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     Francis Perley was born on 11 January 1744/45 or 11 January 1745/46 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Capt. Francis Perley and Huldah Putnam.¹

He married Ruth Putnam of Danvers on 28 November 1771.³ , He became a member of the First Church, Boxford. In this church most of their children were baptised.²

He was something of a military man in his day. He was lieutenant in 1784, and captain in 1786. This latter title he wore till his death.

He held numerous town offices, and exercised them with integrity and ability. He was on the school board 1797, was surveyor of highways 1779 and 1786, a constable 1796, moderator of town meetings in 1785, 1787, 1791, 1795, selectman and assessor 1782-1786, 1788, 1792-1795. In 1780 he was one of a committee to hire soldiers. In 1799 he was chosen one of the trustees of the "Aaron Wood School Fund" of Boxford. In 1809, Jan. 23, he was on the committee of safety for Rowley. He was a licensed auctioneer. He was, in 1785, a joint executor of the will of David Stickney, son of Susannah.²

He married Hannah Payson 2d, of Rowley on 31 October 1786.² In 1800, Francis Perley moved to Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.³

He died on 17 July 1810 in Rowley, in a fit.

At his death he owned, in Boxford, a farm of sixty-eight acres, valued at S2720, which the year following his death was occupied by his son James. He also owned half a farm in Winthrop, Me., valued at $1000. His widow was appointed administratrix of his estate 6 Aug 1810, and guardian of his youngest children 2 Jan 1811. His estate was appraised by Thomas Perley, Paul Jewett and Thomas Payson, 31 Oct 1810. In the Boxford church he had 1¼ pews, valued at $100/ His debts were about $3000.

The following is from the Salem Gazette:—

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Will be sold at Public Auction. on the premises, on Tuesday the 10th day of March next, at one o'clock P.M.

A FARM in Boxford, belonging to the estate of Capt. FRANCIS PERLEY, late of Rowley, deceased. Said farm consists of about 70 acres of wood, tillage, and pasture Land, with the buildings thereon. For further information inquire of JAMES PERLEY, of Rowley, or DANIEL BODWELL, on the premises, where the conditions of sale will be made known.

             HANNAH PERLEY, adm'x.
   Rowley, Feb. 7, 1812

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     Francis Perley was born on 15 April 1765.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Perley and Mehitable Perley.¹ He and John Chapman, Jr. went a-fishing on Hood's Pond, 23 May 1793, when Francis in casting anchor, about twenty rods (330 feet) from the western shore, capsized the boat, to which John clung for rescue, but Francis, trusting to his skill in swimming, was drowned. Major Asa, in his seventy-sixth year, heard the outcries and went to the shore. He swam to the boat, but the anchor held too strongly. He swam to the shore, and with others who had arrived converted a barn-door into a raft and John was rescued. Francis was in the water two hours. The Salem Gazette reads: "He was a man of strict integrity, had the universal esteem of his acquaintances, whose united testimony of his worth will sufficiently embalm his memory." He was not married.

The improvised raft was doubtless obtained at the home "within a hundred feet of the western end of the pond, and known since 1712 as the Hood estate, which was, in 1906, the residence of S. D. Hood, Esq.¹

     Francis Perley was born on 19 July 1780.² He was the son of Francis Perley and Ruth Putnam of Danvers.¹

In 1815, Francis Perley was a victualer at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.²

It was said by the family that "he died at sea," but according to a Salem Paper dated 6 March 1815 "Francis Perley, merchant, formerly of this town, died at Deer Island, Me., aged thirty-two."² , he conveyed to Eliphalet Perley of Boxford, yeoman, for $340, twelve acres of salt marsh, on Hog Island, Rowley.²

     Francis Perley was born on 13 March 1770.² He was the son of Francis Perley and Ruth Putnam of Danvers.¹

