Silvanus Perry
- Born: 25 Apr 1766, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 70,139,410
- Marriage: Abigail Gibbs about 1789 139,314
- Died: 18 Jan 1845, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA at age 78 70,139,410
General Notes:
SILVANUS5 PERRY (John,4 Elijah,3 John,2 Ezra1), born 25 April 1766, died in Sandwich, Mass., 18 Jan. 1845 "aet. 79 yrs." (Freeman's History of Cape Cod, vol. 2, p. 154; Tbomas C. Perry, Note Book, p. 56). He married about 1789 ABIGAIL GIBBS, born in Sandwich about 1767, died there 5 Feb. 1845 (Sandwich Church records show "Abigail Perry d. 5 Feb. 1845, born in Sandwich, wife of Silvanus, d. aged 77 yrs., 9 mos.;" Thomas C. Perry, Note Book, p. 56, quotes "Miller John" Perry's Bible: Silvanus Perry's "wife Abigail Gibbs d. Feb. 11, 1845").
His father's will, dated 12 Feb. 1805, gives this son one-third the real estate, including the land "with house and barn he lives on;" one-third the personal estate and makes him co-executor. Silvanus died testate, leaving all real property to his son Heman.
The records of Sandwich First Church show that "Abigail wife of Silvanus Perry" was there baptized 6 Oct. 1805 and that "Jerusha, Phineas, Hannah and Abigail Gibbs Perry," children "of Silvanus and Abigail" were baptized 17 Nov. 1805. [Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1625-1689), By Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson, of Buzzard's Bay, Mass., and Maclean W. McLean, of Pittsburgh, Pa., NEHGS 115 (1960)]
Silvanus married Abigail Gibbs, daughter of John Gibbs and Jerusha Thatcher, about 1789 139.,314 (Abigail Gibbs was born about 1767 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 139,314, christened on 6 Oct 1805 in Sandwich First Church, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 139 and died on 5 Feb 1845 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 139,314.)
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