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Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches |
| Perez Perkins b. 1773 CT d. 1839
PA. Son of
(Jonathan Coit Perkins & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins) He is listed on the
1830 PA Census in Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., PA. His 1st wife
ELISBA
(EMMONS). m. 2nd.
REBECCA (Unknown)
b. 1783 CT. On the 1850 census, Rebecca (Unknown) Perkins is listed
at
Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., PA with her niece,
REBECCA PERKINS FARGO
age.23. The census taker has listed Rebecca Perkins Fargo only as "Rebecca" and
giving no last name. Through research, I have learned that she was indeed
Rebecca Perkins Fargo according to the will of Perez Perkins, she was his
"Beloved Niece". In his will he mentioned his "Nephew"
Quartus Perkins (Below) and his beloved "Niece", Rebecca Perkins Fargo.
*Perez Perkins was the brother of Elisha Perkins b.1766 CT who m. Huldah
(Stewart), the parents of Quartus Perkins
(below)
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| *Note: For
more information , Contact : Joseph Perkins. Click Here |
| Quartus Perkins b.1800 CT. Son of
(Elisha &
Huldah (Stewart) Perkins) and the nephew of
Perez Perkins (above). His wife ALMIRA "Mira"
(CHAPMAN). They were listed on the 1830-1850 PA Census in Bridgewater,
Susquehanna Co., PA. Their known
children were:
1.Asa Perkins b.1836 PA
2.Mary Perkins b.1845 PA
3.Charles L. Perkins b.1846 PA
4.John Perkins b.1849 PA |
| *Note: For
more information , Contact : Joseph Perkins. Click Here |
| Jacob Perkins(5)
b.1764 Groton, CT d.1846
Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PA. Son of
(Ebenezer & Eunice (Unknown) Perkins; who was wounded at the Battle of Ft. Griswold].
His wife is
AMY (BAILY)
b.1767 d.1851 Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PA. In 1850 she was living with her
son Silas Perkins (below). In 1810 Jacob and Amy Perkins came from CT to PA with
nine children. They were listed on the 1820-1830 PA Census at Bridgewater,
Susquehanna Co., PA. They also resided in Dimock, Susquehanna Co., PA
before settling in Montrose, PA. His known children were:
1.Stephen
Perkins b.1790 CT
2.Francis Perkins b.1792 CT
3.Sarah Perkins b.1800 CT d.1804 CT
*Buried: Starr Cemetery - Groton, CT
4.Silas Perkins b.1805 CT
5.Phineus Perkins b.? CT
6.Iddo Perkins b.? CT
7.William Perkins b. ? CT
8.Charles Perkins
b.1810 CT
9.Phillip Perkins
b.1817 CT
10.[Female] Perkins b. ? m. Daniel Lathrop |
Source: Marriage of female dau. m. Daniel
Lathrop -
History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. ... .
Blackman, Emily C
Source: Barbour Collection - Miner Bible - Groton, CT - Vital Records v. II
- page 16
*Note* - Ebenezer Perkins wounded at the battle of Fort Griswold, CT* |
| Francis Perkins(6) b.1792
"on the Thames River", Groton, CT d. 1862 Bourbon Co.,
Kansas. Son
of (Jacob & Amy (Baily) Perkins). His wife REBECCA
CHILDS (SHERMAN) b. VT, her parents natives of Rhode Island.
He removed to the Susquehanna Valley with his parents in 1810. He was listed
on the 1820-1840 PA Census at Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., PA. By 1850 he
removed to Carbondale, Luzerne Co., PA. In 1860 he is listed with wife
ELIZABETH (UNKNOWN)
b.1805 England at Hammondsville, Jefferson Co.,
Ohio. They settled at Bourbon Co., Kansas
where he died. His wife died at Carbondale, PA. Their
known children were:
1.George Perkins b.1820-1821 PA
*Resided
1860 Hammondsville, Jefferson Co., OH
2.Christopher S. Perkins b. ca. 1822-1826 PA m. Eliza
(Hyde)
*Resided in Susquehanna Co., PA
*Resided 1860 Hammondsville, Jefferson Co., OH
3.Ruth Ann Perkins b. ca. 1823 PA m. Joseph Morse
*Removed to Brooklyn, NY,
*Resided
1860 Hammondsville, Jefferson Co., OH
4.Arthur/Luther Perkins b.1824 PA
5.Eunice "Emma" C. Perkins b.1826-1832 PA m.
Jedediah Bowen
*Removed to Ripon, WI,
*Resided
1860 Hammondsville, Jefferson Co., OH
*The Thames River flows for 15 miles through Norwich to New
London and Groton, CT* |
Source: PA Census Records
Source: OH Census Records
Source: Families of the Wyoming Valley:
biographical, genealogical and historical. (1889) By: George B. Kulp.
Source: Marriage - Susquehanna Centinel - Montrose, PA - 5.6.1818
Source: Biographical Sketch -
George Perkins
- Portrait and Biographical album of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin -
(1889) |
| Christopher S. Perkins b. ca. 1822-1826
Susquehanna Co., PA. Son of (Francis & Rebecca
Childs (Sherman) Perkins). His wife ANN
ELIZA (HYDE). He is listed with his wife on the 1860 Census
at Hammondsville, Jefferson Co., OH. He is listed on the 1870 Census at
Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., PA. Their known
children were:
1. Franklin Perkins b.1852 PA
2. Lucy Perkins b. 1854 PA
3. Charles Perkins b.1857 PA
4. Antoinette "Nettie" Perkins b.1863PA
5. Ruth M. Perkins b. 1865 PA |
| Source: History of Brooklyn, Susquehanna
Co., Penna: Its Homes and Its People - By Edward A. Weston - (1889) |
| **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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