Site Map
This web page contains links to every free standing page or reference point therein. You will find the same information for certain portions of the site elsewhere as well
Narrative
Here I have listed each web page in narrative order, providing links to each subdivision included in it. The headings correspond as much as possible to the published edition of this website.
- Foreward and Acknowledgments
- About Geneological Sources
- Thomas Perrin, yeoman of Backwell
- Introduction
- North Somerset
- Perrin Parish Records in Backwell and Vicinity
- Other records concerning Thomas Perrin
- Thomas Perrin's will
- Commentary
- John Perrin, mariner of Bristol
- Edward the Quaker, Bristol trader
- Thomas Perrin, merchant of London
- Thomas Perrin, Fur Trader
- John Perins, planter
- Indian War and Land Sales
- Edward Perrin and Mary Cherry in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- John Perrin (Jr.) of Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Joseph, son of John Perrin | The sale of John Perrin's Maryland land
- John Perrin, Jr.'s sons in Fairfield and Franklin County, Ohio
- Thomas Perrin of Town Creek
- Amos Perrin and Deborah Perrin Stewart
- James K. Perrin and Town Creek
- The Brownsville Years
- Upton G. M. Perrin, William H. Perrin and Pittsburg
- Florus Romulus Cassius Perrin in Crafton, Pennsylvania
- Lea Perrin in Crafton
- Alberta Perrin Day
- Sarah Perrin's Vision
- The Lazear Family
- The Powell Family
- The Maxwell Family
- Kramer Family
- Wentz Family
Personal History
More information about these entries on the Personal History Welcome page.
- Space and Time
- Ancestor Veneration
- The Seduction of Genealogy
- The Land Forgets June 1, 2007
- Death and Syntax September 23, 2007
- The Books Are Free September 24, 2007
- Brownsville September 25, 2007
- Where's Thomas September 26, 2007
- "This should be investigated" Mar 10, 2008
- Closure May 29, 2008
- Epilog May 31, 2008
- Reviewing the Land May 13, 2009
Maps
Maps listed here are in pdf format, and can be large files. Those with a date in the title are historical maps, usually from the Library of Congress or the Historic Pittsburgh site. Those not so labelled are drawn from older USGS topographic maps, usually to show the locations of land tracts. These general map pdfs all have layers, allowing the reader to choose their content.
- Bristol and Somerset
- Early Colonial America
- London
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Washington County, Maryland
- 1751 map of Virginia and Maryland
- Topography of Maryland between Antietam and Conocoheague
- General Overview of Central Maryland
- Land tracts south of the Great Marsh
- Land tracts around the Great Marsh
- John Perrin land sales in the Tonoloway region
- Powell, McCoy and Kelley land tracts along Antietam Creek
- John Powell land tracts in the Tonoloway
- Maryland and Pennsylvania Mountains
- 1816 map of Southampton Township, Bedford County
- 1860 map of Southampton Township, Bedford County
- 1877 map of Southampton Township, Bedford County
- General Overview of Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Land Tracts in Black Valley, Southampton Township
- Land Tracts around Crabtree Folly, Town Creek, Maryland
- Land Tracts west of Martin's Mountain, Maryland
- General Overview of Maryland and Pennsylvania west of Flintstone
- General Overview of lower Town Creek, Maryland, with selected tracts
- John Perrin land sales in Murley Branch, Maryland
- Land Tracts north of Chaneysville, Southampton Township
- General overview of western Maryland and adjacent Virginia
- Western Pennsylvania
- 1815 map of Pittsburgh and neighboring boroughs
- 1852 map of Pittsburgh and neighboring boroughs
- 1871 map of Pittsburgh and neighboring boroughs
- 1872 map detail of First Ward, Pittsburgh
- 1876 map of Crafton
- 1876 map of Pittsburgh and neighboring boroughs
- 1883 panoramic map of Brownsville
- 1886 map of Crafton
- 1896 map of Crafton
- Land tracts around Cherry Valley
- General Overview of Ohio Country
- General Overview of Pittsburgh topography
- Edward Perrin land near Independence, Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Ohio
Database
I recommend that you start with the explanatory page first.
- Database explanation and acknowledgments
- Perrin family
- Wentz family