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Asa Perley¹

b. September 30, 1793, d. November 30, 1865

Father: Eliphalet Perley¹ b. November 22, 1747, d. April 15, 1822
Mother: Anna Porter¹ b. perhaps 1755, d. July 10, 1823

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Asa Perley was born on September 30, 1793 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.²
He was the son of Eliphalet Perley and Anna Porter.¹
In 1820, Asa Perley was a farmer, and by trade a cabinetmaker.

He bought 12 Feb 1820, for $252.50, land and buildings in Fitchburg, three-fourths of a mile east of the meeting house, near a blacksmith's shop, of Amos Durant and Joanna his wife.—Registry, 220: 538. He bought of John Thurston, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife, for SI "5, half the land and buildings near blacksmith's shop and three-quarters of a mile east of the meeting house. Registry, 220: 559. He bought 12 June, 1821, for $70, land sold for taxes, the John Manning lot.—Registry, 259: 202. Asa and Eliza his wife bought, on mortgage, 7 Feb 1825, of James L. Hayes and his wife Nancy of Fitchburg, cabinetmaker, land and buildings near blacksmith's shop for $400, and for $275, land and buildings on the Lunenburg road, 1 Dec 1827. He bought 15 May 1829, for $16, land on the Ashley road, of Israel and Hephzibah Wetherbee.— Registry, 284: 251, and 26 Sep 1831, for $100, sold land on the Ashley road to Isaiah Putnam, all of Fitchburg.—Registry, 284: 252.³
Asa married Eliza Jane Oakman on November 27, 1823, since by the Fitchburg records (4: 344) she married as, Eliza and (9: 21) died as Jane.²
Asa died on November 30, 1865 at age 72. His will, drawn 12 Apr 1865, mentions beloved wife Jane, who had $500; son Alvin in California, $50, and daughter Eliza Jane Whitcomb of West Acton, $100.—Registry, 46016.⁴

Last Edited: 24 Apr 2010

Family: Eliza Jane Oakman b. perhaps 1795, d. April 12, 1870

Alvin Perley⁴ b. December 12, 1824
Eliza Jane Perley⁴ b. February 15, 1828

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 131.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 132.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 132-133.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 133.

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Asa Perley¹

b. perhaps 1790

Father: Allen Perley¹ b. June 9, 1750, d. December, 1829
Mother: Lydia Porter¹ b. October 12, 1756, d. March 3, 1846

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Asa Perley was born perhaps 1790.
He was the son of Allen Perley and Lydia Porter.¹

Last Edited: 31 Mar 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 133.

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Asa Perley¹

b. December 2, 1802, d. October 22, 1827

Father: Samuel Perley¹ b. September 15, 1757 or September 15, 1758, d. June 18, 1807
Mother: Phebe Dresser¹ b. April 29, 1762, d. February 25, 1850

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Asa Perley was born on December 2, 1802 (or 1801, the doctor said.)¹
He was the son of Samuel Perley and Phebe Dresser.¹
Asa died on October 22, 1827 at age 24, unmarried, or as the doctor says, "in Sep 1826." The doctor says, "He was a promising farmer, of unblemished character, and held for several years the most important offices in town."¹

Last Edited: 5 Sep 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 138.

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Asa Perley¹

b. perhaps 1783

Father: Nathan Perley¹ b. 1737, d. about 1816
Mother: Sarah Symonds¹ b. perhaps 1755, d. about 1839

Relationship: 2nd cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Asa Perley was born perhaps 1783.
He was the son of Nathan Perley and Sarah Symonds.¹

Last Edited: 31 Mar 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 144.

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Augustus Monroe Perley¹

b. perhaps 1807

Father: Jacob Perley¹ b. August 12, 1775, d. May 21, 1829
Mother: Mary Potter¹ b. October 15, 1775, d. December 13, 1854

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Augustus Monroe Perley was born perhaps 1807.
He was the son of Jacob Perley and Mary Potter.¹

Last Edited: 5 Apr 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 170.

