Perkins family of Connecticut / by Fred. B. Perkins.

  • Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899.
Date:
[1860?]
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    PERKINS FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT. C?XIBRAUT. * By Fred. B. Perkins, of Hartford, Conn. ty J . ( * ^£>* [Reprinted from the New England Hist, and Gen. Register, for April, I860.] *4/ngtQ&l p This article is of course very imperfect. It does not attempt to pro- ceed further than the fourth generation, except in a few cases ; and doubtless contains errors among the few facts actually given Such is peculiarly the peril of genealogical labors. It is nothing but a beginning; and will accomplish quite as much as it deserves, if it assists the writer in gathering information as to all descendants, whether of the name or blood, and indeed of any of the kin or ancestry, of John Perkins, senior, of Ipswich, grandfather of Joseph and Jabez, the first settlers of the name in Connecticut. Any such information will be thankfully received yThtsTrSle does not include the lineage of the Ashford family, whose first Connecticut ancestor seems to have descended from a later emi- grant ; nor of Thomas, the first of the name in Enfield, who came Thither about 1683, from Topsfield, Mass. 1, Dea. Joseph1 Perkins, b. at Ipswich, Mass 21 (or 22) June, 1674 ; d. at Norwich, Conn., 4 (or 6) Sept. 1726. He and his brothers Jabez (No. 2, below) and Matthew, coming from Ipswich Mass bought of John Fitch, (deed dated 28 Sept. 1695), 1200 acres of land (another account says 800 acres, for £70), lying in the forks of the Qu.nebaug and Shetucket rivers, in the town of Norwich. This was in that part of Norwich afterwards the town of Lisbon, in the southern portion of it, known as Newent Society, (supposed named from Newent Gloucester- shire England, from the neighborhood of which their grandfather, John, senior, apparently came), and in the locality afterwards known as « Per- kins's Crotch, from its situation and owners. This property remained in the family until the period from 1804 to 1820, during which it was alienated Matthew Perkins soon returned to Ipswich, and remained there. Joseph and Jabez were for a long time influential men and lead- in<r church members in that portion of the town. Joseph1 Perkins, m. 22 May, 1700, Martha Morgan of Preston Conn- b 1680, d 30 (or 23) Oct. 1754. Their children were : (3) fc*V b 5 Nov. 1701 ;J(4) Joseph^] b 25 Oct. 1704 d. 7 July, 1794 ;-(5) Martha^] b. 21 Aug. 1705 ; m 1st Thomas^Todd ; 2d, Solomon Lathrop ; 3d, Matthew Loomis;—(6) Jo/m,2[f] b. 5 Oct. 1709, d 16 April 1761 ;-(7) JenuhaW] b. 1 Sept. 1711, d. 8 Feb. 1742; m, Lv Jededilm Hyde;L(8) WriU'Jt] > 31 Aug, 171*Id. 3^May, 1773 ;-(9) Deborah*[i] and (10) Ann? l™^™*^1™^*] 29 June 1731 : Deborah m. Benajah Carey ;—(11) Hannah [t] b. 1717'; u.f. Lemuel 'Bingham ;-(12) Simon? b. 1720 ;-(13) William.^ b. 1722. 2 Jabez1 Perkins was accepted an inhabitant of Norwich 1701; he died 15 Jan 1741-2. He m., 1st, 30 June, 1698, Hannah Lathrop of Norwich, who d. 1721. Their children were : (13a) J«&«£[+] b. 3 June, Ifiqq d 27 April 1739 ;-(14) Hannah^} b. 1701, d. 1745, m. Joshua Hunting ;iP[li) SLjU'b. 1703 ^(16) *^«&r*$] b 1705-—(18) Lucy,2 (Miss Caulkins says Luke), b. 1709 ;—(19)