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JOHN PERKINS JR.
John Perkins Jr. b.1773 MA d. 4.24.1813 - War of 1812. Son of (John & Hannah (Gardner) Perkins). His wife AMELIA "Mela" (EASTMAN). They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at Barnard, Windsor Co., VT. His wife m. 2nd. (1815) Capt. Beniah Woodward.

Their known children were:

1. Hannah Perkins b.11.24.1796 VT m. Zelotes H. Woodward (Her step-brother)
2. Timothy Eastman Perkins b.1798 VT m. Abigail (Richmond)
3. Zilpha Perkins b.1800 VT
4. John Perkins b.1802 d.1819 VT
5. Gaius/Gaines? Perkins b.1804 VT
6. Millison "Ameila" Perkins b.1807 VT
7. Lucy Perkins b.1809 VT
8. Daniel Perkins b.1811 VT
9. Gaius Perkins b. ca. 1812/1813 VT  

*War of 1812 Soldier
Source: Gaius Perkins is listed as a son of John Jr. & Ameila (Eastman) Perkins -
Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth: Part I. Historical Sketch and ..., Volumes 1-2 -  By William Thomas Davis
Source: Death date of John Perkins Jr. & Ameial (Eastman) Perkins 2nd marriage -
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 51 1897
Source: Some Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward by Percy E. Woodward (1940)

 

SAMUEL PERKINS  
Samuel Perkins b.1754 CT d.1825 Homer, Cortland Co., NY. Son of (Abraham Sr. & Elizabeth (Ely) Perkins or Abraham & Sarah (Cogswell) Perkins). His wife MARY "Polly" (JEWETT). They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at Hartland, Windsor Co., VT. He followed his brothers, William, Daniel, Benjamin & Joseph Perkins from CT to VT.

Their known children were:

1. Mary "Polly" Perkins b.1781 d.1783 VT  d/y
2. Joseph Perkins b.1783 d.1786 VT d/y
3. Mary "Polly" Perkins b.1785 VT m. Thomas Gay
4. Samuel Moody Perkins b.1787 VT *Removed to Courtland Co., NY
5. Lucretia Perkins b.1791 d.1791 VT d/y
6. Roger Jewett\Jewett Roger Perkins b.1792 VT d.1822 VT
7. Sophia Perkins b.1794 VT d.1826 VT unmarried
8. Julius Augustus Perkins b.1799 VT *Removed to Courtland Co., NY
9. George W. Perkins b. 1800 VT d.1827 VT unmarried
10. Mary A. Perkins b.1803 VT d.1823 VT unmarried
11. Caroline Perkins b.1805 VT d.1809 VT unmarried

Source: Death of "Jewett R. Perkins" - 7.23.1822 - Woodstock Observer - Newspaper - Woodstock, VT

 

ASA PERKINS
Asa Perkins b.? MA. His wife DEBORAH (Unknown). They were listed on the 1810 VT Census at Windsor, Windsor Co., VT.

Unknown children

**Could this be:   Asa & Deborah (Leonard) Perkins ?**

 

 

Capt. WILLIAM PERKINS
William Perkins b.1743 CT,d.1826 @ Woodstock,VT. Son of (Abraham & Elizabeth (Ely) Perkins or Abraham & Sarah (Cogswell) Perkins). His wife 1st. LYDIA (STERLING) 2nd. IRENE (SMITH). They were listed on the 1800 VT Census at Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT. He followed his brothers Daniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph Perkins from CT to VT.

Their known children were:

1. Elisha Perkins b.1768 CT
2. Lydia Perkins b.1770 CT  m. John Ransom
3. Francis Perkins b.1772 CT
4. William Perkins b.1774 CT
5. Gaius Perkins b.1778 CT
6. Benjamin Perkins b.1785 CT

 

 

Rev. BARNABUS PERKINS
(Rev.) Barnabus Perkins b.1752 MA d.4.18.1826 Danville, VT . His wife LUCY (WEST). b.1751 d.9.14.1835 Danville, VT.  He left MA in 1774 and removed to Lebanon, N. H. In 1802 he left N. H. and returned to MA where he preached in the towns of Marshfield, MA and then in the town of Hanover, MA until 1806. He then preached in the northern parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Lower Canada. He may have been the Barnabus Perkins listed on the 1790 at Norwich, Windsor Co., VT. He was listed on the 1800 Census at Enfield, Grafton Co., NH.  In the spring of 1818 the house of his son, with whom his family resided with, was consumed by fire. No lives were lost.  In 1820 they were listed at Danville, Caledonia Co., VT. 

His known Children:

1. [Male] Perkins b.1775-1784
2. [Male] Perkins b.1775-1784
3. [Female] Perkins b.1775-1784
4. [Female] Perkins b.1775-1784
5. Lucy Perkins b.1785 Hancock, NH *Resided at Danville, Caledonia Co., VT
6.
Asa W. Perkins b.1786 NH
*Possibly* Barnabus Perkins b. ca.1780
*Listed on the 1810 Census @ Concord, Essex Co., VT

**More research needed*
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Source: Parents of Lucy Perkins b.1785 NH - VT Death Records
Source: Death Date - Danville, VT "North Star" Newspaper -4.18.1826 & 4.28.1826
Source: Obituary - The American Baptist magazine, Volume 7
Source: Death Notice - Lucy Perkins , wife of Barnabus Perkins - Danville Northstar Newspaper

 

GEORGE PERKINS
George Perkins b. ca.1779 ? d.1845 Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY. His wife m. 1.6.1802 Strafford, Orange Co., VT;  SARAH "SALLY" (CLEMENT). They were listed on the 1810-1820 Vermont Census at Strafford, Orange Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Emily Perkins b.1806 VT
2. Charles G. Perkins b.1808 VT        
*Removed to Monroe Co., NY
3. Peabody A. Perkins b.1811 VT d.1811 VT
4. Janette Perkins b.1815 VT
5. George Perkins Jr. b.1817 VT

Source: Ancestors and Descendents of Robert Clements by Percival Wood Clement 1927 posting by: Garth Watson on genforum.
Source: Marriage Date : Vermont Vital Records

 

BENJAMIN PERKINS SR.
Benjamin Perkins b. ? . His wife UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN). They were listed on the 1800 at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT and in 1810 at Corinth, Orange Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Benjamin Perkins Jr. b.ca.1770
 

 

 

*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.

 

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