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Perkins Research New Hampshire Biographical Sketches NATHAN RANDALL PERKINS. In 1638, scarcely two decades after the landing of the Pilgrims on Massachusetts's shores, a company of adventurous pioneers located upon the fertile lands of what is now Hampton, N.H. They were mostly of English descent, and among them was Abraham Perkins, of the Plymouth colony, probably the first of the family to settle in this state, although John Perkins, born in 1599, at Nervent, Gloucester county, England, who came in the "Lion" to Boston, Feb., 1631, with Roger Williams, was the first emigrant. Abraham Perkins is described as being superior in point of education to the most of his contemporaries, and was often employed as an appraiser of estates. in 1648 he built the mill in Hampton, NH known as Perkins's mill. He died in 1683. The name of Perkins appears on the roll of Revolutionary soldiers, and among the early representatives of Hampton, NH, John Perkins, born about the middle of the eighteenth century, who married a Keniston, had a son, David K. Perkins, who was born in New Durham in 1797, and married Margaret Runnels, a daughter of _______ Runnels, and his wife Margaret Randall. She was a daughter of Elder Benjamin Randall, "the patriarch of the Free Will Baptist denomination". "Elder Randall was a man of medium size, erect and gentlemanly in appearance. His features were sharp, his eyes of hazel color, and the general expression of his countenance grave and dignified. His gestures were few, and as a speaker he was calm, argumentative and very impressive. He was a man of deep piety and fervent spirit. His perception was great and his memory strong. He had a good business education for the times. He studied the works of men, but was emphatically a man of one book, and that the Bible.". The Runnels family traces its descent from Ayrshire, Scotland. John Runnels settled in Dover, NH, in 1718, his son, Abraham Runnels, is spoken of as a brave Scotch patriot; he, with five of his sons, served in the Revolution. To David K. and Margaret (Runnels) Perkins were born nine children; Nathaniel Perkins; Samuel R. Perkins; Mary Ann Perkins (Mrs. James Eastman, deceased); Manasseh H. Perkins; Nathan R. Perkins; William Dana Perkins; Joan Perkins (Mrs. Moses Drew); David Perkins, and one who died in infancy. Mr. Perkins resided in New Durham, NH and Middleton, NH until 1829, when he removed to Whitefield, NH and settled in the east part of the town, where he remained until 1839, when he located in Manchester, and worked at his trade of stone mason. He died December 4th, 1862. Hon. Nathan Randall Perkins was born in Middleton, NH, December 13th, 1828. Descending from the sturdy Scotch family, Runnels, the strong Free Will Baptist, Elder Randall, and the colonist, Abraham Perkins, no wonder that in him are combined the traits of manly independence, with sound health of blood, and an incorruptible integrity. Mr. Perkins has been an energetic worker all his life; when but a mere lad he labored on the farm, and, from the age of twelve, until he was seventeen years old, in the mills, and at stone work in Manchester, NH, when he went to Lancaster, NH, learned blacksmithing of L. M. Rosebrook, and supplemented his common school education with an attendance at Lacaster academy. He formed a strong friendship for Mr. Rosebrook, and worked for and with him for some years. In 1852 Mr. Rosebrook, who was mountain born, conceived the idea of building a house of entertainment on Mt. Washington, and Mr. Perkins, who had saved some money, agreed to join him in the enterprise. They began their laborious work on the first hotel on Mt. Washington in May, 1852. Its walls were of the immense granite blocks so thickly strewn upon that high eminence, and the timbers and the boards (which came from Jefferson) had to be conveyed on horseback up the steep mountain side from eight miles below. They soon took Joseph S. Hall as a partner. Mr. Perkins retaining one fourth interest. The house was called the "Summit House, was 20x40 feet inside measurement, and, although not finished, was opened for guests in July, 1852. In 1853 Mr. Perkins was in personal charge of the Summit House during the season, and built a large addition, remaining on the mountain from the last of May until the middle of September. In February, 1854, he sold his interest, and, in the spring, purchased the farm where he now resides, which L. M. Rosebrook had owned. May 22nd, he married ELIZABETH C. HICKS, daughter of David and Eliza (Garland) Hicks. Their only child, Manasseh Perkins, was born Oct. 28th, 1855. (He has been conductor and express agent of the W. & J. Railroad sine 1879. He represented Jefferson in the legislature of 1885\1886.). In connection with farming, Mr. Perkins carried on black-smithing. The sturdy blows of his hammer were heard early and late in the little shop opposite his house, and his industry and diligence were rewarded, each year increasing his prosperity. In 1860 he bought the Jefferson mill property, and rebuilt the saw and grist-mills on an enlarged and improved scale, erected a starch factory, and conducted these enterprises for twenty years with financial success. About 1868 Mr. Perkins obtained by purchase some three thousand acres of timber land of the estate of Canning Williams, and at once began to survey it. He had acquired civil engineering by his own study