John Perry (shipbuilder)

John Perry (1743 – 7 November 1810) was the founder of the Blackwall Yard, where he built ships largely for the East India Company.

He was buried at St Matthias Old Church, Poplar.

[1] Ephraim Seehl, an apothecary and chemist, was married to his sister Sarah.

[2][3] In 1796 his wife, Elizabeth, died, and less than a month later his second daughter, Sarah, married George Green, whom Perry had taken as apprentice a dozen years previously.

He retired to Moor Hall, near Harlow[4] and was appointed High Sheriff of Essex.