The Perkins Family, a Sketch of Inter-Colonial Migration

THE PERKINS FAMILY, A SKETCH OF INTER¬ COLONIAL MIGRATION. CONTRIBUTED BY THE LATE MISS EMILY RITCHIE PERKINS.* IT is not the purpose of this article to speculate upon the degree of relationship between the early colonists of the Perkins name in New England. It has been supposed, and frequently stated in print, that John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abraham and Isaac Perkins of Hampton, New Hampshire, were brothers, and cousins of the Rev. William Perkins of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and all remotely related to that famous non-conformist divine, Rev. William Perkins, who, living in the reign of Elizabeth, 1558-1603, was a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and an author of much repute among the early fathers of New England. Somewhat recent investigation has, however, shown that, the three first named colonists were not brothers, though the latter two doubtless were, and cousins of the former. REV. WILLIAM PERKINS of Topsfield, son of William Perkins, merchant taylor of London, by his wife Katherine, and grand¬ son of George Perkins of Abbots Salford, Warwickshire, was bom in London, 25 August, 1607, from which port he sailed for New England in the William and Francis, 9 March, 1632. The earliest mention of him in Massachusetts, is in March, 1633, when, with the eminent John Winthrop, Jr., the before named John Perkins and ten others, he assisted in the settle¬ ment of Ipswich. His father was a patron of Harvard Col- go !» Vi * The manuscript, unfinished at her decease 16 June, 1918, was completed ' ' by another hand. Miss Perkins, a life-member of this Society, was an artist of real ability, a talented poetess and playwright ; an amateur actress of distinction and created the leading role in her successful drama, “The Changeling,” the elfish story of mystical Irish lore which led to the founding of the Plays and rlayers’ Club of Philadelphia, In the spring of 1911. She was a charter mem¬ ber of the Plastic Club, an active member of the Huntington Valley and New Century clubs and of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Pennsylvania. (163) 164 The Perhins Family. lege which led to the son having a considerable grant of land at Roxbury in 1641. He removed to Weymouth in 1643, which he represented in the General Assembly or Court of the Colony in 1644, and was captain of the military company in 1645, having been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston from 1638. From 1650 to 1655, he preached at Gloucester, and later at Topsfield, where he spent the last years of his useful life, dying there 21 May, 1682, aged seventy-five years. He was, says one writer, prob¬ ably the most accomplished among the early settlers of Topsfield. A scholar, a man of business, farmer, clergyman, soldier and legislator, he bore himself in each of these relations with ability and prudence.* He married, at Roxbury, 30 August, 1636, Elizabeth Wootten, by whom he had ten children, nine of whom survived and made good alliances. Many of his descendants were dis¬ tinguished. His grandson, the Rev. Daniel 3 Perkins, 16971782, Harvard, 1717, son of Captain Tobijah 2 and Sarah (Denison) Perkins died at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the eighty-sixth year of his age and the sixty-second of his ministry in that place, which was “not long only, but peace¬ ful and efficacious; ” some of his descendants settled in Canada, the Mohawk Valley, New York and Charleston, South Carolina. Another grandchild, Elizabeth3 Perkins, 17001768, daughter of John2 and Anne (Hutchinson) Perkins, married the Rev. Nathaniel Sparhawk of Lynnfield, Massa¬ chusetts; her son Rev. Edward Perkins Sparhawk was graduated at Harvard, 1753; another son, John 4 Sparhawk,! * See Netc England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. xxxvlli, p. 320 ; vol. x, p. 210. f The eldest child, Eliza 5 Sparhawk, married Hon. Joel Jones, Presiding Judge of the District Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, and Mayor of Philadelphia 1849. Among their children were, the late Iter. John Sparhawk Jones, the eminent Presbyterian divine, and the late Samuel Hunt¬ ington Jones, Esq., of the Philadelphia bar. His eldest son, Thorn as 6 Sparhawk, served In the War of 1812, In Capt. Condy Raguet’s Oo. of Washington Guards, Fourth Detachment of Penna. Militia, In the service of U. S. 13 May, 1813 to 18 July, 1814 ; was fifth sergeant in same company, commanded by Captain Thomas Franklin Pleasants, In the second campaign First Regiment Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Clement C. Biddle, attached to the Advanced Light Brigade, Brigadier-General Thomas Cadwalader, stationed at Camp Dupont, 20 Aug., 1814, to Jan. 3, 1815. John a Sparhawk, his son, was one of the organizers of the Y. M. C. A. of — The Perkins Family. 