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| Joseph John b. 1790/91 NY. His wife
CATHERINE\KATHERINE (JACOB) b.5.4.1792 NY
d.5.2.1876. He is listed on the 1840
Michigan Census in Commerce, Oakland Co., MI. In 1850 at Novi, Oakland Co., MI. He and his
family came to Michigan in 1835 and settled in Novi, Oakland Co., MI. They were married
1-1-1813 at Saratoga, NY. He is buried at the Novi Cemetery, Novi, MI. Their
known children were:
1.Mary "Polly" Perkins b. 1815 Saratoga, NY d.
1897 MI m. (10/24/1843)
Daniel Knapp
(Resided at Leroy, Osceola Co. MI)
2.John J. Perkins b.1817 NY
d.1900 MI
3.Catherine L. Perkins b. NY m. (10/20/1840) William Taylor.
In 1850; Mary Perkins b.1842
was listed in their household.
**Perkins
Research asks......"Could he be a son of
Christopher & Rebecca (Palmer)
Perkins of Saratoga, NY" ??* |
*Civil War
Soldier
Submitted
by: Marie E. Horak (Now Deceased (2009).
Source: Death of Polly (Perkins) Knapp - Williamston Enterprise - Newspaper |
| Delos Perkins b. ca.1820 ?. His wife m.
9.19.1844; HARRIET (HOPKINS). They
were married in Oakland Co., MI in 1844 and he died 2.21.1848 Milford,
Oakland Co., MI.
Their children were:
1.Martin Perkins b. ca. 1845 MI
2.Lucy Perkins b. ca. 1847 MI |
| Thomas M. or H. Perkins b. ?. His wife ANNA (TAYLOR).
His first land purchase was on 8/2/1837 in Township/Range 004 North-007
East, E 1/2 NE 1/4, Section 28 and E 1/2 NE 1/4 in Section 33, Oakland Co.,
MI. I find several other land purchase for a Thomas H. Perkins in various
counties between 1837 to 1865 but, I am uncertain if it is the same Thomas
H. Perkins. He is listed on the 1840 MI Census in
Brandon, Oakland Co., MI.
**Nothing else is known** |
| Thomas Perkins
b.1834 Ireland and his brother John Perkins b.1839 Ireland.
They were listed on the 1850 MI Census at White Lake, Oakland Co., MI in the household of
Edmund & Mary Grotty. |
| Charles W. Perkins b.1775 CT. His wife MARY (Unknown). They were listed on the
1840 & 1850 MI Census at
Orion, Oakland Co., MI. No children listed in
household.
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| Benjamin L. Perkins b. ?, came from Springwater, Livingston Co., NY where he was a hired hand on the farm of
Elias Daniels at Troy, Oakland Co., MI in 1831. Henrietta Perkins b. ca.
1810
NY, came from Locke, Cayuga Co., NY. Came to Michigan with her brother
Benjamin Perkins (above). She m. 1837 to *William
Dawson and settled in Tyrone, Livingston Co., MI. In 1856 this
family removed to Rockford, Floyd Co., IA. *William
Dawson was 1st m. to ______ Daniels, sister of Elias Daniels. By the
1870 Census, Henrietta (Perkins) Dawson & family are listed living at
Tyrone, Livingston Co., MI. In 1880 she listed that her father was born
in Rhode Island. William Dawson b.1808 NY d.1883 at Hazelton, Shiawassee
Co., MI.
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| Source: Benjamin L. Perkins & Henrietta
Perkins [Brother & Sister] - History of Livingston Co., MI -
Township of Tyrone, MI |
| Harvey Perkins b. 1814-1820 NY or VT
d.7.31.1883 MI. His wife PHOEBE (WILLIS).
It was probably he who was listed on the 1840 Census at Marathon, Lapeer
Co., MI. They are listed on the 1850
& 1860 MI Census at
Addison, Oakland Co., MI. In 1870 they were listed at
Shiawassee, Shiawassee Co. ,MI. Their known
children were:
1.Mary Ann Perkins b.1846 MI
2.Charles O. Perkins b.1847 MI
3.Sarah Ann Perkins b.1849 MI
4.Amanda V. Perkins b.1853 MI
5.Emarilda "Eunice" Perkins b.1854 MI
6.Elizabeth Perkins b.1856 MI d.6.13.1872 MI
7.Edna E. Perkins b. 11.29.1859 MI d. 5.8.1914 Shiawassee, MI m.
Fred W. Rogers
8.Horatio Perkins b.1862 MI |
Source: Death of Edna
(Perkins) Rogers - MI Death Records
Source: Death - Harvey Perkins - MI Death Records Index
Source: Death - Elizabeth Perkins - MI Death Records Index |
| Henry Perkins b. 1835 KY
(African-American). His wife LOUISA (ISHAM). They are listed on the 1860 MI Census at
Farmington, Oakland Co., MI. He was living in the house-hold with Pete &
Eliza Mills. **Nothing else is known at
this time.** |
| (Attorney) Ephraim Perkins
b.2.19.1804 NY
d.4.7.1891 Oakland Co., MI. Son of (Ambrose
and Betsy (Unknown) Perkins). His wife OLIVE
B. (Unknown).
His first land purchase was on 1/5/1831 in Township/Range, 001 North-010
East, W 1/2 SE 1/4, Section 1, Oakland Co., MI. They were listed on the 1840
& 1880 MI Census at Southfield, Oakland Co., MI. In 1870 he
is living next to his son Allen L. Perkins b.1835 MI. In 1900 Olive Perkins
aged 92 is living with her sons Widow at Southfield, Oakland Co., MI Their
known children were:
1.Sophia Perkins b.1830 NY
2.Amelia Perkins b.1832 MI
3.Allen Perkins b.1835 MI
1860-1880 - Living in their household was their grand-daughter:
a. Ernestine L. Pollie/Pollic b.1857 MI
** In 1840, Attorney Ephraim Perkins was of Royal Oak,
Oakland Co., MI was the Attorney used by Moses Porter in a petition to prove
that he fought in the Revolutionary War. Moses Porter m. 2nd. Ezubia
(Chamberlain) Perkins the known mother of
Harvey Y or
F. Perkins |
Source: MI Land
Records
Source: MI Death Records list that the father and mother of
Ephraim Perkins was named Ambrose & Betsy Perkins
Source: Burial - Perrin Cemetery - Troy, Oakland Co., MI - Find-A-Grave.com
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