without an instructor, his natural tendency for mathematical science making this easy. From this time to the present he has done much in this field. In 1872 he was employed to locate and lay out the Whitefield & Jefferson Railroad, and has attended to all the civil engineering required by the main road and its lumber branches. The work has been accomplished in the best possible manner to facilitate the end designed, and many a graduate along this line. The attention of Mr. Perkins was early attracted to the timber lands, and he dealt somewhat extensively in them. In 1872 he purchased three-fourths of Lowe and Burbank's grant (10,500 acres). Upon the organization of Brown's Lumber Company in 1874, Mr. Perkins became a member, and since been in charge of its interests in Jefferson and the "woods". He was the second president of the company. He superintended the entire building of the railroad, laying out and putting up the camps, surveys the land, lets the contracts for getting out of timer, etc, etc. The company has developed a large farm lying along both sides of the railroad from Whitefield to Randolph, NH, and this is supervised by him in addition to his own home farm of 150 acres. he has this year (1887) cut for the company about 125 tons of hay, harvested from 1,000 more acres to the 450 already in pasture. He has just erected a new set of buildings on "Valley farm" near Randolph, NH line. A visit to their "camps" in winter, when nearly 200 men are engaged in cutting and hauling the logs to supply the great mills in Whitefield, NH, is fraught with interest. The "camps" are clean, comfortable and capacious log-houses, fitted to accommodate from sixty to seventy-five men, while the best of provisions, cooked by experienced cooks who have served at leading hotels in summer, give an added zest to the appetites caused by active labor in the wintry air. The employees receive the best treatment; temperance is rigidly maintained, no liquor being allowed in the camps. The order and system of Mr. Perkins is discernible, and every thing moves like clock-work. Mr. Perkins has been a standard bearer of Democracy for man years and his influence is prominent in country and state affairs. He has held all important town offices; was county commissioner five years, during which time he was instrumental in building the large barn on the county farm, and personally brought about the introduction of steam heat into the county-house, and furnaces into the court-house. Notwithstanding these improvements, the county debt was reduced several thousand dollars. He has represented Jefferson five terms in the legislature; was a member of the constitutional convention of 1876, and one year each in the executive councils of Governors Straw and Weston. He aided in getting the state appropriation for opening the road up the Androscoggin from Drummer to Errol, and, with James W. Weeks and George R. Eaton, formed the committee which decided what amount each town should play. (Their decision was never controverted). He has been a delegate to Democratic county, state, and other conventions for many successive years, and attended the national Democratic convention in 1868, as a substitute. He has been a member of North Star Lodge and Commandery for many years. Nature has endowed Mr. Perkins with a magnificent physique and equally large and liberal ideas and heart. His presence is winning, attracting all who come within the sphere of his personality. He dispenses hospitality like a prince, keeps "open house", and reminds one of the southern planter of ante bellum days. His charities are wide and constant, and nothing more delights him than to make children happy by unexpected gifts. His live for Jefferson, NH is as strong and steadfast as though its air was the first he breathed, and the full weight of his well-balanced character and influence is on the side of every public measure for the prosperity of the community. His religion is not that of creeds, but is exemplified in the deeds which relieve the unfortunate and distressed, and by generous contributions to religious objects. Source: History of Coos County, New Hampshire; 1888JAMES PERKINS, came before 1800, married, LUCY WILDER, daughter of Major Jonas Wilder, and lived in the first house built on the "common" near the old meeting house. He traded this place to his brother; Daniel Perkins, who moved from Wakefield, Strafford Co., NH to Lancaster, Coos Co., NH in 1805, and returned to Dover, NH. Daniel Perkins was a native of Dover, Strafford Co., NH, and was a tailor hear for many years. His daughter Adeline Perkins married Allen Smith, who was a drummer in the War of 1812. After the war, Mr. Smith started a saddler's and harness maker's shop in Lancaster, NH, which, with his house, was located on the lot where the Hopkinson stone house stands.. In 1836 he bought the place where, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, his venerable widow, graceful and interesting, now resides. His shop was where George W. Lane's clothing store is now, and here, for over thirty years, he carried on a constant business. He was a native of Hanover, NH, a valued member of North Start Lodge of Masons, a steward, and class-leader of the Methodist Church, to which both he and his wife belonged for many years. He died in 1873, aged eighty-two. Among their ten children were William Perkins and James A. Perkins, so long business men of Lancaster. The latter