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1800 Vermont Biographical Sketches:

Vermont Biographical Sketches

Daniel Perkins b.1760 CT or MA d.1850 Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. Son of (Jacob & Martha (Tappan) Perkins). His wife MARY "Polly" (ELDERKIN). They were listed on the 1800-1820 VT Census at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. He was listed on the 1850 Census at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT in the household of Calvin & Mary Clark.

Their known children were:

1. Mary Perkins b.1797 m. Calvin Clark
2. Emmeritta Perkins b.1803 VT
3. Lucy Perkins b.1805 d.1805 VT
4. Jacob Perkins b.1808 VT m. Mary (Hart) *Removed to Marengo, McHenry Co., IL
5. Joshua E. Perkins b. 1811 d.1826 VT
6. Hannah Perkins b.1812 d.1832 VT

*He served in the Rev. War from CT in Capt. Clark's Company, 1777.

Source: Jacob Perkins marriage : http://www.perkins-family.org/research/jacob-gene.shtml
Source: Death of Daniel Perkins : The Vermont Watchman & State Journal Newspaper - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT (1845-1850 Death Notices)
Source: VT Census Records
Source: History of Ancient Windham, parts XC through XCVII - Elderkin by William L. Weaver by Roland D. Elderkin (1949)

SETH PERKINS

Seth Perkins b.ca.1770 ? d.10.16.1827 Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT. His wife MARY (PERKINS) ?. They were listed on the 1800-1820 VT Census at Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT. In 1828 on one of the articles contained in the VT probate records for the estate of Seth Perkins, his wife is listed as JUDITH (UNKNOWN).

Their known children were:

1. Ezra Perkins b. 1795/1798 Tunbridge, VT *Named in Fathers probate record
2. Berthia Perkins b. 1797 VT
3. Martha Perkins b.1800 VT *Named in fathers probate record
4. Elois Perkins b. ? VT *Named in fathers probate record
5. Mary Perkins b.1810 d.1826 VT *A "Mary" Perkins was named in fathers probate in 1828 but, it could be that Berthia Perkins went by the name of "Mary" Perkins

Source: VT Probate Records

*Note* Some of all of this Information may not be correct. It will be up to you, the researcher to show proof before passing any of this information on.