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JENCKES PERKINS
*Jenckes Perkins(6) b.1762 South Kingston, R.I. d.1812 Whites town, Oneida Co. NY.  Son of (Nathaniel & Elizabeth (Crandall) Perkins -Abraham; David; Abraham ). He was listed on the 1810 New York Census at Oneida Co. His wife was ELIZABETH "BETSY" (WANTON) b. 1763 d. 1.12.1843. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Their known children were:

1. Zebulon W. Perkins b. ?
2. Nathaniel Perkins b. 1790
3. David Perkins b.1795 RI

*Had a brother named Nathaniel Perkins m. Mary (Records)
*Had a brother named Sands Perkins
*Had a brother named
William Perkins

*Rev. War Soldier

 

SILAS PERKINS
Silas Perkins b.1764 d. 10.31.1847. He was listed on the 1820 New York Census at Rome, Oneida Co. His wife is Unknown. He is buried in the Whiffen Cemetery on the Higgins farm at Annsville, Oneida Co., NY.

**More research is needed**
**Rome Citizen Newspaper 11/10/1847 -
Rome, Oneida Co., NY =
"In Annsville, on October 31st, 1847, Capt. Silas Perkins, a Patriot of the Revolution, aged 82 years"

***Possible father of: MORGAN PERKINS
who is listed living right next door to Silas Perkins in 1820 at Rome, Oneida Co., NY
 

 

 

JOSEPH PERKINS
Joseph Perkins b.1778 N.H. d.1849 NY. Son of (Joseph & Ruth (Clark) Perkins). His wife BETSEY (COOK). b. 2.6.1786 Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY. daughter of Elijah Cook - d. 7.13.2886. They were listed on the 1810 - 1830 New York Census at Rome, Oneida Co. During 1810 and 1814 they had removed back to New Hampshire and returned to Oneida Co., NY in 1814.

Their known children were:

1. Harriet Perkins b 1808 NY m. Chester Wheeler
2. William Hillhouse Perkins b. 1809 NY   d.6.16.1887 Joliet, Ill m. Elizabeth Ann (Van Dolfson)   
*Removed to IL
3. Nancy Lockwood Perkins b. 1816 NY m. Samuel S. Randall
4. Margaret Jeanette Perkins b. 1818 NY d.1888 IN  m. John Wilson Dinwiddie *Removed to Crown Point, Lake Co., IN
4. Susan Humes Perkins b. 1824 NY m. William Willis, Charles W. White
5. Francis Dwight Perkins b.1829 NY d. 3.28.1885 NY m. Sarah Huntington (Kingsbury)
6. Mercy Perkins b.
7. Phebe Perkins b.
8.Unknown
9.Unknown
10.Unknown

Source: Marriage & Death of Margaret J. Perkins m. John Wilson Dinwiddie: See ... Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana : with a compendium of history 1834-1904; a record of the achievements of its people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
Source: Obituary - Mrs. Betsey (Cook) Perkins - Utica Weekly Herald - Utica, NY
Source: [Number of children] Death of Betsy (Cook) Perkins -  Rome Citizen Newspaper,  Rome, NY - 7.9.1886
Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass - George Augustus Perkins
Source: Death of William Hillhouse Perkins - Rome Citizen Newspaper - June 24th, 1887
Source: Death of Francis D. Perkins - Rome Citizen Newspaper - April 3rd, 1885

 

WILLIAM PERKINS
William Perkins b. ca. 1770 CT. His wife DEBORAH (UNKNOWN) b.1772 NY. He came from Connecticut to NY. They are listed on the 1810 Census at Oneida, Oneida Co., NY Census and 1820-1830 census at Floyd, Oneida Co., NY.

