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EBENEZER PERKINS
Ebenezer Perkins b. 10.20.1788 Salem, MA d. 3.19.1863 VT. Son of (John & Miriam (Smith) Perkins) [Ebenezer, John, Isaac, John, Elisha, Thomas, John Sr. of Ipswich, MA]. His wife LUCY (HOOD). They were listed on the 1810 and 1820 Vermont Census at Chelsea, VT.

Their known children were:
 

(Possible) Lucy Perkins b.1805 Chelsea, VT m. Ami (Wilson)
1. John Henry Perkins b. 9.18.1816
2. Louisa Mahala Perkins b. 4.4.1821 m. Isaac Slack
3. Sarah Jane Perkins b. 11.8.1830 m. Fifield Bohonon

Source: The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA by: George Augustus Perkins
Source: Gazetteer of Orange Co., VT 1762-1888 - History of the town of Chelsea, Orange Co., VT
Source: Lucy Perkins b.1805 - The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New , v. 2 by Timothy Hopkins (1903)

 

ENOS PERKINS
Enos Perkins b. 1784 Gilmanton, N.H. d.1849 Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH. His wife JUDITH (COLBY). They came from New Hampshire to Chelsea, VT about 1815 and in 1818 removed to Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH. They settled at Newport, NH.
 

Their known child was:

1. Joseph Merrill Perkins b.1815 Chelsea, VT d.1887 N.H. m. Maria Phebe\Phebe Maria (Jewett)
      1a. George C. Perkins b. ? NH,MA, RI ?
      1b. Helen M. Perkins b. ? NH, MA, RI ?

2. Jacob Chellis Perkins b. ?  d.1823
3. Calvin N. Perkins b.1822 Lebanon, Grafton Co., N.H. d.1905 West Fairlee, VT

Source: Burials - School Street Cemetery
Source: VT Vital Records

 

JOHN H. PERKINS
John H. Perkins b.1816 VT. Son of (Ebenezer & Lucy (Hood) Perkins). His wife SILENCE (CASWELL). They first removed to Mexico and returned to Washington Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Fernando M. Perkins b.1845 VT m. Anna J. (Marsden)
2. Nathan H. Perkins b.1847 VT m. Emogene (Scofield)
3. Carson F. Perkins b.1850 VT m. Mary (McGee)             
*Removed to Iowa
Source: Gazetteer of Orange Co., VT 1762-1888 - History of the town of Chelsea, Orange Co., VT

 

DAVID PERKINS
David Perkins b. ca. 1783. Son of (Capt. Jacob & Martha (Tappan) Perkins). His wife ELIZABETH "Betsey" \SARAH (DOUGLAS), dau. of  Deacon Ivory Douglas. They were listed on the 1810 Topsham & 1820 Vermont census at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT.

Their known children were:

1. Joseph Perkins b. 1806 Chelsea, Orange Co., VT d.1880 Barre, VT m. Lucretia K. (Hovey)    *Resided at Barre, Washington Co., VT
        
1a. Joseph L. Perkins b. 1835 East Brookfield, VT d.1906 St. Johnsbury, VT m. Abbie Jane (Peck)   *Resided Johnsbury, VT

2. Sheldon Perkins b. 1814 VT d. 1890 NY m. Hilinda Arabella (Fletcher)  
*Removed to Geneseo, Livingston Co., NY after 1830
     
2a. Charles Perkins b.1848 NY
    2b. Maitland Perkins b.1851 NY
    2c. Cornelius Perkins b.1853 NY
    2d. Florence Perkins b.1857 NY
   
3. Charles H. Perkins b. 1824 VT
4. Fanny Perkins b. ? VT
5. Emeline Perkins b. ? VT
6. Lydia Perkins b. ? VT
7. Julia Perkins b. ? VT
8. Harriet Perkins b. VT

Source: A collection of family records: with biographical sketches, and other ... edited by Charles Henry James Douglas
Source: Harriet Perkins - dau. & Sheldon Perkins marriage -  
http://www.perkins-family.org/research/jacob-gene.shtml
Source: Gazetteer of Orange Co., VT 1762-1888 - History of the town of Chelsea, Orange Co., VT
Source:
Marriage - Joseph Perkins to Lucretia K. Hovey - Horace Gillette Cleveland, “A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, a Great-Grandson of Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass, and a native of Canterbury, Windham County, Conn.”, Chicago, 1879

