Phillip Perry (1597-1669), and a brother whose name is unknown, were immigrants to Virginia from England. He bought 100 acres in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1655 and was referred to as "Phillip of Whitemarsh". He was married to Grace ______ and their sons were James (who married Patience _____), Jacob, Joseph, Phillip, and John. His will was written and probated in 1669 when he was "aged 70 years".PERRY
A John Perry, perhaps his son, was born in London in 1648. In 1674 he requested administration of the estate of John Young, father of his wife Elizabeth Young. (She was the granddaughter of Richard Young who patented land in Isle of Wight in 1635.) His second wife was Mary _______. His sons were Isreal, Jacob, Phillip, John, and Joseph. John and his wife Elizabeth lived in the Upper Parish of Nansemond where his name appears on several land transactions between 1704 and 1724.
Jacob Perry (c. 1700-1777) of Perquimans County, North Carolina, married twice. His will names Ann (daughter of Thomas Lilly), and mother of daughter Ann. His first wife, and mother of his other children, was Hepzibah Clare, the daughter of Timothy Clare (c. 1655 - 1724), an immigrant from England, and his second wife, Elizabeth _______. Hepzipah has been considered by some researchers as his step-daughter. However, she is listed as his daughter in her Perquimans Meeting birth record of 14 April, 1702. (This Quaker information supplied by Virginia Knapp of Salem, Oregon.) Jacob's children were Elizabeth, Jacob, Isreal, Dempsey, Priscilla, Hepzibah, John, and Reuben. Their names also appear in Quaker records.
His daughter, Hepzibah Perry, married Hardy Stallings in about 1760. This family is related to the Nash and Green families.
The relationship of Elizabeth Perry (1665-1705) to this family is unknown. She married Richard Eivens (Evans) and then James Oates. This Oates family is related to the King family, and also to the Nash and Green Families.