Hi all
I feel that the births that Selina found maybe the correct ones
"Thomas Perry baptised at Cheveley (4 miles from Newmarket) in 1701, son of George. Another son of George, a John Perry was baptised there in 1703"
Selina can you list the full baptism dates? Is there a marriage for George Perry and other info? Are there further children to him?
Proven I have definately got in my line:
John Perry, son of Thomas Perry of Cambridge, first maker of jockey caps and hunting caps and what are called Newmarket coats for gentlemen and ladies
The fact that John calls them Newmarket coats suggests he is from Newmarket. Definitely says he is son of Thomas Perry of Cambridge.
Assumption is Thomas Perry of Cambridge is the one born 1701
The 1724 comes from ancestry.com and is exactly written as shown here
Marriage
Thomas. Perry, of Newmarket, s. M., 23 years, & Ann Reeve, of Soham, s. W., 22 years. 01 May 1724.
It seems Ann was from Suffolk, Thomas was from Newmarket, (and I assume the one in Cambridge)
as Selina wrote Newmarket only 4 miles from Cheveley I feel the dates perfectly fit
Not to mention the 1725 apprentice John Perry to master Thomas Perry, perhaps being a tailor
So appreciate if we can work on this assumption trying to find more on George Perry of Cheveley and his family