John Perry (1743 – 7 November 1810) was the founder of the

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, where he built ships largely for the

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. He was buried at St Matthias Old Church, Poplar. Ephraim Seehl, an apothecary and chemist, was married to his sister Sarah. In 1796 his wife, Elizabeth, died, and less than a month later his second daughter, Sarah, married George Green, whom Perry had taken as apprentice a dozen years previously. In 1798 Perry married Green's sister Mary. He retired to Moor Hall, near

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and was appointed

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. Perry's children by his two marriages included: *John and Philip, who followed him into the family business *

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, first bishop of Melbourne, Australia *Thomas, father of

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, MP for South Essex *Amelia (died 1874), managing committee for George Green's School

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, John 1743 births 1810 deaths English shipbuilders High sheriffs of Essex