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1790 Vermont Biographical Sketches:
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| Abner Perkins b. 1762 Plymouth,
MA d.1842 Portageville, Allegany Co.\Wyoming Co., NY. His wife m. 1783 at Hardwick, MA; MARY "Polly"
(SHAYS).
b.1760 ? d.1835 Portageville, Wyoming Co., NY. They were listed on the 1790-1830 VT Census at Barnard, Windsor Co., VT. Abner and his wife Mary are buried at the Portageville Pioneer
Cemetery in Portageville, Wyoming Co., NY along side their son Joseph
Perkins and Abner Perkins Jr..
In 1841
Wyoming Co., NY was formed from sections of Allegany Co., Cattaraugus Co. &
Genesee Co., New York. In 1807 Abner Perkins was ordained as a Methodist Minister. Their known children were:
1. Abner Perkins Jr.
b.4.20.1783 d.1851/1852 Nunda/Portage, Livingston Co., NY
2. Thomas Perkins b. 1786 D.1866 Barnard, Windsor Co., VT m. Sarah Cox
*1842 of Barnard, Windsor Co., VT
3. Mary "Polly" Perkins b.1788 d.1887 Barnard, Windsor Co.,
VT m. Nathan Smith ; m. Abner Buckman
4. Lovica\Lovisa Perkins b. 1790 m. Rev. David Kilborn\Kilburn
*Removed to Cumberland, R.I.
5. Joseph Perkins b. 1793/1794 d.1828 Allegany Co., NY *Removed
to Potsdam, NY , Removed to Allegany Co., NY
6. Lucinda Perkins b. 1796
*Removed to Potsdam, NY, Removed to Portage, Allegany Co., NY
7. James Perkins b. 1802 VT
*Removed
to Potsdam, NY,
Removed to Portage, Allegany Co., NY |
*Rev. War Soldier
Source: Abner Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate
Records. Filed 1839 - Administered 1842
Source: Abner Perkins Jr. - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate
Records
Source: Abner
Perkins Jr. - (Was a Brother to James Perkins) - Last Will and Testament -
NY Wills & Probate Records
Source: Mary Perkins to Nathan Smith - The Whitney Family of Connecticut and
Its Affiliations: by S. Whitney Phoenix, Vol 1. - (1878)
Source: Burials - Genesee Falls Pioneer Cemetery - Portageville, Wyoming
Co., NY - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: VT Census Records
Source: Lovica Perkins to Rev. David Kilbourn - The Family Memoral: A
History and Genealogy of the Kilbourn Family in the United States and Canada
by: Payne Kenyon Kilbourn (1845)
Source: Family Information - The Family of Daniel Shays: from Descendants of
Daniel Shays, by: Elmer S. Smail (1934) |
| Benjamin Perkins b.1762 Lyme, CT
d. March 1813 VT. Son
of (Abraham Sr. & Mary (Person) (Ely) Perkins). His wife DEMIS (JONES). They were listed on the 1790 VT Census at
Bridgewater, Windsor Co., VT. He followed his brother Joseph,
and 1/2 brothers Daniel, Samuel &
William Perkins from CT to VT. Their known children were:
1. Demis H. Perkins b.1786
2. Fanny Perkins b.1790
3. Elizabeth Perkins b.1795
4. Isaac Perkins b.1797 (*Also recorded as "Irene")
5. Melvin Perkins b.1799 (*Also recorded as "Melonie")
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Source: Rev. War
*He served in the Rev. War from CT in
Col. Mc Clennan's Reg.
Source: Death - Victim of the fever epidemic of 1813 - History of the town
of Bridgewater, VT
Source: VT Census Records |
| Cyrus Perkins b.1767. His wife SARAH "Sally" (HOWARD). They were listed on the 1790
VT Census at Bridgewater, Windsor Co., VT. No known children at this time.
*Possible
Nephew of Benjamin Perkins (Above).
A Son of Francis & Elizabeth
(Peck) Perkins of N.S. Canada |
| Source: VT
Census Records |
| Charles Perkins b.1732-1737
Bridgewater, MA d. 1828 Middlebury, NY. Son of (Nathan(4) b.1710 & Sarah
(Pratt) Perkins,,Nathan(3) b.1685,David1653(2)Abraham1613 (1)England
to Hampton, N.H.) His wife ABIGAIL (WATERMAN) (dau.
of Perez Waterman). They were listed on the 1790 VT Census
at Chester, Windsor Co., VT. He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and
died 1828. He is buried at Wrights Corners Cemetery, Middlebury, (Genesee)
Wyoming Co., NY ***
Some people say that Charles Perkins b.1732 was the Charles W, Perkins
listed at Tomlinson (Grafton) Windham Co., VT instead of his son
Charles W. Perkins. There is only 4 miles distance between Tomlinson
(Grafton), Windham Co., VT and Chester, Windsor Co., VT. **More Census
research is needed**
Their
known children were:
1. Olive Perkins b.1763 m. Nehemiah Edson
2. Sene Perkins b.1765 m. Ezra Edson
3. Charles W. Perkins Jr.
b.1767
4. Philip Perkins b.1770
Bridgewater, MA d.1847 MI
5. Chauncy\Chauncey Perkins b.1773
** Possibly: Palmedus Perkins
b. ca 1775 VT
6. Waterman Perkins b.1785
*Possible Others*
*Soldier in
the Rev. War |
| Source: VT Census Records |
| John Perkins b.1748 Middleboro,
Plymouth Co., MA d.1832 Windsor
Co., VT. His wife HANNAH (GARDNER). They were listed on the 1790 VT Census at
Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT. In 1800 & 1810 they resided at Barnard, Windsor
Co., VT Their
known children were:
1. John
Perkins Jr. b.1.12.1773 MA
2. David G. Perkins
b.11.2.1774 MA
3. Gaius Perkins
b.1.4.1777 MA
4. Ichabod Perkins b.1779 MA *Not
mentioned in the Perkins Family Bible
5. Elisha/Elijah Perkins
b.12.12.1782 VT
6. Patience Perkins b.12.12.1783 VT m.1st.Stephen Taft, 2nd.Daniel Drake, 3rd.Erastus Bingham
7. James Marsh Perkins b.3.12.1786
VT
8. Cyrus Perkins b.12.10.1787
VT
9. Thomas Harlow Perkins b.8.8.1789 VT
10. Mary (Polly) Perkins b.1.23.1791 VT m. Abner Buckman
11. Joseph Perkins b.1.14.1793 d.1814
12. Hannah Perkins b.1795 VT *Not
mentioned in the Perkins Family Bible
13. Simon Perkins b.7.13.1798 VT |
Source:
Biography of Thomas H. Perkins (Contained within the biography of Lewis
Waite) - Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois by: Newton Bateman, LL. D. &
Paul Selby, A.M (1903) Volume II
Source: Burial - Polly (Perkins) Buckman - Perkins Cemetery - Barnard,
Windsor Co., VT - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: VT Census
Records |
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