New York Transcriptions

Transcribed From:

Various New York News Paper Publications
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~ New York Perkins ~

 Death & Marriage & Misc. Notices
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~Perkins Research~


 

1894: Nov. 2nd - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Marriage: The marriage of Miss Mary Lawrence Perkins, daughter of Mrs. C. L. Perkins of New York to Mr. Waldron Kintzing Post, who's summer home is in Bayport, NY, is spoken of in the Brooklyn Eagle as the grandest social event of the season in Glen Cove, NY, where it took place last Saturday. The ceremony was performed in St. Paul's church by Rev. Dr. Robbins of Philadelphia, assisted by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell, rector of St. Paul's, and the Rev. J. H. Prescott of Sayville, NY. The bridesmaids were Misses Eleanor Robinson, Margaret Morgan, Beatrice Post and Katherine Cowely, and the best man Mr. Regis Post. The bride's dress was of white satin, trimmed with point lace and lilies of the valley, and the bridesmaids wore yellow moire, brown hats and carried yellow chrysanthemums. The ushers were Messer, Wright Post, George Blogden Jr., R. P. Perkins, Fletcher Huntington, H. Lockwood, Kenneth Taylor, Edward Renshaw Jones, Arthur Aunery and Mr. Fairbanks.
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1896: Jan. 14th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: Mrs. Susan Halsey, widow of George Halsey, died aged 83, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John R. Perkins. Three children survive her; Mrs. John Perkins, of Riverhead, James Halsey, of Vanderbilt avenue., Brooklyn, NY; and Edward Pierson of San Francisco, Cal, a son by her first husband.
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1902: Jan. 31st - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: J. Henry Perkins, Riverhead's leading citizen died. No man was better and more favorably known throughout Suffolk County than was J. Henry Perkins. For more than forty years he has been engaged in the clothing business at the county seat of Suffolk. His partner was his brother, John R. Perkins, and their store was the historic old Court House property. Mr. Perkins was born April 8th, 1839, one mile west of Riverhead, at what is known as Upper Mills. His father was John Perkins, who was born near Bath, England, and moved to this country when a young man, living for a time at Fishkill, NY, and who came to Riverhead in 1828. John Perkins introduced the woolen mill into Suffolk County, and his sons carried on the manufacture of woolen goods until about two years ago. Mr. Perkins began his career as a clerk in his brother's store, and in 1860, was taken in as a partner. He leaves a widow, a son, John H. Perkins, who is manager for Suffolk County, of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, and four daughters, Mrs. William Litchard; Mrs. Emma Thayer, of Riverhead; Mrs. Grace McDonald of Manhattan; and Mrs. Marion Pettit, of Brooklyn, NY. He has two sisters and a brother living in Riverhead, Mrs. T. M. Griffing, Mrs. Wilson and John R. Perkins.
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1907: July 12th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: John H. Perkins, one of the shellfish commissioners of Suffolk county and for several years county superintendent of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Co., died on Wednesday morning at his home in Riverhead, aged 45 years. Death was due to paralysis and terminated an illness of three months. The deceased was the son of the late J. Henry Perkins, was born in Riverhead and had always lived in that vicinity. He was widely known and exceedingly popular. He is survived by a widow and one daughter. Mrs. Perkins, is the daughter of the late Charles T. Duryea, of Babylon. Funeral services will be held at the home of the deceased on Saturday at 1 PM.
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1909: April 16th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: Mr. and Mrs. W. Kintzing Post went to New York last Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. E. L. Perkins, who died last Wednesday, of pneumonia, aged 81 years. The funeral service was held in Trinity chapel and the interment was made in Glen Cove. Mrs. Perkins was the mother of Mrs. Post.
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1910: March 18th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: Congressman James B. Perkins of Rochester, N.Y., who was recently operated upon for intestinal trouble, died in a hospital at Washington. He was born in Wisconsin in 1847 and wrote two works on French History.
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1919: Aug. 1st - Suffolk County News, Sayville, NY.

Death: William M. Litchard, died at his home. Mr. Litchard was born at Setauket 56 years ago and for many years lived at Greenport. He is survived by his widow, who is a daughter of the late J. Henry Perkins of Riverhead; a son, Harry P. Litchfield; and two daughters, Mrs. George H. Carleton and Miss Christine Litchard.
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1925: April 10th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

 Death: Mrs. Lillian Amy Perkins died on Monday morning, on the 65th anniversary of her birth. Mrs. Perkins had lived on the North Road in Bayport for about five months and had moved there from Blue Point, NY where she had also lived for a few months. Until then practically all her life was spent in Brooklyn, NY. She was a widow, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ison, who had come to this country from England. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Arthur, of Bayport, and Mrs. Ida Harrington, of Woodhaven, L. I. and a son, Albert Perkins, who also lives in Bayport, NY, by three brothers, Charles Ison, of Chicago, V. G. Ison, of Spokane, WA, and Edward P. Ison, of Brooklyn, NY, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Cox, of Bronxville, N. Y. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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1927: March 18th - Suffolk County News - Sayville, NY.

Death: The estate of the late Robert P. Perkins, who maintained a country home at Centerport, NY, in this county, will pay an inheritance tax of $91,843.94, according to the transfer tax papers filed in the Surrogate's court. The estate has a gross value of more than $2,100,000 and a net value of more than $1, 810,000. Some of those sharing in the net estate are the following: Elsie N. Keily, sister, $155,905.60; Frances Chapman, sister, $91,927.79; Mary L. Post, sister, ue of more than $1, 810,000. Some of those sharing in the net estate are the following: Elsie N. Keily, sister, $155,905.60; Frances Chapman, sister, $91,927.79; Mary L. Post, sister, who is Mrs. W. K. Post, of Bayport, NY, $958, 355.63; Patrick L. G. Kelly, nephew, $114,000; Henry G. Chapman, nephew, $31,803.34; John Perkins, nephew, $63,207.90; Edward Stowell, $5,000; Julius Roth, Moses Glick, each $2,500; not yet determined, $443,004.36.
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