 

CHARLES H. PERKINS
Charles H. Perkins b.1824 VT. Son of (David & Elizabeth (Douglas) Perkins). His wife MARTHA A. (SYLVESTER). They resided in Washington Co., VT

Their known children were:

1. Carrie E. Perkins b.1855 VT d.1875 VT
2. Charles D. Perkins b.1858 VT m. Celia H. (Hacket)

Source: Gazetteer of Orange Co., VT 1762-1888 - History of the town of Chelsea, Orange Co., VT

 

BENJAMIN PERKINS JR.
Benjamin Perkins Jr. b. ca. 1770 N.H. Son of (Benjamin Perkins Sr. & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins).  His wife m. 1812; SUSAN (WHEATLEY) b.1787 NH d.1855 Chelsea, VT.  In 1820 Census they were listed at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. They are listed on the 1850 Census at Chelsea, Orange Co., VT in the household of Ezra Prentiss.

1. Enoch Perkins b.1799 d.1.13.1829 Chelsea, VT
2. Mary Perkins b.1817 VT m. Ezra Prentiss

**More Research is needed**

Source: Genealogy of the Wheatley or Wheatleigh family. A history of the family in England and America.  Hannibal P. Wheatley, M.D. (1902)
Source: Marriage of Benjamin Perkins to Susan Wheatley  - U.S. Military Pension Record of Andrew Wheatly & Rubie  (Blodget) including Bible Records - 
 (W19,614, Conn. O. M. VT Agency; Cert 10,353 issued May 7, 1819 Act March 18, 1818, at $20.00 per mo. from May 11, 1818 date of application from Hardwick Caledonia Co. VT. Bounty Land Warrant. 7,059 – 160 – 55)
Source: Burial - Susan Perkins - Old Chelsea Cemetery - Chelsea, Orange Co., VT
Source: Death Notice - Enoch Perkins age 30, son of Benjamin Perkins - The Vermont Watchman & State Gazette Newspaper - Montpelier, VT

 

LEMUEL PERKINS
Lemuel Perkins b.ca.1798 NH d.1838 Topsham, Orange Co., VT. Son of (Timothy & Mary "Polly" (Gentleman) Perkins). His 1st wife LUCRETIA (GENTLEMAN), 2nd. wife HENRIETTA "Hetty" (POMROY).  He came from New Hampshire to the state of Vermont and resided in Orange Co., VT. According to the "History of Stark Co., IL, he lived there in 1819. I do not find him on the 1820 Census.

His known children w/Lucretia were:

1. William Gentleman Perkins b.1819 Orange Co., VT d.1891 IL m. Elizabeth (Lyle)
         1a.
Charlotte Perkins b.1848 IL
         1b.
Hazen Perkins b.1849 IL
         1c. Charles Henry Perkins b.1851 Ottawa, IL m. Mary J. (Brees)
                   
 1ca. Sarah J. Perkins b.1874 IL
                     1cb. Lulu J. Perkins b.1877 IL
                     1cc. Effie E. Perkins b.1882 IL
                     1cd. Henry C. Perkins b. ? IL

         1d. Mary Perkins b.1852
         1e. William L. Perkins b.1857
         1f. James Perkins b.
         1g. Ida M. Perkins b. ca.1855 IL m. Horace E. Lyle
         1h. Phoebe Perkins b.
         1i. John E. Perkins b.1862 IL m. Vivian E. (Lyle)
         1j. George Perkins b.1865 IL

2. Daniel S. Perkins b. ? Topsham, Orange CO., VT died aged 2

His known child w/Henrietta was:

1. Jane Perkins b. ? Topsham, Orange Co., VT

Source: War of 1812
Source: Documents and Biography, Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois, etc... By: M. A. Leeson (1887)
Source: Burial of William C. Perkins - Elmira Cemetery - Elmira, Stark Co., IL

 

*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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