is probably the oldest merchant now in actual trade in the county. Source: History of Coos County, New Hampshire; 1888 TRUE PERKINS. Abraham Perkins and Isaac Perkins, younger brothers of John Perkins, Sr., settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where in 1633 or 1635, they married sisters, Mary and Susannah Wise, daughters of Humphrey Wise. They moved from Ipswich, MA to Hampton, N. H.; Abraham Perkins in 1638, and Isaac Perkins in 1639. Isaac and Susannah Perkins, from whom are descended the several families of that name who have lived in Tamworth, N. H., had twelve children, two of whom were born in Ipswich, MA and ten in Hampton, N. H. The direct line of descent from Isaac Perkins to True Perkins of Tamworth is; Caleb Perkins, sixth child of Isaac Perkins, born in 1648; Benjamin Perkins, second child of Caleb Perkins, born May 11th, 1680; Jonathan Perkins, fifth child of Benjamin Perkins, born October 30th, 1723, married Miriam True on December 11th, 1752; True Perkins, eldest child of Jonathan & Miriam (True) Perkins, born October 26th, 1753; True Perkins, second child of True Perkins, born February 8th, 1779. True Perkins came to Tamworth from Gilford about the commencement of the century, and settled near Chocorua Lake, on the place now owned and occupied as a summer residence by Dr. Horace P. Schudder. He was a sober, godly man, of strict honesty and steady industry, and one of the early members of the Freewill Baptist church. He married SALLY HUNT, who, like her husband, was an earnest member of the church and a woman of deep piety. Their children were Nathaniel Perkins, Enoch Perkins and True Perkins (twins), and Daniel Perkins. Mr. Perkins died July 5th, 1839, aged fifty-four. True Perkins, son of True and Sally (Hunt) Perkins, was born in Tamworth, Carroll Co., N. H., May 17th, 1806, and died July 3rd, 1878. He early gave evidence of a strong religious nature, becoming a member of the Freewill Baptist church when but thirteen years of age. Remaining with his father until he was twenty years old, he soon after engaged in merchandising at the Iron Works, conducted this for about eleven years, and later was a farmer. He first appears as selectman in 1844, and from that time he was one of the town's most influential men. He was forty years a justice of the peace, many years selectman, nine years moderator, member of the constitutional convention of 1850, and several years representative in the legislature. He was very active in all civic affairs, and an acknowledged leader in the church. Possessing a clear, dispassionate judgment, with capacity for and knowledge of business, he was accustomed for many years to be an arbitrator to adjust differences, a counselor to advise in trouble, and a guardian for the orphan and widow. This caused him to do much probate business, and he was frequently made administrator as well as guardian, for which his great love for children and sympathetic nature well qualified him. He was a diligent reader, well informed in passing events, and kept pace with the progress of the momentous questions agitating the country during the whole period of his activity. His judgment was considered superior by his associates in all the various positions with which he was entrusted, and his honesty was above suspicion. He is remembered as a large, genial, kind-hearted man of fine presence, with a pleasant courtesy of manner (one whom children loved and called "Uncle True"), and as a public official of methodical accuracy and strict and conscientious performance of every duty. Hon. Larkin D. Mason says: "He was the best selectman the town ever had.". Mr. Perkins married, September 13th, 1831, MARY A. CHAPMAN, daughter of Andrew McC. Chapman, of Parsonsfield, Maine. She was born February 16th, 1810, and died October 22nd, 1867, and was a descendant of Edward Chapman, a resident of Ipswich, Mass, in 1638. Mrs. Perkins was endowed with unusual mental powers, which were fostered and cultivated by superior educational advantages. For some years in early life she was a successful teacher, and as a wife and mother made her home a model one. Her Christianity was an active force in the advancement of the moral and material welfare of the community, and she had the love and esteem of all, and the influence of her life and example will not soon pass away. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins are: Edwin R. Perkins, Mary A. Perkins, Winslow T. Perkins, George W. Perkins, Andrew C. Perkins (deceased). Source: History of Carroll County, New Hampshire; 1889 , son of True and Mary (Chapman) Perkins, was born at Tamworth, NH, February 20th, 1833. His early youth was passed with his parents who sought to give him a good educational advantages as a New England boy could enjoy. He was for a time sent to Parsonsfield Seminary, and, later, to Phillips Exeter Academy, then under the care of Dr. Soule, where he was fitted for college, entering the Sophomore class of Dartmouth in the autumn of 1854, and graduating in 1857. Immediately after his graduation he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where for a few years he was principal of one of the city schools, and, later, studied law. He graduated at the Ohio State Law College, and was called to the bar in 1863. His tastes, however, being in the line of business and finance, he became assistant cashier of the Commercial National Bank in 1865, which position he filled