"Thomas Perley … m. Rowley 8 July 1668 Lydia (Peabody) Howlett, daughter of Francis Peabody {1635, Ipswich} and widow of Thomas Howlett [Dudley Wildes Anc 55-56; Granberry 258-59, 290-91; GMB 2:1027]. (The date of this marriage is published as 8 July 1667, but as Lydia's first husband died on 23 December 1667, the correct year of the marriage must be 1668 [EPR 2:125-25])." NOTE: Eldest known child born, Rowley, 27 September 1669.