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Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches

Amos P. Perkins Jr. b. 1781 CT. Son of (Amos (7) & Cote (Staples) Perkins). His wife AMY (KENYON) b. ? d.1858. He was listed on the 1810 Census at New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY. By 1820 he was listed on the Census at East Smithfield, Bradford Co., PA. In 1828 the family removed back to New York and were listed on the 1830 Census at Batavia, Genesee Co., NY. By 1850 they moved westward to Sharon Township, Washtenaw Co., MI.

Their Known Children were:

1. Leroy Perkins b.1813 PA or NY d.1878 WI *Removed to Waupaca Co., WI
2. Philinda Perkins b.1810-1815 m. Charles B. Turner*
3. Pamela Perkins b.1810-1815 m. Charles B. Turner * (sisters widow)
4. Roxanne "Roxy" Perkins b.1815-1820 m. Benjamin Morse
5. Mary Perkins b.1.28.1816 Smithfield, Bradford Co., PA m. Walter Ferguson *Removed to Parma, Jackson Co., MI
6. Amy Perkins b. 1817-1820 m. David Ferguson
7. John Kenyon Perkins b.1820-24 PA *Removed to Sandstone, Jackson Co., MI
8. [unknown] Perkins (male) b.1830-1835 NY
9. (Possible) Nancy Perkins b. ? m. Livingston Morse

*2012 Update: Julie Koenig emailed and stated that she has found the parents of Amos Perkins Sr. They were Oliver & Ruth (Wilcox) Perkins.

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Source: Nancy Perkins - Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania vol. III by: John Woolf Jordan (1912)
Source: Marriage of Mary Perkins - History of Jackson Co., Michigan - List father as "Annis Perkins", a mechanic of Batavia, N.Y.

FREDERICK PERKINS

Frederick Perkins b.? .CT , d.1838 PA. Son of (Elnathan(5),Luke(4),Luke(3),John(2) Edward(1)) of New London, CT). His wife MATILDA (STEDMAN). They came from Goshen, CT in 1816 and were listed on the 1820 PA Census at East Smithfield, Bradford Co., PA.

Their Children were probably:

1. Charles F. Perkins b.1782 CT d.1860 PA
2. Joseph S. Perkins b.ca.1796 CT m. Celia (Scott)
      1a. Sarah "Sally" Perkins b.1821 PA m. Philander Gates *Removed to Dunn Co., WI
      2b. John S. Perkins b.1825 PA d.1858 PA
      2c. Alina\Alma Perkins b.1829 PA d.1910 PA m. William H. Knickerbacker ; Stephen Pierce
      2d. Aaron Culver Perkins b.1832 PA d.1915 PA m. Almira S. Baker
      2e. William Henry Perkins b.1834 PA *Removed to Batavia, Kane Co., Ill
      2f. Mary Perkins b. 1837 PA m. Ahallat Buck *Removed to Matilda, CA
      2g. Harrison Perkins b.1841 PA <Not mentioned in the Partition Notice of 1877
      2h. Clarissa Perkins b. ? m. Nelson Stuart

3. Hopestill Perkins b.1799 d.1877 PA
4. Matilda Perkins b.1801 CT d.1877 PA m. Stephen Califf
5. Luke Perkins b.ca.1803 m. Ruth (Pierce\Pearce\Peirce) *Removed to Matilda, CA
6. Mary Perkins b.1805 m. Horace Pierce\Peirce
7. Betsey Perkins b.1808 PA m. ________ Wood, 2nd, ________ Pratt

Source: PA Census Records
Source: Alina Perkins - PA Death Records
Source: Aaron C. Perkins - PA Death Records
Source: List of children of Joseph S. Perkins - Partition Notice - Bradford Reporter - 3-29-1877
Source: Marriages - Perkins/Pierce - Descendants of Thomas Peirce (1936) by Harvey C. Pierce

JACOB PERKINS

Jacob Perkins b. 1766 Newburyport, MA - d. 1849 London, England. Son of (Matthew & Jane (Noyes) (Dole) Perkins -,[Matthew, Matthew, Jacob, John Sr. of Ipswich). His wife HANNAH (GREENLEAF). He moved from MA to PA in 1816. They were listed on the 1820 Pennsylvania census in Philadelphia Co., PA. He was the submitter for the first patent for the Refrigerator. After 1818 he removed to London, England where he died. He was also the inventor of engraving plates for paper money and a Valve Pump for fire fighting. He also invented a central warm air heating system. He had 21 total inventions.

Their known children were:

1. Hannah Greenleaf Perkins b. 1792
2. Sarah Ann Perkins b. 1793 m. Joshua Bacon; London, England
3. Jane Perkins b.1796 d.1808
4. Ebenezer Greenleaf Perkins b. 1797 d.1842
5. Angier March Perkins b. 1799 d. 1872
6. Louisa Jane Perkins b. 1801
7. Elizabeth Perkins b. 1804 m. _________ Roy
8. Henrietta Perkins b. 1806 m. Heresy Chubb; London, England
9. Mary Perkins b. 1809 d. 1810

Source: Jacob Perkins Inventor
Source: The Republic - Washington, DC - Sept.21-1849

**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.