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Matthew C. Perry

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Benjamin Perry

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• • Great-grandfather of Matthew C. Perry — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Edward Perry 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Freeman   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1677 
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  • ABT 1742 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Susannah Barber
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Oct 1727 
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  Freeman Perry (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Benjamin Perry

  • ¹ The Rhode Island Historical Magazine (Formerly the Newport Historical Magazine), 1884, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 30.
  • ² The Rhode Island Historical Magazine (Formerly the Newport Historical Magazine), 1885, Vol. 5, No. 4, p. 322.
  • ³ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1696.
  • ⁴ Davenport, Charles Benedict, Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development, Washington, D.C.: The Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919), 168.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 13, 474.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 615.
  • ⁷ Robinson, Caroline E., The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894: Being a Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Thomas Hazard . . ., Boston: Printed for the Author (1896), 62.