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    | Hosea  Perkins b.1771 
    MA. Son of (Solomon & Sarah (Edson) 
    Perkins).  His wife was
     
    
    EDITH (MANCHESTER). 
    They were listed on the 1820 Census at Champion, 
    Jefferson Co., NY. In 1830 they removed to LaGrange, Lorain Co., OH. 
    Known Children 
    were: 1. Hosea Edson Perkins Jr. b.11-8-1819 NY  
    d. 1904 IL    
    *Removed to Elgin, IL2. Elizabeth Manchester Perkins b.1802 NY 
    m. Marquis de Lafayette Kellogg 
    *Removed to Elgin, IL
 3. Sarah Perkins b. ? NY
 4. Solomon Perkins b. ? NY  *Could he be 
    this  Solomon Perkins  ?*
 5. Almira Perkins b. NY
 6. Alexis Perkins b. NY
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    | Hoel Perkins b 
    ca.1794 CT or New Jersey d.1875 IA. Son of (Samuel & Amy 
    (Beecher) Perkins). His wife MARY "POLLY" (HAINES\HAYNES). 
    b.1795 d.1851 Ohio. 
    They were listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Hunter, Greene Co.  
    In 1835 they removed to Huron Co., OH. In 1839 Hoel "Joel" Perkins removed to 
    Michigan and then to Iowa where he died. Their 
    known children were: 1. Laura M. Perkins b.1818 NY m. 
    Dr. Daniel Dilldine 
    *Removed to OH2. Sarah "Sally" Perkins b.1820 NY d/y
 3. Jesse Perkins b.1822 NY d.1901  
    *Removed to OH m.1st.  Catherine M. 
    (Jenney), 2nd. 
    Jeannette (Thom), 3rd. Calvina "Vina" 
    (Ferguson)
 3a. Darwin Perkins b.1847 OH
 3b. Albert Perkins b.1849 OH
 4. Lucy E.\Nancy ? Perkins b.1824 NY m. Charles White 
    *Removed to OH
 5. Harriett S. Perkins b.1828 NY m. Charles Hagaman   
    *Removed to IA
 6. Harmon Hiram Perkins b.1829 NY m. Caroline (White)   
    *Removed to OH and IA
 7. Russell G. Perkins b.1831 NY m. Maria (White)  
    *Removed to OH and WI and 
    Sisley Grove, Linn Co., IA
 8. Amos 
    Baker Perkins b.1832 NY d.1914 IN m. Eusebia N. (DeBolt)   
    *Removed to Indiana
 9. Harlow\Harlan Perkins b.1836 OH
 10. Sylvanus Ward Perkins b.1839 OH
 
 
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    | For more 
    information, contact
    
    Daniel Perkins Source: OH Census Records
 Source: Jesse Perkins, son of Hoel (Joel) 
    Perkins History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, 
    with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men 
    and pioneers (1879) p. 375
 Source: Biographical Sketch of Frank Hagaman - History of Carroll Co., IA; 
    a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1912)
 Source: Pioneer Ladies of Huron Co., OH (1808-1850) by Mary Carabin
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    | Wooster Perkins b.1779 
    Cheshire, CT d.1853 Green Co., NY. Son of (Samuel & Amy 
    (Beecher) Perkins). His 
    wife JANE (PICKNEY). They were listed on 
    the 1820-1830 New York census at Hunter Township, Greene Co. NY. 
    
    Their known children were: 1. Amy Perkins b.ca.1825 NY |    
  
    | Harlow Perkins 
    b.1788 Cheshire, CT d.1865 NY. Son of (Samuel 
    & Amy (Beecher) Perkins). 
    His wife RACHEL (EGGLSTON). They were 
    listed on the 1820-1830 New York Census at Hunter Township, Greene Co., NY. 
    
    Their known children were: 
    1. Mary Ann Perkins b.2. Elizabeth Delilah Perkins b.
 3. Deborah Jane Perkins b.
 4. Norman H. Perkins b.
 5. Hulda Matilda Perkins b.
 6. George W. Perkins b.
 7. Rachel Isadore Perkins b.
 8. Fanny Lucinda b.
 9. Mary Melissa Perkins b.
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    | John Perkins b.1776 RI. His wife
     
