WELCH, PERRY
                               by Joe Lavelle
                               Thu Aug 6 1992
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I checked the Otis vital records and there was no birth
record for Hannah PERRY.  The 1800 census had only one PERRY living
in Otis, called Loudon at that time.  Head of the household was
Joseph H. PERRY with a census count of 10200 00100 00.  Could not find
him in the 1810 MA census index.  There were two 1800 PERRY listings in
Lee, Abraham and William.  Other PERRY listings for Berkshire County in
1800 were David in Richmond, John in Partridgefield, Josiah in Hancock
and Peter in Stockbridge.
 
The Williamstown vitals for Hannah's death:
October 30, 1873  ( 67 yrs  7 mo ), born in Otis, father listed as
PERCY, cause of death was consumption.
 
I'll follow up on Joseph H. when I get the time.  Our library also has
microfilm records for some Vermont towns including Pownal.  There were
no records for Elijah WELCH in any of the towns.  The following are some
of the WELCH records from Pownal.  Appears either of the Samuels would
be the correct age to marry Hannah.  Do you have any information to
determine which Samuel married Hannah ?
 
Samuel       b. Feb.  12, 1803   s/o Ebenezer & Patience  7th child
Samuel       b. Sept. 23, 1804   s/o Ebenezer & Susannah  1st child
Samuel Jr.   b. Feb.  29, 1826   s/o Samuel & Hannah
Samuel Jr.   m. Feb.  23, 1848   Abigal HANDES of Bennington
                                ( Abigal's surname KENDER in 2nd rec.)
Ebenezer     d. Feb.  19, 1845   husband of Susannah
Susannah     d. Feb.  19, 1865   wife of Ebenezer  82 y  10 m  9 d
            ( born in Rhode Island d/o Francis BENNETT & Betsy )
Ebenezer     d. May   29, 1837   husband of Patience  70 y  7 m  2 d
Patience     d. Jan.   2, 1827   wife of Ebenezer  61 y
 
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