apt. William built his house on a low
bluff on the cove near Gray Gables, in Bourne, Mass. During the
hurricane of September 1816 a tidal wave swept one of the Captain’s
pigs right into the family pantry. (It feasted while the family
fled to higher ground) Capt. Perry served in the Merchant Marine,
and in later years, when he became lame, taught navigation in
Bourne. [PERRY.TXT]