    REBECCA (FERGUSON / FERGERSON) . They were listed on the 
     
    1830 Census at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., NY. He was listed on the 1850 
    Census at Brownville, Jefferson Co., NY in the household of his daughter 
    Mary & Franklin Hunter. 
    Their known children were: 1. Mary A. Perkins b.1818 Montgomery Co., NY 
    d.1900 Dexter, Jefferson Co., NY m.
    Franklin Hunter b.1818 Canada d. 1850 ? NY m. 
    2nd. Gilbert C. Foster2. George Washington Perkins 
    b.1820 Jefferson Co., NY  
    *Moved to Montcalm Co., MI*
 3. Jenks Perkins b.1822 VT or NY
 4. Nathaniel Perkins b.1825 
    NY
 5. Rebecca Perkins b.
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    | If you have 
    more information on this family, Contact:
     Wayne Seibert 
 
      
        | *2019 = NOTE by PerkinsResearch* =
        The above 3 and *possibly* all 5 of the children recorded 
        as being the children of John & Rebecca (Ferguson/Fergerson) Perkins 
        have been found listed in a query in a genealogy magazine,  as 
        being the children of George & Martha (Curtis) Perkins. George & Martha 
        Perkins where listed in this query as dieing at 
        Dexter, Jefferson Co., NY  
        [*See source book below]. PerkinsResearch has not been able to confirm this 
        parental information as they cannot find any information on this George 
        & Martha (Curtis) Perkins as of Nov.2019. Wayne Seibert found 
        Jefferson Co., NY Clerk Registers on men who served in the Civil War for 
        George Washington Perkins. His parents are listed on this register as 
        John & Rebecca (Ferguson) Perkins. PerkinsResearch 
        asks....... WHO WERE GEORGE & MARTHA (CURTIS) PERKINS ?
 
          
            | Source: Your Ancestors, a National magazine of genealogy and family 
            history , Vol. 2 , #3 (Page 66) by. H.F. Johnson (1948)   |  
            | QUERY from above Source: PERKINS-CURTIS-TUCKER-HARRINGTON- Ancestry 
            wanted Fatima Harrington (Herrington) b.1806-07, d. Nov. 1882 Bay 
            City, Mich; m. William Tucker Vt., ch. Ismeal (Ishmael), Julia Ann, 
            Laura, David. Julia Ann m. Jenks Perkins b. 12.24.1822 Vt. He had 
            brothers Nathaniel Perkins and George Washington Perkins and two 
            sisters. His parents George and Martha (Curtis) Perkins both buried 
            in Dexter, N.Y. The family seem to have gone from Vt to Jefferson 
            Co., NY. Would like ancestors of the person mentioned and Rev. War 
            record if any.  "Possible" submitter was Mrs. Fred L. Cretney , 
            412 West 7th St. Leadville, Colo. |  |  |    
      
        | Jenks Perkins b.12.24.1822 VT or NY. Son 
        of (John & Rebecca (Ferguson/Fergeston) Perkins) 
        or *George & Martha (Curtis) Perkins. His wife 
        JULIA ANN (TUCKER) 
        *Daughter of William & Fatima (Harrington/Herrington) 
        Tucker b.1806 d.1882 Bay City, Bay Co., MI;  Fatima 
        (Harrington/Herrington) Tucker m. 2nd Anthony McCue and removed to Bay 
        City, Bay Co., MI where she died).  
        They were listed on the 1855-1870 Census at Hounsfield, 
        Jefferson Co., NY. In 1860 Jenks Perkins is listed on the census as 
        James Perkins. After the death ? of Jenks ca.1864, Julia is listed on the 
        1870 Census at Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., NY as the head-of-household 
        and on the 1880 Census at Bay City, Bay Co., MI in the household of her 
        daughter "Theda (Perkins) Keppold. 
 Their known children were:
 
        1. Laura Perkins 
        b.1850 NY2. Ella Perkins 
        b.1852 NY
 3. Alda Perkins b. 
        ca. 1854 NY m. Lysander W. Bell  
        *Removed to Sullivan Co., NY ; Removed to 
        Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co., MN
 4. Theodora "Theda" Perkins b. ca. 1857 Watertown or Brownsville, 
        Jefferson Co., NY m.
        George Keppold   
        *1880 Removed to Bay City, MI, 1891 
        & Removed to Montcalm Co., MI
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        | Source: NY Census Records Source: MI Census Records
 Source: Parents = *George & Martha (Curtis) Perkins = Your Ancestors, a National magazine of genealogy and family 
            history , Vol. 2 , #3 by. H.F. Johnson (1948)
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    | Nathaniel Perkins b.1763 (III) NY 
    d.1849. Son of (Nathaniel 
    (Jr.) & Mary (Records) Perkins
    of R.I.).  His 
    wife MARTHA (RODGERS ? or JOHNSON ?). They were listed on the 
    1790, 1800,1810 New York Census in Montgomery Co., NY  and on the 1820 New York Census at 
    Salisbury, Herkimer Co., NY. In 1830 they were listed at Andover, Allegany 
    Co., NY. Their 
    known children were: 1. Ezekiel Perkins 
    b.1788 NY2. Nathaniel Perkins (IV). b.1790 NY
 3. James Perkins b. 1791 NY d.1814 Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
 4. Joseph W. Perkins b.1793 NY
 5. Benjamin Perkins b.1795 NY d.1882     
    *Removed to Pennsylvania
 6. William Perkins b. 1797 NY d.1815
 7. (Ezra) Alvah Perkins b.1799 NY
 7a. Watson N. Perkins b.5.26.1830 Norway, 
    Herkimer Co., NY
 
 8. Mercy Perkins b.1803 NY m. David Potter
 9. Martha Perkins b.1805 NY m. Russell Wood
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    | Read:
    Journal of 
    Nathaniel Perkins Source: 
    Rev. War Pension
 Source: Watson N. Perkins - 
    Biographical Sketch - History of Fulton County: Embracing Early Discoveries, 
    etc.. by: Washington Frothingham (1892) - (Lists grandmothers name as Martha 
    Rodgers, not Martha Johnson)
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    | John Perkins b.1776 NY. Son of (Nathaniel 
    (Jr) & Mary (Records) Perkins
    of R.I.).  His 
    wife is Unknown. He was listed on the 
    1810 New York Census at Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., NY. Unknown children **More research is needed** |    
  
    | Nathaniel Perkins (IV) b.1790 NY. 
    Son of (Nathaniel (III) & Martha (Johnson) Perkins). 
    His wife MARGARET (LUSK). They were 
    listed 1830-1850 New York Census at Independence, 
    Allegany Co., NY. Their Known child 
    was: 1. {Male} Perkins b. ca. 1821-18252. Alanson/Alonzo Perkins b. ca. 1821-1825 NY d.5.31.1889 NY m.
    Lucinda Melissa (Lee)
    b.1842  d.7.16.1922 NY
 2a. Nathaniel Perkins b.1867 NY d,1925
 2b. Alonzo Perkins b. ? NY d.12.29.1933 Crystal, PA  
    *removed to Millport, PA
 2c. Burritt Perkins b. ? NY
 2d. Nora Perkins b ? NY m. ______ 
    Mingus
 2e. Cora Perkins b. ? NY m. J. 
    Arthur Chittenden
 2f. Etta Perkins b. ? NY m. Eldyn Benjamin
 2g. Jessie Perkins b. ? NY m. 
    William  Briggs
 2h. Nettie Perkins b.  ? NY
    m. Owen D. Binges
 
 3. {Female} Perkins b. ca.1826-1830
 4. {Female} Perkins b. ca. 1826-1830
 5. {Male} Perkins b. ca. 1831-1835
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    | Source: NY Census Records Source: Obituary - Mrs. Melissa (Lee) Perkins - The Whitesville News 
    (July-1922)
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    | Ezekiel Perkins b.1788. Son of 
    (Nathaniel (III) & Martha (Johnson) Perkins). His wife 
    EASTER / 
    ESTHER (PARDEE / PERVEE / BOVEE ?). 2nd, 
    ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) .They were 
    listed on the 1810 thru 1830 New York census at Salisbury, Herkimer Co., NY. 
    
    His known children were: 1. Edward Barker Perkins b.ca.1811 NY m.
    Harriet (Stewart)2. Thomas M. Perkins b.1812 NY d.1853 Allegany Co., NY m. Supplina 
    Hall (Wheeler)  (she m.2nd)
     Warren Rice
 3. Sally Perkins b.
 4. Emer/Emmer Krimble Perkins b.1815-1820 NY
 5. James D. Perkins b.1816 NY m. Electrica \ Electa (Jacobs 
    \ Jackobs)
 5a. Francis Perkins b. 1837 NY
 5b. Elnoria "Emma" Perkins b. 1846 NY
 5c. Elliot J. Perkins b.1848 NY
 
 6. Sarah Perkins b.1818 NY m. Samuel Totten
 7. Johnson Perkins b.1820 NY
 8. Maria/ Myrah Perkins b. 1822 m. Mr. Slocum
 9. Martha Perkins b.1824 NY m. Jennings Crisman
 10. Mary Perkins b.1826 NY m. William Edmund Phillip/Philleo
 11. Hezekiah Perkins b.1827 m. Elvira (Slocom)     
    *Removed to MN
 12. Galusia Perkins b.1830
 13. Erbana/Urbana Perkins b. 1831 m. Henry Slocum
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    | (Ezra) Alvah Perkins b.1799 NY. 
    Son of (Nathaniel (III) & Martha (Johnson) Perkins). 
    His wife MARY\ELIZABETH (CROSSMAN). They were 
    listed in 1830 at Norway, Herkimer Co., NY. In 1840 at Independence, 
    Allegany Co., NY. Their Known children 
    were: 1. Ezra Alvah Perkins b.1824 NY m.
    Almina (Hayes)1a. Alvah Ezra Perkins b.1854 NY m. 
    1st. Eliza (Brooks), 2nd; 
    Henrietta (Pruyn)(Lints), 3rd; Sarah Jane (Koots)  
    *Removed to IN
 2. Amanda Lucy Perkins b.1826 NY m. James Ladue
 3. Sydney William Perkins b.1828 NY m. Cornelia (Loucks)
 4. Nathaniel Watson "Watt" Perkins b.1830 NY m. Matilda 
    (Shaver)
 5. Mary Charlotte Perkins b.1832 NY m. George Ferris,
    Thomas Stewart
 6. Harriet Aliza Perkins b.1834 NY d.1834 NY
 7. Cornelius Joshua Perkins b.1836 NY m. Margaret 
    (Shaver)
 8. Martha H. Perkins b.1838 NY m. Gordon Avery
 9. Henry Delos Perkins b.1841 NY m. Rhoda 
    (Spencer)
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    | Source: Name 
    of the child of Ezra Alvah Perkins Jr. - The New York Genealogical and 
    Biographical Record, Volumes 29-30 Source: Watson N. Perkins - Biographical Sketch - History of Fulton County: 
    Embracing Early Discoveries, etc.. by: Washington Frothingham (1892)
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    | Joseph Woodmoney or Woodmancy Perkins b.1793 
    Argyle, Washington Co., NY 
    d.11.2.1870 Salisbury, Herkimer Co., NY. Son 
    of (Nathaniel (III) & Martha (Johnson) Perkins). 
    His wife HARRIET (DRAPER).2nd. 
    REBECCA (LAMPHERE / LAMPHEW).b.1808 d. 1851-1854 NY;. 3rd. ARVILLA 
    (CHURCHILL). He was listed on the 1820 Census at Stratford, 
    Montgomery Co., NY. They were listed on the 1830-1850 New York Census  
    at Salisbury, Herkimer Co., NY. They may have resided for a time at Independence, Allegany Co., NY. 
    
    Their known children were: 1. Miner Gaylord Perkins b.11.4.1816 NY d. 
    11.9.1910 Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., MI m.
    Sally B. Morse b. 3.16.1824 NY d. 3.7.1911 
    Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., MI. 
    *Moved to MI2. Vinson Gideon Perkins b.1820 NY
 3. Lucina Alpha Perkins b. 1822 NY m. Samuel Horton, 
    Israel Phelps 
     *Resided Lenawee 
    Co., MI
 4. Laura Maria Perkins b. 1826 NY m. Aaron Bovee 
    Spitzer     
    *Removed to 
    Medina Co., Ohio
 5. Amos Perkins b. 1828 NY
 6. Wesley Orin Carmi Perkins b.1829 NY d.1885 Erie Co., NY m. 1st
    Clarissa Smith, m. 2nd; Sarah Gamin
 6a. Henry D. Perkins b.1851 NY
 6b. Joseph W. Perkins b.1854 NY
 6c. John W. Perkins b.1857
 6d. Sarah Perkins b.1860 NY
 6e. Harriet E. Perkins b.1864 NY d.1868 NY
 6f.  David B. Perkins b.1865 NY d.1866 
    NY
 6g. William Perkins b.1867 NY d.1870 NY
 6h. Francis C. Perkins b.1869 NY d.1869 NY
 6i.  Nellie Z. Perkins b.1871 NY
 6j.  Eva B. Perkins b.1875 NY
 
 7. Melissa Perkins b.1832 NY
 8. Dorcas J. Perkins b.1837 NY m. Rachel Durrin
 9. Jenks/Jenckes R. Perkins b. 1840 NY d.1863 *Civil War*
 10.Rosella/Rozilla Perkins b. 1842 NY m. Charles Gamin
 11.Sylvester Perkins b. after 1850
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    | Source: Name and Marriage of  
    Lucina A. Perkins - Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee 
    County, Michigan. -  By 
    John I. Knapp and R. I. Bonner Source: MI Death Records - 
    Death of Miner G. Perkins and Sally (Morse) Perkins
 Source: Marriage of Laura M. Perkins to Aaron Spitzer: 
    
    
    A history of northwest Ohio; v.1.
    