Their children were:

1. Ephraim Perkins b.                  
<Listed on the 1830 Census at Floyd, Oneida Co., NY Census
2. William Perkins b.1801-1803 CT m. Eliza/Elsie (unknown)        
*Resided Oneida Co., NY
        2a. Sarah "Sally" A. Perkins b.1847 NY
        2b. William Perkins b.1849 NY
        2c. Porter Perkins b.1851 NY
        2d. Sebrah Perkins b.1854 NY
        2e. George Perkins b.1859 NY

3. Sebrah Perkins b.1800/1811 Floyd, Oneida Co., NY     
*Removed to Washtenaw Co., MI
4. Lorenzo D. Perkins b.1812                                        
*Removed to Washtenaw Co., MI
5. Celia Perkins b.
6. Lucy Perkins b.
7. Polly Perkins b.
8. Sally A. Perkins b. ?

Source: Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States.

 

FREDERICK PERKINS
Frederick Perkins b.1763 Lisbon, CT. Son of (Matthew & Hannah (Bishop) Perkins). His 1st wife SALLY (KINGSMAN), 2nd. wife LUCY (ELDRIDGE). They moved to Utica, Oneida Co., NY prior to the 1800 Census. They were known to live at Utica, Oneida Co., NY until their deaths, Frederick d. 1839 and Lucy d. in 1847 at Utica, Oneida Co., NY.

His known children w/Lucy were:

1. Frederick Fanning Perkins b.1799 NY
2. James Eldridge Perkins b.1802 NY d/y
3. Lucy Gallup Perkins b.1804 NY m. William Tracy
4. James Alfred Perkins b.1807 NY m. Elizabeth (Freeman)  

 

 

GEORGE PERKINS
George Perkins b.1766 Enfield, CT d.1842 NY. Son of (Daniel & Rebecca (Wadsworth) Perkins). Settled in Trenton, Oneida Co., NY in 1808. His wife LUCY (COOLEY) b.1765 d. 3.4.1838 NY. They were listed on the 1810-1840 New York census at Trenton, Oneida Co., NY.

Their known children were:

1. George Perkins Jr. b.9.20.1790 CT d.1806 CT
2. James Perkins b. 5.31.1792 CT d.1815 NY
3. Jabez Perkins b. 8.17.1793 CT d.1842 IL
*Drowned in the Fox River, in the state of IL*
4. Elam Perkins b. 1.23.1800 CT
5. Daniel B. Perkins b. 2.8.1804 d.1850 NY
6. Susan or Ellen Perkins b.

*He was the brother of Daniel Perkins

Source: History of Oneida Co., New York; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers by Samuel Durant (1878)
Source: Our Country and Its people, part III - The Boston History Company, 1896.

 

ELIJAH PERKINS
Elijah Perkins b. 1.28.1755 New Haven, CT, (*Baptized 7.17.1756) d.2.24.1833 NY. Son of (Amos & Hannah (Bishop) Perkins).  His wife LYDIA (SPERRY) b.11.16.1754 , d. 1849 NY. They came to Oneida Co., NY in 1803. They were listed on the 1810 New York Census at Oneida, Oneida Co., NY.

His known children were:

1. Abraham Perkins b.1776 CT
2. Lyman Perkins b.1779 CT d.1812 War      
*1817 -His family resided at Farmington, Hartford, CT - *Wife collected widows pension*
3. Kathan Perkins b.  CT                       
*Stayed in CT 
4. Elijah "Mark" Perkins b.1781 CT d.1813 CT & buried at the Old North Cemetery, Bristol, CT (Thomas Yale Lot) m. 1811 NY; Polly (Yale)
5. Hannah Perkins b.1785  CT                     
*Stayed in CT
6. Green Perkins b.1788  CT

7. Woodard Perkins b. 1798 CT

* Lyman Perkins & Woodard Perkins, served in the War of 1812

Source: Birth date/year of Elijah Perkins - Pioneer History of the Town of Camden, NY , 1897
Source:
"The Descendants of Edward Perkins of New Haven, CT by: Caroline E. Perkins (1918).
Source: Civil War -  Our Country and It's people, Chapter 31 - The town of Camden, NY
Source: Marriage & Death of Elijah "Mark" Perkins to Polly Yale : Click Here

 

*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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