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1790 Vermont Biographical Sketches:

Vermont Biographical Sketches

JACOB PERKINS

*Jacob Perkins b.1745 Canterbury, CT d.1801 Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. Son of (Jacob(5) & Mary/Sarah (Fuller) Perkins); Jacob(4),Jacob(3),Quartermaster John(2),John(1),senior of Ipswich). His wife MARY (FITCH). They were listed on the 1790 & 1800 Census at Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Mary Perkins b.1767
2. Olive Perkins b.1769 d.1769
3. Phebe Perkins b.1769 (*Twin)
4. Lucy Perkins b.1771 m. Arunah Hanks
5. William Fitch Perkins b.1773
6. Rufus Perkins b.1777

*He served in the Rev. War from VT in Capt. Willard's Company,1781.

*Source: History of Rutland Co., VT
Source: Burials - White Church Cemetery - Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT

FRANCIS PERKINS

*Franklin "Francis" Perkins b.1758-1760 New London, CT d. 1844 VT. Son of (Jacob(5) & Mary/Sarah (Fuller) Perkins); Jacob(4),Jacob(3),Quartermaster John(2),John(1),senior of Ipswich). His wife 1st. ESTHER (COLBURN / CORBIN), 2nd.(1836) SALOME (DYE) b. at Kent, CT. They were listed on the 1790-1820 VT Census at Middletown, Rutland Co., VT.

His known children w/1st wife were:

1. Adonijah Perkins b.1782 VT
2. Anna Perkins b.1785 VT m. Samuel Stillwell in Ohio
3. John Perkins b.1787 VT m. Wealthy (Grinnell)
4. Samuel Perkins b.1789 VT m. (Unknown)
5. Waterman Perkins b.1793 VT m. Mary "Polly" (Darby)
6. Sylviana\Sylva Perkins b.7.1. 1796 m.1814 at Middleton, VT; John Huntington
7. Wesley Perkins b. ca.1798-1800 VT m. Ruth (Mc Huron) *Removed to Onondaga Co., NY

Rev. War: *He served in the Rev. War from CT in Capt. Throop's Company.
Source: History of Rutland Co., VT
Source: Marriage of Wesley Perkins & Ruth (McHuron) - Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Family and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA by Henry Bond, M.D. Vol. I (1855)

ADONIJAH PERKINS

Adonijah Perkins b.1783 VT d.1863 VT. Son of (Francis & Esther (Colburn/Corbin) Perkins). His wife POLLY (BROOKINS\BENSON). They were listed on the 1810-1840 Census at Orwell, Rutland Co., VT. In 1850 Census at Orwell, Addison Co., VT (Orwell, VT became a town in Addison Co., VT) In 1860 he was living with his son Frances W. Perkins at Orwell, Addison Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. {Female} Perkins b.1805-1810
2. {Female} Perkins b.1805-1810
3. Lucy Perkins b.1811 VT
4. Frances W. Perkins b.1819 VT d.1891 Addison Co., VT

Source: Maiden name of Polly - Find-a-grave.com
Source: 1850\1860 VT Census
Source: Maiden name of Mother - Death of F. W. Perkins - VT Vital Records

WESTLY-WESLEY PERKINS

Westly or Wesley Perkins b.1761 CT. Son of (Jacob(5) & Mary/Sarah (Fuller) Perkins); Jacob(4),Jacob(3),Quartermaster John(2),John(1),senior of Ipswich). His wife 1st. SYLVINA "SYLVIA" (LONGBOTTOM), 2nd.MARY (Campbell) MOORE). They were listed on the 1790 VT Census at Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT and at Orwell, Rutland Co., VT in 1810 & 1820 at Middletown, Rutland Co., VT.