165 M. D. removed to Philadelphia, about 1750, where he became a merchant and a signer of the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765, and where his descendants have occupied prominent positions to the present time. ABRAHAM PERKINS OP HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABRAHAM PERKINS, recognized as one of the historic found¬ ers of New Hampshire, 1638, was admitted freeman at the Hampton settlement, 13 May, 1640. In the preceding Janu¬ ary the town granted him eighty acres of land, and in 1646 three shares in the Commons. He was possessed of a good education, was an excellent penman, town marshal in 1654, selectman some years between 1650 and 1683, and much em¬ ployed in town business.* He died 31 August, 1683, aged about seventy-two years. His wife Mary, born circa 1618, died at Hampton, 29 May, 1706, is believed to have been a daughter of Humphrey Wise of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Children, born at Hampton : MARY,2 b. 2 Sept., 1639 ; m. Giles Fifield of Charlestown, Mass., later of Hampton. Samuel Adams, patriot and Governor of Mass., descends from this marriage. ii. ABRAHAM, twin, b. 2 Sept., 1639 ; killed by the Indians, 13 June, 1677; of Hampton; married and had issue. iii. LUKE, b. circa 1641; m. Hannah widow of Henry Cookery and dau. of Robert Long. iv. HUMPHREY, b. 22 Jan., 1642 ; d. y. v. JAMES, b. 11 April, 1644; d. y. vi. TIMOTHY, b. 5 Oct., 1646; d. y. vii. JAMES, b. 5 Oct., 1647; of Hampton; married and had issue. 2. viii. DAVID. ix. ABIGAIL, b. 2 April, 1655; in. John Folsom of Exeter, N. H. General Nathaniel Folsom of the Continental Congress, 1774, was of this line. i. Phila., and the conductor of the famous litigation to restrain the running of Sunday street cars, the case being entered to the Supreme Court Reports, as : Sparhawk vs. The Union Passenger Railroad. Elizabeth 8 Sparhaick, sister of the latter, married Gerald P. Dale and had, inter alia, the Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald Dale, late Presbyterian divine and missionary at Zahled, Syria, and Mrs. Mary S., wife of the Hon. Robert N. Wilson of Phila. late Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Catharine o Sparhaick, another sister, married Jesse S. Kneedler, and had three sons : Howard Sparhawk Kneedler, Henry Martyn Kneedler. well-known manufacturers of Phila., and Major William Ludwig Kneedler, of Coronado, Cal., surgeon U. S. A. retired. Samuel e Sparhawk, a brother, married Sarah Axford Kneass, q. v. * See “An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N. H. who lived In Plymouth Colony, Mass.,” by Hon. Joseph W. Porter, of Bangor, Maine, in .Vein England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 50, pp. 34-40. 166 The Perkins Family. x. TIMOTHY, b. 2 or 29 July, 1657 ; d. y. SARAH, b. 7 or 26 July, 1659 ; living 1683. xii. HUMPHREY, b. 17 May, 1661, of Hampton; married and had xi. issue. 2. DAVID2 PERKINS, ESQ. (Abraham1), born at Hampton, 28 February, 1653. In 1688 he purchased lands in and re¬ moved to the southern part of Bridgewater, in Plymouth Colony, and later built a mill there and started an iron forge. He was a man of high character, and, in his time, “the most noted man in the town” and its first representative to the General Court of Massachusetts after the union of the two Colonies, 1692, 1694, 1696, 1704-1707* Full of years he died, at Bridgewater, in October, 1736. His wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Brown of Beverly, Mass., born 17 October, 1654; died at Bridgewater, 14 July, 1735. Children, born in Beverly, except the youngest: i. MARY,3 probably died young. ii. DAVID, m. 1 Feby., 1698, Martha, dau. of John and Sarah Howard. The settlement of his estate, 9 Aug., 1737, shows his heirs to be: widow Martha; children of eldest son John deceased; sons Abraham, David and Jonathan; daughters Sarah, Martha, wife of Dr. Joseph Byram, Mary, wife of Gideon Washburn, Elizabeth, wife of Solomon Leonard and Susanna widow of Samuel Allen. j 3. iii. NATHAN. iv. ABRAHAM, bpt. Beverly, 13 Jan., 1683 ; settled in South Kingston, R. I.; m. (1) Tabitha, dau. Nathaniel Niles; (2) Margaret Cross. v. THOMAS, b. Bridgewater, 8 May, 1688; d. there 5 June, 1761; m. Mary, dau. of James and Mary (Bowden) Washburn. 3. NATHAN 3 PERKINS (David,2 Esq., Abraham1), baptized in Beverly, Mass., 13 September, 1685; died in Bridgewater, circa 1727; married, at Bridgewater, 9 November, 1710, Martha, probably, daughter of Solomon Leonard. She mar¬ ried (2) 15 May, 1728, Isaac Hayward of Bridgewater. His children were all named in the will of their grandfather, David Perkins, Esq., 21 January, 1735. Children, born in Bridgewater: * Province Laws of Mass., vol. viii, pp. 6, 45, 105 ; vol. fx, pp. 63, 115, 163. •j* Plymouth County Registry of Probate, File No. 15554. 167 The Perkins Family. NATHAN,* b. 24 Aug., 1710; m. 2 Apr., 1752, Sarah, widow of Solomon Pratt, and had issue. ii. SOLOMON, b. 30 June, 1712; d. 1742/3 ; m. 31 Dec., 1735, Lydia Sprague, who m. (2) James Keith of Bridgewater.