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CHAUNCEY F. PERKINS
Chauncey Fitch Perkins b.1782 CT. Son of (Eliphaz & Lydia (Fitch) Perkins). His wife LYDIA (LORD). They were listed on the 1830 PA Census at Erie, Erie Co., PA. He was listed on the 1850 Census at Erie (West), Erie Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. Rufus Lord Perkins b.1819  
2. Mary Perkins b.1821
3. Caroline Perkins b.1824 OH m. Samuel F. Selden
4. John Chauncey Perkins b.1829 Athens, OH m. Jane Sturgeon Swan  *(Note: Her sister Emily Swan m. George Walbridge Perkins)
5  Julia Perkins b.1829

Source: The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass: Complete in Three Parts -  By George Augustus Perkins
Source:
Marriage of John C. Perkins and George Walbridge Perkins - Pennsylvania genealogies; Scotch-Irish and German by William Henry Egle
Source: Marriage of Emily Swan to George Perkins - RIGHT-HAND MAN (1957) - The life of George W. Perkins by: John A. Garraty

 

ANSEL\ANSIL PERKINS
Ansel\Ansil Perkins b.1819 PA - d. 1910 IL. Son of (Seabury & Lucy (Stark) Perkins). His 1st. wife CATHERINE (WILLIAMS). His 2nd. wife ORILLA A. (VAN HOUSEN). They were listed on the 1840 PA Census at New Milford, Susquehanna Co., PA. He later moved to Amboy, IL, then on to Halstead, Harvey Co., Kansas, then South Dakota and returned to IL where he died.

His known children w/1st.wife were:

1. Semavla Perkins b.1841
2. Angelina Perkins b.1843
3. James D. Perkins b.1845
4. Emerancy "Emma" R. Perkins b.1847 PA d.1917 PA m. ______ Lake
5. Nelson Perkins b.1849

Known children w/2nd wife were:

6. Floyd William Perkins b.1859                    *Removed to Coldwater, KS
7.
Ford L. Perkins b.1861 PA                                    *Removed to Newton, KS
8. Hannah Perkins b.1866 m. L. C. Helvie         *Removed to Coldwater, KS
9. Anna A. Perkins, M.D. b. 1872 Amboy, IL    *Removed to Halstead, KS
10. Lydia "Lida" Perkins b. 1874  m. B. P. Philip        *Removed to Halstead, KS

Source: Biography of Anna A. Perkins, MD - A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918
Source: Maiden name of Orville A. - Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, etc.. (1900_
Source: Maiden name of Catherine (Williams) Perkins - Emma (Perkins) Lake - PA Death Records

 

RUFUS L. PERKINS
Rufus Lord Perkins b.1819 Athens, Ohio d.1909 Erie, PA. Son of (Chauncey F. & Lydia (Lord) Perkins). His wife m. 9.9.1845 Erie, PA;  MARY A. (LATTIMORE). She was from Painesville, OH. dau. of Wm. Lattimore. They were listed on the 1850-1880 Census at Erie, Erie Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. William Rufus Perkins b.1848 PA
2. Julia Elizabeth Perkins b.1850 PA
3. Chauncey Fitch Perkins b.1852 d.1909 PA
4. George William Perkins b.1855
5. Charles Lord Perkins b.1859
6. Henry Lattimore Perkins b.1860

Source: Marriage announcement - Painesville Telegraph - Newspaper - 9.17.1845
Source: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 16

 

HENRY PERKINS
Henry Perkins b.1803 MA. Son of (David & Hannah (Fabens) Perkins).  His wife CORNELIA Adeline (ALLEN). He came from Utica, NY. They were listed on the 1840 Census at the Dock Ward, Philadelphia Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. Henry A. Perkins b.1836 m. Mary F. Wood
2. Edward Lang Perkins b.1843 m. Caroline A. Heberton
3. Francis M. Perkins b.1851

Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA - George Augustus Perkins

 

JAMES H. PERKINS
James Hill Perkins b.3-13-1803 S. New Market, NH. Son of (Robert & Deborah (Hill) Perkins). A Grandson of Sea Captain John Perkins of New Market, NH. His wife was MARY JANE (SMYTHE) b. NH. They were listed on the 1840 PA Census at Dublin, Philadelphia Co., PA. In 1850 at Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA.

They had no children.

In 1860, I find a John E. Perkins b.1838 MA living in their household.

Source: History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

 

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