Hand Written Notes Perrin History
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Perrin Family Genealogy.
This record is copied from the book published in 1885. Data was collected by Glover Perrin, Asst. Surgeon General, U. S. Army stationed at the time at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. At considerable cost, with great patience and with the aid of Noah Perrin of Wellesly Hills Mass and Parley Ide Perrin of Taunton Mass. he gathered the information contained in this book. Tombstones, Church records, Town records, War records, Family bible and the Genealogical Records at Boston, with the memory of those living at the time were used to establish a rather complete family tree of the Perrins of America. The name was variously spelled by different members of the family, and at different times by an individual, and
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while “Perin”, “Perrin”, “Peryn” and “Perryn” were used. The correct name as traditionally pronounced was “Perrin”, and so appeared in most records.
For this record I am only using the direct line back to the first Perrin to land in America. They helped to build new towns, branched out to the frontier, tilled the soil, many were ministers of the gospel. They fought in every war in which the U.S. ever has engaged in. They played around Boston when it was only five years old. They undoubtedly had a part in the “Boston Tea Party”. They were a prolific family and to-day are scattered from East to West. Hundred on the Pacific Coast. They married into many of the earliest settlers in Mass. untill it may safely be said that we have a common ancestry with most
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of those true old americans who came and made the “Land of the Free”
It appears from a book entitled “Emigration to America, from 1600 to 1700, Boston Genealogical Library” that John Perryn came to this country from London England in the ship “Safety” John Grant, Master, landing in the month of August, 1635 at Braintree, Mass. a small town south of Boston, in the Boston Harbor. There he married and resided untill he, with the Rev. Samuel Newman, moved inland, westward a few miles and founded the town of “Rehoboth”. His name, variously spelled appear in the towns records. He was buried there. Beside him is his wife “Ann”, who is supposed to be one of several Anns who
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came to America on the same boat with John. The line of ancestry follows: and on down to 19.
First Generation
John Perryn - born in 1614. died on Sept 13, 1674. Ann died Mar 11, 1688. They had five children
Second Generation,
John Perrin, 2nd child born either in Braintree or Rehoboth about 1645, Died about May, 1694 at Roxbury. He married Mary - They had ten children,
Third Generation,
John Perrin first child of John and Mary was born Oct 12 1668 died May 6th 1694. Married Sarah
One child
note. His sister Susanna, 10th child in the family married Capt Jos. Chandler, and became the maternal ancestress of numerous Chandler families ("see Dr George Chandlers Family Book
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Fourth Generation
John Perrin, only child of John and Sarah was born March 1692. Died Feb 28, 1731, at Rehoboth. He married Rachel Ide in 1716. She was born in 1695 and died Dec 4, 1780. She is buried beside J. They had six children.
Fifth Generation.
Jesse, fifth child of John and Rachel, was born Jan 24, 1726 Died Jan 15, 1801. He married Rachel Ide, daughter of Daniel Ide, May 11th 1749. She was born Dec 30, 1730 Died Aug 15th, 1808. They had twelve children.
Jesse was town clerk of Rehoboth, Mass. from 1762 till 1780 Rachel is from that Mass. fam of Ides whose descendent, came William Brown Ide, came to California, in its earliest day. He became the first Governor of California.
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under the Bear Flag.
Jesse’s brother Samuel Perrin married Dorothy Morris, daughter of Samuel Morris of Roxbury Mass. While her husband was serving in the war with France in Can she raised a large crop of carrots herself and kept from starvation their herd of cattle, through a severe winter.
Sixth Generation
Lemuel Perrin, first child of Jesse and Rachel, was born Oct 21st 1749 in Rehoboth. Died July 9 1822 near Connersville Indiana He dropped one r from his sur name. Resided in North Adams Mass, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, Served in the Revolutionary war under Capt John Perry. He married Martha Nasal Nov 25 1773 They had six children.
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Seventh Generation.
John Perrin, first child of Lemuel and Martha, was born Dec 18 1774. Died Jan 21st 1866. Dec 10th 1803 he married Rachel Rice who was born april 1st 1782 died Twelve children were born.
Our branch of the family now leave behind the name Perrin, for a daughter became our ancestress.
Eighth Generation.
Julia Perrin, sixth child of John and Rachel was born Sept 14, 1811. Died april 5 1851 She married Robert Coshow Jan 15, 1829. Ten children were born to them.
Robert was a French Hugenot of Lexington, Kentucky. His grand father was an aide and interpreter for La Fayette in the Revolutionary War. Robt was born Apr 30th 1808. Died Apr 4th 18
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Ninth Generation
Rachel Rice Coshow, fifth child of Julia and Robert Coshow, was born near Indianapolis, Ind., Oct 6, 1835. Died May 3 1922. She was married to James Pursell in Blue Grass Co, Iowa Nov 23, 1851, by Rev. Hicks. James was born May 26, 1831. Died Jan 3rd 1915.
James, when years of age joined the Fifth Regiment, under Colonel Jim Blaine and marched to war against Mexico. In 1852 with his family he came to Calif. during the gold rush. They later made two trips to Iowa, In 1859 by ox team bringing back a drove of cattle, and in 1866, again by horse drawn vehicles. He took a load of Chinamen, who had just completed the new through Rail way to Sacramento, to another job in Idaho. He gathered a load of returning
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emigrants for the remaining part of the journey. He sold his stock and returned by steam via Cape Horn, in 1867. He was a contractor and builder and his work took him to nearly every county in the state. He worked for some time on the buildings at National City, near San Diego He built a home near Hanford at Waukena, at Richmond and finally at Sunnyside Los Angeles where both he & Rachel died.
They had nine children.
Tenth Generation.
Turrenne Leila Pursell, second child of Rachel and James, was born near Susanville and Honey Lake Nov 22. 1855. She made, with her parents, two trips to Iowa While residing Hanford she met and married on Dec 23, 1872. Thos Hamlin. She died Sept 2nd 1922
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Thomas and Turpenne with their four children went to Oregon in 1878 going by wagon and two mules. 1877 had been a very dry year in the San Joaquin valley. They had reports that Oregon had plenty of rain. So they with James Purcell and family, tacked the popular slogan of the year “Oregon or Bust” on their wagon and took the trail northward. At San Francisco they took the boat, horses, wagon, luggage and themselves, landing at Portland. They staid a year and often recounted that it rain every day. Mules were not adapted to so wet a climate. They bogged down too easily. In the fall of 1879 they returned to Hanford, all the way by wagon, for they had been to Oregon, and were busted too. They moved to Selma in 1880, to Waukena in 1883, to Du
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laf in 1892. To Orosi in 1898 To Petaluma in 1801. To Stockton in 19 To Auburn in
Thos was born July 21 1849. near Big Lake, Province of Quebec in Canada. He came to Vermont when 9 years of age. In 1869 he cam to California on the first throwe Transcontinental train to come over the newly completed road int Sacramento, coming on to Hanford by stage coach. He soon went on to General Grant Park and help build the first building; a log cab there. He died april 9, 1933 at Auburn. He and Turrenne are buried side by side in the Auburn Cemetary. They had 14 children
Thos was too young to go to war in the Rebellion, but his father Thos. Sr and his brother Israel faught side by side at the Battle
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of the Wilderness. while he staid at home to look after his mother
Eleventh Generation
Israel R. Gamblin, eleventh child of Turrenne and Thos was born at Waukena May 28 1892, at Dunlap he met and married Mabel Foster
Israel served in the World War. from
Twelveth Generation
Eleanor Gamblin
Virginia Rose Gamblin,
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