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JOHATHAN PERKINS
Jonathan "John" Perkins b. ca. 1776 MA. His wife LEONA\LEANY "MOLLY" "POLLY" (BURROUGHS) b.1778 Plainfield, Hampshire Co., MI d.1854 Burton, Geauga Co., OH (dau. of Simon b.1751 Windsor, Hartford Co., CT & Mirriam (Shaw) Burroughs).

Their known children were:

1. Wiltha Perkins b.1799   (Never married)
2. Sally Ann Perkins b.  m. John Riley
3. Harriet Perkins b.  m. Daniel Earle
4. Leany Mariah Perkins b. 1814 Williamsburg, MA - d. 2.9.1906 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI m. 1st. Orrin Percival for his second wife and
had Erastus Percival, who married in Pennsylvania , she m. 2nd. Nathaniel K. Evarts
5. Olney A. Perkins b.  m. Lovina Foed/Ford?
6. James Perkins b.  m. Mirriam Burroughs
7. Sereno Perkins b.  m. 1st. ____ Brant, 2nd. Hannah (Oatly)
8. Chauncey Perkins b.  m. Flavia Pinney
9. Simon Perkins b.  m. Catharine Beals
10. Roxey Perkins b.  m. Joseph Holdridge

Source: Genealogy of the Burroughs Family by: L.A. Burroughts - The Peirce Printing Company, Garrettsviele, OH - 1894
Source: Death of Maria (Perkins) Evarts: MI Death Records.

 

JAMES PERKINS
James Perkins b.1733  d. 1773. Son of (Edmund & Esther (Frothingham) Perkins). His wife ELIZABETH (PECK). They resided at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

Their children were:

1.James Perkins b.1762 MA d.1822 MA m. Sarah Paine   *Ran a famous mercantile house with his brother under the name of J. & T.H. Perkins of Boston, MA.
      1a. James Perkins b.1789 MA m. Eliza Greene Callahan
            
1aa. Charles Callahan Perkins b. ? m. Frances Davenport Bruen
                
1aaa.Edward Clifford Perkins b. ? m. Elizabeth Hoar Evarts
                   
1aaaa. Maxwell Evarts Perkins b. 1884 NY

      1b.<no further children of James and Sarah Paine>

2.Thomas Handasyd Perkins b.1764 MA
3.Samuel G. Perkins b. ca. 1769 MA
4.Margaret Perkins b.1773 MA
5.[Female]
6.[Female]
7.[Female]
8.[Female]
9.[Female]  d/y

Source: Lineage of Maxwell E. Perkins - The National cyclopaedia of American biography v.37

 

THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS
Thomas Handasyd Perkins b.1764 MA d.1854 MA. Son of (James & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins). His wife SARAH (ELLIOTT). They resided at Boston, MA

Their children were:

1.Sarah Elliott Perkins b. 1794 MA
2.Thomas Handasyd Perkins Jr. b. 1796 MA d.1850 MA m. Jane Frances Dumaresq
      
2a. Thomas Handasyd Perkins III    <no male descendants
       2b. Female Perkins
       2c. Female Perkins
       2d. Female Perkins
       2e. Female Perkins

3.Elizabeth Perkins b.  MA
4.Caroline Perkins b.  MA
5.Ann Perkins b. 1795 MA d.1799 MA
6.Mary Ann Perkins b.1798 MA m. Thomas Graves Cary
7.Charles Elliot Perkins b.1801 MA d.1803 MA
8.George Cabot Perkins b.1803 MA d.1868 MA
9.Ann "Nancy" Cushing Perkins b. 1806 MA d.1889 m. William F. Cary
10.James Elliott Perkins b.1809 MA d.1809 MA

 

 

SAMUEL G. PERKINS
Samuel G. Perkins b.ca. 1769. Son of (James & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins). His wife BARBARA COOPER (HIGGINSON). They resided at Boston, MA.

Their children were:

1.Elizabeth Perkins b. MA
2.James Handasyd Perkins b.1810 MA d.1849 OH
3.Barbara Perkins b.  MA
4.Nancy Perkins b. MA
5.Susan Perkins b. MA
6.Stephen Perkins b. MA

 

 

CHARLES E. PERKINS
Charles E. Perkins b.1785 d.1850 Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL. His wife MARY (UNKNOWN). They removed from MA to New Hampshire sometime in 1811-1813. By 1824 they removed back to Massachusetts. They were listed on the 1830 Census at Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA. They removed to Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL where he died in 1850. She moved to Wisconsin to live with her daughter Martha (Perkins) Spofford.

Their known children were:

1. Charles R. Perkins b.1812 "Armoth", New Hampshire                    *Unable to locate this township in NH, *Removed to Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL
2. G. R. Perkins b. ? d.1849 on a visit to his brother at Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL        
 *He was known to have resided at Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI
3. Martha M. Perkins b.1824 Boston, MA d.1896 Madison, Dane Co., WI m. Augustus F. Spofford

 

Source: MA Census Records
Source: IL Death Records

Source: Galena Daily Gazette Newspaper

 

CHARLES R. PERKINS
Charles R. Perkins b.1812 "Armoth", New Hampshire d.1886 Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL. Son of (Charles E. & Mary (Unknown) Perkins). His 1st wife CATHERINE (Unknown (possibly-WILKINS); 2nd wife; SARAH (HOLBROOK). In 1843 they removed to Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL. He was the partner in the leather goods store with Jessie Grant, the father of Ulysses S. Grant at Galena, Illinois.

His known child w/1st wife were:

1. Amanda Perkins b.1841 IL

His known child w/2nd wife were:

2. Jessie Perkins b.1864 Galena, IL m. Frederick Hass    *She may have been a adopted child

Source: IL Census Records
Source: IL Death Records
Source: Galena Daily Gazette Newspaper articles
Source: Obituary - Charles R. Perkins - The Local Record - Shawneetown, IL


 

CALEB PERKINS
Caleb Perkins b.1770 DE. His wife ELIZABETH (CHRISTINE) b.1770 PA. They were married 10.11.1796 at Hartsville, Bucks Co., PA. They were known to have lived at Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, NJ.

Their known children were:

1. Sarah Perkins b.1797
2. Caleb Perkins Jr. b.1798 d.1884
3. John Perkins b.1800
4. Christine Perkins b.1802
5. Elizabeth Perkins b.1805
6. William Perkins b.1807 d.1807
7. Benjamin Perkins b. ? d.1809
8. Thomas Perkins b.1811
9. Catharine Perkins b.1813
Source: Bible Records -  C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library - Irwin, IA
Source: Marriage -  Neshaminy Presbyterian Church Records


 

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