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CALVIN PERKINS
Calvin Perkins b.1767 MA d.3.24.1813 Essex Co., VT Son of (Benjamin & Hepsibah (Washburn) Perkins). His 1st wife EUNICE (BOTHWELL). His 2nd wife CATHERINE (Burch/Birch/Burtch) b.1771 ? d.3.6.1854 Guildhall, Essex Co., VT. They were listed on the 1800-1830 VT Census at Guildhall, Essex Co., VT.

His known children were:

1. James Perkins b.ca.1784 MA       *Received 2/7 of his fathers estate
2. Zepaniah\Zephaniah Perkins b.1789 MA     
*Received 2/7 of his fathers estate

*The two sons (above) = 4/7 of the estate
*The three daughters (below)  = 3/7  of the estate
                                                     TOTAL = 7/7


Children of Calvin & Catherine Perkins were:

3.Isabelle Perkins b. 1801 VT m. Stephen Hayes   *Received 1/7 of fathers estate      *1855 Resided at North Cumberland, Coos Co., New Hampshire
4.Catherine Perkins b. ca.1805 VT m. Josiah or Cyrus Shattuck
*Received 1/7 of fathers estate
5.Angelina H. Perkins b.1808 VT m. Marcus Webb     
*Received 1/7 of fathers estate
 

Vermont Probate Records on Calvin Perkins state that Catherine Perkins, widow of Calvin Perkins was to pay (widow) Eunice (Bothwell) the sum of $250.00 to be paid at $25.00 per year until the total amount of $250.00 was paid to her. This money was paid to her to in "Consideration of her Dower rights". It was stated that Catherine Perkins would sign a quit claim deed giving Eunice Bothwell "All the rights she has of Dower in the Mac Farland Farm located in Northcumberland, Coos Co., New Hampshire". In 1816 Catherine Perkins and her lawyer David Denison petitioned the court with an appeal, that they have agreed to have said "controversy" settled between themselves as administrators of the estate of Calvin Perkins and the "Widow Eunice Bothwell of Northcumberland in the county of Coos and the state of New Hampshire". Through her lawyers, Eunice Bothwell accepted the payment agreement. Also in 1816, attorney David Denison petitioned the court to state that there was not enough money left in the estate to cover all expenses. The court ordered that they sell land to settle his estate. The estate was finally discharged in 1818.
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*Note* Jan Hughes Jordan @ Click Here says that Calvin Perkins m. Catherine (Burtch/Burch/Birch) b.1762; daughter of Benjamin & Anna (Udall) Burtch/Burch/Birch).
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Source: Calvin Perkins - Last Will and Testament - VT Wills and Probate Records
Source: Burial - Crawford Cemetery - Guildhall, Essex Co., VT - Find-A-Grave.Com
Source: Death dates - Guildhall, VT Early Cemetery Records - Town Clerk's Office at Guildhall, Essex Co., VT
Source: Isabelle Perkins - The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American by John Wentworth (1878)

 

ZEPANIAH PERKINS
Zepaniah Perkins b.1769 MA. d. Jan. 1852 Guildhall, Essex Co., NY . Son of (Benjamin & Hepsibah (Washburn) Perkins).His wife CATHERINE (JOSLYN).b.1770 ? d. 4.23.1858 Guildhall, Essex Co., VT.  He is listed on the 1800-1830 VT Census at Guildhall, Essex Co., VT.

Their Known Children were:

1. Ophelia Perkins b. 1797 d.1855 m. Isaac Cummings
2. Calvin Perkins b.1802 Guildhall, VT
3. Dulcina Perkins b.
4. Nancy Perkins b.

Source: Death dates - Guildhall, VT Early Cemetery Records - Town Clerk's Office at Guildhall, Essex Co., VT

 

CALVIN PERKINS

Calvin Perkins b.1802 Guildhall, Essex Co., VT d.8.25.1892 Groveton, Coos Co., NH. Son of (Zephaniah & Catherine (Joslyn) Perkins). His wife MARY (WOOD). After 1840 they removed from Vermont to New Hampshire.

Their children were:

1. Dulcina Perkins b.1831 VT
2. James Perkins b.1833 VT
3. Zepaniah Perkins b.1835 VT
4. Caroline Perkins b.1837 VT
5. Catherine S. Perkins b.1840 VT
6. Elvira B. Perkins b.1842  NH
7. Napoleon Perkins b.1844 NH
8. Allen H. Perkins b.1846 NH
9. Ransom Perkins b.1848 NH
10. Ella Perkins b.1851 NH

Source: Burial Records - Start Village Cemetery - Stark, Coos Co., NH
Source: Census Records

 

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