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WILLIAM PERKINS Jr.

William Perkins Jr. b.1789 VT. Son of (William & Martha "Patty" (Claflin) Perkins ). His wife LUSA "LUCY" (SEAVER). They were listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Crown Point, Essex Co.

Their known Children were:

1. Martha Perkins b.1811 ? m. Samuel Monroe
(Possibly) Chandler Perkins b.1814 Canada
2.Philena Perkins b.1816 NY m. Charles Gould (*See (possible) family connection w/Chandler Perkins (below)
4. William Perkins III b.1818 b. NY
5. UNKNOWN (MALE) b.1820 NY ?
6. Laura Jane Perkins b.1821 NY m. Floyd Koon (This mans name may have been - Flavel Wood)
7. Parley S. Perkins b.1824 NY m. Harriet (Hamilton)
        7a. Asa P. Perkins b.1848 NY d.1850 NY
        7b. Harriet L. Perkins b.1853 NY d.1853

8. Lucinda Perkins b.1826 NY m. Jonathan Breed
9. Lucina Perkins b.1826 NY m. Jonathan Preston
10. Elizabeth "Betsey Perkins b.1828 NY m. Ira Hosmer (Her 1st cousin)
11. John Perkins b.1835 NY m. Mary (Turner)     *Removed to Addison Co., VT
       11a. Asa G. or S. Perkins b.1862 NY
        11b. Gilson H. Perkins b.1864 NY
       11c. John D. Perkins b.1879 NY

12. Seaver Perkins b. ? died young

Source: Genealogy research into this family by Denise Perkins Ready of Perkins Research
Source: Marriage - 7. Lucina Perkins - Plattsburgh Republican - Newspaper - Plattsburgh, NY - 12.6.1845

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WILLIAM PERKINS III

William J. Perkins III b.1818 NY. Son of (William & Lucy (Seaver) Perkins). His wife TRIPHENA (PARMETER\PARMENTER) b.1820 Saratoga Co., NY. They were listed on the 1850-1870 Census at Crown Point, Essex Co., NY

Their known children were:

1. Mary Perkins b.1838 NY
(Possible) Frank Hiram Perkins b.1839 NY d/y before. 1850"
2. Sarah Perkins b.1839 NY d/y between 1850 & 1854 *On 1850 Census not on 1855
3. John Perkins b.1840 NY d/y between 1850 & 1854 *On 1850 Census not on 1855
4. Eunice Perkins b.1843 NY d.1922 Middlesex, Washington Co., VT m. Levi Austin
5. Isaiah William Perkins b.4.5.1846-1848 NY d.11.28.1910 Winnebago, Faribault, MN m. Ann Eliza (McIntyer) *Removed to Winnebago, Faribault Co, MN
5a. (Adopted) Frank Fortaine\Fontaine b.1884 m. Marthat (Kantak) - He later changed his name to Frank Perkins
6. Lent Claflin Perkins b.1848 NY d.1926 Weybridge, Addison Co., VT m. Esther J. (Martindale)
7. John "Henry" Perkins b.1851 NY d.1888 Moriah, Essex Co., NY m. Agnes A. (Kelly)
8. Jane Ann Perkins b.1852 NY m. Rollin Beeman
9. Gilmond Perkins b.1856 NY d.1930 NY m. Agnes (Taylor)
10. Sophia Perkins b.1860 NY d/y between 1860/1870
11. George Perkins b.1862 NY m. Maria "Minnie" (Finney)
12. Frank Perkins b.8.29.1864 NY d.1949 Cornwall, Addison Co., VT
13. *Elsey Perkins b.1871/1872 NY d.11.3.1959 Bennington, VT m. Hugh Abram Viele (*Census shows her as being a Grand-daughter of William & Triphena (Parmenter) Perkins)

Source: Personal Research by webmaster - Denise Perkins Ready
Source: Death of Isaiah W. Perkins - Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
Source: Burial of Isaiah W. Perkins & Name of wife - Hillside Cemetery - Winnebago, MN @ Find-A-Grave.com
Source: MN Census Records - Isaiah W. Perkins family

*Note* - This William Perkins Jr. and William Perkins III family used a very similar child naming pattern as the Chandler Perkins family (below)

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CHANDLER PERKINS

Chandler Perkins, Sr. b. ca. 1814 Canada d.1888 Arthur, Kanabec Co., MN. *(A "Possible" son of William & Lucy (Seaver) Perkins or Lent & Sarah (Parker) Perkins or Cyrus & Martha (Child) Perkins ??????) His 1st wife ELIZABETH (CASWELL), 2nd wife RACHEL (BISHOP) . They were listed on the 1840 Census at Crown Point, Essex Co., NY. In 1850-1855 at Schroon, Essex Co., NY. In 1860 Elizabeth Perkins and children 7, 8, 10 & 11 (listed below) are listed with their mother and Arthur Knowles who became their (Step-Father) before 1875, at Schroon, Essex Co., NY.

