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ISAAC PERKINS

Isaac Perkins b.1762 N.C. d.1828. His 1st ANN (ADAMS), b.1761 d.1790 N.C.. His 2nd wife PHENIAH "Phena" (LEONARD). b.1763 N.C. d.1840 Clinton Co., Ohio. In 1802 they came from Guilford Co., N.C. to Waynesville, Warren Co., OH. In 1804 they settled in Clinton Co., Ohio.

His known children were:

1. Ann Perkins b. ca. 1786 N.C. m. 1810 Ohio; Hezekiah Hiatt
2. Caleb Perkins b. ?   d.1810 OH d/y during a hunting accident at age 18
*See Poem below*
3. Abigail Perkins b.11.12.1792 Guilford, N.C. d.1851, OH m. 1816 Ohio; Charles Paist
4. Salina\Sabina "Sally" Perkins b.1796 N.C. m. John Holland
5
. John Leonard Perkins b. ca. 1798 N.C.
6. Pheobe Perkins b. ?
7. Lydia Perkins b. ? m. 1814 Ohio;  Joseph Whinery     
*Removed to IN

*Will of Isaac Perkins - Dated 12.13.1827; recorded 10.1828. Wife, Pheniah, Daughters: Salina Perkins & Abigail Paist. Mentions other children but does not name them. Executor: brother-in-law, William Adams (brother of his first wife). Signed: Isaac Perkins. Witnesses: James Moon, Charles Potts and Timothy Scott.

Source: Genealogy of the Sharpless family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester Pennsylvania, 1682, together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the researches by Henry Fishwick, P.H.S., and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the Bi-Centennial Reunion of 1882 by: Gilbert Cope (1887)
Source:
History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions ... By Albert J. Brown (A.M.)
Source: See Poem by Joseph Whinery: Death of Caleb Perkins: Rootsweb.com posting #
6313

Source: Clinton Co., Ohio - Will Abstracts - 1822-1828
Source: Burial - Center Friends Burying Ground - Clinton, Clinton Co., OH  - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: 1850 OH Census

 

JOHN L. PERKINS
John Leonard Perkins b. ca.1798 N.C.. Son of (Isaac & Pheniah (Leonard) Perkins). His 1st wife m. 1822 OH at the Center Meeting House;  JULIA ANN \JULIANNA (EACHUS), a daughter of Robert & Phebe (Thornburgh/Thornbrough) Eachus,  Quakers from Pennsylvania. His 2nd wife m.1833 OH;  JEMIMA (HAINS\HAYNES).  They were listed on the 1830-1850 Census at Richland, Clinton Co., OH.

His known child w/1st wife was:

1. Priscilla H. Perkins b. 11.5.1825 OH     *Never married* *1850-1900 Resided in Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH

His known children w/2nd wife were:

2. Isaac Perkins b. ca. 1837 OH
3. Thomas Perkins b. ca. 1839 OH
4. Mary A. Perkins b. ca. 1840 OH
5. Joseph Perkins b.1842 OH
6. Saline Perkins b.1843 OH
7. Harriet Perkins b.1847 OH
8. Jonathan D. Perkins b.1850 OH

Source: The History of Clinton County, Ohio - A History of the County, Its Townships, Cities, Towns, etc.. - (1882)
Source: Birth of Priscilla Perkins - U.S. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1607-1943 , Vol. #5
Source: Burial - Ellis Cemetery - De Soto, Dallas Co., Iowa

 

ANDREWS\ANDREW PERKINS

Andrews\Andrew Perkins b. ca. 1786 NH d.1853 OH. His wife ELIZABETH (YOUNG). They removed from Knox Co., OH to Richland Co., OH ca. 1821. They were listed on the 1830 Census at Troy, Richland Co., Ohio. She died at Perkins township, Erie Co., OH

Their known children were:

1. Lewis Young Perkins b. 1810 OH d. Auglaize Co., OH m. Maria Conner     *Removed to Auglaize Co., OH
2. Isaac Perkins b.1818 OH d.1826 OH
3. Jacob Perkins b.1819 OH d.1826 OH
4. Elias Perkins b.1823 OH d.1903 Auglaize Co., OH m. 1st.Elizabeth (Beers); 2nd. Siberia (Black), 3rd. Sarah (unknown); 4th. Nancy (Terwilliger)    
*Removed to Auglaize Co., OH
5. Hannah Perkins b. ? OH (possibly m. Samuel Beeck 
6. Mary Ann Perkins b. ca.1825 OH m. Wesley Copeland    
*Removed to Mercer Co., OH
7. Matilda Perkins b.1830 OH. m. George Riley Brackney   *Removed to Auglaize Co., OH
(Possible Daughter/Grand-Daughter >?) Thirza Perkins b.1840 Auglaize Co., OH m. William Hight

*It is said that Andrews Perkins was related to the Hon. Elias Perkins, resident of New London, CT whom the township of Perkins, Erie Co., OH was named for.

Source: Location of Lewis Y. Perkins - "History of Auglaize County, Ohio : with the Indian history of Wapakoneta, and the first settlement of the county"
Source: Genforum posting
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Mercer and Van Wert Counties, Ohio, Part 1
Source: Deaths - Jacob Perkins & Isaac Perkins - Lexington Cemetery - Lexington, Richland Co., OH - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: Marriage - Andrews Perkins & Elizabeth (Young) - The Report - Ohio Genealogy Society Quarterly - v.20, no. 1 (Spring 1980)
 

 

DARIUS M. PERKINS
(Col.) Darius Milton Perkins b.1787 Hebron, Tolland Co., CT d.1868 Ohio. Son of (Asa & Olive (Manley) Perkins). His wife MARY "POLLY" (DEWEY). They came to Huntington Center, Loraine Co., OH in 1833.

