The Perry Tree

Ten generations, one unbroken line — from Wayne A. Perry Jr. back to the 1786 Bill of Manumission and the 1794 marriage in the Charlestown clerk's own hand.

Scroll or pinch to zoom · drag to pan · double-tap to reset. Caesar Perry lived a hundred and two years.

Wayne A. Perry Jr.1939-2024Wayne A. Perry Sr.1916-1996Lyman Franklin Perry1889-1951Lyman F. Perry1856-1933Lyman Barber PerryAbraham Perry1801-1872Caesar Perry1768-1870Henrietta Perry1768-1855Peter Perry1731-1821 · "a mustee man"Elizabeth (Betty) Hoxsie1730-1814 · freed 1786 · m. 1794Samuel Perry & EsterSolomon Hoxie

The Documents Speak

Deborah Hoxsie (Quaker, of Charlestown) freed Betty by Bill of Manumission, 1786 — witnessed by Simeon Perry, Mary Kinyon, and Riley Cross Jr.

Peter Perry, “a mustee man,” married Elizabeth (Betty) Hoxsie, “mustee,” both of Charlestown — by John Collins, Justice, June 8, 1794.

Granddaughter Henrietta Perry — listed in the 1850 US census as an Indian medicine woman.

Betty is Angie’s proven 5th great-grandmother. Every claim above carries a public document.