Moses Perry 1st. (1714 - 1801)

Born 20 Dec 1714 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Ellis) Perry — married 10 Nov 1743 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, New England.

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1801 at age 86 in Rockville, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Moses Perry was born December 20, 1714, the son of Samuel Perry and Sarah Leonard of Sandwich, Mass^{[1] [2] [3] [4]},

On November 10th 1743, he married Eleanor Ellis, daughter of Gideon^{[5] [3] [4] [6]} , and their children included:

1. Prince, born November 3, 1744 in Sandwich, who married Mercy Cobb and Elizabeth Gross ^{[3] [4]}
2. Rebecca, born March 19, 1748, who married Philip Ellis, the son of Benjamin November 20, 1771 ^{[3] [4]}, and who died in 1829^[6]
3. Sarah, born May 27, 1750 ^{[3] [4]}, who married Capt. Alexander Bain 1st on December 12, 1774, and who died in 1801^[6]
4. Moses, born August 30, 1752, who died before 1761 ^{[3] [4]}
5. Thomas, born May 4, 1755 ^{[3] [4]}, who married Elizabeth Trask, daughter of Ellas Trask 1st, on August 27, 1778, and who died in May 1803^[6]
6. Joseph, born November 7, 1756 ^{[3] [4]}
7. Nathaniel, born June 24, 1759 ^{[3] [4]}, who married Lydia Tinkham, daughter of Edward on May 3, 1787, and then married Sarah Dennis, daughter of Capt. Ambrose on May 1, 1796^[6]
8. Anna, born September 27, 1762, the first child to be born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia^[4], who married Capt. Silas Clements, son of Capt John on December 21, 1784, and who died Jan 14, 1846 ^{[3] [6]}
9. Elisha, born 1765^[4], who married Sarah Perry of Cape Negro on May 1, 1788, and who died April 22, 1828 ^{[3] [6]}
10. Levi, born 1766^[4], who married Susanna Magray, daughter of Capt. John on May 22, 1792 ^{[3] [6]}

Moses Perry sailed the first settlers ("the little schooner Pompey") into Chebogue Harbor on Tue. 9 June 1761, and established the settlement of Yarmouth, NS with his family and those of Sealed Landers and Ebenezer Ellis^{[7] [8] [6] [9] [3]}

Moses Perry died November 13, 1811, at age 87 ^{[3] [4] [6]}, and was buried in Chebogue Cemetery in Rockville^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich Volume 1, page 96 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states: Moses Perry the son of Samuel Perry Jur. & Sarah his wife was Born the 20th Day of December Anno Domini 1714
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume William Brewster, MFIP Patience, pages 15-17, listing for Samuel Perry. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Ezra Perry of Sandwich Mass, published in Volume 115, page 271 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12} Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton,"Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), This open source shows information that may be otherwise behind a paywall. See Volume Vol. 39 (Palmer to Perry), page 124 for Samuel Perry, son of Ezra, and page 113 for Moses
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich Volume 1, page 155 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states November 10th 1743 Then Moses Perry & Ellenor Ellis both of Sandwich were Married by Mr Benjamin Fessenden Minister at Sandwich
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 527
7. ↑ A history of the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by Campbell, J. R. (John Roy), 1841-1928; Publication date 1876; Publisher Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan
8. ↑ Brown, George S., Nova Scotia, A Sequel to Campbell's History, Rand Avery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1888.
9. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838; Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795; showing Moses Perry; Yarnouth, Yarmouth County — 1793; Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444½ no. 18
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #70582060