with great credit to himself till December, 1870, when he resigned, and organized the private banking house of Chamberlain, Gorham & Perkins, which immediately became one of the strongest and most successful financial institutions of the state. He continued in the management of this business till the autumn of 1878, when the firm bought a large amount of the stock of Merchant's National Bank, an institution which had suffered much from bad management, and Mr. Perkins was elected a director, appointed cashier, and entrusted with its management. In a very short time, under his management, it took foremost rank among the banks of the city, doubling its business and earning very large profits. At the expiration of its charter in 1884 the Mercantile National Bank was organized as its successor, and Mr. Perkins made its vice-president and general manager. it is one of the largest banks in the state, conservatively managed, and remarkably prosperous. Such has been the skill, prudence, and sagacity with which these several banking institutions have been managed, that in recent years, Mr. Perkins has been much sought for in the management of trust estates. He has for several years been largely identified with the railroad and other corporations. He is at the present time a director of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, the Cleveland, Lorain, and Wheeling Railroad Company, the New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Railroad Company; and of these last two named companies he is also treasurer. But amid all these varied business cares, so constantly engrossing his attention, he has never forgotten or neglected his obligations as a citizen. He has always had a great interest in all educational subjects. From 1867 to 1874 he was president of the board of education in Cleveland, and rendered most valuable service in reorganizing its common-school system. He is at the present time a trustee of Adelbert College and Western Reserve University. He has never forgotten the religious training of his childhood. For more than thirty years he has been an honored member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and for many years an elder. He has several times represented his Presbytery in the General Assembly and other church courts. Mr. Perkins was married to HARRIET PELTON, daughter of Asahel Pelton, of La Grange, N. Y., and a graduate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, August 24th, 1858. There have been born to them; Mary Witt Perkins, October 29th, 1866; Harriet Pelton Perkins, August 12th, 1868; True Perkins, September 4th, 1873; and Edwin Ruthven Perkins, April 23rd, 1879. He is thoroughly domestic in his tastes. His home is a model of refinement and comfort. He is now in life's prime, in the enjoyment of excellent health, having a competency and a host of friends. He has been a large reader, and upon several occasions has shown himself an easy and forcible speaker, who would have won distinction at the bar or on the hustings. He has always been found on the side of law and order, religion and morality, and justly ranks among the most successful men of his city and state. Source: History of Carroll County, New Hampshire; 1889 Source: ** Also Read: The biographical cyclopedia and portrait gallery with an historical sketch of the state of Ohio - (1883) DR. MARSHALL PERKINS, son of James Perkins, a miller, was born at Croyden, NH in 1823 and was the only one of a family of five children who lived to maturity. He fitted for college in Norwich university, at Norwich VT and Kimball Union Academy at Meriden NH, and graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1850. He came to Marlow in the fall of that year, began the practice of his profession, and, with the exception of 3 years spent in the army, has since remained in the town. He served in the war as assistant surgeon, enlisting in the 14th NH Vols. He married HARRIET F. FISK , daughter of Amos F. Fisk, who bore him eleven children, seven of whom are living, five of them remaining at home. He has been school committee for 20 or 25 years, and a member of the Connecticut Valley Association for several years. Source: Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H.,
1736-1885 by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885 WILLIAM PERKINS, from Massachusetts, came to Surry, Cheshire Co., N.H. in the spring of 1794 (as shown by his deed now in the family) and settled in the extreme northwestern part of the town, on road 1, where he reared a large family. WILLIAM PERKINS JR.., the eldest son, was six years old when they settled here. He became captain of a military company, and though never enjoying robust health, was an extensive farmer and reached the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His wife was PRUDENCE PORTER, of Surry, NH, who bore him twelve children, and died in February, 1885, aged eighty-seven years. Though seven of this family are living, all are out of state. Charles H. Perkins, the youngest of the children, married Lucy A. Durrell, a native of Bradford, NH, was a farmer and reared one son and one daughter, two having died in childhood. He died July 26th, 1877, aged thirty-seven years. Source: Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885 by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885 MATTHEW PERKINS,
born in Sanbornton June 17, 1788, married JANE
LITTLE, was a lawyer of decided talent, and an orator.