* 4. iii. TIMOTHY. iv. MARTHA, b. 10 Dee., 1717; m. 26 Sept., 1738, Samuel Edson, Jr., and had issue. v. JAMES, b. 5 March, 1720; d. 11 April, 1795; m. Bethia Dunham, and had issue. vi. SILENCE, b. 1723; living 21 Jan., 1735. i. 4. TIMOTHY 4 PERKINS {Nathan,3 David,2 Esq., Abraham 1), was bora in Bridgewater, 16 January, 1715, and died sometime after 15 March, 1768.t He resided in Bridgewater, South Precinct, and executed in 1741, sundry conveyances disposing of land that had belonged to his father $ and grandfather.ÿ He married (1) 18 March, 1736, Susanna, daughter of Samuel || and Abigail Washburn, born at Bridgewater, 13 March, 1714, and there deceased before, 6 October, 1753, the date of his second marriage to Zipporah, daughter of William and Experience Washburn. Child: 5. i. NATHANIEL.® 5. NATHANIEL C PERKINS ( Timothy,11 Nathan,3 David,2 Esq., Abraham1), resided in the South Parish of Bridgewater, his homestead lands being partly in Bridgewater and partly in Easton. Between 6 May, 1785 and 19 October, 1801,§ he and wife Mary were parties to the sale of various lands in Bridgewater and Easton. He was a town officer of the former in 1789, 1791, 1792, and, after 1801, removed with his family to Winthrop, Maine. He married, intentions declared 2 July, 1773, Mary, daughter of Joseph Alger, Jr.,** by his wife Naomi Hay¬ ward,! t bom at Bridgewater, 9 September, 1754. * Plymouth Registry of Deeds, Liber 39, f. 141. •j- Ibid., Lib. 54 ff. 207-8. I Ibid., Lib. 38 ff. 201, 202. || A descendant in tbe fourth generation from Francis Cooke, a passenger on the historic May flower. § Bristol County Registry of Deeds, Libers 64, f. 136 : 89, f. 463 ; 84, f. 140 ; 80, f. 423. ** Ibid., Liber 71, f. 104. A daughter of Elisha Hayward, of Bridgewater, by his second wife Bethia Snow, a descendant in ninth generation from1 Peter Brown, of the Mayflower. I \ 168 The Perkins Family. Children, the first three recorded at Easton: 6. i. NATHANIEL. ii. POLLY, b. at Easton, 5 April, 1778; m. Dean Howard of Easton. iii. NAOMI, b. at Easton, 13 Aug., 1780; m. Alfred Johnson of Reedfield, near Winthrop, Maine. iv. NATHAN. v. DEBORAH, m. John Burrows of Winthrop, Me. 6. NATHANIEL8 PERKINS, JR. ( Nathaniel ,5 Timothy* Nathan,3 David,2 Esq., Abraham1), was born 15 April, 1776, probably in the South Parish of Bridgewater, his birth being recorded at Easton. In 1800 he was surveyor of highways at Bridgewater, but, by 20 February, 1803, he had located at Winthrop, Maine, being so described in a deed of that date.* Some few years later he was lost at sea on a voyage to China. He married, 5 July, 1794, Hannah, daughter of Edmund Hayward f by his wife Anna Snell,% who was baptized in West Bridgewater, 18 November, 1770, and died there, 3 June, 1837, having married (2) in 1821, John Snow. Children, the first four bom, probably, at West Bridgewater : 7. i. EDMUND HAYWARD. ii. SUSAN, b. 27 July, 1797; d. 23 Sept., 1868; m. 1817, her cousin, Otis, son of Ebenezer Alger, b. 21 July, 1793; d. 25 July, 1869. Resided at Cochesett, Mass., and had issue. iii. CAROLINE, m. 16 May, 1827, Josiah Vaughan Reed. Resided at New Bedford, Mass. iv. MELVIN OTIS, b. 5 May, 1802; d. 5 May, 1881; m., intentions dated 21 Aug., 1825, Mary Ann Willis of West Bridgewater. Resided at North Braintree. Issue: 1. George.s 2. Martha Ann. 3. Marcia, d. 4 Sept., 1916; m. Cyrus Williams. 4. Charles. 5. Edmund. 6. Jane. 7. Helen. v. OWEN DUMMER, b. 6 April, 1804; d. 27 Dec., 1881; m. 30 April, 1826, Mary Thomas of Hanson, Mass. Resided at East Bridgewater. Issue: 1. Andrew W.,s b. 1833 ; d. 19 Feb., 1904. 2. Mary Jane. 3. Carolina. 4. Owen. 7. EDMUND7 HAYWARD PERKINS (Nathaniel? .Jr., Nathaniel,' Timothy,* Nathan,3 David? Esq., Abraham1), bom at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 14 June, 1795, and died at Quincy, Illinois, 13 November, 1884. He engaged in the foundry business at South Boston, with his relative Cyras * Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, Liber 102, ff. 238-9. Edmund Hayward was a descendant in the fourth generation from Francis | Cooke, a passenger on the Mayflower, 1 A daughter of Josiah Snell by his wife Abigail Fobes, a descendant of John and Priscilla Aldetn, both passengers on the Mayflower. The Perkins Family. 169 / Alger and subsequently these two were similarly engaged, at Coehesett, West Bridgewater,* and at Providence,! Rhode Island, being at the latter place connected with George Earle and George Holmes.t In 1839 he located a claim or grant of one hundred and sixty acres of government lands near Hills¬ boro, Illinois, received in lieu of money or pension for service in the War of 1812, he having enlisted, when a lad of seven¬ teen, in Captain Nathaniel Edson’s Company of Massachu¬ setts Militia. At Hillsboro he remained many years, removing finally to Quincy. He married at Boston, 22 February, 1823, Hannah, daughter of Captain Josiah Sturtevant by his wife Mary Monroe, born at Pembroke, Massachusetts, 1 September, 1804; died 4 October, 1873. Children : i. CHARLOTTE,s d. y. ii. WILLIAM, b. 8 Aug., 1827 ; went West. iii. EDWIN R., b. 18 Jan., 1829; d. Quincy, 111., 7 Jan., 1916; in. 31 Dec., 1850, Kitty M. Carter. Issue: 1. Henry E.® m. Ida Farnsworth. 2. William T. 3. Nora E., m. Edward Dickliut of Quincy. 