John V. Perry (1753 - 1849)

Born 22 Jun 1753 in Dutchess County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Ross — married 1774 in Wilton, Saratoga County, Colonial New York

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1849 at age 95 in Junius, Seneca County, New York, USA

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Biography

Private John Perry served with 6th Regiment, Dutchess County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

John Perry was born about 1754 (certainly before 1765), probably in Dutchess County, New York. He was the son of Rowland Perry and Beulah (Kellogg) Perry.

During the American Revolution, John Perry served as a Private in the New York Militia. Specifically, John Perry served as a Private in the Sixth Regiment of Dutchess County, New York Militia under the command of Col. Morris Graham, Col. Roswell Hopkins, and Lt. Col. Jacob Griffin.

As part of the Sixth Regiment he may have been one of the Green Mountain Boys who helped Ethan Allan and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga.

During the late 1780s, the Perry family decided to move to Saratoga County, New York. John's family were among the first settlers of the town of Day, Saratoga County, New York.

Saratoga County is next door to Rensselaer County, New York, which is named in honor of Col. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717 - 1781), a Dutch diamond and pearl merchant from Amsterdam who bought the land and established one of the first "patroonships" of the Dutch New Netherlands. Van Rensselaer was one of the chief proponents of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions that attracted many settlers to his farming community, and made him a local hero.

John's father Rowland Perry appears on the 1790 U.S. Census for Saratoga County, New York, with seven children. John is the third-eldest

John married Rebecca Ross ca. 1776, and they settled in Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, after the war, during the 1780s. This suggests they were settling on bounty land, land awarded to veterans of the war, but the land, bounty and claim records still need to be located.

John and Rebecca Perry had 12 children. They named their eldest son Van Rensselaer Perry, and from this we gather that they were admirers of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, possibly business partners.

Ruth Rosengarten lists all twelve children on pages 69-70 of her book on Perry family history, cited below. This list has been summarized and very neatly outlined by Tim Dowling at Geneanet.org as follows:

1. Van Rensselaer Perry, b. 1775, who married Rebecca Carr. They had eleven children.
2. Dorcus Perry, b. 1777 who married in 1798 to Isaac Myers (1773 - ) in Niagara County, New York.
3. John Perry, b. 1780, who married to Rebecca King (1777-1858)
4. Elizabeth Perry, b. 1782, who married in 1803 to Ziba Arnold (1778- ) at Saratoga County, New York
5. Sarah Perry, b. 1784, who married in 1805, to Solomon Webster (1780- ) at Saratoga County, New York
6. Simon Perry, b. 1787
7. Rebecca Perry, b. 1789, who married in 1810 to Stephen Arnold (1785- ) at Saratoga County, New York
8. Catherine Perry, b. 1791, who married in 1812 to Milen Craw (1787- ) at Saratoga County, New York
9. Thomas Perry, b. 1793
10. Rosanna Perry (1795-1859) who married in 1816 to Richmond Carr (1791-) at Dutchess County, New York
11. Chloe Perry, b. 1797, who married in 1818 to Ebenezer Webster (1793- ) at Dutchess County, New York
12. Polly Perry, b. 1799, who married to William Caldwell (1795- ).

SOURCES

John V. Perry (1753 - 1849) Fact Page - Jackson Family Tree - Ancestry.com Family Tree Collection

Day, New York - Wikipedia

Day, Saratoga County, New York Genealogy - Wiki Page - FamilySearch.org

Dowling, Tim. John Perry Family Tree, Geneanet.com

"John Perry (1760 - 1848)" Fact Page, Ancestry.com

New York in the American Revolution - WikiTree Page

New York State Comptroller's Office. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. (Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon & Co., 1904) Vol. 1 A Compilation of Documents and Records. "The Militia - Dutchess County Sixth Regiment" pp. 144 - 147.

• See 6th Regiment Dutchess County New York Militia - AmercianWars.org
• See a downloadable PDF listing of the Sixth Regiment's muster roll at this link. John Perry is listed along with James Perry, Obadiah Perry and Samuel Perry.

Paltsis, Victor Hugo. ed. Minutes of the Commissioners for detecting and defeating conspiracies in the state of New York : Albany county sessions, 1778-1781. John is mentioned in Vol. 3, the analytical index.

Rosengarten, Ruth Vesta Pope Werner. Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants in Saratoga County, New York. (Washington, D.C., 1955). Availabe at Archive.org as a free download. See Part II Section III The Descendants of Rowland Perry, p. 58 and ff. for a list of the children of Rowland Perry and Beulah Kellogg, including John Perry on p. 61. See also "John and Rebecca (Ross) Perry" on pp. 66-67.

Smith, James H., Hume H. Cale and William E. Roscoe. History of Duchess County New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Co., 1882). Free at Archive.org. A list of the Medical Society of Duchess County New York mentions John Perry and John Perry Jr. on p. 111.

Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Saratoga County New York: Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. (Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1878). Page 469 mentions John Perry as a soldier in the American Revolution. See also: Ch. XX Military Rolls, p. 90 and following.

Wilton, New York - Wikipedia

American Revolution

John Perry served as a Private in the Dutchess County, New York Sixth Regiment of Militia under the command of Col. Morris Graham, Col. Roswell Hopkins, and Lt. Col. Jacob Griffin.

