Perry Family of Hertford County NC

First Generation

In 1693, John Perry, son of Phillip deceased, conveyed a tract of land in Isle of Wight Co. to Col. Joseph Bridger.

The text goes on (pp. 21-24) with a catalogue of deed transactions, but doesn't make all the relationships clear. On p. 23, however, is the statement, "Several of the children of Philip Perry Sr. of Isle of Wight County Va. and several of his brothers moved to Perquimans County [NC]."

Philip's son John was born in England and died in Chowan Co. NC in 1724. His wife's name was Mary.

Second Generation

Third Generation

There were probably other children, but the Winborne book is confusing in this section, jumping from one descendant of Phillip to another, and it's difficult to tell which children belong to which parents.

Deed and tax records place Benjamin and Susan in Perquimans Co. NC by 1727.

I found Ezekiel's birthdate on line as about 1755, but the Winborne book states that his son Abner served in the Revolution for three years and was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. This would put Abner's birth no later than the early 1760s, and Ezekiel's probably in the 1720s or 1730s.

Fourth Generation

Ezekiel and Sarah moved to Hertford County before the Revolutionary War and settled near St. Johns Chapel.

The Winborne book names these five children, and says that there were others. It does not mention Simeon's marriage to Winefred Benn. It states that Docton and Abram lived in Bertie County, and that Abner, Susannah and Simion [sic] lived in Hertford. It provides much more detail on Abner's children.

Files on WorldConnect give Simeon's birthdate as 1802, which cannot possibly be true if he's the son of Ezekiel and Sarah, and had a grandson born in 1800. The LDS Ancestral File is cited. Could 1802 be Simeon's death rather than birth date?

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

Seventh Generation

William J. Perry served as a magistrate ad Public Register in Hertford County.

Dates for all but George T., and wives of William and Romulus, from Sally's Family Place web site (see Sources, below)

Eighth Generation

This list is based primariy on the 1900 census.

Family information sent by Jo Ann Williford indicates that Missouri Brown had a previous marriage to a man named Hoggard, with whom she had three daughters, and that she had six sons with George Perry. One of the Hoggard daughters apparently died in childhood, prior to 1880, when George and Missouri Perry are listed with two children, Jesse age 3 and W.E. age 1, plus two Hoggard girls, Theodosia and Isadora.

In 1900 Missouri is head of household, listed as Mary, a widow, and says that she has had 9 children of whom 7 are living. The oldest child in the household in 1900 is Sarah D., age 29, who I suspect may be Isadora Hoggard, since there were no Perry daughters, and this age matches Isadora of the 1880 census.

I haven't found Missouri and her Hoggard family in 1870 yet, nor have I found a record of her first marriage. Death certificates for Walter Edgar and James David Perry confirm her name as Missouri. At one point I thought she might be the same person as Mary Mizell Brown who married David Hoggard in 1867, Bertie County, but they seem to be present as a couple in 1880, by which time Missouri is married to George Perry. Can anyone identify her Hoggard husband? And does anyone know what happened to the two Hoggard girls?

Sources

I also took some information several years ago from a WorldConnect page by Joy Roos that no longer seems to be available.

Sally's Family Place web site.
I discovered this excellent site after uploading the first version of this page, and am still working through it. It contains lots of primary data such as deeds and tax records.