He died on 4 March 1780 at age 9.³

     Francis Perley is the son of Jacob Perley and Dolly Wood.¹

     Francis Perley is the son of Jesse Perley and Widow Elizabeth Moulton.¹

     Capt. Francis Perley was born on 28 January 1705/6.² He was the son of Jacob Perley and Lydia Peabody.¹

Mr. Perley, in his sixteenth year, his cousin Thomas, and several other young men, were privileged to build a pew in the meeting house for their own use. He afterwards owned land near his birthplace and built a dwelling upon it, the site of which was, in 1906, occupied by Mr. David DeWitt C. Mighill's residence, built in 1817. Before 1728 he built a tannery, the first in town; he did an extensive business, for that time, employing several hands. In 1708, three years after his death, it was the only tannery there. He was also a large land holder, and cultivated an extensive area.

He was prominent in civic offices; and beginning with hogreeve in 1738. He was hogreeve in 1738, 1739, 1742, 1743, 1746, 1751, 1754 and 1757; a surveyor of highways in 1744, 1749, 1753, 1758 and 1763; a constable in 1747; a fence viewer in 1751; a warden in 1764: a selectman in 1759 and 1760; and was town treasurer for eight years from 1753 to 1761 inclusive, except 1760. He took considerable interest in the militia, although he never held any other office than captain, to which he was chosen in 1754.³

Francis Perley and his wife were admitted to church fellowship 10 Oct 1736.³

He married Huldah Putnam, daughter of Joseph Putnam and Elizabeth Porter, on 8 November 1734, by Rev. John Rogers of Boxford.²

He died on 8 March 1765 at age 59 . Mr. Perley, being "weak and infirm of body," 20 Oct 1700, made his will; it was proved 18 Mar 1705; his son William was executor, and Jonathan Wood, Nathan Wood and Solomon Wood were witnesses; he bequeaths to his son William the time of his apprentice, Jonathan Peabody. The inventory of his estate (Probate Registry, 43: 43) covers six foolscap pages; it amounts to £2141; values his land and buildings at £1609; mentions 1 black horse, 2 horses, 1 fat ox, 2 oxen, 2 pairs of steers, 9 cows—four with calves, 10 young cattle, 14 sheep, 7 lambs, 1 sow and pigs, 7 oxen, and 5 swine "more", 3 hives of bees, cider-mill and press, 20 cords of bark, a stone to grind bark, 905 lbs. of sole leather at 1p. per lb., upper leather and tanning other men's leather, tanning twenty hides not in vats £5, more leather in the vats £25, etc., appraised 2 Apr 1705.³ He was buried in East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF CAP^t
FRANCIS PEARLEYTHIS LIFE MARCH
5 1705 IN
THE 60th YEAR
OF HIS AGE.³

     Francis Peabody Perley was the son of Thomas Perley and Rhoda Peabody.¹

He married a widow, it is thought; he left no children.¹

He died after 14 May 1815.¹

     Frederic Perley was born in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts.¹ He is the son of Amos Perley and Sarah Smith.¹

     Frederic Perley is the son of Amos Perley and Hannah Proctor of Danvers.¹

     Frederick Perley was born on 5 August 1784.¹ He was the son of Daniel Perley and Rebecca Porter.¹

He died on 18 September 1785 at age 1.¹

     George Perley is the son of Abraham Perley and Rebecca Humphrey.¹

He married Hannah Huston Low.²

     George Dummer Perley was born on 18 June 1797.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Perley and Mary Dummer.¹ He was graduated in 1818 from Bowdoin College ; and studied law with his father.¹

George Dummer Perley was a lawyer at Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.¹

He married Jane Louisa Jackson in 1821.¹

He died on 28 April 1826 at age 28 . His epitaph reads:

Go, tender partner, to thy native sky,
Go bear thy consort's love, and dwell on high
Thy generous heart relieved the poor's distress,
And God a soul like thine will ever bless..¹

     George Henry Perley was born on 3 April 1863 in Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.¹ He was the son of John Quincy Adams Perley and Hephzibath Woodbury.¹