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| 2. |  Charles Perry was born on 7 Dec 1818 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada (son of Ebenezer Perry and Anne Van Norman); died on 7 Jul 1876 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Charles Perry was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Peterborough West.
He entered the timber trade, purchasing land in the Peterborough area and building a large sawmill on the current site of Trent University in 1854. Charles Perry served as mayor of Peterborough in 1853 and from 1861 to 1865. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in a by-election held in 1864. Perry was a customs collector at Peterborough from 1873 to 1876 and died in Peterborough in the latter year.
Charles married Margaret Gilchrist in Feb 1845 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born on 14 Aug 1828; died on 16 May 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | Ebenezer Perry was born on 29 Sep 1788 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Perry and Jemima Gary Washburn); died on 1 May 1876 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Ebenezer Perry was a merchant and Canadian political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1871 until his death and at the age of 83, the oldest person ever summoned to the Senate.
Ebenezer served in the militia during the War of 1812 and moved to Cobourg in 1815. He built a grist mill there, later known as Pratt's Mill or just "The Mill. He built the regency styled Woodlawn in 1835, known today as The Woodlawn Inn. While living at The Woodlawn, Mr. Perry actively lobbied for the incorporation of the Town of Cobourg and served as the first president of the town?s board of police. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, serving from 1855 until Confederation.
The Honourable Ebenezer Perry was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. He served as an Ontario Conservative in the Senate from February 2, 1871 to May 5, 1876.
Birth:
Bath, Upper Canada
Ebenezer married Anne Van Norman. Anne was born in 1795; died on 30 May 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 8. |  Robert Perry was born on 2 Mar 1751 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA (son of David Perry and Margaret Willmarth Dryer); died on 19 Feb 1835 in Bath, Ontario, Canada. Robert married Jemima Gary Washburn on 19 Dec 1771 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA. Jemima was born on 30 Apr 1754 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jan 1830 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Jemima Gary Washburn was born on 30 Apr 1754 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jan 1830 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada. Children:
- Robert Perry was born on 20 Dec 1772 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 27 May 1856 in Bath, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Morven Cemetery, Morven, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
- Amy Perry was born on 7 May 1775 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 21 Jan 1804 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
- Patience Perry was born on 26 Jan 1777 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 14 Jan 1804 in Bath, Ontario, Canada.
- Rennet Perry was born in 1778 in Canada; died in 1852 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Daniel Perry was born on 1 Sep 1779 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1844 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
- Hannah Perry was born on 31 Aug 1781 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada; died on 21 Apr 1866 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
- David Perry was born on 5 May 1783 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada; died on 26 Jan 1871 in South Frontenac Township, Ontario, Canada.
- Sarah Jane Perry was born on 4 Sep 1785 in Bath, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Apr 1803.
- 4. Ebenezer Perry was born on 29 Sep 1788 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 May 1876 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.
- Mary Perry was born on 19 Feb 1791 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Feb 1811.
- Peter Perry was born on 14 Nov 1792 in Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Aug 1851 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA; was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
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