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1830 New York Biographical Sketches:

New York Biographical Sketches

ABRAHAM PERKINS

Abraham Perkins b. 1818 Hamilton, NY ? d. 1896 Toledo, OH. His wife HARRIET (SEAMANS). They were listed on the 1830 New York Census at Camden, Oneida Co., NY.

Their known children were:

1. Alvah J. Perkins b.1843 NY
2. Alvin Perkins b.1844 NY
3. Milan P. Perkins b.1847 NY
4. Stephen Perkins b.1851 NY d/y
5. Stephen R. Perkins b.1853 NY

DANIEL B. PERKINS

Daniel B. Perkins b. 1804 CT d.1850 NY. Son of (George & Lucy (Cooley) Perkins). His wife SALLY (WOODIN). They were listed on the 1830-1850 New York Census at Trenton, Oneida Co., NY.

Their known child was:

1. Cynthia W. Perkins b.1831 NY

Source: NY Census Records

WESLEY PERKINS

Wesley Perkins b.1796 Rutland Co., VT d. 1860 Boone, IL. Son of (Francis & (Unknown wife) Perkins). His wife RUTH (MC HURON). They were listed on the 1830 New York Census at Lysander, Onondaga Co., NY. This family removed to LeRoy, Boone Co., IL and McHenry Co., IL.

Their known children were:

1. Charlotte Perkins b. 1818 VT d.1860 m. Elias Hickok                   *Removed to McHenry Co., IL
2. Esther Perkins b. 1821 VT m. Lewis Barnhardt, Alfred Cole
3. Sylvia Perkins b.1828 NY m. George V. Barnard
4. Calista Perkins b.1837 NY d. 1890 m. Columbus Storey          *Removed to WI
5. Anson Perkins b. ca. 1822 NY d.1864 LA (Civil War) m. Estella (Carpenter)   *1860 Removed to Le Roy, Boone Co., IL
6. Royal Stearns Perkins b.1824 NY d. 1899 WI                     *Removed to Walworth Co., WI
7. Elvira Perkins b. 1831 NY m. George Sykes
8. Laura Perkins b.1833 NY m. Edson Bartlett Wolcott             *Removed to McHenry Co., IL
9. Ruth Perkins b.1835 NY m. Lewis Carter
10.Charles Perkins b.ca.1836 Lysander, Onondaga Co., NY d.1865 *Civil War*   *Removed to IL
11. Emily Perkins b.1839 NY d. 1841 NY

Source: Marriage of Wesley Perkins & Ruth (McHuron) & Children's names - Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Family and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA by Henry Bond, M.D. Vol. I (1855)
Settled in Mc Henry Co., IL

ROYAL S. PERKINS

Royal Stearns Perkins b. 12.7.1824 Rutland Co., VT d. 7.9.1899 Sharon, Walworth Co., WI. Son of (Wesley & Ruth (Mc Huron) Perkins). His 1st wife HELEN (BURTON) d. 1872 IL. His 2nd wife JANE (WILLIS) widow of Fayette Arnold . He removed from Vermont to New York and then in 1845 to McHenry Co., IL. In 1876 He settled at Walworth, Walworth Co., WI.

His known children w/1st wife were:

1. Emily "Emma" A. Perkins b. 1851 IL m. _________ Andrews   * (1899) Resided Sharon, WI
2. Mary Perkins b. 1852 IL m. _______ Mayberry     *(1899)Resided Lockwood, WI
3. Harvey R. Perkins b.1860 IL m. Sarah Snowden Dean   *(1899) Resided McHenry Co., IL
4. Anson Jay Perkins b.1864 IL   *(1899) Resided Sharon, WI
6. Lorena Perkins b.1869 IL d/y

Source: History of Walworth Co., WI
Source: Royal Perkins - WI Wills & Probate Records
Source: Harvey R. Perkins - History of McHenry Co., IL

BENJAMIN PERKINS

Benjamin Perkins b. ca. 1801 CT or NH. d.10.28.1875 Washingtonville/Blooming Grove, Orange Co., NY. His wife MARGARET (SEARS). They were listed on the 1830 New York Census at Montgomery, Orange Co., NY. They were listed on the 1840 & 1850 Census at Crawford, Orange Co., NY. In 1860 he removed back to Montgomery, Orange Co., NY. In 1870 they are listed at Blooming Grove, Orange Co., NY.

Their known children were:

1. Melinda S. Perkins b. ca. 1824 d/y
(Possible) James Perkins b. 1826 NY d. Marion, Perry Co., AL
(Possible) Anna Perkins b.1831 NY
2. Hannah M. Perkins b. ca. 1833
3. William H. Perkins b. 1833 NY d.1918 Dunkirk, NY *Executor of fathers Will
4. Emily Perkins b.1836 NY d.1905 NY m. ________ Wright
5. Charles S. Perkins b. 1841 NY
6. John P. Perkins b.1843 NY
7. Benjamin Perkins b.1847 NY

For more information: Contact: Lee Perkins
Source: Walter Perkins from PERKINS Y-DNA message boards - writes that the last three children removed to Lowndes Co., Mississippi
Source: Burial - Riverside Cemetery - Montgomery, Orange Co., NY
Source: NY Probate Records

HORACE B. PERKINS

Horace Billings Perkins b.1803 N.Y. d. 1855 Medina, Orleans Co., NY. Son of (Daniel & Persis (Billings) Perkins). His wife LUCY B. (JOHNSON). They were listed on the 1830 New York Census at Ridgeway, Orleans Co., NY. They later moved to Medina, Orleans Co., NY where they died.

Their known children were:

1. Jay Perkins b.1830 Medina, Orleans Co., NY m. Lucy A. Sperry *Removed to Grafton, OH & Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL
2. Esther J. Perkins b.1832 NY d.1852 NY
3. Julia Perkins b.1834 NY d.1856
4. Henry Perkins b.1836 NY d.1862
5. William Drew Perkins b.1838 NY (never married)
6. Calvin Perkins b.1840 NY d.1840 NY
7. Persis Perkins b.1842 NY d.1860
8. Alice Perkins b.1843 NY d.1861
9. Eugene Perkins b.1847 NY d.1869

His brothers were: Theodore Perkins and Norman Perkins

Source: NY Census Records
Source: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Peter Johnson: by Charles Ernest Johnson (1900)

*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.