Daniel Perrin (1642–1719) was one of the first permanent
European inhabitants of
Staten Island, New York
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. Known as "
The Huguenot", he arrived in
New York Harbor from the Isle of
Jersey
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on July 29, 1665, aboard the ship ''Philip'', under the command of
Philip Carteret. He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the
Elizabethtown Tract (now
) for a while before moving across the
Arthur Kill
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and settling on
Staten Island
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. In 1692 he was granted of land by Governor
Benjamin Fletcher
Benjamin Fletcher (14 May 1640 – 28 May 1703) was colonial governor of New York from 1692 to 1697. Fletcher was known for the ''Ministry Act'' of 1693, which secured the place of Anglicans as the official religion in New York. He also built ...
in an area along the south shore of Staten Island then known as ''Smoking Point''. During the
American Revolutionary War
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this area was referred to as the ''Blazing Star'', and is now known as ''
Rossville''.
Daniel Perrin was married to Maria Thorel, of
Rouen
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, France, on February 18, 1666. They had five sons and one daughter; Peter, b. 1667, Henry, b. 1669, James, b. 1670, Daniel, b. 1672, William, b. 1673, and Francyntje, b. 1675. He also had three daughters from a second marriage to a woman named Elizabeth. The daughters names are Sara, Elizabet, and Mary. Perrin died on Staten Island after September 6, 1719.
The Staten Island neighborhood of
Huguenot
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is named after him and the other Huguenots who settled in the area during the late 17th century and early 18th centuries.
Notable descendants
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The Perine Brothers of Doon, Ontario
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Edward Martineau Perine
Edward Martineau Perine (July 31, 1809 – June 5, 1905) was a merchant and planter in Cahaba, Alabama. Born at Southfield, Staten Island, New York, a son of Edward and Addra Guyon Perine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "the Huguenot", Perin ...
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George Edward Perine
George Edward Perine (July 9, 1837 – February 3, 1885) was a noted artist, engraver, and publisher. In 1852, he began engraving for Thomas Doney in New York and in 1856-1858 for W.W. Rice, a line and bank-note engraver. He engraved in mezz ...
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Charles Dillon Perrine
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Henry Perrine
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I. B. Perrine
Ira Burton Perrine (May 7, 1861 – October 2, 1943) was an Idaho farmer, rancher and businessman. Perrine is generally credited as the founder of Twin Falls and other towns in the Magic Valley region.
Born in Delaware, Indiana, Perrine's parent ...
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Laurence Perrine
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Valerie Perrine
References
https://archive.org/details/danielperrintheh1910perr
External links
The Huguenot Society of America
1642 births
Jersey emigrants to the United States
Huguenots
People from Rossville, Staten Island
1719 deaths
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