Settled at Sanbornton Square, and died August 17, 1826. Source: History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire - Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885, 1108 pgs.
ISAAC PERKINS, from Middleboro, Mass., came to Lyme about 1780,
leaving his wife, formerly OLIVE LEONARD,
to come on after he had time to erect a log cabin and make a clearing.
While doing this he boarded with the family of Lemuel Sturtevant, near the
Goodell family. When his first wife came she rode on horseback, bringing in
a pocket snuff-box some apple seeds to start an orchard. Some of the trees
which grew from them still bear fruit. Mr. Perkins soon erected a frame
house, which is the ell of that now occupied by Adna Perkins, his
great-grandson. He reared four daughters and five sons. This farm has
never been out of his family's possession, since they first settled upon it,
in 1780. Walker Perkins was long the carpenter and cabinet
maker of the neighborhood, and also engaged in trade. FREDON PERKINS, married LYDIA CRESSEY, of Beverly Mass. Israel Perkins, one of his six children, married Emma B. Ford, daughter of George N. and Amanda M. (Davis) Ford, of Danbury NH, and has two children, Annie S. Perkins and Paul G.H. Perkins. They reside in Grafton Village. Source: Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886 - by Hamilton Child - Syracuse, N.Y. - H. Child, June 1886
Source: Willey's semi-centennial book of Manchester, 1846-1896 : and Manchester edition of the Book of Nutfield : historic sketches of that part of New Hampshire comprised within the limits of the old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, from the earliest settlements to the present time;by George Franklyn Willey; Manchester, N.H.: G.F. Willey, 1896.
Source: Willey's semi-centennial book of Manchester, 1846-1896 : and Manchester edition of the Book of Nutfield : historic sketches of that part of New Hampshire comprised within the limits of the old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, from the earliest settlements to the present time;by George Franklyn Willey; Manchester, N.H.: G.F. Willey, 1896. DAVID P. PERKINS, was born in Meredith, NH now Laconia, NH, Jan. 29th, 1810, a son of Deacon Josiah Perkins, a native of Newmarket, NH and Lydia (Sanborn) Perkins, born in Exeter, NH, Feb. 17th, 1773. He was descended from John Perkins, Sr., who came to this country from Bristol, England, in 1631, in the same ship with Roger Williams, and settled in what is now Ipswich, MA. His mother's emigrant ancestor was Rev. Stephen Bacheler, who came to America in 1632 and settled near what is now Hampton, NH. In his boyhood he recited to Dudley Leavitt, the founder of Leavitt's Farmers Almanac. In the spring of 1826 he entered New Hampton Academy as a student, where he remained two terms. He then sought employment in Boston, MA to secure means for further instruction, when he was introduced to Dr. Francis Wayland, who was about to enter upon the presidency of Brown University. He accompanied Dr. Wayland to Providence, lived in his family, and recited to him daily for six months. He then returned to New Hampton, NH in June, 1827, teaching in the fall of 1830. Subsequently he taught school in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and finally settled in Manchester, NH in June, 1841. He was the first male teacher in town. Owing to impaired health, he finally gave up teaching and purchased a bookstore, in connection with which he established a small circulating library. Meanwhile he studied law with Hon. George W. Morrison, and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He was special justice of the police court in 1848, and assistant clerk of the house of representatives in 1849, 50 and 51. He was a law partner in Manchester with Hon. Moses Norris, then United States senator from this state, from 1849 to 1853; was appointed to a clerkship in the pension office in Washington in the latter year, and remained in the government service ten years. He was for several terms Master of B. B. French Lodge of Masons. On leaving Washington, he resided in Henniker until 1869, when he returned to Manchester and practiced law in company with his son until 1885, when he retired from active work. In Henniker he was Master of Aurora Lodge of Masons, and was a charter member and an officer of the Woods Chapter of that town. He won great favor in the government service by the skilful detection of forged bounty land claims, involving a large number of cases. He traveled extensively as a government agent through the south and southwest, as well as the northern and middle states, attending sessions of the United States court, in which from first to last, he obtained thirty-six convictions and saved to the government about $3,000,000. Mr. Perkins was one of the original members of the first lodge of Odd Fellows organized in Manchester, NH, Hillsborough Lodge No. 2, instituted Dec. 21st, 1843. He as a pioneer in the matter of introducing vocal and instrumental music into the public schools. He married LYDIA C. LANE, daughter of Ebenezer and Betsey (Green) Lane, of Pittsfield, NH, June 26th, 1836, who died Oct. 13th, 1838, leaving one son, David L. Perkins (See sketch above), born March 2nd, 1838. His second