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    | Caleb Perkins b. 1779 CT 
    d.1852 NY. Son of (Oliver(6) 
    & Ruth (Wilcox) Perkins) .His wife 
    SARAH (ALEXANDER). They were listed on the 1810, 1820 & 1830 New York Census 
    at Edmeston, Otsego Co. Their known 
    children were: 1. Harriet A. Perkins b.1800 CT d.1880 NY m. 
    New Berlin, NY;
    Jonathan H. Lyon  
    *Removed to Franksville, 
    Cattaraugus Co., NY2. Harvey Perkins b.1803 NY
 3. Ruth Perkins b.1806 NY
 4. Nancy Perkins b.1810 NY
 5. Ransom A. Perkins b.1812 NY   
     
    *Removed to Grand Island, Hall 
    Co., NE
 6. Sally A. Perkins b.1815 NY
 *Brother of
    Amos Perkins |  
  
    | Source: Burials - Find-a-grave.com Source: Harriet A. Perkins marriage - 
    Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa: 
    leaders ..., Volume 2 -  By 
    Benjamin F. Gue, Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh
 Source: 1850-1855 NY Census
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        | Amos Perkins
    (7) b.1759 R.I. or 
    CT. d.1833 Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY. Son of (Oliver
    (6) & Ruth 
    (Wilcox) Perkins). His wife COTE 
    (STAPLES) m. at Voluntown (Sterling), CT 1777 d.1839 Otsego Co., 
        NY. They were listed on the 1810-1820 New York Census at New 
    Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY. In 1830 they were listed at Pittsfield, Otsego Co., 
    NY. He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. Their son
    Elisha Perkins (below) and 
    Caleb Perkins of Plainfield, Otsego Co., NY made statements in his 
    behalf in 1838 stating that Soldier's widow was living with her son-in- law, 
    Lewis D. Emerson. Their 
    known children were: 1. Elisha Perkins b.1777 Windham Co., CT d.1850 Plainfield, Otsego Co., NY 
    m. Nancy (Russell)*Not mentioned in mothers Last 
    Will2. Nancy Perkins b. ? CT m. 
    John Munroe
 3. Amos P. Perkins b.1781 CT
 4. Archibald Perkins b. ?             
    
    *Lived at Batavia, Genesee Co., 
    NY 1820,1830
 5. Lusher/Lushu/Luther ??? Perkins b. ?
 6. Asa B. Perkins b. ca.1780
 7. Jonathan Perkins b. ?
 8. Chauncy 
    Perkins b.1800 m. Anna (Mitchell)
 8a. Amos J. Perkins b.1824 Otsego 
    Co., NY
 8b. Russell Perkins b.1825 Otsego Co., NY
 8c. George Perkins b.1828 Otsego Co., NY
 8d. Louisa R. Perkins b.
 8e. Lucinda Perkins b.
 
 9. Lovisa Perkins b. 1803   m. Lewis D. 
    Emerson
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    Here Source: Rev. War Pension 
    File
 Source: Will of  Cote Perkins -  1840 - Evening Journal - Albany, 
    NY
 Source: Cote/Cate Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate 
        Records
 Source: Gross Hill Cemetery - New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY - 
        Find-A-Grave.com
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    | David Lord Perkins b.1776 CT. 
    d.1852 NY. Son 
    of (Isaac & Lois (Beebe) Perkins).  His 
    wife EUNICE (SKIDMORE). They were listed 
    on the 1820 New York Census at Exeter, Otsego Co. About 1825, they removed 
    to Utica, N.Y. and were listed on the census there 1830-1850. 
    Their known children were: 1. David Perkins b.1816 NY m.
    Althea (Root)1a. Henry Hobart Perkins b.1850 NY
 1b. David Walter Perkins b.1851 NY
 1c. Alice Perkins b.1854 NY
 1d. Helen Louise Perkins b.1856 NY
 
 2. John William Perkins b.1817 NY d.1818 NY
 3. Mary White Perkins b.1819 NY m. Henry Fowler
 4. Lucia Ruggles Perkins b.1822 NY d.1845 Utica, Oneida Co., NY
 5. John Henry Hobart Perkins b.1822 m. Emma (Tindall)
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    | Source: New York Census 
    Records Source: The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA
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        | Charles Perkins b.1792 CT d.1851 Watertown, Jefferson 
        Co., NY. His wife 
        HANNAH (Unknown). They were listed on 
        the 1820-1830 Census at Exeter, Otsego Co., NY.. In 1833 he removed to 
        Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY where he was an Inn Keeper and ran a tavern 
        and THE PERKINS HOTEL. His wife died (ca. 1845) in Otsego Co., NY. In 
        1851 this hotel burned to the ground. 
        Their known children were:*Attorney at law
 1. Noah A. Perkins b.1816 Herkimer Co., NY
 2. James R. A. Perkins b.6.3.1820 Exeter, Otsego Co., NY d.1861 Watertown, NY
 3. Charles Perkins b.1823 NY
 4. William Perkins b.1830 NY
 5. Horatio Perkins b.1833 NY
 6. Orlando C. Perkins b.1834 NY d.1855 NY
 7. Amelia H. Perkins b.1839 NY
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        | Source: Obituary of 
        James R.A. Perkins - Northern N.Y. Journal - Watertown, NY - Tuesday 
        Evening - 9.24.1861 Source: Charles Perkins & James R.A. Perkins - Burial - Brookside Cemetery - Watertown, 
        Jefferson Co., NY
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    | James Perkins b.1785 
    VT d.12.13.1844 Otsego Co., NY. Son of (Rufus & Susannah 
    (Dutton) Perkins).  
    His wife POLLY (BUTTERFIELD). They were 
    listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at New Lisbon, Otsego Co. N.Y. 
    His widow later removed to Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY. 
    
    Their known children were: 1. James S. or T. Perkins b.1807 NY m.
    Sally (Kellogg)2. John F. Perkins b.1808 NY m. 
    Melissa (Johnson)
 3. Rufus Perkins b.1809 NY m.
    Clarissa (Rice)
 4. Clarissa Perkins b.1812 NY d/y
 5. Marrietta Perkins b.1815 NY d/y or she was Marietta Perkins b.5.27.1816 
    Otsego Co., NY m. Jeremiah Page   
    *Removed to MO and settled at 
    Colesburgh, IA
 6. Thomas N. Perkins b.1816 NY m. Augusta (Smith)   
     *Removed to 
    Tompkins
 7. Harriet Perkins b. 1817 NY d/y
 8. Sally V. or B Perkins b.1818 NY m. John D. Smith     
    *Removed to Colorado
 9. Erastus Perkins b.1820 NY m. Mavina (Boroney)
 10. Roxanna Perkins b.1821 NY m. John Nearing
 11. William Perkins b.1823 NY m. Amy 
    (Alger)
 12. Lafayette Perkins b.1826 NY m. Marietta (Simons)      
     *Removed to 
    Waverly, Tioga Co., NY
 13. Polly Perkins b.1826 NY
 14. Joseph Perkins b.1827 NY m. Cornelia (Kennedy)       
     *Removed to 
    Michigan
 15. Mary Ann Perkins b.1829 NY
 16. Mary "Polly" Perkins b.1830 NY m. Harmon 
    Fry     
    *Removed to Jefferson Co., NY
 17. Peter Perkins b.1831 NY d/y
 18. George Perkins b.1832 m. Sabra Arteusin
 19. Edwin Perkins b.1835 d/y
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    | Source: Read the Book: Rufus Perkins of 
    Rockingham and Chester, VT , pub. 1917 Source: Biographical 
    Review Otsego co., NY (1893)
 Source: Marriage - Marietta Perkins b.1816 Otsego Co., NY  to Jeremiah 
    Page -10.29.1835 - History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Volume 2 by Moses 
    T. Runnels (1881)
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    | Joseph Perkins b. 1788 CT 
    d.1846 Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY . Son of (George Roberts 
    Perkins & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins). His wife
    ALICE (ROBERTS). They removed from 
    Groton, CT about 1812 and were listed on the 
    1820 & 1830 New York Census at Otsego, Otsego Co. 
    Their known children were: 1. George Roberts Perkins b.5.3.1812 NY d. New 
    Hartford, N.Y. 1876 *2. Joseph Treadwell Perkins b.1815 NY d.1839 NY
 3. Emily Perkins b.1818 NY  m. Azariah C. Angel 
     