John Perry in the New York Military in the Revolution

• Name: John Perry
• Military Place: Dutchess, New York, USA
• Regiment: Sixth Regiment
• Rank: Enlisted Men

Source Citation Dutchess County Militia -- Sixth Regiment

Source Information Ancestry.com. New York Military in the Revolution [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.

Original data: Electronic reproduction of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II, originally published in 1897.

Description Military records for men who served from New York in the Revolutionary War

Marriage Record

John Perry in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

• Name: John Perry
• Birth Date: 1760
• Birthplace: New York
• Volume: 135
• Page Number: 74

Reference: Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the Province of NY previous to 1784. Albany, 1860. (480p.): 297

Source Information Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Description This database contains millions of records of people whose names have appeared in printed genealogical records and family histories. With data from sources largely from the last century, each entry contains the person's complete name, the year of the biography's publication, the person's state of birth (if known), abbreviated biographical data, and the book and page number of the original reference

1790 U.S. Census [Saratoga, Albany, New York]

John Perry in the 1790 United States Federal Census

• Name John Perry
• Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Saratoga, Albany, New York
• Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 3
• Free White Persons - Females 5
• Number of Household Members 9

Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Saratoga, Albany, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 329; Family History Library Film: 0568146

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1800 U.S. Census [Northumberland, Saratoga, New York]

John Perrey in the 1800 United States Federal Census

• Name John Perrey
• Home in 1800 (City, County, State) Northumberland, Saratoga, New York
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2
• Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15 2
• Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 4
• Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
• Number of Household Members Under 16 8
• Number of Household Members Over 25 2
• Number of Household Members 10

Source Citation Year: 1800; Census Place: Northumberland, Saratoga, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 27; Page: 1132; Image: 108; Family History Library Film: 193715

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).

1810 U.S. Census [Northumberland, Saratoga, New York]

John Perry in the 1810 United States Federal Census

• Name John Perry
• Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
• Residence Place Northumberland, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 3
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
• Number of Household Members Under 16 7
• Number of Household Members Over 25 4
• Number of Household Members 12

Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Northumberland, Saratoga, New York; Roll: 35; Page: 782; Image: Nym252_35-0248; FHL Roll: 0181389

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1810 U.S. Census [Ovid, Seneca, New York]

John Perry in the 1810 United States Federal Census

• Name John Perry
• Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
• Residence Place Ovid, Seneca, New York, USA
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2
• Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 3
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 3
• Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
• Number of Household Members Under 16 7
• Number of Household Members Over 25 2
• Number of Household Members 12

Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Ovid, Seneca, New York; Roll: 36; Page: 271; Image: Nym252_36-0163; FHL Roll: 0181390

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1820 U.S. Census [Junius, Seneca, New York]

John Perry in the 1820 United States Federal Census

• Name: John Perry
• Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Junius , Seneca , New York
• Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
• Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
• Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
• Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
• Total Free White Persons: 4
• Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4

Source Citation 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Junius, Seneca, New York; Page: 398; NARA Roll: M33_75; Image: 111

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Description This database details those persons enumerated in the 1820 United States Federal Census, the Fourth Census of the United States.

1830 U.S. Census [Seneca Falls, New York]

John Perry in the 1830 United States Federal Census

• Name: John Perry
• Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York
• Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
• Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 2
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
• Total Free White Persons: 13
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 13

Source Citation 1830; Census Place: Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 109; Page: 24; Family History Library Film: 0017169

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1830 U.S. Census [Wilton, Saratoga, New York]

John F W Perry in the 1830 United States Federal Census

• Name: John F W Perry
• Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Wilton , Saratoga , New York
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
• Total Free White Persons: 3
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

Source Citation 1830; Census Place: Wilton, Saratoga, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 108; Page: 257; Family History Library Film: 0017168

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Description This database details those persons enumerated in the 1830 United States Federal Census, the Fifth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1830 Federal Census.

1833 American Revolution Pension Application

John Perry in the New York Pensioners, 1835

• Name: John Perry
• Rank: Private
• County: Yates Co.
• Annual Allowance: 30 00
• Sums received: 75 00
• Description of service: New York militia
• When placed on the pension roll: 9 Jul 1833
• Commencement of pension: 4 Mar 1831

Source Information Ancestry.com. New York Pensioners, 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.

Original data: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.

Description New York soldiers covered under various pension acts during the early nineteenth century

1841 Pensioners List

John Perry in the New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920

• Name: John Perry
• Birth Date: Abt 1761
• Birth Place: New York, United States

Source Citation The 1841 Pensioners List, New York State - Excerpts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Page Number: 458

Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Original data: For individual sources please see the source information listed with each record. Many of the source documents are available in the Genealogical Research Library collection or at the Family History Library.

Description This database is a comprehensive index of more than 600,000 individuals who are found in various New York records between 1675 and 1920 in the United States. Some of the records used to compile this index include passenger lists, land records, city directories, and census records

15 September 1848 Probate Record

John Perry in the New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999

• Name: John Perry
• Probate Date: 15 Sep 1848
• Probate Place: Seneca, New York, USA
• Inferred Death Year: Abt 1848
• Inferred Death Place: New York, USA
• Item Description: Minutes, Orders, Decrees, Vol A1-0004, 1830-1849

Source Citation Probate Records; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Seneca County); Probate Place: Seneca, New York

Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts.

Description These probates from the state of New York, 1659-1999, can bequeath a wealth of personal details on the decedent and other family members