marriage was, April 16th, 1839, to MARY MELISSA WOODS, daughter of Col. Imri and Hannah (Patterson) Woods of Henniker, who died in this city several years ago. His children by his second wife were: Lydia Melissa Perkins, born Feb. 16th, 1840; who died at the age of five years, and Mary Eliza Perkins, born May 24th, 1841, who died in this city June 13th, 1889. Mr. Perkins is a member of the People's Baptist Church. Source: Willey's semi-centennial book of Manchester, 1846-1896 : and Manchester edition of the Book of Nutfield : historic sketches of that part of New Hampshire comprised within the limits of the old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, from the earliest settlements to the present time;by George Franklyn Willey; Manchester, N.H.: G.F. Willey, 1896. WILLIAM PERKINS, born in Cornwall County, England, in 1616, was one of Oliver Cromwell's old soldiers, and was visited, May, 1729, by William Burnet, the accomplished governor of New Hampshire, in the summer of 1729 to talk over the stirring events during the civil wars of the Commonwealth. He was in Dover, NH, 1662; took the oath of allegiance, 1669, and died at Newfields, NH, 1732 at the age of 116 years, the greatest age ever attained by any resident in New Hampshire. His son died in 1757 aged 87, and several of his children lived to be more than 70. William Perkins' family came here from Oyster River, and purchased of William Hilton, July 28th, 1675, sixty acres by the First Creek in Squamscot River near the old centre. William Perkins Jr., held claims against the state of William Hilton, Nov. 14th, 1701, and of Col. Winthrop Hilton, Oct. 3rd, 1717, was appointed forty acres of land in 1725 named in the act of parish incorporation, Dec. 15th, 1727, "selectman" until other parish officers should be chosen; committed of the parish to agree with Mr. John Moody respecting his settlement, Feb. 9th, 1730, elected on parish committee, June 29th, 1730, to covey to Rev. John Moody the land voted him in settlement, and assigned, August 7th, 1730, twelve of the twenty acres voted, which became the home of Mr. Moody; "constable" to some in the parish of New-market," 1734. Ten acres of land were assigned his heirs, Aug. 9th, 1738. He died intestate and Mary Perkins, "Widow & Relict", administrated on the estate. Source: The History of Newfields, New Hampshire Capt. JOHN PERKINS, a descendant of William Perkins (see sketch above), was born 1744, and lived in the field between Ash Swamp Road and Hersey Lane. He was a soldier in Capt. Stephen Clark's company, Nov. 22nd, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12th, 1776, petitioned the selectmen with respect to the location of the new meeting house, March 10th, 1791, was active in parish affairs, 1794, 1799 and 1810, pound keeper, 1801-1813 and 1818, fence viewer, 1831, and died, 1837. His will was dated April 18th, 1825, and probated Sept. 13th, 1837. Source: The History of Newfields, New Hampshire FRANKLIN P. PERKINS. The manager of the extensive business of the Hotchkiss Beef Company at Port Chester, Mr. Franklin P. Perkins, is a capable business man and a representative citizen who is entitled to mention as such in this volume. He was born March 28, 1855, at Litchfield, Connecticut, where he grew up and obtained his education in the public schools. At the age of nine years he left home to live with an aunt on a farm, and there he learned the heavy duties pertaining to agricultural life, and continued therein until nineteen years of age, when he was employed in a butcher shop in Litchfield and Naugatuck, Connecticut, and he continued thus engaged for twelve years. Two years of this time he also ran a shop for himself. Next, for a time he was employed in a wholesale beef house for Mr. Hotchkiss in Yonkers, and finally came to Port Chester, where for a year he conducted business on his own account, and then, in 1894, he sold his shop to take his present position, where his responsibilities are heavy, as the house is a large one and doing an extensive business, handling about two car-loads of meat each week and furnishing the neighboring towns with choice meats. In his political views Mr. Perkins is a Democrat, but he prefers to devote his energies to private business rather than take any part in the personalities of politics. In matrimony he was united with Miss Elsie H. Scott, of Goshen, Connecticut, and they have two daughters. Source:
Biographical history of Westchester
County, New York. (1899) BIMSLEY PERKINS, the most noted tavern-keeper of Hopkinton, NH, was born in Middleton, MA, February 16th, 1789, being a son of Timothy Perkins and Hannah Trowbridge. When about twenty years of age, he came to Contoocook and conducted the lumber-mill and other works on the south side of the river, living in a house near the present old mill-yard. About 1813 or 1814, he moved to Hopkinton village and occupied the former Babson tavern, owned by his brother, Roger E. Perkins. In October, 1816, he went to Andover, to conduct a public house, remaining till January, 1818, when he returned to Hopkinton and reoccupied the Babson tavern, which he purchased of his brother in 1826. Bimsley Perkins resided in Hopkinton village till his death, in the progress of time adding to the lands