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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Peters was born in Feb 1840 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada (son of Andrew Peters and Elizabeth Perry).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Andrew Peters was born on 1 Aug 1815 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada (son of John Peters and Esther Perry).

    Andrew married Elizabeth Perry. Elizabeth (daughter of John Perry, UE and Catherine Jane Abrahams) was born on 27 Jan 1811 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died about 1848 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Perry was born on 27 Jan 1811 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Perry, UE and Catherine Jane Abrahams); died about 1848 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. William Peters was born in Feb 1840 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Diadama Peters was born in Jan 1842 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Sarah Peters was born in Sep 1844 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Peters was born on 24 Jun 1785 in Strafford, Vermont, USA (son of Samuel Andrew Peters and Huldah Youngs); died on 19 Dec 1866 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.

    John married Esther Perry on 20 Feb 1809 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of William Nelson Perry, UE and Catherine Agnes Williams) was born on 8 Jul 1791 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1862 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Esther Perry was born on 8 Jul 1791 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Nelson Perry, UE and Catherine Agnes Williams); died on 19 Dec 1862 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Absalom Peters was born on 9 Jul 1810 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died in in Ontario, Canada.
    2. Eli B. Peters was born on 18 Sep 1812 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1879 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Andrew Peters was born on 1 Aug 1815 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John North Peters was born on 4 Nov 1817 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Samuel Andrew Peters was born on 13 Jul 1820 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Aug 1892 in Henderson, New York, USA.
    6. William Peters was born on 12 Nov 1822 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Dec 1898 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Thomas Peters was born on 26 Feb 1825 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Sep 1906 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Diadame Peters was born on 7 Jul 1828 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 May 1832 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Solomon Peters was born on 27 Mar 1829 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died in 1904 in Ontario, Canada.
    10. Anson Peters was born on 20 Feb 1831 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Jan 1894 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Perry, UE was born in 1765 in Massachusetts, USA (son of William Nelson Perry, UE and Catherine Agnes Williams); died in 1852 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    1796 - Loyalist oath of allegiance, with brother and father

    Name: John Perry
    Arrival Year: 1796
    Arrival Place: Canada
    Source Publication Code: 2060.17
    Primary Immigrant: Perry, John
    Annotation: Date and place of loyalist oath of allegiance. Extracted from RG1, L7, volume 52B District Loyalist Rolls and Others, located at the Manuscripts Division of the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. File number, district name, township name, and index
    Source Bibliography: FITZGERALD, E. KEITH. Ontario People: 1796-1803. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1993. 250p.
    Page: 133

    Occupation
    Farmer; General Drummer Boy during the war (according to son Jeremiah's bible notes)

    John married Catherine Jane Abrahams in 1810. Catherine was born in 1786 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Catherine Jane Abrahams was born in 1786 in Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Hannah Perry was born in 1811 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Mar 1871 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Elizabeth Perry was born on 27 Jan 1811 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died about 1848 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Peter Perry was born in 1816 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Sep 1889 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John Perry was born on 16 Mar 1816 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 May 1888 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Julia Ann Perry was born in 1817 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Henry Abraham Perry was born on 24 Mar 1821 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Apr 1899 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Jeremiah Perry was born on 18 Dec 1822 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Jan 1911 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried in McCabe Cemetery, North Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Nelson Perry was born on 16 May 1831 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Dec 1903 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel Andrew Peters was born on 9 Dec 1750 in Colchester, Connecticut, USA (son of Joseph Peters and Deborah Birchard); died in Oct 1829 in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    In Sep 1776 he mustered into the 12th Regiment, 8th Co, Capt Wells's Co., Connecticut Militia, and from 2 Aug 1778?12 Sep 1778 was in 12th Regiment, Capt Rudd's Co with which he fought in the Battle of Rhode Island at Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, United States on 29 Aug 1778.

    Samuel married Huldah Youngs in 1768 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA. Huldah was born on 20 Jun 1750 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 Oct 1807 in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Huldah Youngs was born on 20 Jun 1750 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 Oct 1807 in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Andrew Peters was born on 25 Jul 1771 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Sep 1851 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. John Peters was born on 24 Jun 1785 in Strafford, Vermont, USA; died on 19 Dec 1866 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joseph John Peters, UE was born on 25 Oct 1772 in East Hampton, Connecticut, USA; died on 19 May 1841 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Eli Peters was born on 25 Sep 1774 in Stafford, New York, USA.

  3. 12.  William Nelson Perry, UE was born in 1740 in New York, USA (son of John Perry); died on 25 Apr 1797 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Will of William Parry [Sr.] of Ernestown; signed in handwriting by William Parry, dated October 14, 1795, probated April 25, 1797 by son, William Parry, signed with an 'x'. Requests were made to: Catarine my Dearly Beloved Wife - the farm whereon I know do live with all household goods and debts and movable effects till death; to my well beloved sons William Parry and Peter Parry, the said farm whereon I know do live with all farming utensils and stock of cattle to be equally divided between the two; to my beloved daughters Elizabeth Peters and Easter Parry, all the household funiture to be equally divided between the two. After the death of my wife Catarine, I give to my well beloved son John Parry one hundred acres of land yet to be drawn; to my well beloved daughter Sary Briggs one hundred acres of land yet to draw; to my well beloved daughter Elizabeth Peters one hundred acres of land yet to draw; to my well beloved daughter Easter Parry one hundred acres of land yet to draw. Witnessed by John Stover, Joseph Peters and Ely Peters.

    --WILL - Ontario Archives, GS1, Reel 1223

    Perry (Parry), William.... Ernesttown, Soldier Loyal Rangers, L.B.M. 1791, 400 acres, P.L. 1786, son William 200 acres, L.B.A. 1793

    1735 year of birth calculated from age at time of death. ''Return of men from Captain Drummond's company (Loyal Rangers)'' in the war office papers vol. 10 gives his year of birth as 1740, but age listed in these types of records is not always accurate

    Occupation
    Soldier/Pvt., Loyal Rangers/Farmer

    Military
    1776
    Age: 41
    Ernestown, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada
    Perry, Senr., William. Parry do Soldier Loyal Rangers--L. B. M. 1791, 400 acres (P. L. 1786). Priv.

    William married Catherine Agnes Williams in 1770. Catherine (daughter of Jeremiah Williams and Catherine Payson) was born on 3 Sep 1744 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1806 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Catherine Agnes Williams was born on 3 Sep 1744 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Jeremiah Williams and Catherine Payson); died in 1806 in Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Perry, UE was born in 1765 in Massachusetts, USA; died in 1852 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Perry was born in 1771; died in Jan 1838.
    3. Elizabeth Perry was born in 1774 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died in 1828 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Sarah Perry was born in 1774 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Peter Perry was born on 14 Nov 1782 in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Aug 1851 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 5. Esther Perry was born on 8 Jul 1791 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1862 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.



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