History of Our Chapter

Erasmus Perry, for whom our Chapter is named, was a patriot ancestor of two of the organizing members of the Chapter.  He was born in 1760 in Montgomery County, then called Lower Frederick.  In 1778 he signed the Oath of Fidelity and Support, and enlisted as a Private 1st Class in Captain Samuel Swearington's 5th Company, Colonel John Murdock's Regiment, Lower Battalion, Montgomery County Militia.  This regiment did not see active service during the Revolution but was on guard on the home front.

His home farm was part of the original Hermitage Trace, located on the Newport Mill Road south of Viers Mill Road, in what is now known as Kensington Knolls.  Connecticut Avenue extended across the eastern portion of his farm, which extended to Rock Creek.

Erasmus Perry died in May 1828 and was buried in the family plot on the farm, which is now included in the Rock View Elementary School grounds.  In 1953, when the Chapter found it could not mark his grave, a contribution was made to have his name engraved on a plaque in the DAR Memorial Bell Tower at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The Chapter was organized June 3, 1930 and confirmed June 5, 1930.  There were twelve organizing members.

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