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Benjamin Perley¹

b. February 10, 1735, d. 1816

Father: Jacob Perley Jr.¹ b. September 19, 1700, d. November, 1750
Mother: Sarah Morse¹ b. March, 1708, d. after 1763

Relationship: 3rd cousin 7 times removed of Steven George Levine

Benjamin Perley was born on February 10, 1735 in Boxford, Massachusetts.²
He was the son of Jacob Perley Jr. and Sarah Morse.¹
Benjamin married Hannah Clark on January 2, 1759. They joined the First Church, Boxford, 10 Jan 1762.²
Benjamin married Apphia Andrews of Danvers on October 12, 1773. Benj. Perley of Boxford, gentleman, and Apphia, his wife, 10 May 1777, for £360, conveyed to Samuel Hewes of Boston the Savage place with buildings thereon. (A blacksmith's shop stood in the corner near the burying ground.)²
In the Revolution he was a patriot and a soldier. He was a Minute Man at the battle of Lexington, as lieutenant in Capt. William Perley's company. He was ever after called lieutenant. In Mar 1777, he was one of a committee to hire soldiers, and again in 1780.

He was prominent in civil affairs. In Boxford he was a selectman and overseer in 1774, 1778, 1779, 1781; a constable in 1770; a moderator of town meetings in 1776; a surveyor of highways in 1790; a warden in 1776; a hogreeve in 1765 and 1791; a tithing man in 1772, 1774, 1780; a sealer of leather in 1767, 1769, 1770, 1772, 1773, 1779, 1780. In 1779 he was one of seven to regulate the prices current. In 1781 he was one of two chosen by the town to instruct the representative at General Court.³
In 1781 or 1782, Benjamin Perley moved to Topsfield, Massachusetts.³
In 1789, Benjamin Perley moved to Boxford, Massachusetts.³
In 1791, Benjamin Perley moved to Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.³
In 1816, his house took fire, and he, endeavoring unsuccessfully to extinguish it, perished in the flames.²
This is Mr. Perley's signature to a bond.

Last Edited: 5 Sep 2009

Family 1: Hannah Clark b. May 9, 1735, d. about 1772

Dorothy Perley³ b. September 26, 1761
Paul Perley³ b. perhaps 1763
Benjamin Perley³ b. perhaps 1765
Hannah Perley+³ b. October 20, 1767
Mary Perley³ b. perhaps 1769
Rebecca Perley³ b. perhaps 1771

Family 2: Apphia Andrews of Danvers b. perhaps 1745, d. June 20, 1825

Jacob Perley³ b. perhaps 1764
Apphia Perley³ b. perhaps 1771
Sarah Perley³ b. perhaps 1777
John Perley³ b. perhaps 1779
Betty Perley³ b. May 16, 1781
Anna Perley³ b. perhaps 1783

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 59.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 140.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 141.

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Benjamin Perley¹

b. perhaps 1765

Father: Benjamin Perley¹ b. February 10, 1735, d. 1816
Mother: Hannah Clark¹ b. May 9, 1735, d. about 1772

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Benjamin Perley was born perhaps 1765 in Boxford, Massachusetts.¹
He was the son of Benjamin Perley and Hannah Clark.¹

Last Edited: 24 Apr 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 141.

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Benjamin Dutch Perley¹

b. perhaps 1808

Father: Ebenezer Perley¹ b. July 25, 1773
Mother: Hannah Currier¹ b. perhaps 1775

Relationship: 5th cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine

Benjamin Dutch Perley was born perhaps 1808 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.¹
He was the son of Ebenezer Perley and Hannah Currier.¹
In 1811, he was put under guardianship, being a minor.¹
As of from 1818 to 1820, Benjamin Dutch Perley lived at Baltimore, Maryland.²

Last Edited: 5 Apr 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 212.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 210.

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Betsey Perley¹

b. February 22, 1776

Father: Lieut. Dudley Perley¹ b. November 23, 1738, d. December 16, 1810
Mother: Hannah Hale¹ b. October 26, 1743, d. August 9, 1806

Relationship: 2nd cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betsey Perley was born on February 22, 1776 in Winchendon, Massachusetts.^1,2
She was the daughter of Lieut. Dudley Perley and Hannah Hale.¹
Betsey married Ezra Hyde.¹

Last Edited: 23 Nov 2012

Citations

Robert Safford Hale, Genealogy of descendants of Thomas Hale of Watton, England, and of Newbury, Mass., , at https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00hale . Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company, printers, (1889) , p. 223.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 128.

