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Mr. Perley lived where his father had, a few rods west of the 1906 residence of David Eri Perley, and cultivated the parental estate. He was some seven miles from the official center of the town, and so was not burdened with official trust. He was tithing man, 1737 and 1750; surveyor of highways, 1757; was sergeant in Capt. Thurston's company before 1749, and bore the title long afterwards. He was one of the original signers to the covenant at the formation of the Linebrook church, 15 Nov 1749. He was chosen a Ruling Elder in the church, 1756, but declined to serve, believing the office to exist only in the pastor.3
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He died on 1 September 1787 at age 84 . His will was dated 12 Jun 1779, and provided tor his widow yearly, so long as she shall remain single, the east end of his house, eight cords of good wood, sawed and split for the fire, two barrels of cider, and as many apples as she wants to use, "if the orchard shall produce so much," one gallon of rum, six quarts of molasses, six lbs. of sugar, six lbs. of tallow, one gallon of lamp oil, six lbs. of good sheep's wool and six lbs. of good flax. Besides other devises his grandson Samuel Perley had land bought of Nathaniel Brocklebank, eight acres lying west of his barn, and about six and a half acres elsewhere. His son John had the homestead, and was the executor. —Probate registry, 591: 115. The will was proved 1 Oct 1787; his estate was appraised by Jeremiah Searl, Francis Pingry and Daniel Dresser, 16 Oct 1787, at £542 13s. The inventory mentions two oxen, four cows, four young cattle, two spring calves, one horse, fourteen sheep, two young steers, one swine, and a pew in the Linebrook church.
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