In 1860 Chandler Perkins b. ca. 1819 Canada was listed at Drury, Rock Island, IL with wife Rachel Perkins b. 1824 PA and in 1870 Chandler Perkins b.1812 Canada living at Wapello, Louisa Co., IA with wife Rachel Perkins b. 1830 PA. In 1880, Chandler Perkins, Sr. b.1819 Canada (Widower) is living with child #9.Elias W. Perkins at Cook, Sac Co., IA. In 1885 he removed to the MINNESOTA Territory, Kanabec Co., MN.

Their known children were:

1. William Perkins b. ca. 1834 VT or Canada m. Louisa (DeWolf) (*See below)      *1855 North Hudson, Essex Co., NY, 1863 Civil War - Iowa Infantry - Died 6/14/1863 at Vicksburg, MS
2. Eliza Ann\Elizabeth Perkins b. ? VT or Canada
3. Elijah Perkins b.1835/1836 VT or Canada m. Lovisa (DeWolf) (*See below)
4. Isaac Perkins ? b.1839
5. Isaiah Perkins b. 1840 NY d.1862 Civil War m. Annis (Lavanway) *1855 North Hudson, Essex Co., NY, 1860 Schroon, Essex Co., NY, 1861 Civil War - NY 5th Cavalry, Co. H - Died 1862 at Washington, DC
6. Gilmond\Gilman Perkins b.1842 NY 1861 Civil War - Pvt. NY 5th Cavalry, Co. H - Died 1862 at Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Buried: Schroon River Cemetery - North Hudson, Essex Co., NY)
7. Orinda J. Perkins b. 1845 NY d.1916 Essex Co., NY m. Myron Bruce (Buried: Schroon River Cemetery - North Hudson, Essex Co., NY)
8. Alvira\Elvira Perkins b. 1846 NY m. Nathan DeWolf
9. Elias W. Perkins b. 1848 NY m. Eliza (Mills)          *Removed from NY to Cook, Sac Co., IA to OK
10. Chandler Perkins Jr. b. 1852 Schroon, Essex Co., NY d.1898 Eureka, Polk Co., WI ? m. Mary (Lefebove)        *Removed to Oshkosh, WI & 1880 Kanabec Co., MN
11. Amasa Perkins b. 1855 Schroon, Essex Co., NY m. Mary (Pooler)       *Removed to Oshkosh, WI

IMPORTANT RESEARCH NOTES:

*In 1875 at Kanabec, Co., MN. Levisa/Lovica (DeWolf) Purkins/Perkins b.1841 VT and her daughter "Frankie" Purkins/Perkins b.1860 NY were living with her parents, Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf b.1813 Barnard, Windsor Co., VT Family. Semarimus Perkins was the daughter of Cyrus & Martha (Child) Perkins of Barnard, Windsor Co., NY.
    Source: Obituary of Alvin DeWolf - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf removed from VT to NY, then to Iowa and on to Kanabec Co., MN

                     NOTE: In 1860 - Elijah & Lovisa (DeWolf) Perkins are living at Schroon, Essex Co., NY next to his mother Elizabeth (Caswel) Perkins & siblings, and Arthur Knowles who later
                                                  became his step-father and next to his in-laws Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf b.1814.
                     NOTE: In 1875 "Frankie" Purkins/Perkins (female) b.1860 parents are both listed being born in Vermont.
                     NOTE: In 1880 at Marine, Washington Co., MN - Frances (Purkins/Perkins) Welshons b.1860 lists her father as being born in New Hampshire and her mother in Vermont.
                     NOTE: In 1880 - Lovisa Perkins (widow of Elijah) is living at St. Paul, MN and working as a nurse.
                     NOTE: In 1900 " at Hastings, Dakota Co., MN - Frukie (Purkins/Perkins) Welshons" b.1860 NY lists her father as being born in New Hampshire and her mother in Vermont. Her mother Lavisa A. Perkins
                                 is living in her household.
                    NOTE: In 1910 at Hastings, Dakota Co., MN - Francelia O. (Perkins) Welshons b.1860 again lists her father as being born in New Hampshire and her mother in Vermont. Her mother "Lovisa A. Perkins"
                                is living in her household.
                    NOTE: In 1919 at Grantsburg, Burnett Co., WI - Francelia O. "Frankie" (Perkins) Welshons died and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery - Grantsburg, Burnett Co., WI


