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CALEB PERKINS
Caleb Perkins b. 1779 CT d.1852 NY. Son of (Oliver(6) & Ruth (Wilcox) Perkins) .His wife SARAH (ALEXANDER). They were listed on the 1810, 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Edmeston, Otsego Co.

Their known children were:

1. Harriet A. Perkins b.1800 CT d.1880 NY m. New Berlin, NY; Jonathan H. Lyon  *Removed to Franksville, Cattaraugus Co., NY
2. Harvey Perkins b.1803 NY
3. Ruth Perkins b.1806 NY
4. Nancy Perkins b.1810 NY
5. Ransom A. Perkins b.1812 NY  
*Removed to Grand Island, Hall Co., NE
6. Sally A. Perkins b.1815 NY

*Brother of Amos Perkins

Source: Burials - Find-a-grave.com
Source: Harriet A. Perkins marriage -
Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa: leaders ..., Volume 2 -  By Benjamin F. Gue, Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh
Source: 1850-1855 NY Census

 

AMOS PERKINS
Amos Perkins (7) b.1759 R.I. or CT. d.1833 Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY. Son of (Oliver (6) & Ruth (Wilcox) Perkins). His wife COTE (STAPLES) m. at Voluntown (Sterling), CT 1777 d.1839 Otsego Co., NY. They were listed on the 1810-1820 New York Census at New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY. In 1830 they were listed at Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY. He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. Their son Elisha Perkins (below) and Caleb Perkins of Plainfield, Otsego Co., NY made statements in his behalf in 1838 stating that Soldier's widow was living with her son-in- law, Lewis D. Emerson.

Their known children were:

1. Elisha Perkins b.1777 Windham Co., CT d.1850 Plainfield, Otsego Co., NY m. Nancy (Russell)
2. Nancy Perkins b. ? CT m. John Munroe
3. Amos P. Perkins b.1781 CT
4. Archibald Perkins b. ?              *Lived at Batavia, Genesee Co., NY 1820,1830
5. Lusher/Lushu/Luther ??? Perkins b. ?
6. Asa B. Perkins b. ca.1780
7. Jonathan Perkins b. ? 
*Not mentioned in mothers Last Will
8. Chauncy Perkins b.1800 m. Anna (Mitchell)
      
8a. Amos J. Perkins b.1824 Otsego Co., NY
       8b. Russell Perkins b.1825 Otsego Co., NY
       8c. George Perkins b.1828 Otsego Co., NY
      
8d. Louisa R. Perkins b.
       8e. Lucinda Perkins b.

9. Lovisa Perkins b. 1803   m. Lewis D. Emerson

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Source: Rev. War Pension File
Source: Will of Cote Perkins -  1840 - Evening Journal - Albany, NY
Source: Cote/Cate Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate Records
Source: Gross Hill Cemetery - New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY - Find-A-Grave.com

 

DAVID L. PERKINS
David Lord Perkins b.1776. Son of (Isaac & Lois (Beebe) Perkins).  His wife EUNICE (SKIDMORE). They were listed on the 1820 New York Census at Exeter, Otsego Co. He also resided at Utica, N.Y. where he died in 1852.

Their known children were:

1. David Perkins b.1816 NY m. Althea (Root)
   
1a. Henry Hobart Perkins b.1850 NY
    1b. David Walter Perkins b.1851 NY
    1c. Alice Perkins b.1854 NY
    1d. Helen Louise Perkins b.1856 NY

2. John William Perkins b.1817 NY d.1818 NY
3. Mary White Perkins b.1819 NY m. Henry Fowler
4. Lucia Ruggles Perkins b.1822 NY d.1845
5. John Henry Hobart Perkins b.1822 m. Emma (Tindall)

Source: New York Census Records
Source: The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA

 

CHARLES PERKINS
Charles Perkins b.1792 CT d.1851 Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY. His wife HANNAH (Unknown). They were listed on the 1820-1830 Census at Exeter, Otsego Co., NY.. In 1833 he removed to Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY where he was an Inn Keeper and ran a tavern and THE PERKINS HOTEL. His wife died (ca. 1845) in Otsego Co., NY. In 1851 this hotel burned to the ground.

Their known children were:

1. Noah A. Perkins b.1816 Herkimer Co., NY
2. James R. A. Perkins b.6.3.1820 Exeter, Otsego Co., NY d.1861 Watertown, NY   
*Attorney at law
3. Charles Perkins b.1823 NY
4. William Perkins b.1830 NY
5. Horatio Perkins b.1833 NY
6. Orlando C. Perkins b.1834 NY d.1855 NY
7. Amelia H. Perkins b.1839 NY

Source: Obituary of James R.A. Perkins - Northern N.Y. Journal - Watertown, NY - Tuesday Evening - 9.24.1861
Source: Charles Perkins & James R.A. Perkins - Burial - Brookside Cemetery - Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY

 

JAMES  PERKINS
James Perkins b.1785 VT d.12.13.1844 Otsego Co., NY. Son of (Rufus & Susannah (Dutton) Perkins).  His wife POLLY (BUTTERFIELD). They were listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at New Lisbon, Otsego Co. N.Y. His widow later removed to Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY.

