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1840 Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches:
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| (Dr.) Caleb Perkins Sr. b.1749
Hartford, CT d.1818 Meadville, Crawford Co., PA. (A Doctor of Medicine) Son
of (Joseph(4) & Mary (Bushnell) Perkins [Joseph(3),Jabob(2),
John(1) of Ipswich, MA]). His wife SARAH (TRUMBULL). They
were from Otis, Berkshire Co., MA. In 1815 he had purchased 320 acres of
land at Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio which was later sold by his son Caleb
Perkins Jr. in 1823. He removed to Mead, Crawford Co., PA Their
known children were:
1. John Trumbull Perkins
b.1776 MA\CT ?
2. Caleb Perkins Jr. b.1780 MA\CT ?
3. Sarah Perkins b. ? <Not
mentioned in Crawford Co., PA Deeds Book Mentioned below
4. Elizabeth Perkins b.? m. Erastus Gay
*1820 resided at Farmington, Hartford
Co., CT
5. Lucy Perkins b. ? d.1819/1820 MA m. Bavil
Seymour *1820 resided at
Otis, Berkshire Co., MA
6. Sophia Perkins b. ca.1806 m. Adonijah Jones
Jr. *possibly
she who m. 2nd ? Hiram Boyd and died 1870 Crawford Co., PA |
Source: Death of Dr. Caleb Perkins -
September 21, 1819 - Paper:
Patriot, Utica, NY
Source: Death of Sophia (Perkins) Boyd - Saegertown Cemetery - Saegertown,
Crawford Co., PA
Source: Land Purchase - Portage Co., Ohio - Deeds 1821-1824, 1819-1821
Source: Married names of children - Crawford Co., PA - Deeds 1818-1821 |
| John Trumbull Perkins b. 1776 CT . Son of (Caleb & Sarah (Trumbull)
Perkins). His 1st wife SOPHIA/CATHERINE (WILLARD),
his 2nd wife HANNAH (HURLBURT). He
lived in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT as early as 1811. I do find a 1813
Deed in Guildhall, Essex Co., VT where a John T. Perkins was a witness
to a land sale. It is mentioned that in 1812 John T. Perkins
removed to Charleston, S.C. where he was supposed to have died of Yellow
Fever and was never heard from again leaving a wife and 4 (5?) children.
I find a 1817 Deed from Wayne Co., Georgia where a John T. Perkins was a
witness to a deed related to estate land situated at Sautee-Charleston
District - South Carolina and that this property is now in the state of
Georgia. I find a 9.7.1818 entry in the Wayne Co., Georgia Court Minutes
book where the court is appointing a few men assist with the estate of
John T. Perkins, and ordered William A Knight to make a sale, according
to law, of the perishable property of John T. Perkins (deceased). His
total estate amounted to $213.87 1/2. $37.00 was deducted leaving
a balance of $176.87 1/2. It is stated that he owned 300 acres of Pine
Land on the Stage Road. *More research is needed to prove or disprove
that this was the same John T. Perkins.
His known children w/1st wife were:
1. Sophia Eliza Perkins b.1806 New Salem, MA d.1887
Milwaukee, WI m.1829; Richardson Houghton Jr.
*Removed to Milwaukee, WI
2. Catherine W. Perkins b.1808 MA
d.1825
3. Clarissa Perkins b. ?
His known children w/2nd wife were:
4. John Trumbull
Perkins b.1810 Greenfield, MA
*Removed to Wisconsin
5. Samuel Elliott Perkins b.12.6.1811
Brattleboro, VT d.1879 Ind. |
Source: Bio. Sketch of Samuel E. Perkins
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The Twentieth Century Biographical
Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV
Source: Sophia E. Perkins - White Family Quarterly - Descendants of John
White by: Almira Larkin White - Volume 1 - (1903)
Source: Wayne Co., GA Deeds & Court Minutes Books |
| (Judge) Samuel Elliott Perkins b.
12.6.1811 Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT d. 1879 IN. Son of (John
T. & Catherine (Willard) Perkins). His 1st wife,
AMANDA JULIET (PYLE), his 2nd wife,
(sister of his first wife)
LAVINIA (PYLE) WIGGINS.
He removed from Windham Co., VT to Conway, MA. Then to Penn Yan, Yates
Co., NY and settled in Indianapolis, Wayne Co., Indiana.
