RHAS,
Thanks for mentioning my family. I'm greatly appreciative. Someone else from my family you can mention is Henry Perrin. He is the founder of Perrin Flordia. You can find him on Wikipedia.
If anyone else is interested in the origin of the Perrin family you can reference a book Titled:
Dictionary of the nobility, containing the genealogies, history and chronology of the noble families of France, the explanation of their arms, and the state of the great lands of the kingdom. , Historical, of the sovereign houses of Europe, and a record of foreign families, the oldest, the noblest, and the most illustrious. It's written in French.
PERRIN FAMILY
ARMS: PERRIN DE PARIS
This ancient family, issuing from a noble race, was es-
tablished in Castre, Languedoc, and thence divided into four
substantial branches. It had its origin in the family of de la
Baulme from Saint Amour, Seigneur de la Baulme of Cedron,
in Bresse, who was living in 1086. The line following this
family arose to prominence in Deodat de Perrin, living in
1 1 16. From this eldest branch to the 17th degree, there
arose the line of LaBessierre in the person of Michel de Perrin,
chevalier, under the name of Chevalier de la Bessierre. He
served 53 years as lieutenant and colonel, dying at Villefranche
de Constant, in the service of the king. This branch furnished
many distinguished officers and Chevaliers of the Order of
St. Louis, and had numerous representatives in the Crusades
to the Holy Land. “Transplanted and seated in various
provinces of France,” “the Perrin de Paris Coat Armorial is
in conformity with those borne at the early period ; the decor-
ations are of The Order of Saint Louis, and those of the Cru-
sades and Pilgrimages. This ancient nobility, which, at all
times was in the service of the State and King, made alliances
among the best houses of nobility.” “Deeply rooted in the
hearts of most of us, there lives an interest in the past and a
desire to place oneself in some relation to the generations that
have preceded us.”