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Vermont Biographical Sketches

ITHIEL / ETHIEL PERKINS

Ithiel / Ethiel Perkins b.1734 Derby, CT d.1826 Fair Haven, VT. Son of ( Roger(4) & Ann (Russell) Perkins). His wife Mrs. ESTHER (CHATFIELD) FOX, widow of Benjamin Fox. They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at FairHaven, Rutland Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Roger Perkins b.1769 CT        *Removed to Fair Haven, VT
2. David Perkins b.1771 CT d.1831 Oxford, CT m.1st; Elizabeth (Unknown), 2nd; Abigail (Smith)       *Remained in Derby, CT
         2a. Polly Ann Perkins b.1790 CT
       2b. Rebecca Perkins b.1793 CT
       2c. Hannah Perkins b.1795CT
       2d. Roswell Perkins b.1796 CT
       2e. Harriet Perkins b.1799 CT
       2f. Sarah Perkins b.1800 CT
       2g. Lucinda Perkins b.1807 CT

3. Joseph Perkins b.1773 CT m. Sarah (Candee\Cande)   *Recorded as remaining in Derby, CT but, according to the Candee Genealogy, Sarah (Candee) Perkins removed to Oswego Co., NY.
                                                                                                                This Joseph Perkins "maybe" the Joseph Perkins known to have been living at Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY in 1805
          3a. Ithiel Perkins b.1793 CT d.1793 CT
        3b. Unknown Perkins b.? CT d.1795 CT
        3c. Alta Perkins b.1797 CT
        3d. Graty Perkins b. ? d. Oswego Co., NY m. Lyman Patterson\Pattison

4. Anna/Hannah Perkins b.1776 m. Joseph Tuttle    *Removed to Castleton, VT

Source: The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, V. 9 - Public Domain
Source: The Candee Genealogy: With Notices of Allied Families by Charles C. Baldwin (1882)

LUTHER PERKINS

Luther Perkins b. ca. 1780. His wife m.1799; MARY (GATES) b.1782. They were listed on the 1800 & 1810 VT Census at Rutland, Rutland Co., VT.

Unknown Children

1. [female] Perkins b.ca.1800 VT
2. [male] Perkins b. ca 1801-1809 VT
3. [female] Perkins b. ca. 1801-1809 VT
4. [male] Perkins b. ca. 1801-1809 VT

Source: VT Census Records
Source: VT Marriage Records

NATHANIEL PERKINS

Nathaniel Perkins b.1753 NH, d. 1821 Waterbury, Washington Co., VT. Son of (Solomon & Margaret (Unknown) Perkins; who was a son of Nathaniel & Hannah (Tibbets) Perkins). His 1st wife MARY "Polly" (BRYANT) 2nd wife SALLY (BRYANT) sister of his 1st wife. They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at West Haven, Rutland Co., VT. His widow later moved to Wakefield, Carroll Co., NH.

Their known Children were:

1. Peter Dean/Denn Perkins b.1790 N.H. d.1864 m. Jane (Ames) (possibly ?) 2nd. Emma Caroline (Fowler)
2. James Perkins b.1796 N.H.

*He served in the Rev. War from NH. In Capt. Wentworth's Company,1775.

Information By: William K. Perkins of Franklin, MA

PHILLIP PERKINS

Phillip Perkins b.1770 Bridgewater, MA d. 1847. Son of (Charles & Abigail (Waterman) Perkins). His wife SALLY (GIBSON) b. Boston, MI d.1850 MI. They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., VT and in 1810 at Parkerstown (Mendon), Rutland Co., VT. This family later moved to Middlebury, (Genesee) Wyoming Co., NY. They are buried in Owasso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan.

Their known children were:

1. Otis Perkins b.1791 VT m. Ruth (Levitt)
2. Lucy Perkins b.1793 VT m. 1809 at Mendon, VT; Lyman Parker *Removed to Michigan
3. Phillip Perkins Jr. b.1795 VT
4. Ruel Perkins b.1797 VT
5. Harriet Perkins b.1799 VT m. Gustavius Jacobs
6. Pelmedus Perkins b.1802
7. Sally Perkins b.1805 m.1st. William Seaver , 2nd. Joseph Atwater
8. Olive Perkins b.1807 m. Alanson (Ward)
9. Waterman Perkins b.1810 *Moved to Shiawassee Co., MI
10. Hannah Perkins b.1812 m. Benoni Hall
11. Louisa Perkins b.1816 Canada d. 5.19.1899 Owosso, Shiawassee Co., MI m. Ira Merrell *Moved to Shiawassee Co., MI

