When Asahel Perry was born on 26 February 1784, in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abiel Perry, was 30 and his mother, Miriam Walcott, was 29. He married Polly Chadwick on 28 March 1806, in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. In 1850, at the age of 66, his occupation is listed as joiner in Utah, United States. He died on 16 February 1869, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Historical Boundaries: 1802: Genesee, New York, United States
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesTHE PERRY PAPERS On the following pages is found the story of the Perry family, starting with Asahel and Polly Chadwick Perry and continue through the lives of Stephen Chadwick Perry and his wives. M …
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