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| The Usher Sisters of Early Augusta County, Virginia |
Their Ancestry, and Pullin, Steuart, and Dickinson Descendants
Debrett Ancestry Research Ltd 2005
Oren Morton, in his History of Highland County Virginia, told the story of Edward Usher and his elopement with the daughter of an English nobleman named Perry. Three daughters of Edward Usher — Ann Jane, Margaret, and Martha — married early pioneers of Augusta County and founded dynasties that have spread throughout America. With little more than these clues to work on, the ‘nobleman Perry’ has been identified as an attorney and gentleman named James Perry who lived at Perrymount, County Down, Ireland and was married to Ann Swift, a first cousin of the famous Jonathan Swift. Perry was associated with an Edward Usher, linen draper, and his will abstract mentions Edward Usher, first husband of his daughter Jane Perry ‘in America.’
The Usher Sisters of Early Augusta County, Virginia places the Perry family in its historical context and traces the Swift line back to its Dryden, Cope, and Spencer roots. Through the Cope connection, Ann Swift and her progeny can be tied to Edward I and his famous forebears back to William the Conqueror, Charlemagne and others. For readers who are interested in confirming a connection to the Usher/Perry family, three-generation register reports are supplied for the Pullin, Steuart, and Dickinson descendants of the Usher sisters.
The book is in A4 paperback format (8" x 11.5") and contains 148 pages, with several full colour photographs and portraits and five pedigree charts. It is available from:
Gerald Richardson, 1109 Pine St, Richland WA 99354 USA
Tel: 509-943-9547
Email: glrich@charter.net
or
Phyllis Buchanan, 3141 Keywest Ct, Wichita KS 67204 USA
Tel: 316-838-0870
Email: phyllisbuchanan@cox.net
A donation of $25 per copy is requested to help pay for printing and shipping.
Cheques made payable to Gerald Richardson or Phyllis Buchanan please.
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