His known children w/1st Wife were:

1. James Perkins b.1785 m. 1st. Huldah (Cook), 2nd. Ellen (Pardee\Pardy\Purdy)
2. Nancy Perkins b.1786 m. Jason Streeter
3. Jacob W. Perkins b.1787 m. 1st.Sally (Abbott ),2nd. Clarissa (Hall)
4. Sally Perkins b.1790 m. Linas Sanford
5. Harriet Perkins b.1798 m. Benjamin Pardee\Handrick Pardee\Pardy\Purdy
6. Wesley Perkins b. 1802 d/y
7. Wesley Perkins b.1805 m. Orpha (Snow) 1828 at Portage Co., Ohio
8. Sylvia Anna Perkins b.1805 (*Twin) m. Harman Pardee\Pardy\Purdy

His known children w/2nd. wife were:

1. Erskine S. Perkins b. 1808 d. 1842 St. Lawrence Co., NY m. 1st. Letica (Moore), 2nd. Deney\Darcy H. (Hosley)

For More information: Contact: Rhoda Perkins Boyer
Source: Marriage to Mrs. Mary Moore - Middlebury Mercury - Newspaper - Middlebury, VT - 11.5.1806
Source: Last Will and Testament of Erskine S. Perkins - New York Wills & Probate Records

JACOB W. PERKINS

Jacob W. Perkins b.1787. Son of (Westly-Wesley & Sylvia (Longbottom) Perkins). His 1st wife SALLY (ABBOTT)., 2nd wife CLARISSA (HALL). They were listed on the 1820 Rutland Co., VT Census.

His known children w/ 1st wife were:

1. Mason Albert Perkins b.1814 VT m. Julia (Hagar)
2. Sidney Augustus Perkins b.1816 d.1.12.1817
3. Elizabeth Almina Perkins b.1818
4. Julia Ann Perkins b.1824 m. William R. Remele

HOLMES PERKINS

Holmes Perkins b.1757 Bridgewater, MA. Son of (Ebenezer & Experience (Holmes) Perkins). His wife SUSANNA (TYLER). They were listed on the 1790 & 1800 VT Census at Danby, Rutland Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1.Ebenezer Perkins b.1789 R.I.
2.Female Perkins
3.Female Perkins
4.Female Perkins
5.Female Perkins

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WESLEY PERKINS

Wesley Perkins b. May 10th, 1805. Son of (Wesley & Sylvia (Longbottom) Perkins). His wife ORPHA (SNOW). In 1826 he moved to Amherst, Portage Co., OH & Lorain Co., OH

Their known children were:

1. Triphenia Perkins b.18__
2. Miletus Ozeniah Perkins b.1832
3. Sumner S. Perkins b.18__ d/y
4. James W. Perkins b.1836 m. Augusta (DeVoe)
5. Roswell B. Perkins b.1839/40 OH
6. Henry O. Perkins b.18__ m. Elizabeth (_____)

For More information: Contact: Rhoda Perkins Boyer

JAMES PERKINS

James Perkins b. July 8th, 1785 d.1858 Hiram township, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of (Wesley & Sylvia (Longbottom) Perkins). His 1st wife HULDAH (COOK) , 2nd wife ELLEN (PARDEE). He was listed on the 1810 & 1820 Vermont Census at Orwell, Rutland Co., VT. He removed to Hiram Township, Portage Co., Ohio where he died.

His known children w/1st wife were:

1. Linus Sanford Perkins b.1810 VT d.1854 m. Rebekah J. (Jaegger/Jagger) *Died before Father but Mentioned in Fathers Last Will *1837 Removed to Portage Co., Ohio & listed there in 1850
1a. Armilla Amanda Perkins b.1846 Windham, Portage Co., OH m. James Wilson Cheney
1b. Edwin W. Perkins b.1848 Windham, Portage Co., OH

2. Sheldon Pardon Perkins b.1812 d.1816
3. Gordon Cook Perkins b.1814 d.1816

His known children w/2nd wife were:

1. Huldah Cook Perkins b.1815 m. _______ Allen *Mentioned in Fathers Last Will
2. Nancy C. Perkins b. ? m. John Cummings *Mentioned in Fathers Last Will
3. Calista Eliza Perkins b.3.26.1820 Orwell, VT d. 4.13. 1901 Eaton, OH m. Reuben Ferguson Tucker *Mentioned in Fathers Last Will
4. Mary Antoinette Perkins b.1823 d.1840
5. Sylvania Eleanor Perkins b.1826 m. John Russell Vaughn *Mentioned in Fathers Last Will

Source: James Perkins - Last Will and Testament - OH Wills & Probate.
Source: Linus S. Perkins - The Cheney Genealogy by Charles H. Pope (1897)

*Note* Some of all of this Information may not be correct. It will be up to you, the researcher to show proof before passing any of this information on.