Josiah Perry
- Born: 19 Dec 1735, Wrentham, Norfolk, MA 139
- Marriage (1): Mary Hartshorne on 21 Apr 1763 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA 139
- Marriage (2): Mary Brown after 1790 139
- Died: Bef 24 Dec 1815, Dudley, Worcester, MA 139
General Notes:
JOSIAH4 PERRY (Abner,3 Benjamin,2 Ezra1), born about 1735, died testate, in Dudley, Mass., after 8 April and before 27 Dec. 1815. He married first, in Walpole, Mass., 21 April 1763, MARY HARTSHORNE (Wrentham Vital Records); and secondly, probably after 1790, MARY BROWN, born in Holliston, Mass., 10 Oct. 1757, died in Thompson, Conn., 15 Sept. 1849 "aet. 92 yrs. 11 mo., 5 days," daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Twitchell) Brown.
The will of "Josiah Perry of Dudley in the County of Worcester, gentleman," dated 8 April 1815, names his "beloved wife Mary Perry," to whom he gives "all her household furniture she brought with her" and a generous portion of his estate. He gives "unto my two sons Josiah and Richard" one dollar each in addition to "what they have had." To his "five daughters: viz. Molly, Phebe, Roxa, Hannah and Zilpah," household furniture, and one Bible each. To "my son Joseph Hartshorn, Sixty dollars. To my granddaughter Mary Cooper ... to my grandson Josiah Perry son of Rowland Perry ... to my son Rowland Perry $30," in addition. All residue to "my son Eliphaz Perry" both real and personal. Signed Josiah Perry. Witnesses: Jepthah Bacon, Ephraim Upham. Sworn 27 Dec. 1815 (Worcester County Probate, vol. 46, p. 559, File Series A 46151).
[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)]
Noted events in his life were:
• Will, 8 Apr 1815, Dudley, Worcester, MA. 139
Josiah married Mary Hartshorne on 21 Apr 1763 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA.139
Josiah next married Mary Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown and Lydia Twitchell, after 1790.139 (Mary Brown was born on 10 Oct 1757 in Holliston, Worcester, MA 139 and died on 15 Sep 1849 in Thompson, Windham, CT 139.)
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