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     May Goodwin Perley was born on 16 September 1860 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Stephen Augustus Perley and Eliza Mary Foster.¹

She died on 8 August 1862 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 1.²

     Mehitable Perley was born on 17 August 1779 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Lieut. Dudley Perley and Hannah Hale.¹

She married Jeremiah Spaulding of Peterboro, N. H. in August 1799 and moved to at Aurora, Cayuga County, New York.³

     Mehitable Perley was born on 26 June 1708.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Perley and Sarah Osgood of Andover.¹

She died on 14 October 1723 at age 15.¹

     Mehitable Perley is the daughter of Capt. Francis Perley and Huldah Putnam.¹

     Mehitable Perley was born on 26 November 1737.¹

She married Nathaniel Perley, son of Amos Perley and Margaret Cogswell, on 30 October 1753 or 31 October 1753 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, . They were third cousins.¹ She and Nathaniel Perley joined the First Church at Boxford, on 14 March 1762, when two children were baptised and where the others were afterwards.² She was buried in Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, in the same plot with Nathaniel Perley.¹

A slate tablet thus records Mehitable's memory:

ERECTED
In Memory of Mr^s
Mehitabel the wife
of M^r Nathaniel
Perley who Died
February the 19th
1776 in the 39^th
year of her Age..¹

     Mehitable Perley was born on 9 April 1767.¹ She was the daughter of Nathaniel Perley and Mehitable Perley.¹

She married Capt. Ancill Stickney on 27 June 1793 . Their home was in East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, and the house was recently (as of 1906) standing on its original site in the woods in front of Capt. Samuel Kimball's.¹

She died on 23 October 1837 at age 70 . She bequeathed, by her will, dated 19 Sep 1835, and proved in Nov 1837, her personal estate that remained, to aid in building a meeting house. The First Church edifice was erected soon after.²

     Mehitable Perley was born on 29 March 1788 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of John Perley and Hannah Mighill of Rowley.¹

She died on 6 October 1816 or 16 October 1816 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, of consumption at Jonathan Kilham's.²

     Mehitable Perley is the daughter of Nathan Perley and Sarah Symonds.¹

She married Sewell Bennett.¹

     Mehitable Perley was born on 7 November 1789.¹ She was the daughter of Amos Perley and Hannah Proctor of Danvers.¹

She died on 23 November 1821 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 32, unmarried.¹

     Melinda Perley was born on 12 October 1812.¹ She was the daughter of Isaac Perley and Eunice Hancock.¹

She married John F. Sawyer on 21 November 1833, by Elder Perkins.¹

     Moody Perley was born on 16 March 1760 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, north of Baldpate pond. His first home was the Killam house, which has burned, on the left of the road from Boxford village to Georgetown, and near what was the Francis Marden place. In 1801 or '02, he removed to the Flint Tyler place, which in 1880 was the Adams place, on the old Andover road, about half a mile from his former residence. About 1827, he removed to the "old Andrews house," in the southern part of the town, later occupied by Albert Tyler.

He was a surveyor of highways 1797, 1806, 1814; hogreeve 1815; member of the school board 1807. He was esteemed for his numerous good qualities. He left a considerable estate.² He was the son of Moses Perley and Hannah Frye.¹

He married Abigail Gould on 10 December 1793.²

He died on 23 September 1833 at age 73.² He and Abigail Gould were buried in Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, , where double stone marks their resting-place.²

     Moody Perley was born on 15 April 1798.¹ He was the son of Moody Perley and Abigail Gould.¹

He died on 7 November 1803 at age 5.¹ In 1864, Abigail Perley went to live with her brother, Moody Perley, in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts.²

     Moody Perley was born on 26 March 1809 . He cultivated his father's farm till about 1864, when he purchased a farm of Phineas Foster, in Boxford.² He was the son of Moody Perley and Abigail Gould.¹

Spent the greater part of her life as housekeeper for her brother.²

     Moses Perley was born on 11 December 1701.¹ He was the son of Thomas Perley and Sarah Osgood of Andover.¹

He died 9 Nov 17— (1702?).¹