7 Perry Brothers

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

RE: Phillip may 1st have married ca 1721 unknown and had seven sons who moved to Granville Co NC in 1746..
e-mail from Carla Tate 19 Dec 10
I came on your website today while trying to find Phillip Perry's will (he who died in 1751). I am very impressed with your documented research.

I have done extensive research on the 7 Perry brothers of Franklin County, NC (earlier Granville Co.). William Perry, the eldest of the 7 brothers, left a Bible record showing he was born about 1717. His younger brothers Jeremiah, Joshua and Burwell (the youngest, born about 1735) would have all been under age 21 when Phillip died in 1751. It is extremely unlikely that even if these sons were angry at their father (which is pure speculation unless someone can provide a written document to that effect), that these younger 3 sons would have left their father to move to Granville/Bute/Franklin County, NC by 1746 as tax and deed records show they did. Not one of these sons named a son or grandson Phillip.

By the way, the ages of these 7 sons came from the ages when they first started paying tithes or poll taxes in Granville Co. plus analysis of the documented ages of their children.

These sons all purchased land as soon as they were able (by their ages). Since the law of primogeniture was still in effect at this time, this suggests that their father died intestate, and they each received money from his estate OR that eldest son William gave money to each brother as he reached the age he could purchase land, which seems unlikely to me.

We know that these brothers came immediately from Brunswick Co. VA by 1746, not Perquimans Co. NC. The records before 1746 are sparse in Brunswick Co. VA, but I have found traces of a Micajah and a Nathaniel. I personally believe that Nathaniel was their father, but there is no proof as of yet. The tax records of Granville Co. list them as brothers. I also believe that there is a tie to the John Perry who sold land in Isle of Wight Co. VA to move to Nansemond Co. VA, but I cannot prove that either due to the destruction of records in Nansemond Co.

If these 7 brothers were sons of Phillip from a first marriage, there would have had to have been some provision for at least those who were not yet 21 in 1751 (Burwell, Joshua and Jeremiah (the one who later purchased Cascine Plantation). There was none.

I think tying these 7 Perry sons to Phillip who died in 1751 is pure wishful thinking. If you know of any record tying them to him or any other Phillip, please let me know what it is.

Carla Tate

The Seven brothers who went to Granville Co NC:
          per Ree Herring Hendrick "Lineage and Tradition . . . ."
the seven sons of the first marriage all removed to Granville Co NC in 1746 from Nancemond Co VA
all but Burwell appear on the muster rolls of Capt. Osborne Jeffreys Company in 1754
1. John Perry
     a. Solomon Perry
     b. Ruth Perry
          married Hall
     c. Rebecca Perry
          married Ferrall
     d. Mary Perry
          married Strickland
     e. Miss Perry
          married Francis Richards
      f. Burwell Perry [will of 1816?]
      g. Anna Perry
            married Baker
      h. John Perry [will of 1828?]
      i. Abey Perry
            married Conyers
      j. Jeremiah Perry
      k. Abraham Perry
      l. Bennett H Perry d. 1841
2. Joshua Perry ca 1725 - 1792
      ?a. Joshua Perry will dated 7 June 1807
        b. Benjamin Perry
        c. Jeremiah Perry
3. William Wiston Perry ca 1726 -
      married Martha
4. Francis Perry ca 1730 - ca 1813
5. Jeremiah Perry 31 Mar 1731 - 16 Oct 1777
     a. Jeremiah Perry Jr
         sold land he inherited from his father to his uncle Burwell Perry
6. Nathaniel Perry ca 1732 - 25 Aug 1790 Louisburg NC
      a. Drury Perry
      b. Ephraim Perry
      c. Sarah Perry
           married Taylor
      d. Miss Perry
           married Sanderson
7. Burwell Perry ca 1733 - ca 1803
     married Elizabeth Massey
       a. Col Jeremiah Perry April 1761 - 17 Oct 1838
            married 1785 Temperance Boddie 1767 - 9 June 1850
                    dau of Nathaniel Boddie of Nash Co NC
       b. Capt. Joshua Perry died bef 1828
             married Elizabeth Kearney
       c. Rachel Perry
             married Nathan Jones
       d. Mary Perry
             married Mr Fox
       e. Edith Perry
             married Mr. Atkinson
        f. Elizabeth Perry
             married Mr. Jones
        g. Burwell Perry
             married Clara Rogers
        h. John Perry
              married Elizabeth Boddie 1776 -

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
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