4. Lucy, m. Sidney Prince; resides at Fort Morgan, Col. 5. Nellie B., m. E. B. Treat of Cheyenne, Wy. 6. Mary J. 7. James F. 8. Sarah B., d. y. 9. Kitty M., in. George S. Schaller of Quincy. iv. MARY S., b. 11 May, 1830; d. 26 Apr., 1880; m. 17 Feb., 1848, William H. Stephenson. Issue: 1. James lf.,° d. y. 2. Wil¬ liam N., of Coffeen, IU. 3. Martha J., m. Stephen Perry. 4. Georye H., d. y. 5. Edwin H., of Marshall, Okl. 6. Bobert S. 7. Charles W., of Hillsboro, 111. 8. Benjamin F., d. y. 9. Harry P., d. y. 10. George W., of Springfield, Mo. 11. Chandler, d. y. 12. Carrie, d. y. v. JAMES H., b. 1 Mar., 1832; d. 25 Dec., 1877; m. at Phila., Pa., Sarah Ann Jane Kirby. Issue : 1. Mary Helen,® m.- Taber. vi. LOUISA, d. y. vii. GEORGE HOLMES, b. Hillsboro, 111., 28 Sept., 1839; d. Island Heights, N. J., 2 Feb., 1905; in. 17 Nov., 1870, Helen Chris¬ tina, dau. of James Ritchie of Philadelphia, by his wife, Hannah Corson. Mr. Perkins, in 1863, in New York, entered into partnership with Mr. Joseph Le Comte, forming the firm of Le Comte and Perkins, manufacturers of tin containers for shipping kerosene to Europe. About 1866' he came to Phila¬ delphia, where, after some changes, he became associated, in 1869, with the Atlantic Refining Company, as general man» Conveyed land In West Bridgewater to Melvin O. Perkins, under date of 4 Dec., 1830. Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, Liber 170, f. 252. -j- Described as “of Providence, R. I.,” made sale of lands in West Bridgewater by deed of 18 Oct., 1831. Ibid., Lib. 252, f. 60. Afterwards Governor of Massachusetts. | 170 The Perkins Family. ager, and, during his connection with this plant and its suc¬ cessor, the Standard Oil Company, he took out more than one hundred patents on machinery and processes for the manu¬ facture of tin and other sheet-metal ware and for the con¬ venient handling of petroleum oil. He was also a specialist on the microscopic study of paraffin and various other petro¬ leum products. Among hia most important patents, from a commercial viewpoint, were machines for closing seams on tin cans, nailing boxes, and uniting tinned plates by means of heat and pressure without the use of flux or solder. His most important scientific inventions were an instrument for measing viscosity, and an apparatus for examining the physical con¬ ditions of liquids at any given temperature. He was a mem¬ ber of the Masonic fraternity, the Franklin Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the German¬ town Cricket Club. Issue : Emily Ritchie,* b. 28 Sept., 1872 ; d. 16 June, 1918. 2. George Howard, m. Josephine Schock; resides in Cambridge, Mass. 3. Edwin Alan, m. Helen Chouteau Phinney; resides in Jamaica, L. I. 4. Joseph Le Comte of Philadelphia. 5. Francis Everson, b. 19 June, 1888; d. 7 Nov., 1916; m. Ethel McCormick of Albany, N. Y. ISAAC PEKKINS OP HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ISAAC 1 PERKINS, bom circa 1612, was among the recognized founders of New Hampshire and was freeman, at Hampton, in 1642. Neither will or settlement of his estate have been found, but he and wife Susanna, possibly daughter of Humphrey Wise * of Ipswich, are believed to have had twelve children,! of whom five became constructive factors in the colonies of East and West Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. He died at Hampton, 13 November, 1685, and his widow accompanied her daughter, Rebecca Hussey, to New Castle County, Delaware, and there deceased in 1699, the ad¬ ministration of her estate being granted to John Hussey, 17 July, 1699.J Children, probably horn at Hampton, order uncertain : LYDIA,2 m. 17 Oct., 1659, Eliakim Wardell, who, after sharing the persecutions accorded to many of the Quakers of that day in New England, settled in Monmouth County, East Jersey, prior to 1667, where he was deputy in that year and in 1678, and High Sheriff in 1693. Through the marriage of his daughter, Lydia Wardell, to William Biddle the younger, 13 Dec., 1691, he became one of the forebears of the well known Biddle family of New Jersey and Philadelphia. ii. ISAAC, bapt. 8 Dec., 1639; drowned 30 Oct., 1661. i. * Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 26, 1917. + New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. ill, p. 82. £ New Oastle County, Delaware, Prolate Records. The Perkins Family. 171 2. iii. JACOB. iv. REBECCA, rn. 21 Sept., 1659, John Hussey,* who, by deed of 1 July, 1695, purchased three hundred and forty acres of land near New Castle, Delaware, being then described as “late of Hamp Town in New Hampshire, near Piscatoway in New England.” His will was probated 18 Feb., He had a large family.ÿ several of his grandchildren were members of the Sadsbury Meeting of Friends in' Lancaster Co., Penna., in 1737 and of the Warrington Meeting in York Co., in 1745. v. DANIEL, d. 1 Aug., 1662. vi. CALEB, m. 24 Apr., 1677, Bethia Philbrook, and remained at 1707.f Hampton. vii. BENJAMIN, b. 17 Feb., 1650; a. 23 Nov., 1670. viii. SUSANNA, b. 21 Dec., 1652; m. (1) Isaac Buzwell of Salisbury; (2) William Fuller, Jr., of Hampton. ix. HANNAH, b. 24 Feb., 1656; m. James Philbrook.