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(Dr.) Caleb Perkins Sr. b.1749 Hartford, CT d.1818 Mead, Crawford Co., PA. (A Doctor of Medicine) Son of (Joseph(4) & Mary (Bushnell) Perkins [Joseph(3),Jabob(2), John(1) of Ipswich, MA]). His wife SARAH (TRUMBULL). They were from Otis, Berkshire Co., MA. In 1815 he had purchased 320 acres of land at Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio which was later sold by his son Caleb Perkins Jr. in 1823. He removed to Mead, Crawford Co., PA

Their known children were:

1. John Trumbull Perkins b.1776 MA\CT ?
2. Caleb Perkins Jr. b.1780 MA\CT ?
3. Sarah Perkins b. ? <Not mentioned in Crawford Co., PA Deeds Book Mentioned below
4. Elizabeth Perkins b.? m. Erastus Gay *1820 resided at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT
5. Lucy Perkins b. ? d.1819/1820 MA m. Bavil Seymour *1820 resided at Otis, Berkshire Co., MA
6. Sophia Perkins b. ca.1806 m. Adonijah Jones Jr. *possibly she who m. 2nd ? 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
Source: Land Purchase - Portage Co., Ohio - Deeds 1821-1824, 1819-1821
Source: Married names of children - Crawford Co., PA - Deeds 1818-1821

JOHN T. PERKINS

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 - 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)

SAMUEL E. PERKINS

(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

Source: History of Wayne Co., Indiana. By Andrew White Young p.426
Source: A Biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana: ect... Volume 2 - Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, OH - 1880
Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA - George Augustus Perkins
Source: Obituary of Samuel E. Perkins - NY Herald-Newspaper - 12.19.1879
Source: Biographical Record of Bartholomew County Indiana - B. F. Bowen - 1904
Source: Indiana and Indianans: a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) Volume 1

CALEB PERKINS Jr.

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. In 1823, he and his wife Eunice sold 320 acres of land for $ 1,823.00 at Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio to John Hendee, it being the same tract of land that Ephraim & Eunice Root of Hartford, CT sold to Caleb Perkins Sr. dated 4.5.1815 of the town of Otis, Berkshire Co., MA and late of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania (deceased) and who by his last will and testament did give and bequeath the same tract of lands to the said Caleb Perkins Jr. his son & to Joseph T. or J. Cummings of Crawford Co., PA and to their heirs. Joseph T or J Cummings signed the quit claim and was also paid $320.00 by John Hendee for his share of the land.

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. Joseph T. or J. Cummings

Source: Burials- Gravel Run Cemetery - Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Source: Land Sale - Portage Co., Ohio - Deeds 1821-1824, 1819-1821

LYMAN PERKINS

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.