Their known children were:

1. Milton D. Perkins/Darius Milton Perkins Jr. ? b. ? d.1873
2. Mary L. Perkins b. ? m. Delos Phelon
3. Orrin M. Perkins b. ?  d/y 
*Recorded in the book listed below as "dieing young" but, he could be this Orrin Perkins
4. Lydia O. Perkins b.11.24.1824 Becket, Berkshire Co., MA
*Twin m. Orrin T. Baker
5. Abel Dewey Perkins b.11.24.1824 MA d.12.1.1892 Wellington, Loraine Co., OH 
*Twin m. Mary Spaulding Nooney
6. Samuel John Perkins b.1829 MA d.1879
7. Sarah J. Perkins b. ? m. W.W. Wells

Source: Names of All Children of Darius Perkins - Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (1894)

 

GEORGE W. PERKINS
George W. Perkins b. ca. 1827 OH. Son of (John and Phoebe (Cook) Perkins). His wife MARJORIE (WILEY). They were residents of York, Union Co., OH and later removed to Allen Co., Indiana where they died.

Their known children were:

1. Sarah A. Perkins b. ? OH m. Rollin Daniels
2. George William Perkins b.1852 OH d.1927 Allen Co., IN  m. Eliza ________           
*Removed to Allen Co., Indiana
3. Joseph W. Perkins b.1853 OH
4. Whitley/Whitty Perkins b.1856 OH d.1929 Ingham Co., MI m. Nancy __________         
*Removed to North Star, Gratiot Co., Michigan
5. Amanda Perkins b. ? OH m. William Garroll    
*Removed to Allen Co., Indiana
6. Rachel J. Perkins b. OH
7. Matilda Perkins b. OH
8. Garilda Perkins b. OH

Source: History of Union County, Ohio; its people, industries and institutions (1915)= See posting
Source: George W. Perkins b.1852 OH - Indiana Death Records
Source: Whitty Perkins b.1856 OH - Michigan Death Records

 

JOSEPH W. PERKINS
Joseph W. Perkins b.1.28.1853. Son of (George W. & Marjorie (Wiley) Perkins). His wife LORENDA E. (BURNHAM) b.1853 Champaign Co., OH. He removed to Allen Co., Indiana when he was 9 years of age and when a man he returned to Union Co., OH.

Their known children were:

1. Catherine Florence Perkins b. OH m. Harry Perfect         
2. Mabel Jeannette Perkins b. OH m. Edward C. L. Barlow
3. Walter B. Perkins b. OH m. Caroline Doulan

Source: History of Union County, Ohio; its people, industries and institutions (1915)= See posting

 

WILLIAM PERKINS
William Perkins b.1825 Columbiana Co., Ohio. Son of (John & Phoebe (Cook) Perkins). His wife CAROLINE (REA). They resided in Union Co., Ohio.

Their known children were:

1. Franklin W. Perkins b.1855 OH
2. French W. Perkins b. OH
3. Jennie Perkins b. OH  died at aged 7

SOURCE: The History of Union County, Ohio : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; general and local statistics; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest Territory; history of Ohio; miscellaneous matters, etc., etc. = See Posting

 

FRANKLIN W. PERKINS
Franklin W. Perkins b. June 28th, 1855 Union Co., OH. Son of (William W. & Caroline (Rea) Perkins). His 1st wife ELLA (VOTAW), 2nd. FLORA J. (RILEY).

His known children w/1st wife were:

1. Bertha B. Perkins b.1881 OH d.1901 OH

*No children with 2nd wife.

History of Union County, Ohio; its people, industries and institutions (1915)= See Posting

 

JONATHAN PERKINS
Jonathan Perkins b. ca. 1800-1810. His wife ANNA MARIA (D...). They were married in Clinton Co., OH on 6.24.1828. They are listed on the 1830 Census at Union, Clinton Co., OH

 

*More research needed*

Source: OH Marriage Records
Source: OH Census Records

 

JAMES HANDASYD PERKINS
Rev. James Handasyd Perkins b.1810 MA d.1849 OH. Son of (Samuel G. & Barbara Cooper (Higginson) Perkins - brother of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, both sons of James & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins). His wife SARAH HART (ELLIOTT). They removed from Boston, MA to Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio in 1832. He was a lawyer and a newspaper owner in Cincinnati, Ohio.  In 1849, believing that his two sons, ages seven and nine, were dead, Perkins apparently jumped into a river from a ferry-boat and drowned.

His children were:

1. Charles Elliott Perkins b.1840 OH d.1907 OH m. Edith Forbes
2. Edward Cranch Perkins b.1844 OH d.1914 m. Jane Sedgwick Watson
     
2a. Thomas Nelson Perkins b.
        2b. John Forbes Perkins b.   m. Mary Coolidge
        2c. Elliot Perkins b.
        2d. James Handasyd Perkins b.  m. Katherine Parkman Coolidge

3. Henry Hill Perkins b. OH
4. William Channing Perkins b. OH
5. James Handasyd Perkins b.1848 OH m. Mary Longworth Stettinius

 

Denise's Notes of Interest about this PERKINS family:

*Charles Elliott Perkins died of "Brights Diease" - Wikipedia
*Thomas Nelson Perkins, son of Edward Cranch Perkins; 
 was best man for Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati, who married President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, Alice. (The President A Guest At Longworth Dinner. New York Times, Feb. 16, 1906.)

Source: Biographical Sketch of Charles Elliott Perkins - Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa: Leaders ..., Volume 1
Source: Biographical Sketch of Edward Cranch Perkins - New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1921 - Volume LXXV
Source:
The National cyclopędia of American biography ... v.35.

 

 

 

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