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1840 Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches:
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Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches |
| (Dr.) Caleb Perkins Sr. b.1749
Hartford, CT d.1819 Meadville, Crawford Co., PA. Son
of (Joseph(4) & Mary (Bushnell) Perkins [Joseph(3),Jabob(2),
John(1) of Ipswich, MA]). His wife SARAH (TRUMBULL). Their
known children were:
1. John Trumbull Perkins
b.1776 CT
2. Caleb Perkins Jr. b.1780 CT
3. Sarah Perkins b.
4. Elizabeth Perkins b.
5. Lucy Perkins b.
6. Sophia Perkins b. ca.1806 *probably
she who m. Hiram Boyd and died 1870 Crawford Co., PA |
Source: Death of Dr. Caleb Perkins -
September 21, 1819 - Paper:
Patriot, Utica, NY
Source: Death of Sophia (Perkins) Boyd - Saegertown Cemetery - Saegertown,
Crawford Co., PA |
| John Trumbull Perkins b. 1776 CT . Son of (Caleb & Sarah (Trumbull)
Perkins). His 1st wife SOPHIA/CATHERINE (WILLARD),
his 2nd wife HANNAH (HURLBURT). He
lived in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT as early as 1811. In 1812 he
removed to Charleston, S.C. where he was supposed to have died of Yellow
Fever and was never heard from again leaving a wife and 4 children.
His known children w/1st wife were:
1. Sophia Eliza Perkins b.1806 New Salem, MA d.1887
Milwaukee, WI m.1829; Richardson Houghton Jr.
*Removed to Milwaukee, WI
2. Catherine W. Perkins b.1808 MA
d.1825
3. Clarissa Perkins b. ?
His known children w/2nd wife were:
4. John Trumbull
Perkins b.1810 Greenfield, MA
*Removed to Wisconsin
5. Samuel Elliott Perkins b.12.6.1811
Brattleboro, VT d.1879 Ind. |
Source: Bio. Sketch of Samuel E. Perkins
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The Twentieth Century Biographical
Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV
Source: Sophia E. Perkins - White Family Quarterly - Descendants of John
White by: Almira Larkin White - Volume 1 - (1903) |
| (Judge) Samuel Elliott Perkins b.
12.6.1811 Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT d. 1879 IN. Son of (John
T. & Catherine (Willard) Perkins). His 1st wife,
AMANDA JULIET (PYLE), his 2nd wife,
(sister of his first wife)
LAVINIA (PYLE) WIGGINS.
He removed from Windham Co., VT to Conway, MA. Then to Penn Yan, Yates
Co., NY and settled in Indianapolis, Wayne Co., Indiana.
His known children with 1st wife:
1. Mary Josephine Perkins b.1839
2. Juliet Adeline Perkins b.1841 d.1848
3. Emma Sophia Perkins b.1843 d.1867 m. _______
Holbrook
4. Joseph P. Perkins b.1845 IN d.1845 IN
5. Samuel Elliott Perkins Jr. b.1846 IN m. Susan E.
Hatch
6. James W. Perkins b.1849 IN d.1849 IN
7. Edward W. Perkins b.1850 IN d.1850 IN
8. Amanda Perkins b.1855 IN m.
Oscar B. Hord
9. Infant Son d/y
10. Infant Son d/y
His known child with his 2nd wife:
1. Lavinia M. Perkins b.1857 IN d.1857 IN
2. Willard H. Perkins b.1858 IN d.1859 IN
3. Alma Rosa Perkins b.1860 IN |
| Caleb Perkins Jr. b.12.28.1781 CT
d.12.29.1854 PA. Son
of (Caleb & Sarah (Trumbell) Perkins). His wife
HANNAH (COOK)
b.6.11.1782 ? d.11.20.1858 PA. They were listed on the
1820 Census at Meadville, Crawford Co., PA. On the 1830-1840 PA Census at
Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA. Their
known children were:
1 .Lyman Perkins
b.1811 MA
2. Samuel D. Perkins b.1812 MA
3. Martha Perkins b.1814 MA d.1856 m. Joseph
Priestley Cummings
4. Sarah Perkins b.1821 MA m. Charles Cummings |
| Source: Burials- Gravel Run
Cemetery - Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA |
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Lyman Perkins b.1811 New Salem, MA. Son of (Caleb
& Hannah (Cook) Perkins). His wife MERCY
LUPER/LUPFER
(WILLIAMS). They were
listed on the 1840-1850 PA Census at Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA. Their known children were:
1. Sophia Perkins b.1837 PA d.1928 PA
2. Charles Perkins b.1839 PA d.1854 PA
3. Sarah Perkins b.1841 PA d.1854 PA
4. Mortimer Lyman Perkins b.1844 PA d.1883 PA
5. Martha Perkins b.1846 PA d.1905 PA m. R. McPheeters
6. Lemuel/Benjamin Perkins b.1850 PA |
| Source:
Burials- Gravel Run Cemetery - Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA |
| **Note** Some or all of this
material may contain errors. It will be up to the researcher to investigate and show proof
before passing on any of this information. |
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