Their known children were:

1. James S. or T. Perkins b.1807 NY m. Sally (Kellogg)
2. John F. Perkins b.1808 NY m. Melissa (Johnson)
3. Rufus Perkins b.1809 NY m. Clarissa (Rice)
4. Clarissa Perkins b.1812 NY d/y
5. Marrietta Perkins b.1815 NY d/y or she was Marietta Perkins b.5.27.1816 Otsego Co., NY m. Jeremiah Page 
*Removed to MO and settled at Colesburgh, IA
6. Thomas N. Perkins b.1816 NY m. Augusta (Smith)   
*Removed to Tompkins
7. Harriet Perkins b. 1817 NY d/y
8. Sally V. or B Perkins b.1818 NY m. John D. Smith   
*Removed to Colorado
9. Erastus Perkins b.1820 NY m. Mavina (Boroney)
10. Roxanna Perkins b.1821 NY m. John Nearing
11. William Perkins b.1823 NY m. Amy (Alger)
12. Lafayette Perkins b.1826 NY m. Marietta (Simons)      
*Removed to Waverly, Tioga Co., NY
13. Polly Perkins b.1826 NY
14. Joseph Perkins b.1827 NY m. Cornelia (Kennedy)       
*Removed to Michigan
15. Mary Ann Perkins b.1829 NY
16. Mary "Polly" Perkins b.1830 NY m. Harmon Fry    
*Removed to Jefferson Co., NY
17. Peter Perkins b.1831 NY d/y
18. George Perkins b.1832 m. Sabra Arteusin
19. Edwin Perkins b.1835 d/y

Source: Read the Book: Rufus Perkins of Rockingham and Chester, VT , pub. 1917
Source: Biographical Review Otsego co., NY (1893)
Source: Marriage - Marietta Perkins b.1816 Otsego Co., NY  to Jeremiah Page -10.29.1835 - History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Volume 2 by Moses T. Runnels (1881)

 

JOSEPH  PERKINS
Joseph Perkins b. 1788 CT d.1846 Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY . Son of (George Roberts Perkins & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins). His wife ALICE (ROBERTS). They removed from Groton, CT about 1812 and were listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Otsego, Otsego Co.

Their known children were:

1. George Roberts Perkins b.5.3.1812 NY d. New Hartford, N.Y. 1876 *
2. Joseph Treadwell Perkins b.1815 NY d.1839 NY
3. Emily Perkins b.1818 NY  m. Azariah C. Angel
*Died at Binghamton, Broom Co., NY
4. Harvey Perkins b.1819 NY d.1847 NY m. Louisa W. (Pierce)
5. William Perkins b.1820 NY d.1830 
*Buried at Terre Haute, IN
6. John Perkins b. 1825 NY d.1874 NY m. Caroline _________
7. Maria Perkins b.1828 Otsego Co., NY m. 1st John R. Waterhouse, m. 2nd. Edgar M. Griswold   *1855 Removed to Binghamton, Broome Co., NY - 1860 - Flushing, Queens Co., NY - 1870 Dodge Co., Wisconsin
8. Eliza Alice Perkins b.1831 Otsego Co., NY d.6.20.1867 Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY** 
<School Teacher - Died Unmarried>

*See my posting at http://genforum.genealogy.com/perkins/messages/4326.html = The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VIII  - MOUL-PYNE - The Biographical Society - Boston - 1904
Source: Obituary of George R. Perkins - New York Times - 23 Aug. 1876 and New York Herald-Tribune
Source: Obituary of John Perkins - New York Herald
Source: Obituary - Eliza A> Perkins - New York Times - Sunday June 21st, 1867
Source: Marriage announcement - Harvey Perkins to Louisa W. Pierce - Albany Argus - Albany, NY - Friday June 8th, 1832.
Source: Burials -  Lakewood Cemetery - Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: Maria Perkins 1st m. to John Waterhouse of Broome Co., NY- See  1855 Binghamton, Broome Co., NY Census. She and her sister Eliza A. Perkins were listed on this census together.

 

ABNER PERKINS
Abner Perkins b.1779 CT or MA. His wife, married at Otis, MA; LUCY (BABB). They were listed on the 1820 Census at Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, in 1830 they removed to Penfield, Monroe Co., NY and were living with their son "Nathan" Seymour Perkins b.1831 NY.