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Betsey Perley¹

b. March 6, 1758, d. January 16, 1822

Father: Moses Perley¹ b. June 12, 1709, d. October 23, 1793
Mother: Hannah Frye¹ b. 1722 or 1723, d. November 1, 1793

Relationship: 3rd cousin 7 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betsey Perley was born on March 6, 1758.²
She was the daughter of Moses Perley and Hannah Frye.¹
Betsey died on January 16, 1822 at age 63, unmarried.²

Last Edited: 24 Aug 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 61.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 62.

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Betsey Perley¹

b. May 7, 1788, d. September 21, 1849

Father: Eliphalet Perley¹ b. November 22, 1747, d. April 15, 1822
Mother: Anna Porter¹ b. perhaps 1755, d. July 10, 1823

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betsey Perley was born on May 7, 1788 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.²
She was the daughter of Eliphalet Perley and Anna Porter.¹
Betsey died on September 21, 1849 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 61, unmarried. By will she gave all her property to her brother Asa and nominated him executor, 18 May 1849. The will was filed 22 Sept., the same year. — Registry, 46018.²

Last Edited: 4 Sep 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 131.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 132.

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Betsey Perley¹

b. 1785, d. November 17, 1819

Father: Stephen Perley¹ b. December 3, 1747, d. February 16, 1839
Mother: Elizabeth Gould¹ b. December 4, 1752, d. April 4, 1840

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betsey Perley was born in 1785.¹
She was the daughter of Stephen Perley and Elizabeth Gould.¹
Betsey died on November 17, 1819, unmarried.¹
She was buried in Topsfield, Massachusetts.¹

Last Edited: 7 Sep 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 153.

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Betsey Gould Perley¹

b. perhaps 1795

Father: Moody Perley¹ b. March 16, 1760, d. September 23, 1833
Mother: Abigail Gould¹ b. December 25, 1769, d. January 23, 1851

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betsey Gould Perley was born perhaps 1795.
She was the daughter of Moody Perley and Abigail Gould.¹
Fanny Perley spent the greater part of her life as housekeeper for her brother Stephen Perley till the old house was untenantableand his health was broken. She then went to live with their sister Betsey Gould Perley in Georgetown, Massachusetts, when Stephen went to live with their brother Moody Perley.²

Last Edited: 5 Apr 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 156.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 157.

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Betty Perley¹

b. May 16, 1781

Father: Benjamin Perley¹ b. February 10, 1735, d. 1816
Mother: Apphia Andrews of Danvers¹ b. perhaps 1745, d. June 20, 1825

Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine

Betty Perley was born on May 16, 1781 in Boxford, Massachusetts.¹
She was the daughter of Benjamin Perley and Apphia Andrews of Danvers.¹
Betty married Asa Kimball of Bradford on January 17, 1838.¹

Last Edited: 5 Sep 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 141.

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Caroline Ann Perley¹

b. March 31, 1871

Father: John Quincy Adams Perley¹ b. February 11, 1828
Mother: Hephzibath Woodbury¹ b. August 19, 1833

Relationship: 4th cousin 2 times removed of Steven George Levine

Caroline Ann Perley was born on March 31, 1871.¹
She was the daughter of John Quincy Adams Perley and Hephzibath Woodbury.¹
Caroline married Harry B. Buxton of Goffstown.¹

Last Edited: 28 Jul 2016

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , pp. 592-3.

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Caroline Augusta Perley¹

b. July 19, 1811, d. February 9, 1850

Father: Nathaniel Perley¹ b. March 22, 1763, d. July 25, 1824
Mother: Mary Dummer¹ b. 1769 or 1770, d. January 7, 1838

Relationship: 5th cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine

Caroline Augusta Perley was born on July 19, 1811. She was for many years a school teacher in Hallowell.¹
She was the daughter of Nathaniel Perley and Mary Dummer.¹
Caroline died on February 9, 1850 at age 38, unmarried.¹

Last Edited: 14 Sep 2009

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 174.

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Caroline Elizabeth Perley¹

b. March 5, 1813

Father: Thomas Perley¹ b. perhaps 1769, d. June, 1815
Mother: Rhoda Peabody¹ b. perhaps 1771, d. 1846

Relationship: 5th cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine

Caroline Elizabeth Perley was born on March 5, 1813 in Maugerville, Essex County, New Brunswick, Canada.²
She was the daughter of Thomas Perley and Rhoda Peabody.¹

Last Edited: 24 Apr 2010

Citations

M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 214.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, , at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy01perl . Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 215.

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