Perry and Deborah Whelpley

Joseph Perry

Death Date 20 Aug 1753

Death Place Fairfield, Connecticut

also

Marriage of Abigail to Joseph Wheeler 10 Sept 1729 p. 20

Marriage of Daniel to Mary Sturgis 8 Oct 1740. to Sarah Willson 1 January 1747 p. 53

Marriage of Ebenezer to Martha Sherwood 24 Dec 1760 p. 254

Marriage of Joseph to Sarah Bulkley 11 Nov 1736 p. 142

Marriage of Mary to Gershom Banks Jan 1751 p.127

Marriage of Nathaniel to Mary Osborn 4 Nov 1750 p. 45

Marriage of Sarah to Nathan Buckley 15 April 1756 b. 30 January 1727 p. 232

• Connecticut Death and Burials
• Thatcher Genealogy, p. 328. spelled Clugstone, Cluckstone. Other details match other sources.

• Connecticut Town Records Barbour Collection, p, 100

Daniel s Joseph m Mary Sturges d Peter Oct 8 1740 Eben*r s Joseph m Mary Sherwood d Daniel December 24 1760 Joseph s Joseph m.Mary Bulkley d Peter Nov 11 1736 p101 Nath*l s Joseph m Mary Osborn d.Cap. John Nov 5 1740 Sarah d Joseph m Nathan Buckley d Joseph Apr 15 1776

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9069350/joseph-perry: accessed 07 August 2023), memorial page for Joseph Perry (1676–9 Aug 1753), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9069350, citing Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).