Memoranda concerning descendants of John Perry, John Strong, John Fyfe, Robert Gray

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[By] Aaron Fyfe Perry.

John Perry emigrated in 1632 from England to Roxbury, Massachusetts. Three of his children who were survivors after he made his will, were named Elizabeth, John, and Samuel. He died in 1642 of consumption. John Strong was born in Taunton, England, in 1605. He moved to London and then to Plymouth, England. He landed at Nantucket, Massachusetts, 30 May 1630, with a wife and two children. His wife and one child died soon thereafter. On 30 December 1630 he married his second wife, Abigail Ford. Sixteen children came from this marriage. In 1659 he moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1699. John Fyfe was a son of John Fiffe, of Fife County, Scotland. John and his sister came to America (Boston) in 1775. He married Elizabeth Strong 1 February 1787 and moved to Salisbury, Vermont. John died 1 January 1813. Robert Gray and his to-be wife (name unknown) came to America about 1700 on the same ship and were married soon afterward. They moved to Worcester, Massachusetts and had a son Robert, who married Margaret Watts.

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