|| x. MARY, b. 23 July, 1658 ; m., probably, Isaac Chase of Hampton. 3. xi. EBENEZEK. , who survived him; xii. JOSEPH, b. 9 Apr., 1661; m. Martha purchased land in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co., Del., 14 Oct., 1693,\ and there settled. His will, probated 19 Aug., 1707, constituted wife Martha executor and left bequests to children: Joseph,s John, Caleb, Humphrey, Joshua, Marey and Harthay. The three eldest were born at Hampton.** -- 2. JACOB2 PERKINS (Isaac1), was baptized at Hampton, New Hampshire, 24 May, 1640. In 1674 he was of Holmes Hole, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and was the pur¬ chaser, 24 October, 1698, of three hundred and thirty acres on the Delaware River, below Burlington, in West Jersey, ft where he died in 1731, administration on his estate bearing date 18 May, 1731. He was a petitioner in 1704 for the Rev. Mr. Talbot as rector for St. Mary ’s, Burlington, the latter having there baptized his four children 20 November, 1703. tt He married at Hampton, 30 December, 1669, Mary, daughter of John Philbrick of Hampton. * Son of Captain Christopher Hussey, member of Governor’s Council of Mass., 1680-85, and grandson of Rev. Stephen Rachiler, first minister at Hampton. + New Castle County, Delaware, Calendar of Wills, pp. 12-13. J Among his present-day descendants on distaff lines are the Holcombs of New Castle, Delaware, Clement Reeves Wainwrlght and Francis King' Walnwright, Esqs., of Phila. || The name was variously written in, the early records : Pilbrick, Philbrook, Philbrick. It may have derived from the Greek “ Phile ” lovely, and the old English word Brook. IVew; Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. xxxviii, p. 279. g New Castle County Deeds, Iiibcr Bl, f. 180. •** Charles Penrose Perkins, member of The Genealogical Society of Pennsyl¬ vania descends from this branch. •f-f New Jersey Archives, 1st ser., vol. xxi, p. 442. ££ Publications of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. ii, p. 242. — — — 172 The Perkins Family. Children, bom at Hampton : ISAAC, 3 b. 18 Dec., 1671; received portion of his father’s Bur¬ lington lands, in common with his brothers in 1711, before which time he has settled in Kent Co., Md., and there died in, or before 1746, leaving a son Wright Perkins. His wife, Elizabeth, was, possibly, a daughter of Joshua Wright * of r Burlington Co., N. J., by his wife Elizabeth Empson. ii. JACOB, b. 24 Dec., 1674; d. in Willingborough Township, Bur¬ lington Co., N. J., will proved, 7 Dec., 1731.f He and his wife, Sarah, who survived him, were evidently members of St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, to which he left a legacy. Issue: 1. Abraharn,* d. Apr., 1764; m. (1) Mary Simons; m. (2), license 4 December, 1733, Mrs. Sarah Gardener.l 2. Rebecca. 3. David. 4. Mary. 5. Ann. 6. Susanna, m. Beuben Eldridge. i. Hannah, bpt. 7 Sept., 1710J 8. Sarah, m. George Munrow. 9. Bathsheba, bpt. 26 July, 1719; m. Daniel Parke. 10. Rebecca, m. Henry Nordyke. 11. Martha, m. Vansciver. iii. MARY, b. 10 Aug., 1678; m. 10 Dec., 1698, Robert Powell of Burlington Co., N. J., who died intestate, in Oct., 1706. iv. BENJAMIN, b. 12 Aug., 1683; d. 5 July, 1755 and is buried at St. Mary’s Burlington. He m., license 13 June, 1731, Elinor Cox. Their son, Major Jacob Perkins, member of the Com¬ mittee of Observation of Burlington Co. in 1775, and Major in New Jersey Militia 1778 and 1779, died in Willingborough Township, 6 Oct., 1792, aged 61 years and 26 days. || i. — 3. EBENEZER 2 PERKINS ( Isaac 1 ) , was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, 9 December, 1659. On 14 October, 1693, he, be¬ ing then described as “late of New England,” purchased a portion of the “Bout” tract of land on the Delaware River, above Vertrecht Hook, in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware,§ whereon he afterward resided. His will of 20 July, 1703, probated 16 September, following,ÿ named wife Mary and the children here following. Children, the three eldest recorded at Hampton i. DANIEL, 3 b. June, 1685; d. at “White House Farm, 1 J near Chestertown, Md., in 1748. His marriage to Susanna Stan- * New Eng. Hist, and Oen. Register, vol. xlvii, p. 484. New Jersey Archives, 1st ser., vol. xxx. p. 376. | % The descendants of the second marriage, married Into the Fenntmore, Bispham and Ridgway families of Burlington Co., and among the present-day representatives thereof, are : Joseph R. Grundy, the well-known woolen manu¬ facturer of Bristol and Philadelphia, and his sister, Miss Margaret Ridgway Grundy, a member of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. || Edwin. Stanley Perkins, M. D., Lucius Scott Landreth and William Linton Landreth, Esqis., of Philadelphia, are descendants of Major Jacob Perkins. § Scharf’s History of Delaware, vol. 11, p. 900. New Castle County, Delaware, Probate Records. ■ , The Perkins Family. 173 ■ton,* 1 May, 1715, is entered on the records of Shrewsbury Parish of which he was chosen a warden 15 April, 1723, and vestryman, 6 April, 1724. He was a prosperous miller and large land holder, as was attested by his will, proved 20 Apr., 1748, and that of his widow, Susanna, dated 22 Oct., 1758, probated 20 Feb., 1764, + both of which made liberal provision for their children % therein named: Ebenezer , Thomas, Daniel, Sarah, Susanna Day, Elizabeth and Martha.§ ii. ABIGAIL, b. 11 Aug., 1689. iii. JONATHAN, b. 10 May, 1691. iv. ELIZABETH. v. DAVID, settled in Kent Co., Md.; m. 18 Feb., 1723, Sarah Reding; had issue. vi. ISAAC, m. circa 1723, Mary, dau. of Charles Booth and removed to the Shenandoah in Virginia; had large family. vii. EBENEZER, settled in Kent Co., Md., will of 6 Jan., 1746, proved 16 Nov., 1748, left son Ebenezer to the care of the Cecil Meeting of Friends ; left legacy to son-indaw, Francis Kinsey. JOHN PERKINS OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS. JOHN PERKINS was baptized at Hillmorton, in Warwick¬ shire, England, 23 December, 1583,** and was the son of Henry Perkins and the grandson of Thomas Perkins ft of that place. It is possible that a portion of his life had been spent, at Newent, in Gloucestershire, which would account for the long prevalent family tradition that he had been born there. At the age of forty-seven years he embarked for New England, with his wife and six children, in the ship Lyon of Bristowe, 1 December, 1630, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, 1 * Name incorrectly given Star ton In Hanson’s Old Kent , p. 189. See pp. 189-190 for further details. f Annapolis Wills, Liber DD. No. 25, ff. 73-4 ; DD. No. 31, ff. 1190. 1 The births of all the children, Martha excepted, are entered on the Shrewsbury Parish Register. || These were the ancestors of many Marylanders of note, among them, Col. Isaac Perkins, a distinguished Revolutionary officer, and the late Hon. George Washington Thomas Perkins, United States Senator, 1826-1834, and Judge of Maryland Court of Appeals, 1834-1851. g Wright Medders Boyd of New York City, Lieut. Alvin Adams Boyd, late of Jacksonville, Fla., mow over seas ; Mrs. Henry Lane Williams of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Robert Perry Cummins of Germantown, Phila., Mrs. Albert XL Shaw of Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. John Cooke Hirst of Philadelphia, the latter a life member of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, are among the des¬ cendants of Martha Perkins, who became the second wife of Jonathan' Turner (1738-1784), of Kent County, Md., and died in January, 1796. The Perkins Family in ye Olden Times, edited and privately printed by D. W. Perkins of Utica, N, Y., 1917. || Thomas Perkins of Hillmorton died in 1592, having had by his wife, Alice Kebble, children: Henry, d. 1609; John; William; Edward; Thomas; Luke, and Isaac. 174 The Perkins Family. 5 February following. After a short stay in that town lie removed, with the younger Winthrop, to Ipswich, which he represented as deputy to the General Court in 1636, held vari¬ ous town offices and trusts and occupied an eminently respect¬ able position in that community. At his death in September, 1654, he was survived by wife Judith, three sons and three daughters and was the ancestor of at least seven early found¬ ers of distinct families of the Perkins name in Connecticut. He married, at Hillmorton, 9 October, 1608, Judith, daugh¬ ter of Michael Gater. Children : all except the youngest recorded at Hillmorton. i JOHN,2 bapt. 8 IN OV., 1609 ; d. at Ipswich, 14 Oct., 1686 ; m. Elizabeth -, who died 27 Sept., 1684; was quartermaster of Militia, 1670-1683. Through his son, Samuel,2 he was the grandfather of Ebenezer 4 Perkins of Preston and Voluntown, Conn, and Coventry, B. I., and great-grandfather of James 5 Perkins and Abraham » Perkins, sons of Isaac,4 who settled at Lyme, Conn., towards the close of tho first quarter of the eighteenth century. ii. ELIZABETH, bapt. 3 Mar., 1611; m. William Sargent of Amesbury, Mass. iii. MARY, bapt. 3 Sept., 1615; m. Thomas Bradbury of Salis¬ bury, Mass. iv. ANN, bapt. 5 Sept., 1617 ; accompanied her parents to Mass. v. THOMAS, bapt. 28 April, 1622; d. Topsfield, Mass., 7 May, 16'86, leaving a large estate for that period; m. Phebe, dau. of Zacheus Gould and was the grandfather of Thomas Perkins of Enfield, Conn., who died there in 1709, aged forty-three years, leaving descendants. 2. vi. JACOB, bapt. 12 Sept., 1624. vii. LYDIA, bapt. at Boston, 3 Jan., 1632; m. Henry Bennett of Ipswich. i. 2. JACOB2 PERKINS {John, Esq.), baptized, at Hillmorton, 12 September, 1624; died at Ipswich, 29 January, 1700, “aged seventy-six years.” Inheriting the principal part of his father’s estate in Ipswich, he apportioned it among liis own children before 1694. Of his sons, the three youngest, Mat¬ thew, Joseph and Jabez, went directly to Norwich, Connecti¬ cut, before the close of the seventeenth century, and there purchased twelve hundred acres in that portion afterwards known as the Newent Society, probably so named from Newent, in Gloucestershire, the supposed English habitat of the elder John Perkins. Matthew Perkins eventually returned to Ipswich, but his brothers remained at Norwich, married and left many descendants who attained distinction as physi¬ cians, clergymen and lawyers. The Perkins Family. 175 His first wife Elizabeth, died at Ipswich, 12 February, 1665. He married (2) Damans, widow of Nathaniel Robinson of Boston. • Children, all bom at Ipswich : i. ELIZABETH1, « b. 1 April, 1650 ; m. Thomas Boreman of Topsfield. ii. JOHN, m. (1) Mary Fisk; (2) Elizabeth Prythatch; (3) Mary Hooper. iii. JUDITH, b. 11 July, 1655; m. Nathaniel Browne. iv. MARY, b. 14 May, 1658; m. (1) Thomas Wells; (2) John Annable. 3. v. JACOB, b. 3 Aug., 1662. vi. MATTHEW,* b. 23 June, 1665; was some years of Norwich, Conn., m. Esther Burnham; d. at Ipswich. vii. HANNAH, b. 11 Oct., 1670. viii. JOSEPH,f b. 24 June, 1674; d. Norwich, 4 or 6 Sept., 1726; m. Martha Morgan of Preston, Conn. ix. JABEZ,J b. 15 May, 1677; d. Norwich, 15 Jan., 1741; m. (1) Hannah Lathrop of Norwich 4 (2) Charity Leonard; was captain of Norwich Train Band, 1721, et seq. 3. JACOB 3 PERKINS, JR. ( Sergeant Jacob? John? E$q.)f was born at Ipswich, 13 August, 1662, and died there in No¬ vember, 1705. He married (1), 15 October, 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of John Sparks of Boston and Ipswich, by his wife Mary Sinnett,|| who died 10 April, 1692. His second wife was Sarah Treadwell, by whom he had five children.§ * Jacob Perkins, who originated the substitution of steel-plate for copper¬ plate in tine engraving and printing, and who was associated In Philadelphia, some years from 1S14, with the firm of Murray, Draper and Fairman bank¬ note engravers, was a great-grandson of Matthew Perkins, ihis father and grandfather bearing the same Christian name. He was born at Newburyport, Mass., 9 July, 1766, and died at London, England, 30 July, 1849 ; his device for cutting and heading nails at one operation ; hie elaboration and perfection of the steam gun ; his invention of the pleometer and orthometer ; hie method of warming and ventilating rooms and holds of ships, and1 his new application of known principles to the Improvement of the steam engine, are examples of the genius and inventive faculty which gave him high standing in the scien¬ tific world of his day. -j- The late Samuel Huntington Perkins, Esq., and his son, the late Samuel Clarke Perkins, Esq.,, well known lawyers of Philadelphia descended through Joseph, 3 the line of descent being : Samuel Huntington, 6 Samuel, 5 Matthew,4 Joseph, 3 Jacob, 2 Jobn.i Maternally, the children of the late John H. Converse of Philadelphia J descended from Captain Jabez 3 Perkins. || Daughter of Waiter Sin nett who was of Milton, Mass., in 1638, and later of Boston. The famous “ Liberty Tree,” said to have beeu planted in 1646, and destroyed by the Tories in 1774, stood in his Boston houseyard. His name is perpetuated in the well-known romance, “A Woman of Shamut.” See Mary E. Sinnott’s Annate of the Slnnott , Rogers, Coffin and Allied Families, pp. 12-3. § For details of, see The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, pt. iii, p. 10. 176 The Perkins Family. Children of Jacob, Jr., and Elizabeth (Sparks) Perkins, bom at Ipswich : JACOB,* b. 15 Feb., 1685; m. Lydia -; settled in Maine; left descendants. 4. ii. JOHN, b. 2 September, 1689. iii. ELIZABETH, b. 18 March, 1690; m. David Burnham. i. 4. JOHN4 PEEKINS {Jacob,3 Jr., Sergeant Jacob,2 John,1 Esq.), bom at Ipswich, 2 September, 1689; died New London, North Parish, Connecticut, circa December, 1758. Upon reaching manhood he went to the vicinity of Norwich, Connecticut, doubtless influenced thereto by his uncles, Joseph and Jabez, and settled in the North Parish of New London, now Montville, adjoining Norwich. Between 1740 and 1758,* he was described as of “the North Society of Lyme” in sun¬ dry conveyances in which his wife, Lydia, was frequently a party. On 8 July, 1751, he and wife Lydia “in considera¬ tion of the love they bore their son, John Perkins, of New London, North Parish, ’ ’ conveyed the whole of that land which their father, Philip Mallsor, late of New London, North Parish, deceased, gave to his daughter Lydia Perkins, in and by his last will. Mr. Perkins died intestate, his estate being admin¬ istered upon, by his widow, Lydia and son Joshua, 19 Decem¬ ber, 1758. The inventory of his effects totalled £419 -4-1, of which £323 was in realty, f In May 1761, the administra¬ tors memorialized the Connecticut Assembly for liberty to sell lands of said deceased, which was granted X and on 19 March, 1763, two conveyances therefore were executed.|| His first marriage has not been ascertained ; he married (2) , 27 May, 1727, Lydia, daughter of Philip Mallsor § of New London, North Parish, who was living at Hebron, Connecticut, as late as 17 October, 1778. •Lyme Land Records, Liber 7, f. 156; Lib. 9, L 15; Neic London Land Records, Lib. 15, f. 230-1 ; Lib. 16, f. 211-12. •)• New London Registry of Probate, Journ. no. 6, pp. 80, 134. J Conn. Colonial Records, xl, p. 543. || Lyme Town Records, Lib. 12, f. 211 ; Lib. 13, pp. 242-3. |Name Indifferently written Malzer, Malser, Malsworth, and sometimes Marcy. His' will of 25 May, 1751, named inter al. daughter Lydia Perkins and grandchildren, John, Philip, Jonathan and Richard Perkins. New Lon¬ don Registry of Probate, Liber 1748-1753, ff. 234-6. — The Perkins Family. 