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FERDINAND PERKINS
Ferdinand  Etson Perkins b. 1812 NY. His wife DELINCIA PHIDELIA "Lucy" (HATCH). They were listed on the 1850 PA Census at Glade, Warren Co.,PA.

Their known children were:

1. Ferdinand Etson Perkins Jr. b. March 3, 1835 PA m. Mary Abigail (Briggs).

       *Ferdinand E. & Mary A. Perkins - Both died on the same day in 1925, age 90 @Warren Co., PA. [Source: The Auburn, NY Citizen Newspaper - Feb. 2nd, 1925]

 

 

MARVIN PERKINS
Marvin Perkins b.1821 NY d.1891 Warren Co., PA. His wife BETSEY (CARR) b.1826 Potter, Yates Co., NY. They were listed on the 1850-1880 PA Census at Freehold, Warren Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. James Perkins b.1842 PA
2. Mary Perkins b.1846 PA
3. Isadora E. Perkins b.6.15.1848/1849 PA d.3.16.1908 Bear Lake, Warren Co., PA m. James Cole
4. Frederick b.1850 PA d/y
5. Edgar R. Perkins b.1851 PA m. Emma (Lewis)
      5a. Edgar Lewis Perkins b.1879
      5b. Charles Wescott Perkins b.1884
      5c. Beulah L. Perkins b.1883

6. Eliza Perkins b.1857 PA
7. Frederick Freemont Perkins b.1863 PA m. Minnie Melvina (Johnson)

*Related to Alva Perkins (below)

Source: 1850 PA Census Records
Source: Burials - Bear Lake Cemetery - Bear Lake, Warren Co., PA  - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: Maiden Name of Betsy: Pennsylvania Death Records
Source: Marriage -Marvin Perkins & Betsey Carr - The Carr Family records, etc. by Edwin I. Carr (1894)

 

ALVA PERKINS
Alva Perkins b.1817 NY. His wife ANN (BAKER). They were listed on the 1850 PA Census at Freehold, Warren Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. James Elias Perkins b. 1837/1842 Oneida Co., NY
2. William H Perkins b.1843 Constantia, Oswego Co., NY
3. Mary Jane Perkins b.1844 NY m. Myron Carr   (Nephew of Betsey (Carr) Perkins [above]

*Did this couple move to Ohio and have 4. Fanny Perkins b. 1849/50 who m. Thomas Durfee and lived at Chippewa, Isabella Co., MI ?

*Related to Marvin Perkins (above)

Source: 1850 PA Census Records
Source on Fanny Perkins - MI Death Records.
Source: Maiden name of Ann Baker - Pennsylvania Death Records - William H. Perkins/James E. Perkins

 

HARVEY PERKINS
Harvey Perkins b. 11.6.1797 Woodbridge/New Haven, CT d. 1887 PA. Son of (David & Nancy (Todd) Perkins). His wife CAROLINE (FOBES). He came from Woodbridge, CT to Pennsylvania in 1821. He built the first Methodist church in Honesdale, PA and the first hotel in Carbondale, PA. They were listed on the 1850 PA Census at Canaan, Wayne Co., PA.

Their known children were:

1. Thomas C. Perkins b.7.3.1823 PA d.7.30.1865
2. Emily Perkins b.3.30.1826 PA d. 5.24.1859 m. Lafayette Davis          *Removed to Kansas
3. Nathan Perkins b.1.21.1829 PA

4. Alvin/Abner Perkins b. 9.10.1832 PA d. 1.21.1851 PA
5. Ann E. Perkins b. 11.26.1836 PA d.1877 PA
6. George E. Perkins b.1.7.1842 PA
7. Lucretia Perkins b. 4.9.1847 PA d.1931 PA m. Dwight Buckland

*Harvey Perkins was the brother of Seymour Perkins (NY), Willis Perkins (CT), Emily Perkins m. David Lonsberry (CT), Alvin Perkins (CT) and David A. Perkins (CT).

Source: 1850 PA Census Records
Source: Maiden name of Caroline: Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, etc.. (1900)
Source: Maiden name of Caroline: PA Death Record - Lucretia (Perkins) Buckland
Source: History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, PA by Alfred Mathews (1886)

 

NATHAN PERKINS
Nathan Perkins b.1829 PA d.1874 PA. Son of (Harvey & Caroline (Fobes) Perkins). His wife MARY A. (LASHER).

Their known children were:

1. Dellezance H. Perkins b. PA
2. Merton A. Perkins b. PA 
*Not mentioned in Fathers Will
3. Minnie L. Perkins b. PA m. D. C. Elliott
4. Herbert Perkins b. PA d/y
5. Cora E. Perkins b. PA

Source: Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, etc.. (1900)
Source: Nathan F. Perkins - Last Will and Testament - PA Wills & Probate Records

 

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