Joseph Charles Perry (1675 - 1716)

Born 1675 in Calvert, Maryland

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Anderson — married 1699 (to 1 Oct 1716) in Maryland

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1716 at about age 41 in Prince George's, Maryland

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Biography

Joseph Perry walks onto the pages of recorded history on 30 September 1696 when John Forrest reported he had paid him £2 pound for making the coffin for Philip Larrance of Prince George's County, Maryland.^[1] On 15 February 1700 Joseph purchased 173 acres in Prince George's County.^[2]

Joseph married Mrs. Elizabeth Forrest, the widow of John, about the year 1699.^[3]

Joseph was a carpenter.^[4]

Joseph died before 17 October 1716 when his widow, Elizabeth, qualified as the administratrix of his estate.^[5]

Research Notes

Digital images of some of the documents listed as sources for the biography above may be found at Family Search Joseph Perry

The birth year and place for Joseph is a guess with no supporting documentation.

The parentage of Joseph is unknown. There are no sources to support the parents on Wikitree and there are no sources to support the two different sets of parents given on FamilySearch. Not being a Perry family expert, I have not unlinked the multiple parents other researchers have given Joseph.

There is no primary source document that gives Joseph the middle name Charles. This seems to be a researcher's way to indicate Joseph was the son of Charles, which is unproven.

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland Inventories and Accounts 14:62
2. ↑ Prince George’s County Deed book C, pages 2-3, 20 Feb. 1700 - Thomas Brooks & his wife, Barbara, conveyed a tract of 173 acres to Joseph Perry, carpenter, in Prince George's Co., Maryland. It consisted of 109 acres of "Brookfield" and 64 acres of "Addition to Brookfield."
3. ↑ Actually between 29 June 1698 and June 1700 when she appeared in Prince George's County Court to bind out two of her sons by John Forrest. In the later record she appeared as Elizabeth Perry
4. ↑ Prince George’s County Deed book C, pages 2-3, 20 Feb. 1700 - Thomas Brooks & his wife, Barbara, conveyed a tract of 173 acres to Joseph Perry, carpenter, in Prince George's Co., Maryland. It consisted of 109 acres of "Brookfield" and 64 acres of "Addition to Brookfield."
5. ↑ Maryland Prince George's County Administrators Bonds Book 1 page 104

• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties by Mike Marshall Joseph Perry

• "The Perry Families, Primarily of Montgomery & Frederick Counties, Maryland," William Neal Hurley, Jr., Heritage Books, Inc., P. 19.