connected with the public house of which he was a long time landlord. Many facts relating to the Perkins tavern are described in Chapter LX, of Part I , of this work. Bimsley Perkins exhibited the traits essential to a successful landlord. In consequence of assuming the command of the militia Troop, or cavalry, he became universally known as Captain Perkins. In 1805, Dec. 6th, Bimsley Perkins married SUSAN (LADD), daughter of William Ladd and Hannah Ayer, who was the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Ayer. One daughter , Louisa Ayer Perkins, was the offspring of this marriage. Mrs. Perkins, who was in eminent repute as a landlady till Feb. 26th, 1856. A granite monument, the first erected in town, in the old village cemetery, marks the resting-place of Capt. Bimsley Perkins and family. Source: Life and Times
in Hopkinton, NH by Charles C. Lord (1890)
HAMILTON ELIOT PERKINS, the son of
Roger Eliot Perkins and Esther Blanchard, was born in Hopkinson,
Nov. 23rd, 1807. In early life he attended school at Exeter, Norwich, VT
Military Academy, and Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. He resided in
Hopkinton and Contoocook till 1846; in Cambridge and Boston, MA, till 1848;
in Contoocook till 1856 ; in Concord Hill till his death Jan. 6th, 1886.
While in Contoocook he at one time gave considerable attention to lumbering,
building one or more mills on the water-power there. He was post-master of
Contoocook from 1849 to 1853. He was judge of probate of Merrimack Co., from
1855 to 1871. In 1832, May 14th, Mr. Perkins married
CLARA BARTLETT (GEORGE), daughter of John
George and Ruth Bradley, of Concord. They had children - Harriet Morton
Perkins, George Hamilton Perkins, Susan George Perkins,
Rodger Eliot Perkins, Hamilton Perkins, Frank Perkins and
two sons that died in infancy.
GEORGE H. PERKINS, an eminent navel soldier, was born in
Hopkinton, Oct. 20th, 1836, being a son of Hamilton E. Perkins and
Clara B. George. The birth-place of the subject of this sketch was
in Contoocook, where his father resided till the son was ten years old, and
then moved to Boston, MA, returning in about two years. George H. Perkins
was educated at Hopkinton and Gilmanton academies, till at length Gen.
Charles H. Peaslee, then a member of congress, secured him the place of an
acting midshipman in the naval academy, Annapolis, MD, after his preparatory
studies under a private tutor at Concord. At the beginning of the naval
academic year, Oct., 1851, young Perkins was installed in his new position
at Annapolis, where he soon became a favorite. During his academic course,
young Perkins showed remarkable adaptation for the calling of a naval
soldier, and soon after graduating, in 1856, he was ordered to join the
sloop-of-war Cyane, Captain Robb, to sail in November for Aspinwall,
to protect American citizens, mails, and freights on their way to California
by the Isthmus of Panama. Subsequently, the Cyane sailed to Central
America, to bring back the deluded followers of the notorious filibuster,
General Walker, for passage to New York. In July 1857, a trip was taken to
Newfoundland, for the protection of the United States fishing interests,
and, in the fall, one to the West Indies, calling at Cape Haytien, the old
capital of Haytien, to inquire into the imprisonment of an American
merchant-captain. In Jan, 1858, Midshipman Perkins was detached from the
Cyane, and in short time joined the shore-ship Release, which,
after a three month cruise in the Mediterranean, returning to New York to
receive provisions for the Paraguay expedition, having for its object the
chastisement of Dictator Lopez, for certain dastardly acts against our flag
on the river Parana. In Aug., 1858, Midshipman Perkins was transferred to
the frigate Sabine, for passage home to his examination for the grade
of passed midshipman. His successful examination having occurred, in a few
months he was ordered to the steamer Sumter, as acting master, the
destination of the vessel being in the west coast of Africa, in the interest
of the suppression of the slave-trade. While cruising along the coast,
Master Perkins improved frequent opportunities to visit the land and indulge
in various experiences in the native wilds. On one of these exploits,
seeking to find the mouth of the Settee river, his boat was capsized in the
surf, and he had a narrow escape from drowning. He also suffered severely
from the African climate. In July, 1861, the Sumter received orders
to return to New York, Master Perkins thus securing an opportunity to return
home and recruit his health. He was soon ordered to the gunboat Cayuga,
as executive officer, under Lieutenant Commanding N.B. Harrison. The vessel
was ordered to join Farragut's fleet in the gulf, but did not leave New York
till March, Officer Perkins having in the meantime been promoted to a
lieutenancy. In the following April, the Cayuga, with the divisional
flag of Captain Bailey on board, led the advance in the attack on New
Orleans, and when Captain Bailey was ordered on shore to demand the
unconditional surrender of the city, he asked Lieutenant Perkins to
accompany him upon the dangerous mission. After other fiery service on the
Cayuga, Lieutenant Perkins was transferred to the Pensacola.
This was in Nov., 1862, and in June, 1863, he was ordered, in command of the
New London, to the aid of General Banks, the service being powder
transportation and convoy, occasioning the run of the batteries and
sharpshooters along the river below Port Hudson. Running this gauntlet the
sixth time, the New London was disabled, but the fertile expedients
of Lieutenant Perkins secured communication with Farragut's fleet, and his
vessel was saved. Lieutenant Perkins was subsequently transferred to the
command of the gunboat Sciota, assigned to the duty of blockading the
coast of Texas. In May, 1864, he was relieved from command, with leave to go
home, but, arriving at New Orleans, he found preparations for a contest at
Mobile, and could not resist the temptation to engage in it, volunteering
his services to Farragut and being assigned to the monitor Chickasaw,
a command above his rank. The Chickasaw was not yet completed, but
Lieutenant Perkins promptly fitted her, and on the 28th of July sailed to
join the fleet off Mobile, where he arrived on the 1st of Aug. On the
following 5th of the month, the Chickasaw earned the memorable fame
of disabling the steering apparatus of the rebel ram Tennessee,
inducing the Confederate Captain Johnson to say, -- "She did us more damage
than all the rest of the Federal fleet.". The Chickasaw continued to
operate with the fleet till the surrender of Mobile, on the 23rd of Aug, and
until the 12th of the next April, when the Union forces were in full
possession of the city and surroundings. In July, Lieutenant Perkins was
relieved from command, and returned home. The following winter, he was
stationed at New Orleans, in charge of iron-clads, and in May, 1866, was
ordered, as executive officer of the Lackawanna, for a cruise of
three years in the North Pacific. Returning from the Pacific in the spring
of 1869, he was ordered to Boston navy-yard, on ordnance duty, and in March,
1871, received his commission as commander. Two months later, he was
selected to command the store-ship Relief, to carry provisions to the
suffering French of the Franco-Prussian War. On his return, he soon resumed
his duties at the Boston yard until appointed light-house inspector of the
Boston district, which position he held till Jan., 1876. From March, 1877,
until May, 1889, he was in command of the U.S. steamer Ashuelot, on
the Asiatic station, having for a time the pleasure of General Grant's
company on board. In March, 1882, Lieutenant Perkins was promoted to a post
captaincy, as the grade of captain in the navy was styled in the olden time,
which grade corresponds with that of colonel in the army. In 1870, Sept.
12th, the subject of this sketch married ANNA MINOT
(WELD), daughter of William F. Weld and Mary Bryant, of Boston,
MA. They have one daughter, - Isabel Weld Perkins. Captain Perkins
resides in Boston, but conducts a farm in Webster, where he gives special
attention to the cultivation of an improved breed of horses. T. AUGUSTUS PERKINS, the son of Rodger E. Perkins and Esther Blanchard, was born in Hopkinton in 1809. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Pittsfield, MA Medical College, in the meantime reading medicine with Dr. Chadbourne, of Concord. He practiced in Richmond, Province of Quebec, Tremont and Chicago, IL. During the late war, he was brigade-surgeon six months on Gen. J. L. Coxe's staff. He was six months post-surgeon at Cape Giradeau. In 1832, Dr. Perkins married MARY (LOVEJOY), daughter of Andrew Lovejoy and Mary Taylor. She was a native of Sanbornton. They had children, -- M. Lottie Perkins, Myra Perkins, James T. Perkins, Clara H. Perkins. Dr. Perkins died September 27th, 1881.
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