Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches

His known child w/ 1st wife:

1. Elisha Backus Perkins b.1792 m. Emily Pope  *Removed CT, Tallahasse, FL, Marietta, Washington Co., OH and settled at Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., WI

   
His known child w/ 2nd wife:

2. Ellen E. Perkins b. 1823 m. Joseph Flemming Perkins, M.D. (Son of: John & Rebecca (Hughes) Perkins [*below]

(Rev.) Dr. John Douglas Perkins b.1769 Plainfield, Windham Co., CT d. 1847 Coatesville, Chester Co., PA. Son of (Dr. Elisha Perkins & Sarah (Douglas) of Norwich, CT). His wife REBECCA (HUGHES). He was most likely the John D. Perkins of "Plainfield, Windham Co., CT" who purchased a piece of land, lot number 10 in the first range at Concord, Essex Co., VT on 7.21.1797. In 1801, a notice in The Green Mountain Patriot newspaper dated May 28th, 1801 reported that he was delinquent in his payment of Direct Tax on the property he owned at Concord, Essex Co., VT. They were known to have married in 1802 at Coatesville, Chester Co., PA. They were listed on the 1820-1840 PA Census at East Caln, Chester Co., PA.  He was known to have removed to Strasburg, Lancaster Co., PA. On Aug, 29th, 1800 he opened a medical practice at Lancaster, PA but, he was not enumerated on the 1800 Census there. I have also been unable to pin-point his location in 1810.

Their known children were:

1. Sarah Maria Perkins b.1803 CT m. George Flemming
2. Dr. Joseph Flemming Perkins b.1806 CT m. Ellen E. (Perkins)     *Removed to Baltimore, MD
3. James Hughes Perkins b.1808 CT d.1833 PA m. Jane C. (Flack)                   *Removed to Baltimore, MD
4. Dr. Elisha Henry Perkins b.1811 PA d.1833 PA m. Elizabeth A. (Berry) m.2nd. Alverda A. (Manro)    *Removed to Baltimore, MD
5. John Douglass Perkins Jr. baptism 2.26.1815 PA m. Martha V. (Miller)
6. Rebecca Flemming Perkins b.1818 PA d.1833 PA m. Andrew Mitchell
7. Susan Marsh Perkins b.1822 PA d.1843 PA  m. William M. Flack

Their known children were:

1. Elisha Perkins, Jr., Dr. b. 1763 CT
2. Mary Perkins b. 1765 CT m. Miles Merwin
3. John Douglas Perkins b. 1769 CT
4. Sarah Perkins b.1771 CT m. 1st. Gen. Lemuel Grosvenor, 2nd Hon. Charles Marsh   *Removed to Woodstock, VT
5. Benjamin Douglas Perkins b. 1774 CT   *Removed to Flushing, L. I. (NY)
6. Joyce Perkins b.ca.1775 CT
7. Susan Perkins b. 1776 CT m. Dr. Josian\Josias Lyndon Arnold
8. Elizabeth Perkins b. 1778 CT m. Douglas (David) Putnam  * Resided in Marietta, Ohio
9. Henry Perkins b. 1781 CT m. 1st. Mary (Woodbridge), 2nd. Abby (Noyes)   
10. (Rev) George Perkins b. 1783 CT m. 1st. Marionette (Turner), 2nd. Hannah (Turner) (sister)  *Removed to MA, settled in CT.
11. Olive M. Perkins b. 1786 CT m. Nathaniel McClellan