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  • Lt. Abel Perry (1736 - 1808)
    A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A089218 Served at the Lexington Alarm. he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and of the P...
  • Abiah Bull (c.1651 - bef.1693)
    Abiah (Perry) Bull (1654 - 1691) ID/Link/URL/Cite Abiah (Perry) Bull's Profile Edit Images Tree Apps Changes Privacy Comments Matches Sources Abiah Bull formerly Perry Born 1654 in Watertown, Midd...
  • Colonel Abner Perry (1728 - 1813)
    A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of COLONEL. DAR ancestor # A089222 Born in Holliston on 1728 to James Perry and Elizabeth Death. Abner married Mary Adams and had 6 ...
  • Achsah Avery (1792 - 1849)
  • Achsa Marie Perry (1812 - 1813)
    Created from MyHeritage Match via sister Abigail Durand (born Perry) by SmartCopy : Sep 3 2014, 0:09:36 UTC

About the Perry surname

Perry Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of Harry (see Harris).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree, Middle English per(r)ie (Old English pyrige, a derivative of pere ‘pear’).

This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.