Fathers side of the family
My ancestors lived in a number of parishes to the north, west and east of Colchester Essex,. Including
Copford, Fordham, Stanway, Lexden, Aldham, West Bergholt, the Colnes, the Teys, Great and Little Horksley, Greenstead, Chapel and Abberford.
A few were in Colchester Town parishes.
At present I am back to my 8th. great grandfather, a Thomas Pery who had a wife? Ann and
their children were
Ann Pery baptised 18th. September 1628. Thomas Pery baptised 22nd. April 1630. John Pery baptised 24th. November 1631.
who became my 7th.great-grandfather and subsequently married a Hannah. All baptisms were at Copford parish church.
A Mary Perry married
a Thomas Thurlow at Fordham in 1781 and this is the beginning of a connection between these names and also that of Butcher and Nice. This is also the
first connection I have with Donna Gregor my cousin in the USA.
Research has not given the marriage date of Thomas and Ann in spite of
checking parishes in an ever widening field from those mentioned above so I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information on this point or indeed
any information on the family. Happy to exchange information.
A puzzle which remains unsolved at the moment is that my grandfather who was an
Ag.Lab. moved from Fordham, where he was born, bpt, and married, after the 1891 census with three children across Essex to Manuden on the Hertfordshire
border where a fourth child, my father was born in 1896. Enquiries at the Potash Farm where grandfather worked until retirement circa 1927, checking local
records to find a possible relation have so far
been unsuccessful.
Another puzzle is the birth/bpt. of my greatgrandmother Jael Everitt. Prior to her marriage to my greatgrandfather at Fordham
in 1857 she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Ann Angelina Everitt at Stanway Union Workhouse 1856. Census 1861-1891 show Jael's birth at West Bergholt
but I cannot find any bpt. here or surrounding Parishes. I have subsequently traced the marriage of Ann Angelina to a Thomas R. Lawford.
Yet another
brickwall relates to a William Nice who married an Eliza Unknown at Cornard Magna, Suffolk 1789.Where was William born and who were his parents? All the
children of this marriage were born Copford/Marks Tey, Essex
I have another 550 Perrys ( the name changed slightly through Perrey to the present Perry)
and associated names on file in the parishes mentioned which I can not tie up with my tree at the present time.
Names other than PERRY associated with
my tree are shown in the Index of my Tree linked to this page.
Mother's side of the family originating in Somerset
There are some 100 names on the tree
for mother's side going back from mother to mother but naturally noting the brothers and sisters at each generation. At the moment I am at a marriage of William Lewis
to Mary Morgan, Banwell 1717. Their daughter Mary married Nathaniel Edgehill at Shipham Somerset 22.4.1741. Most of their children were bpt. at St.Cuthberts Wells
where Nathaniel originated. Mary Morgan is my 6th.maternal g.grandmother. Their eldest daughter,Ann, married a William Pratten at Nunney. Their daughter Sarah, married at
Nunney and so did their grand daughter, my 2nd.maternal great grandmother, Hannah, although she and her husband subsequently moved to East Knoyle Wiltshire, after three
children had been born and had two more. After Hannah's husband died she had an illegitimate child baptised Jane, my great grandmother, who was to come to London and marry
a book-binder and live in Fetter Lane, off Holborn in City of London.
Subsequently my grandmother and mother were born in City of London but grandmother moved to
the south side of the river Thames where she became licensee of the 'Ship and Pilot'public house in Bermondsey in Marigold Street.
Names associated with mother's
line are shown in the Index of my Tree linked to this page.
My wife's Line in the North East
Her maiden name was SMITH and she was one of a large family in
South Shields. Her mother was a WESTALL, her grandmother an ASKEW and the line comtinues back to the marriage of Catherine Proctor and Robert (Robson) Gray somewhere around Morpeth circa 1845.
At least three children were born at Morpeth. There was talk in the family that they were related to Earl Gray of Newcastle fame but that is family rumour.
The Westall
line,through her maternal grandfather goes back to a William Westall in Northshields, born circa 1826 in London at the present time of research. There are also some lines of the KERR
family interweaving with the Westall line.
There are also connections with the Clark family of Swalwell and Waterhouses DUR and in Winnipeg Canada as a result of emigration in the early
1960s. You may contact Donna Gregor via e-mail below.
wedgre@yahoo.com
Author, Ronald Charles Perry
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