His known children with 1st wife:
1. Mary Josephine Perkins b.1839
2. Juliet Adeline Perkins b.1841 d.1848
3. Emma Sophia Perkins b.1843 d.1867 m. _______
Holbrook
4. Joseph P. Perkins b.1845 IN d.1845 IN
5. Samuel Elliott Perkins Jr. b.1846 IN m. Susan E.
Hatch
6. James W. Perkins b.1849 IN d.1849 IN
7. Edward W. Perkins b.1850 IN d.1850 IN
8. Amanda Perkins b.1855 IN m.
Oscar B. Hord
9. Infant Son d/y
10. Infant Son d/y
His known child with his 2nd wife:
1. Lavinia M. Perkins b.1857 IN d.1857 IN
2. Willard H. Perkins b.1858 IN d.1859 IN
3. Alma Rosa Perkins b.1860 IN |
| Caleb Perkins Jr. b.12.28.1781 CT
d.12.29.1854 PA. Son
of (Caleb & Sarah (Trumbell) Perkins). His wife
HANNAH (COOK)
b.6.11.1782 ? d.11.20.1858 PA. They were listed on the
1820 Census at Meadville, Crawford Co., PA. On the 1830-1840 PA Census at
Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA. In 1823, he and his wife Eunice sold 320 acres
of land for $ 1,823.00 at Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio to John Hendee, it being
the same tract of land that Ephraim & Eunice Root of Hartford, CT sold to
Caleb Perkins Sr. dated 4.5.1815 of the town of Otis, Berkshire Co., MA and
late of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania (deceased) and who by his last will and
testament did give and bequeath the same tract of lands to the said Caleb
Perkins Jr. his son & to Joseph T. or J. Cummings of Crawford Co., PA and to
their heirs. Joseph T or J Cummings signed the quit claim and was also paid
$320.00 by John Hendee for his share of the land. Their
known children were:
1. Lyman Perkins
b.1811 MA
2. Samuel D. Perkins b.1812 MA
3. Martha Perkins b.1814 MA d.1856 m. Joseph
Priestley Cummings
4. Sarah Perkins b.1821 MA m. Joseph T. or J. Cummings |
Source: Burials- Gravel Run
Cemetery - Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Source:
Land Sale - Portage Co., Ohio - Deeds 1821-1824, 1819-1821 |
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Lyman Perkins b.1811 New Salem, MA. Son of (Caleb
& Hannah (Cook) Perkins). His wife MERCY
LUPER/LUPFER
(WILLIAMS). They were
listed on the 1840-1850 PA Census at Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA. Their known children were:
1. Sophia Perkins b.1837 PA d.1928 PA
2. Charles Perkins b.1839 PA d.1854 PA
3. Sarah Perkins b.1841 PA d.1854 PA
4. Mortimer Lyman Perkins b.1844 PA d.1883 PA
5. Martha Perkins b.1846 PA d.1905 PA m. R. McPheeters
6. Lemuel/Benjamin Perkins b.1850 PA |
| Source:
Burials- Gravel Run Cemetery - Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA |
Thomas B. Perkins b.? d.1847 Lower
St. Clair, Allegheny Co., PA. His wife DOROTHY
(UNKNOWN). It was *probably* he who was listed on the 1830 Census at
Lebanon, Wayne Co., PA. They were known to have lived at Lower St. Clair,
Allegheny Co., PA in 1847 when he died. I find court documents that his widow
Dorothy Perkins is in agreement to sell off the land they purchased in
Lower St. Clair township in March of 1847. By 1853, Dorothy
is remarried to a man with the last name of Avery or Areny. She stated
she had one minor child by the name of Thomas B. Perkins.
His known child was:
1. Thomas B. Perkins Jr. b. ca.1832 *He
was listed as a minor child in 1847 and was appointed a guardian
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I find a land purchase deed dated 3.10.1847 recorded in
the Allegheny Co., PA Deeds 1847 Book. Mrs. Elizabeth Snowden & George &
Eliza Ogden of Pittsburgh, PA are selling land to Thomas B. Perkins of
Lower St. Clair township, Allegheny Co., PA a parcel of land located in
Lower St. Clair Co., PA. Beginning at the northwest side of the
Pittsburgh and Stubenville turnpike road for $345.00 (Lot 11) as well as
a second parcel on (Lot 8) for $250.00.
I find a land sale deed dated 4.22.1848 recorded in the
Allegheny Co., PA Deeds 1848 Book. The Administrator (Michael
Hanrahan\Hanahan) of the estate of Thomas B. Perkins is selling the same parcel
of land located in Lower St. Clair, Allegheny Co., PA, beginning at the
northwest side of the Pittsburgh & Stubenville turnpike road to Andrew
Young the highest bidder of $185.00. The land was situated in the
Snowden & Ogdens Plan of Lots (No. 11) in the township of Lower St.
Clair because Thomas B. Perkins sufficient to pay his just debts. He was
ordered by the Oprhan's court to sell off the land. The widow, Dorothy
Perkins consented to the sale of the land on 2.19.1848
I find another land sale dated 3.28.1853 recorded in the
Allegheny Co., PA Deeds book. The guardian (Alfred "Fred" McCalmont) and
the administrator of the estate of Thomas B. Perkins Sr. (Deceased),
sold more of the land in the Snowden & Ogden lot to George Nesel\Heltzel for
$170.00 |
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