Daniel Perrin

{{Short description|Settler of Staten Island (1642–1719)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{for|the New Zealand rugby player|Dan Perrin}} thumb|Coat of arms of Daniel Perrin '''Daniel Perrin''' (1642–1719) was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as "The Huguenot", he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665, aboard the ship ''Philip'', under the command of Philip Carteret. He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the Elizabethtown Tract (now Elizabeth, New Jersey) for a while before moving across the Arthur Kill and settling on Staten Island. In 1692 he was granted {{convert|80|acre|m2}} of land by Governor Benjamin Fletcher in an area along the south shore of Staten Island then known as ''Smoking Point''. During the American Revolutionary War this area was referred to as the ''Blazing Star'', and is now known as ''Rossville''.

Daniel Perrin was married to Maria Thorel, of Rouen, France, on February 18, 1666. They had five sons and one daughter; Peter, b. 1667, Henry, b. 1669, James, b. 1670, Daniel, b. 1672, William, b. 1673, and Francyntje, b. 1675. He also had three daughters from a second marriage to a woman named Elizabeth. The daughters names are Sara, Elizabet, and Mary. Perrin died on Staten Island after September 6, 1719.

The Staten Island neighborhood of Huguenot is named after him and the other Huguenots who settled in the area during the late 17th century and early 18th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2015/06/huguenots_have_long_staten_island_history.html|title=Huguenots have long Staten Island history|date=3 June 2015 |publisher=}}</ref>

==Notable descendants==

* The Perine Brothers of Doon, Ontario * Edward Martineau Perine * George Edward Perine * Charles Dillon Perrine * Henry Perrine * I. B. Perrine * Laurence Perrine * Valerie Perrine

== References == {{Reflist}}

https://archive.org/details/danielperrintheh1910perr

==External links== * [http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Ancestors/ The Huguenot Society of America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121065418/http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Ancestors%2F |date=21 January 2015 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perrin, Daniel}} Category:1642 births Category:Jersey emigrants Category:Huguenots Category:People from Rossville, Staten Island Category:1719 deaths Category:Immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies