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    | Erastus Perkins 
    b. ? . His wife  NANCY "Yancy" (BURDICK/BURDOCK). 
    They  
    were listed on the 1830 New York census at Watervliet, Albany Co., NY. 
    *More research is needed* |  
  
    | Source: Marriage - Albany Co., NY Church 
    Marriage Records |    
  
    | James Perkins b. 7.12.1802 
    Barnard, Windsor Co., VT d.10.29.1879 Lima, Livingston Co., NY.  Son of 
    (Abner & Mary "Polly" (Shay) Perkins). 
    His wife ANNA (BOND). They were listed on the 1830 
    & 1840 New York 
    Census at Hume\Portage, Allegany Co., NY. In 1846, Portage, Allegany Co., NY 
    was annexed into Livingston Co., NY. They are listed on the 1850 Census at 
    Portage, Livingston Co., NY Their known 
    children were: 1. Charles Perkins b.1835 NY   
    *Listed on 1870 Census w/J. Herbert Perkins 
    (Joseph Herbert Perkins - (below). 
    at Des Moines, Polk Co., IA2. Joseph Herbert Perkins b.1837/1839 NY d.1916 Berrien Springs, Berrien Co, 
    MI    
    *In 1853 he inherited 40 acres of Land at 
    Clinton Co., MI from his uncle Abner Perkins Jr., removed to Berrien Co., MI
 3. Mary Perkins b. 1840 NY
 4. Emily Eliza Perkins b. 1842 NY
 5.  Helen Lovica Perkins b. 1846 NY m. Charles Stewart
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    | *Civil War 
    Soldier* - Capt. James Perkins. Co. G., 27th NY Infantry at age 62 
 Source: Burial - Joseph Herbert Perkins - Rose Hill Cemetery - 
    Find-A-Grave.com
 Source: Burial - James Perkins - Oak Ridge Cemetery- Lima, Livingston Co., 
    NY - Find-A-Grave.com
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    | Ebenezer Perkins b.1802 Ashford, CT d.1894 
    NY. His wife m. 1.2.1825; 
    HARRIET (MARVIN). They were listed on the 
    1830 New York Census at Machias, Cattaraugus Co., NY. 
    
    Their known children were: 
    1. William Perkins b.1825 Franklinville, NY d.18752. John Andrew Perkins b.1828 Franklinville, NY d.1896
 3. George Perkins b.1830 Machias, NY m. 1854; Marian 
    Eddy
 4. Simeon Marvin Perkins b.1832 Franklinville, NY d.1859
 5. Jared Perkins b.1835 Franklinville, NY d.1854
 6. Harriet Marvin Perkins b.1838 Mansfield, NY
 7. Mary Lee Perkins b.1840 Ellicottville, N.Y.
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    | Source: Descendants of Reinold and Matthew 
    Marvin of Hartford CT., 1638 and 1635 by: George Franklin Marvin, William 
    Theophilus Rogers Marvin. Source: Marriage - George Perkins & Marian Eddy - The Cattaraugus Republican 
    - 1.5.1854
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    | Elisha Perkins b. ?. His wife is
    UNKNOWN. They were listed on the 1830 
    New York Census at Persia, Cattaraugus Co., NY. 
    Their known child: 1. Johanna Perkins b. ca. 1829 NY m. 
    Amos Pratt |  
  
    | Source: History of Wyoming 
    Co., NY. F. W. Beers, p. 261 |    
  
    | Benjamin Perkins b. 4.29.1775 Ashford, CT. 
    d. 4.24.1845 Greene, Chenango Co., NY His wife 
    SARAH (VIETS) b.1794 Granby, CT. This 
    couple was married Aug. 20th, 1815 at Ashford, CT. They removed from 
    Ashford, CT to Springfield, MA and then to 
    Sheffield, MA. They settled at Greene, Chenango Co., NY. They were listed on the 
    1830 New York Census at Greene, Chenango Co., NY. 
    Their known children were:
 1. Chaplin Viets Perkins b.1816 Springfield, MA d.1849 Cortland Co., NY m.
    Rhoda B. Sweetland  
    (*No children of his own)
 2. Mary Perkins b.1817 MA d.1823 Sheffield, MA
 3. Sarah Perkins b.1819 MA d.1855 NY m. Lucius T. Darby
 4. Benjamin Perkins b.1822 MA d.1857
 5. Mary Sophia Perkins b.1826 MA d.1894 NY m. Henry C. 
    Maynard
 6. Caroline Perkins b.1828 Green, NY d.1908  m. Jefferson 
    Kingman
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    | Source: A genealogy of the Viets family with 
    biographical sketches - Dr. John Viets of Simsbury, CT 1710 and his 
    descendants: by: Francis Hubbard Viets (1902) Source: Chaplin V. Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills
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        | Gurden\Gurdon\Gurdeon Perkins b.1812 NY d.1873 Oxford, 
        Chenango Co., NY. Son of (Erastus 
        & Abigail (Stephens) Perkins). His wife m.12.26.1842 Green Co., NY;  FRANCES ADELIA 
        (SQUIRES). He was listed as a single man on the 1840 Census at Greene, 
        Chenango Co., NY. They were listed on the 1850 Census at Oxford, 
        Chenango Co., NY in a Hotel run by his brother Alvin S. Perkins b.1808.  *PROBABLY* 
        he 
        who m. 2nd. SABINE LYDIA (CHAMPION) 
        b. 1836 MI d.1870 Washington D.C.. He removed to Chicago, Cook Co., IL 
        and later returned to New York where he died. **More Research Needed 
        to prove 2nd marriage** |  
      
        | Source: Death - 
        Bainbridge Republican Newspaper - 4.19.1873 Source: Marriage - NY Vital Records
 Source: The Champion Genealogy: a history of the descendants of Henry 
        Champion of Saybrook and Lyme CT by: Francis B. Trowbridge (1891)
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    | Luke Perkins Jr. b. 1797 NY d.1883 
    Plainfield, Will Co., IL. His wife SARAH (PRESTON) 
    (probably a daughter of James Preston). They were listed 
    on the 1830 New York Census at 
    Norwich, Chenango Co., NY. He is listed on the 1830 Census as "Luke Perkins 
    Jr.". In 1840 they removed to Otsego Co., NY and by 1860 removed to 
    Plainfield, Will Co., IL. Their known children 
    were: 1. Alfred J. Perkins b.1834 NY d.1919 IL m. 
    Eliza (Bangs) * Removed to 
    Plainfield, Will Co., Illinois2. Leroy D. Perkins b.1842 NY
 3. Sarah Perkins b.1849 NY
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    | *Note* Some of all of 
    this Information may not be correct. It will be up to you, the researcher to 
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