Dr. Eli PERRY, 2nd, was the grandson of the Abner PERRY who commanded a regiment in the expedition to Rhode Island, 1780.  Abner was also a member of the General Court from Holliston, MA, where he had been born. Eli's father, Dr. Eli PERRY, Senior, married Rhoda FAIRBANK  of Holliston, MA on Mar 10, 1785.  Dr. PERRY & wife Rhoda were living in Wardsboro, VT, by the time of the birth of their first child, Hadassah in 1786.

     The second Dr. Eli PERRY was born in Wardsboro, VT around 1790.  Educated in Buffalo, NY; he went to Ryegate in 1820, where he taught school to nearly 100 pupils.  He studied medicine with Drs. Marcus ROBBINS, Chester THAYER, and Shelamath HALL. They were educated in the office and practice of Dr. Paul WHEELER.  He began practicing at the Corner in 1825.  Being the first settled physician in Ryegate, he continued his practice until near his death.  A member of the Covenanter Church at the Corner, he later became one of the charter members of the Ref. Presbyterian Church at South Ryegate.  He was the precentor for over 40 years, at first lining out the psalm line-by-line, later two lines at a time.  When psalm books came into popular use, this ancient practice was discontinued. Dr. PERRY built and occupied a house, in Ryegate, which was sold to Charles L. ADAMS. 

     He married his first wife, Azubah, daughter of Hezehiah WETHERBEE  of Grafton, VT and granddaughter of Colonel Enoch HALE of Hinsdale, NH on Oct. 30, 1825. She died in November 1837.  A little over three years later, he married Margaret, the daughter James HALL, on March 9, 1841. 

    Children, with Azubah WETHERBEE: