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1790 Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches:

Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches

Thomas Perkins b.1724 England or MA and d.1806 PA m. 1st. ANN (HANSON) m.2nd. HANNAH "Anna" (FORD). They resided in Pennsylvania at the time of his death.

His Known Children:

1. William Perkins b.1757
2. Thomas Perkins Jr. b.1763
3. Benjamin Perkins b.?
4. Isaac Perkins b.?
5. Rachel Perkins b.? m. ______ Hewes
6. Sarah Perkins b.? m. _____ Walker

Note*Thomas Perkins resided resided at Philadelphia Co., PA, Naaman's Creek,DE and died at Chester,PA

He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, which means that he has a Revolutionary War Record.
Source: PA Wills

THOMAS PERKINS Jr.

Thomas Perkins Jr. b.1763 MA and d.1811 Naaman's Creek, DE . Son of (Thomas Perkins & 1st or 2nd wife ?) m. 1st. ANN (GIBBS) m. 2nd. SARAH PENROSE (ROBINSON). b.1776 ? d. 1846 PA.

His Known Children were:

1. Thomas Jefferson Perkins. b.1800 Naaman's Creek, DE
2. Abraham Robinson Perkins b.1805 Naaman's Creek, DE
3. Mary Perkins b.?

Source: Death of Sarah R. Perkins - 1.12.1846 - North American - Newspaper - Philadelphia, PA
Source: Burial - Laurel Hill Cemetery - Philadelphia, PA

THOMAS JEFFERSON PERKINS

Thomas Jefferson Perkins b.1800 Naaman's Creek, DE and d.1857 PA. Son of (Thomas & Sarah Penrose (Robinson) Perkins) m. MARY HANNAH (ROBINSON). b.1819 d.1863 Bethlehem, PA, dau. of Penrose & Jane Robinson, formerly of York county. They resided in Philadelphia, PA at the time of his death.

His Known Children were:

1. Jane Robinson Perkins b.1840 PA d.1841 PA
2. Sarah Jane Robinson Perkins b.1842 PA *Mentioned in Grandmothers Will
3. Abraham Robinson Perkins b.1844 PA m. 1st. Louisa (Fisk), 2nd. Mary A. (Hart)
4. Lucy Graham Perkins b. 1846 PA m. George Gibbons Crowell
5. Mary Hannah Perkins b. 1848 PA m. Albert B. Carner
6. Penrose Robinson Perkins b. 1851 PA m. Marion (Harvey)
7. Thomas Jefferson Perkins b. 1856 PA d. 1857 PA

Source: Name of wife & Date of wives death: Illustrated New Age - Newspaper - Philadelphia, PA - 9.3.1863
Source: History of the Penrose Family of Philadelphia - By Josiah Granville Leach, George Hoffman Penrose (1903)

WILLIAM PERKINS

William Perkins b.1757 d.ca.1812 PA. Son of (Thomas & Hannah (Ford) Perkins). His wife SARAH (MARSHALL). They were listed on the 1790 Census Lower Chichester, Delaware Co., PA

His known children were:

1. David Perkins b.1779
2. Mary Perkins b.1781
3. Thomas Perkins b.1783 DE
4. Hannah Perkins b. 1787 m. Thomas Jefferson Kitts
5. Sarah Perkins b.1787 m. Moses Martin
6. Rachel Perkins b.1792
7. Susannah Perkins b.1792

Source: PA Census
Source: PA Wills - Will of John Marshall - 1783-1784

REUBEN PERKINS

Reuben Perkins Jr. b.1767 Prince George Co., MD d.1816 OH. Son of (Reuben Sr. & 2nd. Wife Sarah (unknown) Perkins) *Note:* Reuben Perkins Sr. 1st wife was Avarilla (Durbin)). His 1st. wife ELIZABETH (HUP\HUPP). (dau. of Everhart Hupp). They were listed on the 1790 PA Census at Washington Co., PA. It is written that they were from Ten-Mile Creek, Greene Co., PA (more precisely at Black Dog Hollow near Millsboro). By 1798 he moved to Belmont , OH with is family and settled near Potts-Dorsey Mill. In 1805 he purchased a quarter of section 28 in Washington Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. He m. 2nd. at OH CATHERINE (MOORE). < Listed on 1830 OH Census

His known children w/1st. wife:

1. Everhart Perkins b. 1787 PA m. Hannah (Nicholson)     *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH < Listed on 1830 OH Census
2. Reuben Perkins III. b.1788 PA m. Mary (Groves)     < Listed on 1830 OH Census
3. Lewis/Louis Perkins b.1789 PA d/y
4. Elias Perkins b.1791 Ten-Mile Creek, Greene Co., PA m. Elizabeth (Wilson \ Willison)   *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH < Listed on 1830 OH Census
5. Elijah Perkins b.1794 PA m. Nancy Groves   *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH
6. Crese Perkins b. ? PA                                *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH
7. Elizabeth Perkins b.1795 PA m. Thomas MCGilton\Majilton   *1827 Lived in Greene Co., PA
8. Rachel Perkins b.1798 OH m. George Christler   *1827 Lived in Beaver Co., PA
9. Rebecca Perkins b. ? m. John King   *1827 Lived in Monroe Co., OH

His known children w/2nd. wife:

1. Lucretia Perkins b.180_ OH m. Elias Bass
2. Zopher Perkins b. 1808 OH m. (1st) Mary (Unknown) m. (2nd) Valzack Teagardner m. (3rd) Sarah Hunt < Listed on 1830 OH Census, *Removed to Jackson Co., IA
3. Xenophen \ Zenaphin Perkins b.1811 OH d.1842 IA     *1827 Lived in Monroe Co., OH *Was murdered in 1842 at Jackson Co., IA
4. Calvin Perkins b.1812 OH m. Edith Scott       *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH
5. Ruth Perkins b.1815 OH m. Hiram Hupp        *1827 Lived in Belmont Co, OH

Source: *Revolutionary War Soldier*
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio : and incidentally historical collections pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley. By: Charles Walker (Charles Manning).
Source: Gateway to the West, Vol I. list estate of Reuben Perkins Sr. (1827)
Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - 1891 v.2
For more information on this family - Please visit - The website of Jane A. Leavell @ littlecalamity@hotmail.com

JOHN PIRKINS \ PERKINS

John Perkins b.1745 York, York, ME d.1790 Cumberland, PA. His wife NANCY (DOUGHERTY). They removed from Maine to Pennsylvania and were not enumerated on the 1790 Census in Cumberland Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. William Pirkins/Perkins b.1763 PA m.1784 @ Sherman Valley - Presbyterian Church; Elizabeth (Farthy)
        1a. William Perkins Jr. b.1790 PA m. Malinda (Spees) *Removed to Bracken Co., KY

2. Levi Pirkins/Perkins b.1765 PA d.1807 KY m. 1789 @ Sherman Valley - Presbyterian Church; Agnes N. (McKee)     *Removed to Bracken Co., KY
      2a. William Perkins b.1791 PA m. Francis (Rice)
                2aa. William Wesley Perkins b.1813 KY d.1894 OH m. Frances (Moneyhon)   *Removed to Ohio
                   2ab. Levi McGee Perkins b.1814 KY d.1891 OH m. Margaret Porter (Tull) * Removed to Ohio

        2b. James T. Perkins b.1793 PA
        2c. Sarah Perkins b.1795 PA\KY >?
        2d. John Perkins b.1797 KY d.1840 KY
        2e. Rebecca A. Perkins b.1799 KY
        2f. Levi Perkins Jr. b.1801 KY
        2g. Elizabeth Perkins b.1803 KY
        2h. Nancy Perkins b.1805 KY

The (above) two PIRKINS \ PERKINS brothers were known to have lived in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania in 1790. I was unable to locate them on the 1790 Census

Source: Marriage Records - Presbyterian Church Records -- Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry by: L. H. Weeks & W. M. Clemens (1912)
Source: Bible Record of W.W. Perkins b.1813 & Frances (Moneyhon) - Family Records from 48 Bibles - Copied in a Prize Contest 1932-1935. These records presented to the Institute of American Genealogy - Chicago, IL - July 1939 by Mrs. George Eggleston Malone - Life member of the Institute of American Genealogy - Chicago,IL (1939)

**NOTE** Some or all of this material may contain errors. It will be up to the researcher to investigate and show proof before passing on any of this information.