Daniel Perrin
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Daniel Perrin "The Huguenot" (b. 164-; d. 1719) was one of the first inhabitants of Staten Island, NY. 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 (Governor) . He lived in "Elizabethtown", part of the Elizabethtown Tract (now Elizabeth, New Jersey) for a short time before being granted 80 acres of land on Staten Island ,known as Smoking Point, by Governor Benjamin Fletcher. During the Revolutionary war this area was known as "Blazing Star", now as Rossville, Staten Island.