    *Died at Binghamton, 
    Broom Co., NY
 4. Harvey Perkins b.1819 NY d.1847 NY m. Louisa W. 
    (Pierce)
 5. William Perkins b.1820 NY d.1830   
     
    *Buried at Terre Haute, 
    IN
 6. John Perkins b. 1825 NY d.1874 NY m. Caroline 
    _________
 7. Maria Perkins 
    b.1828 Otsego Co., NY m. 1st John R. Waterhouse, m.
    2nd. Edgar M. Griswold  
    *1855 Removed to Binghamton, 
    Broome Co., NY - 1860 - Flushing, Queens Co., NY - 1870 Dodge Co., Wisconsin
 8. Eliza Alice Perkins b.1831 Otsego Co., NY d.6.20.1867 Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY** 
     
     
    <School Teacher - Died Unmarried>
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    | *See my posting at
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/perkins/messages/4326.html 
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    The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable 
    Americans: Volume VIII  - MOUL-PYNE - The Biographical Society - Boston 
    - 1904 Source: Obituary of George R. Perkins - New York Times
    - 23 Aug. 1876 and
    
    New York Herald-Tribune
 Source: Obituary of John Perkins -
    New 
    York Herald
 Source: Obituary - Eliza A> Perkins - New York Times - Sunday June 21st, 1867
 Source: Marriage announcement - 
    Harvey Perkins to Louisa W. Pierce - Albany Argus - Albany, NY - Friday June 8th, 
    1832.
 Source: Burials -  Lakewood Cemetery - Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY - 
    Find-A-Grave.com
 Source: Maria Perkins 1st m. to John Waterhouse of Broome Co., NY- See  
    1855 Binghamton, Broome Co., NY Census. She and her sister Eliza A. Perkins 
    were listed on this census together.
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        | Abner Perkins b.1779 CT or MA d.1853 NY. His wife, 
        married at Otis, MA; LUCY (BABB). 
        They were listed on the 1820 Census at Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, in 1830 
        they removed to Penfield, Monroe Co., NY and were living with their 
         
        son "Nathan" Seymour Perkins b.1831 NY. Their 
        known children were: 1. Watson 
        Perkins b.1807/1808 MA2. Sterling Perkins b.1810 MA
 3. Eliza Perkins b. 1812 MA m. Philip Haddin\Hadden
 4. Mary Perkins b.1816 MA m. Carloss Markell
 5. Alfred Perkins b.1821 MA/CT m. 1st 
    Mary Ball, 2nd.Sarah J. Forrest
 6. Nathan Seymour Perkins b.1831 NY
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        | Source: Massachusetts - 
        Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Source: 1850 NY Census
 Source: History of Rochester & Monroe Co., NY
 Source: Abner Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate 
    Records. Filed 1847 and Administrated in 1853.
 Source: Death - Sterling Perkins - MI Death Records - Oceana Co., MI
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    | James Perkins b.1776 Groton, CT d.1869 
    NY. His wife
    DEBORAH (DAVIS). They came from Groton, 
    CT to New York in 1812. They were listed on the 1820-1830 New York Census at 
    Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY. This couple are buried in the Garfield 
    Cemetery, Stephentown, NY. Their 
    known children were: 1. Noyes Perkins b.1801 Groton, CT m.
    Caroline (Gard\Guard)    
    *Resided in Groton, CT2. Sarah Perkins b. 1805 CT
 3. Eliza Perkins b. 1807 CT
 4. Horatio Nelson Perkins b.1808 
    Groton, CT
 5. Caroline Perkins b. NY m. Cuyler Broughton
 6. Calvin William Perkins b.1814  NY
 7. Sylvester Perkins b.1816 MA d. 1905 Lee, Oneida Co., NY m. Mavliet/Maverit 
    A. (Vary)
 7a. Phebe A. Perkins b.1839 NY
 7b. Alonzo P. Perkins b.1841 NY
 7c. Sylvester Perkins Jr. b.1842 NY
 8. Charlotte Perkins b.1820 NY m. Terrance Hines
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    | Portrait and 
    biographical album of DeKalb County, Illinois
    containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent 
    and representative citizens of the county : together with portraits and 
    biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the 
    United States : also containing a history of the county, from its earliest 
    settlement to the present time. Published 1885 by 
    Chapman Bros. in Chicago . Source: Sylvester Perkins b.1816 burial - Evergreen Cemetery - Lee, Oneida 
    Co., NY
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    | Jesse Perkins b.1787 
    Woodbridge, CT d.1869. 
    His wife OLIVE (SPERRY). They were 
    listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Otsego, Otsego Co. Both 
    buried in Fly Creek Cemetery, 
    Otsego Co. N.Y. He lived near Schuyler Lake, 
    N.Y. and was a farmer. He removed to Exeter, NY to 
    farm and then settled at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., NY 
    Their known children were: 
    1. Minerva Perkins b.1811 Exeter, NY m. 
    Calvin Counrod2. Maria Perkins b.1819 Otsego Co., NY m.
    Sheldon Brainerd
 3. Lewis Perkins b.1825 Otsego Co., NY m. 1st. Maria 
    (Pratt) b.? d.1850 Otsego Co., NY ,
    2nd. Louisa (Liddell)
 2a. Minerva Perkins b.1848 Otsego Co., NY m.
    Sylvester Ellsworth
 2b. Donald Perkins b. ? NY
 2c. Jesse A. Perkins b.1852 Otsego Co., NY m. 
    Lavantia L. (Patrick) b.1853 NY d.1876 NY
 2d. Edward Perkins b. ? NY
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    | Source: 1850 Census Source: Marriages - Biographical Review of Otsego co., NY (1893)
 Source: Maria Perkins marriage - The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard 
    Family in America -  by Lucy A. Brainard (1908)
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    | Jonathan Perkins b.?  
    d.8.21.1822 His wife 
    MARY "POLLY" (Unknown). They were listed on the 1810 & 
    1820 New York 
    census at Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY 
    Their known children were: 1. Wealthy Perkins b.17972. Miriam Perkins b.1800 NY
 3. Harriet Perkins b.1802 NY
 4. Mary Louisa Perkins b.?
 5. Sally Ann Perkins b.1811
 6. Lany Maria or Maria Lany Perkins b.1814 Troy, NY  m.1841 @ Troy, 
    Geauga Co., OH; (Rev.) 
    Nathaniel Kingsley Evarts
 7. Julia Perkins b.1818
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    | Source: New 
    York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 - First Presbyterian Church - Troy, 
    NY - (Family Search) Source: Marriage of Maria L. Perkins - Portrait and biographical albun of 
    Newayco [sic] (Newaygo) County, Michigan: containing portraits and 
    biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the 
    county, together.... (1884)
 Source: Death Notice : 
    Troy Budget - Newspaper - Edition 8.27.1822 -Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY
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        | Ichabod Perkins b. ca.1775 RI d.1845 
        Allegany Co., NY. His wife is
        ANNA (Unknown). He removed from 
        Rhode Island and was a native of Otsego Co., NY. He was listed on the 
        1830 NY Census at Hume, Allegany Co., NY where he was a farmer. He is 
        buried in Bates Cemetery at Centerville, Allegany Co., NY 
        His known children were: 1. Hannah P. Perkins b.1793 d.1863 NY m.
        Hiram B. Stone2. Esther Perkins b. 1797 d. 1863 NY m. George 
        Baker
 3. Lydia Perkins b. 1802  d. 1884 NY m. Samuel 
        Flanagan
 2. Julianne N. Perkins b. ca.1803 m. Col.
        James Flanagan b.1803 Chansford, York 
        Co., PA
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        | Source: History 
        of Wyoming Co., NY by: F. W. Beers, 1880, p.260 Source: Find-A-Grave Memorial #93439624
 Source: Contributor : 
        Elizabeth Davis
 Source: Last Will and Testament of 
        Ichabod Perkins - New York Wills & Probate Records
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