177 Child of John Perkins by first marriage: i. JOSHUA.5 Children of John and Lydia (Mallsor) Perkins, all, prob¬ ably, bom in North Parish, New London, order of birth un¬ certain : 5. ii. JOHN,5 b. circa 1728. iii. JONATHAN, named in will of Philip Mallsor, 28 May, 1751; party to conveyance of 19 March, 1763. iv. PHILIP, named in aforesaid will; deceased before 19 March, 1763. v. LYDIA, married David Wood. vi. RICHARD, named in grandfather’s will; deceased before 19 March, 1763. vii. MARTHA, married Timothy Minard. viii. SARAH, married Isaac Lamphire of Coventry, Connecticut. 5. JOHN5 PERKINS (John* Jacob,3 Sergeant Jacob,2 John,* Esq.), was bom circa 1728, and reached his majority about 20 November, 1750, when he received from Philip Mallsor, his grandfather, a house and land in the township of New Lon¬ don.* There he remained until about 1761 when he removed to Hebron, in Connecticut, primarily to protect the property interest of his first wife. At Hebron, he made various pur¬ chases and sales of lands between 1764 and 1772, t the last con¬ veyance being under date of 31 May, 1772, when he sold to Captain Benjamin Griswold, of Windsor, Connecticut, twenty acres with house and bam thereon standing. Some two years later, attracted by the possibilities offered by the Wyoming Valley, then under the jurisdiction of Connecticut, now in Pennsylvania, Mr. Perkins followed the “course of Empire” westward, and, during the Indian warfare of the Eevolution was slain by the savages at Kingston, 7 November, 17784 He married, first, at Hebron, 10 January, 1750, Sarah, daughter of John and Mary (Otis) Thompson,|| who, bom 8 March, 1725 ; died circa 1762. Hel married, second, circa 1764, Hepzibah Griswold, commonly called Ziba, daughter of Cap¬ tain Benjamin Griswold § of Windsor, and widow of her * New London Land Records, Liber xv, ft. 203-4 ; Lib. xix, f. 134. •j- Hebron Land Reoords , Lib. v, ff. 44-5 ; 534-5. J Miner’s Wyoming, p. 246. |] Hebron Land Records, Lib. iv, f. 293; New London Land Records, Lib. xvi, ff. 177-8 ; Colchester Probate District, Lib. iii, ff. 18-20, 97-99, 247. § Will of Captain Benjamin Griswold recorded, Hartford Probate District, Liber xxi, ff. 227-9 ; 127 reverse aide. 178 The Perkins Family. cousin, Phineas Griswold, born Windsor, 31 May, 1730. She was buried in the church yard of the Second Society of Windsor where her gravestone reads: “In Memory of Ziba, widow of John Perkins, who died 29 June, 1820, aged 90.” Children of John and Sarah (Thompson) Perkins: i. ii. iii. iv. SABAH,* b. New London, 7 Sept., 1751, m. Luman Long. MABY, m. at Hebron, 20 Aug., 1771, Elijah Mann. LYDIA, m. at Hebron, 18 Sept., 1780, David Skinner. MAKTHA. Children of John and Ziba (Griswold) Perkins, order and place of birth uncertain: v. vi. JOHN,® Jr., Revolutionary soldier; died 6' July, 1777. AARON,* Revolutionary soldier, enlisted from Windsor in 1776, in Captain Robert Durkee’s Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, Connecticut Line; was in the skirmish at Millstone, N. J. and subsequently served against the Indians ; Connecticut pensioner in Pennsylvania, under the Act of 1818; died at Kingston. vii. GRISWOLD PERKINS, bapt.- 15 Feb., 1767; “died at Kingston, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania;’’ estate of, administered upon, by his mother Mrs. Ziba Perkins, 7 Oct., 1786.f viii. DAVID PERKINS, b. 1 Jan., 1769 ; d. at Kingston, Penna., 8 June, 1854 ; m. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Ferrier of Amity, N. V. On 25 March, 1791, he came into possession of various lots in Kingston, originally set off to his father, comprising some five hundred acres.J With his mother, Ziba Perkins of Windsor, Conn., he conveyed by deed of 22 March, 1808, certain land in Hebron township, Conn., willed to them by Benjamin Griswold of Windsor,|| and on 4 Dec., 1820,§ he constituted John M. Miles of Hartford his attorney for the settlement “of the Estate of my mother, Ziba Perkins, late of Windsor.” Among his descendants ** may be mentioned: the late Mrs. Lydia Atherton Henry, first wife of Rev. Win¬ field Scott Stites of Kingston; the late James Denton Han¬ cock, Esq., of Franklin, Penna., and Thomas Henry Atherton, Esq., of Wilkes-Barre, Penna. • Conveyed toy deed of 7 May, 1822, land in Windsor set off from estate of late deceased mother, Ziba Perkins, hounded south on land distributed to David Perkins. Windsor Land Records, Liber 28, f. 150. •j- Hartford Probate Records, Lib. 2a, f. 201. — £ Meadow lot, no. 1 ; back lots, nos. 40, 27 ; town lot, no. 13, and two 4th division lots, nos. 26, 35. Luzerne Co. Registry of Deeds, Liber 3, II. 210, 138, 374. || Hebron Land Records, Lib. 11, f. 80. § Windsor Land Records, Lib. 29, f. 16. ** For children of, see Thomas Ferrier and some of his descendants, by Elizabeth F. Lane of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1906. —