Ancestry of
Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

Maria Schaefer Bennett

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• • Grandmother of Matthew Perry — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Ralph Stone Bennett 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Hannah Schaefer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Aug 1909 
  • Birth Location:
  • Homer, Cortland, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Sep 1971 
  • Death Location:
  • North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alton Lawrence Ulric Perry
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Sep 1933 
  • Marriage Location:
  • First Presbyterian Church, Courtland, Courtland Co., New York 
  • Child:

  John Bennett Perry (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Twin

• Sources for Maria Schaefer Bennett

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Berkshire County, 1950, Williamstown, E.D. 2-184, Sheet 10, Image 11 of 65.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Cortland County, 1910, Homer, E.D. 128, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 25.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/23/2025).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth record for son John Bennett Perry.
  • ⁵ North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts), 24 SEP 1971, p. 20, Obituary for Maria (Bennett) Perry.
  • ⁶ Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), 02 SEP 1933, p. 12, Wedding of Alton Lawrence Perry and Maria Schaefer Bennett.
  • ⁷ The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts), 17 SEP 1956, p. 13, Obituary for father Ralph Stone Bennett.
  • ⁸ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People . . ., Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 1446, gives incorrect birth year for Maria.