American naval and political dynasty from Rhode Island
For other uses, see Perry (disambiguation).
Perry
Portrait of Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, USN (1839) by Edward L. Mooney
Current region
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, and New England
Place of origin
England Ireland Scotland
Connected families
Rodgers family Belmont family Whitney family Vanderbilt family Randolph family De Peyster family
Estate(s)
Commodore Oliver Perry Farm, Sion Hill (Havre De Grace, Maryland), Belcourt
Military career
Allegiance
United States of America
Years of service
1799–
The Perry family is an American naval and political dynasty from Rhode Island whose members have included several United States naval commanders, naval aviators, politicians, artists, clergymen, lawyers, physicians, and socialites. Progeny of a mid-17th-century English immigrant to South Kingstown, Rhode Island, the Perry family patriarch, Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and his two sons Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and Commodore Matthew C. Perry, were seminal figures in the legitimization of the United States Navy and establishment of the United States Naval Academy.
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