    
    Winter, Nevin Otto, 1869
 Source: 1850 NY Census
 Source: Joseph W. Perkins - Children's Names - Burial Record - Stratford Cemetery - Salizbury, 
    Herkimer Co., NY -  Find-A-Grave.com
 Source: Wesley O.C. Perkins burial - Maple Lawn Cemetery - Akron, Erie Co., 
    NY - Find-A-Grave.com
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    | Dr. Richard Perkins Jr., b.1766 
    Bridgewater, MA d.1810 Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY. 
    Son of (Dr. Richard, 
    Sr. (1730 MA-1813) 
    & Mary (Hancock) Perkins 
     (Son of Rev. Daniel Perkins 
    & Annie (Foster) Perkins).  
    His wife ELIZA (NICHOLS).  They 
    were married in 1791 at  Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY. In 1800 they were 
    listed at Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY. His widow;
    ELIZA (NICHOLS) PERKINS was listed on the 1810 Census at 
    Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY . 
    1810 Census captures the following 
    children & adult males listed in the household of Eliza Perkins: 1.[Male]  
    (Perkins???)/Relative/Boarder?  b. ca. 1766/1784      
    *Information on this adult was captured from 
    the 1810 Census. This cannot be Richard Perkins Jr. b.1766 MA because he was 
    not listed the head-of-household on the 1810 Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY 
    Census. He died in 1810*2.[Male]  (Perkins???/Relative/Boarder ? b. ca. 1785/1794      
     
    *Information on this adult/child was 
    captured from the 1810 Census.
 
 Known Children w/Eliza (Nichols) were:
 
 3. Richard 
    Perkins III b. ca. 1795 Oneida Co., NY
 4. Horace 
    Perkins b.1796 New Hartford, Oneida Co., NY
 5.[Male] Perkins b. ca. 1801/1810 NY
 6.[Male] Perkins b. ca. 1801/1810 NY
 7.[Female] Perkins b. ca. 1801/1810 NY
 
    *Note:* Dr. Richard Perkins Jr. b.1766 MA was a brother of   ** John Perkins (below)**
 
      
        | *Some 
        say that Dr. Richard Perkins Sr. was a son of 
        Rev. Daniel Perkins 
        
        & Mary  Hawke (Thaxter) (Hancock) Perkins,  
        a  
        widow of  Rev. John Hancock and mother of 
        the notable - John Hancock -1737-1793 - Boston, MA , but.... 
        Mary Hawke (Thaxter)(Hancock) Perkins calls Dr. Richard Perkins Sr. her 
        "Son-In-Law" in her Last Will and Testament. (NH Wills & Probate - 
        1797). |  |  
  
    | Source: NY State Marriage Record Source: Descendants of Rev- 
    Capt. William Perkins by 
        Robert Franson 
        or Steve Perkins ?
 *Source:
      
      
    
    Biographical Sketch of 
    George H. Perkins - History of central New York, embracing Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, 
    Ontario, Tompkins, Courtland, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Steuben, and Tigoa 
    Counties ... v.2. by: Harry R. 
    
    Melone.
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        | Dr. John Hancock Perkins 
        b. 1769 MA. Son of (Richard 
        
        (1730-1813) &
        Mary (Hancock) 
        PERKINS 
        
    (Son of Rev. Daniel Perkins 
        & Annie (Foster) Perkins) . His wife LAVINA 
    "Vina" (LATHROP) b.1772 d.1805 Whitestown - New 
        Hartford settlement, Oneida Co., NY. They were married in 1793 at 
        Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. They were 
        listed on 1810 Census at Oneida, Oneida Co., NY.**Brother 
        of Richard Perkins (above)* 
 Their known child was:
 1. Mary Lathrop 
        Perkins b.1797 Bridgewater, MA
 *More research is needed*
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        | Source: Descendants of Rev- 
    Capt. William Perkins by 
        Robert Franson 
        or Steve Perkins ? Source: Marriage: History of the early 
        settlement of Bridgewater, MA by Nahum Mitchell
 Source: Death of Vina 
    Perkins - Columbian Gazette - 4.15.1805
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