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id 943 lastname Perdy firstname Henry sex m birth_date 1827.11.18 birth_place Red Hook, NY date_admitted 1850.04.11 covenant_signed Hancock 1844, 1846, 1849-1850, 1855, 1860-1863, 1869-1870, 1880, 1885. shaker_residences Boys' caretaker 1849, 1860. Farmer, 1855 census. 'P. Farmer,' 1860 census. Elder, 1860. Office deacon, 1861. Ass't Elder 1862. Farmer, 1863. Farmer, 1865. Boys' caretaker, 1869. Farmer, 1870. Farm laborer, 1880. Gardener, 1885. health Alternate surnames: Purdee, Pardy, Purdy. Came to Shakers age 17 [c1844], MPH.8000 p209. Res Hancock North Family 1846.09.25, OClWHi.V:B-36, p60. 'Henry Pardy came from the North House to the Church to reside & to take care of the little boys,' 1849.07.07, NOC.TDM. Signed covenant 1850.04.11, NOC.13,602, p53. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 22, born NY. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24 (Chh Family): age 27, farmer, born NY. 1860 census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee family 2215: age 32, 'P. Farmer,' born NY. Released as boys' caretaker to take charge of the farm, 1860.05.31, NOC.TDM. Appointed to live with Elder Simon Mabee 1860.10.07, MPH.8000 p1. Office deacon 1861.03.18, MPH.8000 p2. Assistant to Elder Issac Augur 1862.05.29, MPH.8000 p2. Birthdate & place, occupation farmer noted on 1863 conscription list, DeWint.1168. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 37, born NY, farmer. Named boys' caretaker again, 1869.05.03, MPH.8000 p6. 1870 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 96: age 42, farmer, born NY. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 52, farm laborer, born NY. Appointed Elder 1884.04.13, MPH.8000 p17. Died age 58, 1885.11.07, MPH.8000 p17; age 57, SDR.NEHGR p125 & MPH.5218. Born Red Hook, NY, parents unknown; gardener, died age 57y 11m 19d of Bright's disease, Hancock MVR. occupation 1885.11.07 departure_apostasy Hancock notes Over a week of excrutiating sufferings, Bright's disease of kidneys,' MPH.8000 p208. death_date MPH.8000 p17. SDR.NEHGR p125. MPH.5218.