Born 15 Oct 1618 in Filby, Norfolk, England

Wife of William Perry — married about 1640 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

Descendants

Died before 16 Jan 1692 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Susanna (Carver) Perry migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Susanna Carver, and her twin sister Elizabeth, were baptized at Filby, Norfolk, England on October 15, 1618, daughter of Richard and Margaret (Skurrie) Carver. Her mother Margaret was buried in November, 1618, shortly after their births.^[1]

Susanna traveled to New England with her father Richard and his then wife Grace (Walker), and twin sister Elizabeth.^[1] They registered for passage from Ipswich England on the John and Dorethey, master William Andrewes in April 11, 1637, as follows:

Richard Carvear, of Skratby, c. Suffolk, husbandman aged 60 years

Grace, his wife, aged 40 years

Elizabeth, aged 18 years

Susanna, aged 18 years, being twins^[2]

The family settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. Richard Carver's will, written December 18, 1638 and proved September 9, 1641, names his wife Grace and daughters Susanna and Elizabeth Carver.^[1]

Susanna's step-mother Grace (Walker) Carver, remarried in New England to Micheal Barstow,^[1] and in his will of June, 1674, Michael Barstow left bequests to Elizabeth, wife of William Randall, and Susan, wife of William Perry, of Marshfield Colony.^[3]

Susanna married William Perry, of Marshfield, Massachusetts c1640.^[1]

• 1644/5: January 16: William Perry of Scituate posted bond for his wife Susanna who was to appear in the General Court for 'spoiling and defiling the water at Scituate.^[4]

William Perry Sr, of Marshfield, died by January 16, 1692/3 when the inventory of his estate was taken.^[4] There were debts due from the estate to both sons Thomas Perry and William Perry Jr. for 'expenses about their father and mother' as well as debts due to eldest son Thomas for funeral expenses for his father and mother, so Susanna had died by this time as well.^[4][5]

Children

1. Thomas born c 1645; died at Rehoboth in 1719; married Susanna Whiston at Scituate on May 2, 1671.^[4]
2. Joseph Perry (Died unmarried) (-25 Mar 1676)
3. John Perry (Died unmarried) (-25 Mar 1676)
4. William born c 1655; married Elizabeth Lobdell at Scituate on May 31, 1681; his will was written in February, 1715/6 and submitted to probate on April 2, 1716.^[4]
5. Henry born c 1658; married first Susanna (___) ; married second widow Mary (___) Pratt on November 26, 1700; married third widow Mary (Peirce) Sanders at Pembroke on January 7, 1724/5. His will was written on March 29, 1733 and probated on September 13, 1734.^[4][6]

Note: Two sons, Joseph Perry and John Perry, were killed at Pawtucket on March 25/26, 1676 in King Philip's War.^[4][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson, Robert C. The Wives of Michael Barstow and Richard Carver of Watertown, Massachusetts, and The Identity of the Wives of William Randall of Scituate and William Perry of Marshfield, in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 146, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992, p. 230-4
2. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874 p. 289-91
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 p. 172 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Dreger, Alice H. William Perry of Scituate and Marshfield, Massachusetts in: The American Genealogist, Volume 70, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 42-48 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
5. ↑ Case 15735: p. 1-8: Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ Pane-Joyce Genealogy Children of William Perry and Susanna Carver
7. ↑ The American Genealogist, Volume 60, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984 p. 240 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)

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