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     Samuel Perley was born on 15 September 1757 or 15 September 1758 . He served in the army of the Revolution a few months near its close, and then settled upon the parental farm. A good view of the ancient mansion and the massive, wide-spreading elm that graces the frontage, is shown here. This was one of the largest, most symmetrical, and beautiful elms in the County.

Thomas Perley chose the site for his residence as early as 1684. The property passed to his son Thomas; then to Asa, who razed the old house and built the present one. The subject of this family was the next owner. Later owners were Israel and Isaac Hale, then Isaac Hale, and, by 1906, Frank Barnes, though the house was still known as "the Hale house."

Mr. Perley was a frugal, diligent, and prosperous husbandman. He was a selectman in 1797, and district surveyor of highways in 1786 and 1800.² He was the son of Asa Perley and Susannah Low.¹ He and Phebe Dresser published their marriage intention on 24 March 1798.²

He died on 18 June 1807 of a wound.² He and Phebe Dresser were buried in Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, Phebe's epitaph reads: "All the days of my appointed time will I wait."³

     Samuel Perley was born on 6 August 1770 in the part of Rowley which is now Millwood, Essex County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of John Perley and Lydia Perley.¹

He married Lydia (Nabby?) Perkins of Topsfield on 12 January 1812.²

He bought the farm in Boxford that was once the property of his great uncle, Capt. Francis Perley, and resided there, leaving the estate to his children. In 1906, it was occupied by David DeW. C. Mighill.

Mr. Perley was a man of good natural and practical ability. He was called into town affairs in other relations beside these. He was surveyor of highways 1813 and 1820; constable 1817, 1821 and 1823; tax collector 1817; member of the school board 1817 and 1824. In the militia he was ensign in 1817 and as late as 1821.²

He died on 27 May 1848 at age 77.² He and Lydia (Nabby?) Perkins of Topsfield were buried in Harmony Cemetery, East Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts.²

     Samuel Perley was born on 17 November 1766 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, . He was a farmer.² He was the son of Samuel Perley and Hephzibah Fowler.¹

He married Abigail Lewis on 13 November 1793 in Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont.³ About 1795, Samuel Perley moved to Gray, Cumberland County, Maine.³ In 1807, Samuel Perley moved to Harrison, Cumberland County, Maine . He first occupied "the Giles house," a short distance south of Summit mineral spring, on the old road from Harrison Village to Caswell's Corner. In 1808, he built a residence opposite, near the present homes of his son and grandson, David L. and William S. Perley. "Early Settlers of Harrison" says he was sometime of "Groton, Mass." which probably should read Groton, N. H., where his father at one time preached. Samuel Perley, Jr., of Grey, Me., husbandman, 16 Mar 1789, mortgaged a farm in Cockermouth [Groton], N. H., which he had that day bought of the grantee.—Deeds Reg., 12: 362. His father, Rev. Samuel Perley, bought sixty acres in the same town 10 Dec 1779,—Deeds Reg., 5: 415,—and 15 Apr 1780, sold fifty acres in the same town, lot No. 6, third range, second division, which "was drawn to the ministerial right."—Deeds Reg., 7: 99.³

He died on 10 September 1828 at age 61 of diarrhoea.³

     Samuel Perley was born on 19 July 1775 in East Parish, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, . His father died 1778, when he was only three years old. His stepfather was appointed his guardian, 5 Dec 1791, and when he was of Bradford, 13 Mar 1797, he discharged his guardian and receipted for $25, as per his guardian's account. He was apprenticed to Silas Hopkinson of Bradford, the part now Groveland, and of him learned the trade of house carpenter.

He resided, first, in Newburyport, where he built a number of houses. He was of Londonderry, N. H., 24 Apr 1812, engaged in farming. In 1814, he took "the western fever," prevalent at that time, and planned to go west. He took an overland route, with his own team, in the spring of 1815, saying goodbye to New England. His family consisted of himself, wife and four children, the youngest only two years of age. He was forty-five days en route. They crossed the Alleghany Mountains during the engagements of Waterloo, 15-18 Jun 1815. They made a halt at Steubenville, Ohio, where his "fever" turned. In the spring of 1816, he retraced his steps to Harrisburg, Pa., where they resided about nine years. Then they located in New York City.² He was the son of Nathaniel Perley and Sarah Dutch of Ipswich Village.¹

He married Lucy Balch on 16 January 1799.²

He died on 30 April 1830 at age 54.³

     Samuel Perley is the son of Henry Perley and Eunice Hood.¹

He married Nancy Peabody on 9 May 1816.²

     Samuel Perley was born on 27 December 1788.¹ He was the son of Jacob Perley and Dolly Wood.¹

He was drowned on 17 September 1817 in Plum Island river, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 28.¹ He was buried in South Byfield, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, in the Congregational church yard, at the side of his parents, and his epitaph reads:

"Where is Tomorrow? In another world,
for numbers this is certain; the reverse
Is sure to none.".¹

     Samuel Perley was born on 7 February 1815 . He always lived at home and assisted in carrying on the farm.¹ He was the son of Samuel Perley and Lydia (Nabby?) Perkins of Topsfield.¹

He died on 18 March 1869 at age 54 of jaundice, unmarried.¹

     Samuel Perley was born on 16 December 1798 in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine.¹ He was the son of Samuel Perley and Abigail Lewis.¹

He died on 22 September 1823 in Harrison, Cumberland County, Maine, at age 24 of diarrhoea.¹

     Samuel Perley is the son of Samuel Perley and Lucy Balch.¹

     Samuel Holton Perley was born on 1 July 1815.¹ He was the son of Artemas Ward Perley and Eleanor Putnam of Danvers.¹

He died on 10 March 1850 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 34 of consumption.¹

     Samuel Jacob Perley is the son of Jacob Perley and Dorothy Hale.¹

     Sarah Perley was born in 1648/49 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Allen Perley and Susanna Bokesen, or Bokenson.

She married William Watson on 15 January 1670/71 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, . (Newbury town records say 6 Dec 1670, as does Savage.).² In 1686, Sarah Perley and William Watson moved to Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts . He was a selectman in 1687, a surveyor of highways 1691, and a constable in 1698, when he was so infirm he could not collect the taxes, a duty which in those days devolved upon that officer. His health failed gradually till his death.²

She died before 15 February 1694/95.²

     Sarah Perley was born in 1664.² She was the daughter of John Perley and Mary Howlett.¹

She died on 28 March 1743 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, unmarried.²

     Sarah Perley was born on 7 June 1665.² She was the daughter of Samuel Perley and Ruth Trumble.¹

She married Joseph Andrew on 1 February 1681 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts.²

She died on 15 January 1693/94 at age 28.²