168 HEREDITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 



PERRY FAMILY. 



Fraternity of F M F M F F F: 13, Joanna Arnold. I 4, William Hopkins (from whom Is 

 descended Esek Hopkins, No. 27). 



II 1 (F M F M F F), Benedict Arnold (1615-1678), president of the Providence Planta- 

 tions and colonial governor of Rhode Island. II 2 (F M F M F M), Damaris Westcott. 



III 1 (F M F M F), Caleb Arnold (born 1644). Fraternity of F M F M F: III 3, Bene- 

 dict Arnold. Ill 4, Mary. Ill 5 (M M F F F), James Wallace, Lord of Dundonald, was a 

 colonel of the British army until he signed the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 and was 

 forced to flee to Holland, where he died in 1678. He was in direct descent from Sir Richard Wal- 

 lace, own paternal uncle of William Wallace, the great Scotch patriot. Ill 7, Ann Borodel, 

 of Irish ancestry. Ill 8, George Denison, born about 1618, a brilliant Indian fighter (see George 

 Dewey, FFFM M F). 



IV 1 (F F F F), Edward Perry (born in England, 1630), came to New England, where he 

 showed himself "an unusually militant Broadbrim and retaliated upon his persecutors by writing 

 a railing accusation against the court of Plymouth." IV 2 (F F F M), Mary Freeman. IV 3, 

 (F M F F), George Hazard, a large land-owner who was a lieutenant colonel of the militia. IV 

 4 (F M F M), Penelope Arnold. IV 5, Captain Benedict Arnold. IV 6, Hannah King. IV 

 7 (M M F F), James Wallace, settled in Ireland. IV 9, George Denison (1653-1711). 



Fraternity of F F F: V 1, Rest Perry. V 2, Jacob Mott. V 3 (F F F), Benjamin Perry 

 (1677-1742), removed to Rhode Island. V 4 (F F M), Susannah Barber. V 5 (F M F), Oliver 

 Hazard, a man of property. V 6 (F M M), Elizabeth Raymond. V 7, Benedict Arnold (1741- 

 1801), a general in the Continental army and a traitor. V 8 (M M F), James Wallace. V 10, 

 Samuel Denison (born 1686). 



VI 1, Mary Mott. VI 2, Nathanael Greene, a Quaker preacher. VI 3 (F F), Freeman 

 Perry (1733-1813), a physician who owned surveying instruments. He was chief justice of the 

 court of common pleas and president of the town council of Kingston. VI 4 (F M), Mercy 



Hazard (1740-1810). VI 5 (M F), Alexander, of Ireland. VI 6 (MM), Wallace. 



Fraternity of M M: VI 7, William Wallace. VI 9, Thomas Reynolds, a Presbyterian minister 



of Delaware. VI 11, Gideon Denison (born 1724). VI 12, Elizabeth . VI 13, Benjamin 



Butler (1739-1787), a blacksmith of Norwich, a witty and original man who was very eccentric. 

 In 1776 he was imprisoned on charge of "defaming the Honorable Continental Congress." VI 

 14, Diadema Hyde. 



VII 1, Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), a brilliant general of the Continental army, who 

 had command of the southern army during the Revolution. Fraternity of F: VII 2, Joshua 

 Perry (1756-1802), a surgeon in Colonel Church's battalion. VII 3, Oliver Hazard Perry, lost 

 at sea in about 1873. VII 4, Elizabeth Perry (1762-1811). VII 5, Stephen Champlin, a farmer, 

 a double distant cousin. VII 6, Mary and Susan Perry. VII 7, George Hazard Perry. VII 8, 

 Christopher Raymond Perry (1761-1818), a sea captain who served with distinction upon armed 

 vessels during the Revolutionary war; in 1798 he became a captain in the United States navy. 

 Later he became collector of internal revenue at Newport and Bristol. VII 9 (M), Sarah Alex- 

 ander Wallace, born in Ireland, 1768. VII 10, William Bailey Wallace, an attorney of the King's 

 Bench, Dublin. VII 11, Robert Wallace. VII 12, James Wallace, served under Cornwallis 

 in India, where he died, 1794. VII 13, Alexander Wallace, served in the army under Cornwallis, 

 and also commanded a merchantman. VII 14, Charles Wallace, was a surgeon in the British 

 army and was on board the Invincible when Howe defeated the French in 1795. VII 15, John 

 Rodgers, born in Scotland, 1726, settled in Maryland about 1750. He was a captain of a regiment 

 of militia during the Revolution. VII 16, Eliza Reynolds (born in Delaware in 1742 or 1743), 

 was a woman of great strength of character. VII 17, Gideon Denison (born 1753), was a merchant 

 of Norwich, Connecticut, who removed to Maryland where he engaged in land speculation. VII 

 18, Jerusha Butler (born 1762), an active and energetic woman. VII 19, Thomas Butler (born 

 1769), was educated at Yale College. VII 20, Benjamin Butler (born 1764), practiced medicine 

 for a time, then became a merchant, and later a shipping merchant. Afterwards he went to New 

 York, where he engaged in brokerage, but finally settled in Oxford, New York. 



VIII 2, Stephen Champlin (1789-1870), rose to the rank of commodore in the United 

 States navy. Fraternity of Propositus: VIII 3, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (see text). VIII 4, 

 Elizabeth Mason. VIII 5, Jane Perry (1799-1875). VIII 6, William Butler (1790-1850), 

 a surgeon in the United States navy, and agent to the Cherokee Indians. From this marriage 

 came the Butlers of South Carolina, who were noted for their military ability. VIII 7, Ray- 

 mond Henry Jones Perry (1789-1826), a captain in the United States navy. VIII 8, James Alex- 



