A couple of happy accidents revealed the facts of a long-lost connection. My eye was caught by a reference during a web search and suddenly I verified the name of my great-grandmother Belle Perry and discovered the name of her father Ambrose, who adds another generation to that line of Perrys. My grandfather Perry A. Clark claimed a relationship to the nautical Perrys of the early US navy, but so far I haven't proven it.

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