John Perry (1743 – 7 November 1810) was the founder of the Blackwall Yard, where he built ships largely for the East India Company.
He was buried at St Matthias Old Church, Poplar.[1]
Ephraim Seehl, an apothecary and chemist, was married to his sister Sarah.[2][3]
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 Harlow[4] and was appointed High Sheriff of Essex.
Perry's children by his two marriages included:
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