Their known children were:

1. Watson Perkins b.1807/1808 MA
2. Sterling Perkins b.1810 MA
3. Eliza Perkins b. 1812 MA m. Philip Haddin\Hadden
4. Mary Perkins b.1816 MA m. Parloss Markell
5. Sterling Perkins b.1810 MA d.1880 MI
6
. Alfred Perkins b.1821 MA/CT m. 1st Mary Ball, 2nd.Sarah J. Forrest
7. Nathan Seymour Perkins b.1831 NY

Source: Massachusetts - Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source: 1850 NY Census
Source: History of Rochester & Monroe Co., NY
Source: Abner Perkins - Last Will and Testament - NY Wills & Probate Records. Filed 1847 and Administrated in 1853.
Source: Death - Sterling Perkins - MI Death Records - Oceana Co., MI

 

JAMES PERKINS
James Perkins b.1776 Groton, CT d.1869 NY. His wife DEBORAH (DAVIS). They came from Groton, CT to New York in 1812. They were listed on the 1820-1830 New York Census at Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY. This couple are buried in the Garfield Cemetery, Stephentown, NY.

Their known children were:

1. Noyes Perkins b.1801 Groton, CT m. Caroline (Gard\Guard)    *Resided in Groton, CT
2. Sarah Perkins b. 1805 CT
3. Eliza Perkins b. 1807 CT
4. Horatio Nelson Perkins b.1808 Groton, CT
5. Caroline Perkins b. NY m. Cuyler Broughton
6. Calvin William Perkins b.1814  NY
7. Sylvester Perkins b.1816 MA d. 1905 Lee, Oneida Co., NY m. Mavliet/Maverit A. (Vary)
      
 7a. Phebe A. Perkins b.1839 NY
        7b. Alonzo P. Perkins b.1841 NY
        7c. Sylvester Perkins Jr. b.1842 NY
8. Charlotte Perkins b.1820 NY m. Terrance Hines

Portrait and biographical album of DeKalb County, Illinois containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county : together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States : also containing a history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time. Published 1885 by Chapman Bros. in Chicago .
Source: Sylvester Perkins b.1816 burial - Evergreen Cemetery - Lee, Oneida Co., NY

 

JESSE PERKINS
Jesse Perkins b.1787 Woodbridge, CT d.1869. His wife OLIVE (SPERRY). They were listed on the 1820 & 1830 New York Census at Otsego, Otsego Co. Both buried in Fly Creek Cemetery, Otsego Co. N.Y. He lived near Schuyler Lake, N.Y. and was a farmer. He removed to Exeter, NY to farm and then settled at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., NY

Their known children were:

1. Minerva Perkins b.1811 Exeter, NY m. Calvin Counrod
2. Maria Perkins b.1819 Otsego Co., NY m. Sheldon Brainerd
3. Lewis Perkins b.1825 Otsego Co., NY m. 1st. Maria (Pratt) b.? d.1850 Otsego Co., NY , 2nd. Louisa (Liddell)
      2a. Minerva Perkins b.1848 Otsego Co., NY m. Sylvester Ellsworth
     
2b. Donald Perkins b. ? NY
      2c. Jesse A. Perkins b.1852 Otsego Co., NY m. Lavantia L. (Patrick) b.1853 NY d.1876 NY
      2d. Edward Perkins b. ? NY

Source: 1850 Census
Source: Marriages - Biographical Review of Otsego co., NY (1893)
Source: Maria Perkins marriage - The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America -  by Lucy A. Brainard (1908)

 

JONATHAN PERKINS
Jonathan Perkins b.?  d.8.21.1822 His wife MARY "POLLY" (Unknown). They were listed on the 1810 & 1820 New York census at Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY

Their known children were:

1. Wealthy Perkins b.1797
2. Miriam Perkins b.1800 NY
3. Harriet Perkins b.1802 NY
4. Mary Louisa Perkins b.?
5. Sally Ann Perkins b.1811
6. Lany Maria or Maria Lany Perkins b.1814 Troy, NY  m.1841 @ Troy, Geauga Co., OH; (Rev.) Nathaniel Kingsley Evarts
7. Julia Perkins b.1818

Source: New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 - First Presbyterian Church - Troy, NY - (Family Search)
Source: Marriage of Maria L. Perkins - Portrait and biographical albun of Newayco [sic] (Newaygo) County, Michigan: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together.... (1884)
Source: Death Notice : Troy Budget - Newspaper - Edition 8.27.1822 -Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY

 

ICHABOD PERKINS
Ichabod Perkins b. ca.1775 RI d.1845 Allegany Co., NY. His wife is ANNA (Unknown). He removed from Rhode Island and was a native of Otsego Co., NY. He was listed on the 1830 NY Census at Hume, Allegany Co., NY where he was a farmer. He is buried in Bates Cemetery at Centerville, Allegany Co., NY

His known children were:

1. Hannah P. Perkins b.1793 d.1863 NY m. Hiram B. Stone
2. Esther Perkins b. 1797 d. 1863 NY m. George Baker
3. Lydia Perkins b. 1802  d. 1884 NY m. Samuel Flanagan
2. Julianne N. Perkins b. ca.1803 m. Col. James Flanagan b.1803 Chansford, York Co., PA

Source: History of Wyoming Co., NY by: F. W. Beers, 1880, p.260
Source: Find-A-Grave Memorial #
93439624
Source: Contributor : Elizabeth Davis
Source: Last Will and Testament of Ichabod Perkins - New York Wills & Probate Records

 

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