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JEDEDIAH PERKINS

(Captain) Jedediah Perkins b.1770 ? d.1846 MI. His wife LUCY (INGERSOLL) b.1800 d.12.10.1859 MI. They are listed on the 1840 Census at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co.,  MI. Jedediah Perkins came from Norwich, CT and removed to Washtenaw Co., MI. He and his wife were buried in Michigan but in 1866 their bodies were removed to the Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY near their daughter Clara I. (Perkins) White/Andrews.

Their known children were:

1. Clarissa "Clara" Ingersoll Perkins b.1818 Norwich, CT d.1901 NY m. 1st Luke White, 2nd. Jarvis M. Andrews
2. John Perkins b.1820 Norwich, CT
3.
William H. Perkins b.1821 d.1869 NY
4. Harriet Perkins b.1822 Norwich, CT
5. Charlotte Whiting Perkins b.1824 Norwich, CT m. Lycurgus Edgerton
6. Lucy Ingersoll Perkins b.1829 Norwich, CT d.1885
7. Mary Ann Perkins b.1834 Norwich, CT
8. Abigail "Abby" Perkins b.1837 Norwich, CT

Source: Death of Jedediah Perkins - September 12, 1846 -  Evening Post - Newspaper - New York, NY
Source: Death of Lucy Ingersoll Perkins - Dec. 10th - 1859 - Evening Post - Newspaper - New York, NY
Source: Burial - Removed from MI Grave sites in 1866 to Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. (find-a-grave.com)
Source: Charlotte W. Perkins marriage:
Hyde Genealogy: Or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines from William Hyde, of Norwich etc.. By Reuben H. Walworth, LL.D - Volume 1 of 2 (1864)

 

HIRAM PERKINS
Hiram Perkins b.ca.1815 NY. His wife m. 11.28.1833 at Macomb Co., MI; SARAH A. (MEEK\MEEKS). By 1837 they removed to Ohio. They removed to Wisconsin where he purchased land in section 10 in (Janesville) ,Rock Co., WI. They are listed on the 1840 Census in Rock Co., WI and was listed as "Hiram Pirkins".  They resided in Wisconsin until 1845 when they removed to Winnebago Co., IL. They are listed on the 1850 Census at Shirland, Winnebago Co., IL. By 1860 they were living near San Andreas, CA. Sarah A. (Meek\Meeks) Perkins removed to Yakima Co., WA with her daughter Laura\Louisa Perkins.

Their known children were:

1. Hiram Perkins Jr. b.1834 MI
*Removed to Yakima City, WA
2. Lorenzo D. Perkins b.1836 Lorain Co., OH d.1878 WA m. Blanche (Bunting) 
*Removed to Yakima City, WA
3. Hugh Perkins b.1840 WI
4. Mary Perkins b.1842 WI
5. Richard Perkins b.1843 WI m. Martha (Kelly)
*Removed to Yakima City, WA
6. John Perkins b.1845 WI m. Adaline (Cleman\Clemens) 
*Removed to Yakima City, WA
7. Laura\Louisa J. Perkins b.1847 IL m Summer Barker
*Removed to Yakima City, WA

Source: 1850 IL Census
Source: WI Land Records
Source: WA Census
Source: WA Marriage Records
Source:Burial of Sarah A. (Meek\Meeks) & Lorenzo D. Perkins - Pioneer Cemetery - Union Gap, Yakima Co., WA

 

*NOTE*. Some or all of this material may contain errors. It will be up to the researcher to show proof before passing on any of this information.

 

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