For More Information.. Contact.. Edward M. Perkins
Source: MI Death Records - Death of Louisa (Perkins) Merell/Merrell
Source: History of Wyoming County, NY - F.W. BEERS & CO - (1880)

WILLIAM PERKINS

William Fitch Perkins b.1773 CT d.1856 East Otto, Cattaraugus Co., NY. Son of (Jacob & Lydia (Fitch) Perkins). His wife MARY (Unknown). He removed from Connecticut and were listed on the 1800 VT Census at Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. In 1848 he removed to Cattaraugus Co., NY to live near his son John L. Perkins.

Their known children were:

1. Lavina Perkins b.1801 VT
2. Westley Perkins b.1803 VT
3. Lucina Perkins b.1805 VT
4. Albert Perkins b.1809 VT m. Sophia _______    *Moved to Cattaraugus Co., NY*
              4a. Avaline Perkins b.1855 NY d.1863 NY
            4b. Simon A. Perkins b.1856 NY
            4c. Martha S. Perkins b.1857 NY
            4d. Clark Perkins b.1860 NY
5. John Lewis Perkins b.7.15.1810 VT                   *Moved to Cattaraugus Co., NY*
6. Laurel Perkins b.1814 VT m. Lovina (Sikes) *Moved to Cattaraugus Co., NY*
            6a. Marshall Perkins b.1843 NY d.1865 IN (Civil War)
          6b. Martha Perkins b.1845 NY

7. Marvin Perkins b.1816 VT d.1892 Niagara Co., NY m. Diadama ________         *Removed to Yates, Orleans Co., NY, *Removed to Somerset, Niagara Co., NY
         7a. George A. Perkins b. 1842 NY
         7b. Helen Perkins b.1845 NY
         7c. Imogene Louisa Perkins b.1850 NY

8. Mariette Perkins b.1818 Pawlet, VT (*Twin) m. George Woodruff b.1815 Portland, ME (*Twin)
9. Mary Ann Perkins b.1818 Pawlet, VT (*Twin) m. John Woodruff b.1815 Portland, ME (*Twin)
10. Theron Perkins b. 1820 VT m. Polly (Scovel)   *Moved to Cattaraugus Co., NY*
           7a. William C. Perkins b.1845 NY
          7b. Luman A. Perkins b.12.12.1846/1847 NY d.2.18.1823 NY m. Carrie B. (Lincoln)
          7c. Oscar F. Perkins b.1850 NY
          7d. Chelson M. Perkins b.1853 NY d.8.13.1874 NY

Source: Death of Wm. Perkins: History of Cattaraugus Co., New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent man and pioneers. p. 303-304.
Source: 1850-1880 NY Census
Source: Burials -East Otto Cemetery
Source: Mariette Perkins m. George Woodruff -&- Mary Ann Perkins m. John Woodruff - Woodruff Genealogy; descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, CT by Susan E. (Woodruff) Abbott (1963)

JOHN L. PERKINS

John Lewis Perkins b. 7.15.1810 VT d.1891 East Otto, NY. Son of (William F. & Mary (unknown) Perkins). His wife MERIAH\MARIAH\MARIA (CARPENTER). In 1827 he removed from Vermont to Washington Co., NY for two years as a laborer on a farm. He is listed on the 1830 Census at Granville, Washington Co., NY. He returned to Vermont where he purchased his fathers farm. In 1832/1833 he removed with his family to New York and settled in the town of Otto, Cattaraugus Co., NY and was a farmer. They are listed on the 1840 Census at Otto, Cattaraugus Co., NY; on the 1850 Census at Concord, Erie Co., NY. and then in 1860 at East Otto, Cattaraugus Co., NY. He was a earnest member of the M. E. Church at East Otto, NY and prominent citizen. His father William Perkins b. CT removed to NY State in 1848 at died in 1856 at Otto, Cattaraugus Co., NY

Their known child was:

1. (child) d/y
2. Helen M. Perkins b. ? d/y
3. John L. Perkins Jr. b.1836 East Otto, NY d.1868 East Otto, NY m. Addie H. (Lincoln)
2a. Harriet "Nellie" M. Perkins b.1859 East Otto, NY m. Girvase A. Matteson
2b. Everett H. Perkins b.1862 East Otto, NY m. Mary (Zeilman)

