LONDON SHIPPING FAMILY

Evening Star, Issue 20981, 21 December 1931, Page 12

LONDON SHIPPING FAMILY

An interesting account is given in the November issue of the ‘ P.L.A. Monthly ’ of the family of tho Perry’s, so closely associated with docks and shipyards at Blackwall. As early as 3701 there was a Perry shipbuilding at Blackwall, but it was not until 1779 that John Perry “ purchased the whole of the Blackwall yard estate, together with other property in Poplar, for £8,000.” About tho same time George Green was starting as an apprentice at tho yard, which became more famous when he and Wigram wore building tine ships there.Brunswick Basin, now incorporated with tho East India Docks, was begun in 1789 by John Perry, and was always known locally as “ Perry’s Dock.” Here stood tho famous “ Mast House, which remained a striking riverside landmark until removed by the East and West India Dock Company in the 1860’s. After John Perry retired to a country estate in Essex he married as his second wife the sister of his son-in-law, George Green, thus becoming father-in-law and brother-in-law to his partner. The Blackwall yard was then owned by .John Perry (the third of the name), Philip Perry (also the third of tho name), George Green, and the Wells brothers, who had been shipbuilders at Deptford. Various descendants of the Perry family remain, but the surname is borne" only by a John Perry—now a very old gentleman—who is a grandson of the second John Perry.