*In 1885 at Brunswick, Kanabec Co., MN - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf & family.
*In 1880 at Brunswick, Kanabec, Co., MN. *Chandler Perkins Jr. b.1852 NY (above) was listed as living with the same Alvin DeWolf b.1814 VT d.1886 MN family.
(1875) See Above...
*In 1870 at Brunswick, Kanabec Co., MN
*In 1860 at Schroon, Essex Co., NY - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf are living next door to Arthur Knowles & Elizabeth (Caswell) Perkins & her children she had with Chandler Perkins Sr. Isaiah Perkins b.1840 (above) lived a few doors down.
*In 1855 at North Hudson, Essex Co., NY - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf & Family. Same place where William Perkins b.1834 Canada & Isaiah Perkins b.1840 Essex Co., NY (above) lived.
*In 1850 at Schroon, Essex Co., NY - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf & Family are living near the Chandler Perkins Sr. family

NOTE: Alivn & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf had a daughters named Louisa DeWolf b. 1840 and Lovisa DeWolf b.1842, they married the (above) Perkins brothers. In 1864, Louisa A. Perkins b.1846? m. Christopher Columbus Scovil at Elkader, Clayton Co., IA. In 1860 Louisa DeWolf was listed with her husband William Perkins at Stillwater, Washington Co., MN. They had two daughters: Eliza Perkins b.1859 IA and Edith Perkins b.1862 IA

*In 1840 at Pomfret, Windsor Co., NY - Alvin & Semarimus (Perkins) DeWolf

*1875 - NOTE: Arthur Knowles & Elizabeth (Caswell) Perkins (who were married by 1880) are living next door to George H. Gould. Geo. H. Gould was a son of Charles Could who married 2nd Philena (Perkins), the daughter of William & Lucy (Seaver) Perkins (*See family above).

Source: Census Research
Source: Maiden name of Elizabeth (Caswell) - Vermont Vital Records - Marriages
**Note** The Chandler Perkins family used a very similar child naming pattern as the (above) William Perkins, Jr. and William Perkins II who also resided at Crown Point, Essex Co., NY
Source: Alvin DeWolf & Semarimus (Perkins) - Oakwood Cemetery - Mora, Kanabec Co., MN - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: Alvin DeWolf - Obituary in the Kanabec County Times Saturday, June 19, 1886

RUEL PERKINS

Ruel Perkins b.1797 VT d. 1864 Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., NY. Son of (Phillip & Sally (Gibson) Perkins). His wife CHARLOTTE "Chloe" (GIBSON). They were listed on the 1830 Census at Middlebury, Genesee Co., (Wyoming Co.) NY. He is listed on the 1850 Census at Middlebury, Wyoming Co., NY. He died 1864 at Chautauqua Co., NY.

Their children were:

1. William R. Perkins b.1823 NY                    *Removed to Alexander, Genesee Co., NY by 1864
2. Eli Perkins b.           m. Sarah Ann ________       *Removed to Waterford, PA by 1864
3. Mary Perkins b.       m. Louis M. Finney
4. Charlotte Perkins b. m. William Choate

*In 1830 a Otis Perkins resided at Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY < could Otis Perkins be Ruel Perkins brother ?

Source: Proceedings of Administration, Chautauqua County, vol. 3, 1851-1865 - Probate court proceedings for estates of deceased persons who did not leave wills. p. 498

SPRAGUE PERKINS

Sprague Perkins b.1769 MA d.1820 Batavia, NY. Son of (Solomon & Sarah (Edson) Perkins). His wife ELIZABETH (HITCHCOCK). They were listed on the 1800 New York Census at Hamilton, Chenango Co., NY. In 1810 he may have been residing with his brother Solomon Perkins at Champion, Jefferson Co., NY or was residing in Genesee Co., NY. They are listed on the 1820 Census at Stafford, Genesee Co., NY.

Their known children were:

1. Latina Perkins b. ?
2. Joseph Perkins b.1795
3. Sprague Perkins b.1796 *Removed to Stafford, Genesee Co., NY., Columbus, OH, Shiawassee Co., MI
4. Lydia Perkins b.1798 NY
5. Philena Perkins b.1800 NY
6. Elizabeth Perkins b.1803 NY
7. Alzima Perkins b.1803 NY
8. Nancy Zobedia Perkins b.1809 NY m. Orrin C. DeWolf   *Moved to Genesee Co., NY
     7a. Sprague Perkins DeWolf b.8.1.1837 NY d.6.13.1908 Quincy, Branch Co., MI m. Martha (Unknown) *Removed to Branch Co., MI

9. Benjamin Perkins b.1812 NY

*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.