4. Emily L. Perkins b. ? d/y
5. Caroline M. Perkins b. ? d/y
6. Annette Perkins b. 1849 NY d/y

Source: History of Cattaraugus Co., New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent man and pioneers. p. 303-304. L. H. Everts (1879)
Source: Biographical Sketches - Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, NY by: William Adams (1893)
Source: Wells, Vermont Town Records of Marriages Prior to 1850 (Perkins, John of Pawlet, VT to Meriah Carpenter, Feb. 15, 1830)
Source: 1850-1880 NY Census

RUFUS PERKINS

Rufus Perkins b.1777. d.1857 VT. Son of (Jacob & Lydia (Fitch) Perkins). His 1st wife: OLIVE (WILCOX) d.1819 , his 2nd wife m. 1821 Middletown, Rutland Co., VT; SALINDA/CALINDA (SMITH). They were listed on the 1810 & 1820 VT Census at Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT.

Their known children w/1st wife were:

1. Lydia Perkins b.1800 VT d.1821 VT
2. Mary Perkins b.1803 VT d.1826 VT
3. Walter Perkins b.1808 VT d.1827 VT
4. Electa Perkins b.1816 VT d.1845 m. James Cox

*History of Rutland Co., VT

ZENAS PERKINS

Zenas Perkins b.5.15.1783 New Marlborough, MA - d. 1863 Erie Co., NY. Son of* (Ezra & Rebeckah (Unknown) Perkins of New Marlborough, MA). His wife m. 1806 at Granville, Washington Co., NY: SARAH "Sally" (WHALEY). He is listed on the 1810 Census at Granville, Washington Co., NY. He is listed on the 1820 Census at Wells, Rutland Co., VT and in 1830 again at Granville, Washington Co., NY. In 1835 the family removed to Concord, Erie Co. ,NY where they are listed on the 1840 census. In 1850 they are listed at Boston, Erie Co., NY. He was the brother of Ezra Perkins b.1781.

Their known children were:

1. Almond W. Perkins b.1810
2. Sally M. Perkins b.1812 m. Michael Hfstader
3. Orley Perkins b.1813 NY
4. Horace Perkins b.1815 NY
5. Goodsil B. Perkins b. 1822 NY *Someone online listed him dead in 1839 and buried at the Cobble Hill Cemetery - I find him on the 1850 Census ?
6. Adaline Perkins b.1825 NY m. Israel Brown
7. Spencer\Spicer Luman Perkins b.1831 Granville, Washington Co., NY d.1898 Springville, Erie Co., NY m. Phebe Jane (Runyan) *Removed to Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
8. W. F. Perkins b. 1834 NY d. 1861 *Buried in Cobble Hill Cemetery
9. John W. Perkins b. 1835 NY

If you have more Information on this family: Contact : Susan Fanning "Suziq"
Source: Birth of Zenas Perkins - Mass. Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source: Biography of Spicer L. Perkins - Read: Our Country and its people; A descriptive work on Erie Co., NY - Truman C. White - Boston History Publishing Comp. 1898
Source: "Spencer L. Perkins instead of Spicer L. Perkins" - History of the city of Buffalo and Erie Co., NY - Volume 1 - By: Henry P. Smith - p. 741
Source: Death Notice - Spicer L. Perkins - Cattaraugus Republican - April 22nd, 1898 edition.

PHILIP PERKINS Jr.

Phillip Perkins Jr. b. 1795 Rutland, VT d.1862 Wyoming Co., NY. Son of (Phillip & Sally (Gibson) Perkins). His wife CYNTHIA (WOODWORTH) b.1799 Canada. They were listed on the 1830 Census at Middlebury, Genesee Co., NY. They are listed on the 1850 Census at Middlebury, Wyoming Co., NY Census.

Their known children were:

1. Chauncey H. Perkins b. 1818
2. Nancy Perkins b. ca.1820 m.(1843) John Ridge b.1819 England
3. Polly Perkins b. 1824 m. Ruben Rogers
4. Lyman P. Perkins b.1829 NY
5. Otis W. Perkins b.1830 NY
6. ??? Perkins b.1828 d.1830
7. Jane Perkins b.1831 m. James Clark Merritt
8. Sally Perkins b. 1833 d.1835
9. Stephen Olin Perkins b.1838 d.1865 Civil War

Source: History of Wyoming Co., NY by: F. W. Beers , 1880, p.226
Source: Children's Names - The Wyoming County Times - Warsaw, NY - Newspaper

*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.