arriage data from Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Place of birth and date and place of death from Damvelt. Brownson, NEHGR 115:98> At his father’s death, evidently unmarried since he was given personal property, similar to bequests to the other unmarried children. He probably built his home about the time of his marriage. He lived there until about 1733, when he sold out to Gideon Ellis. The house was taken down by Abiel and Elnathan Ellis in 1767. Benjamin and his sons Benjamin and Abner appear on a list of Sandwich householders in March 1730. By deed 11 Oct 1733, Benjamin Perry of Stoughton bought from his son, Benjamin, a tract of 386 acres in Stoughton, in the 25th Division. No record of how the son, Benjamin, acquired this land, but William Swift’s will, dated 17 June 1705, gives only "moveables" to his "daughter Dinah Perry." Swift was for many years a member of the General Court and it was usual for such representatives to acquire lands in undeveloped areas. One hypothesis, then, might be that after Dinah’s death, undivided land belonging to the William Swift estate might properly fall to her eldest son. This possibility is consistent with the fact that Benjamin Perry sold the tract, 15 Oct 1735, to the three youngest sons - Josiah, Nathaniel, and Eliakim Perry. No record has been found of a will or settlement of the estate of Benjamin Perry in probate indices of Suffolk, Bristol, or Barnstable Counties. [BINGHAM.GED]

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