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BIRDSEY PERKINS
Birdsey Perkins b.1808-1816 OH d.1880/1888 Tuscola Co., MI. Son of (Stephen & Ruth (Bishop) Perkins). His wife m.8.24.1837 Streetsborough, Portage Co., OH; LYDIA (HODGE). He resided and paid taxes at Bainbridge, Geauga Co., OH between 1820-1836. They removed from Portage Co., & Cuyahoga Co., OH and were listed on the 1840 & 1850 Census at Oceola, Livingston Co., MI and at Fair Grove, Tuscola Co., MI in 1860 & 1870.

Their known children were:

1. Lewis Perkins  b.1838 MI
2.
Huldah A. Perkins b.1840 MI m. Alfred Hazen
3.
Caroline Perkins b.1842 MI
4. Homer Perkins   b.1847

5.
Sherman Perkins b.1849 MI d.1871 MI
6. Adelbert L. Perkins b. ? MI d.1880 MI
7. Estella Perkins b. ?
8. Mary Ellen Perkins b. ?

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I find a land purchase deed dated 12.17.1834 recorded in the
Cuyahoga Co., OH Deeds 1840-1841, Mortgages 1840-1841 Book. Thomas & Delia Williams of Hartford, Hartford Co., CT are selling land to Birdsey Perkins of Solon, Cuyahoga Co., OH for $412.60. A parcel of land located at Solon, Cuyahoga Co., OH

I find a Estate settlement Civil Docket record dated Feb.1839 recorded in the Portage Co., OH Civil Dockets 1838-1839 Book. Birdsey Perkins along with his brother Calvin Perkins, are listed as heirs-a-law of Ruth Gaylord (deceased) of Portage Co., OH


I find land sale deed dated 2.12.1841 recorded in the Cuyahoga Co., OH Deeds 1840-1841, Mortgages 1840-1841 Book. Birdsey Perkins and his wife Lydia of Oceola, Livingston Co., MI are selling land to Calvin Perkins of Solen, Cuyahoga Co., OH for $412.60. A parcel of land at Solon, Cuyahoga Co., OH

I find a US Patent Record for land dated 9.1.1857 recorded in the US Patent Records Sept. 1857-October 1857 Book. Birdsey Perkins of Geauga Co., OH is receiving land at Genesee Co., MI located in the south-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section three in township thirteen, north range eight, east in the district of lands subject to sale at Genesee Michigan containing 40 acres.

Source: MI Census Records
Source: Sherman Perkins - MI Death Index
Source: Burial - Perkins Cemetery - Akron, Tuscola Co., MI - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: OH Tax Records
Source: Marriage - Birdsey Perkins  (age 21) to Lydia Hodges (age 14) - Portage Co., OH Marriage Records 1837-1850

 

 

 

 

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