Thomas PERKINS married Sarah Ann SIMPSON. Their daughter Ida Florence PERKINS was born September 20, 1874, died April 17, 1931 in Ft. Worth, Texas and is buried at Hawkins Cemetery, Ft. Worth. Ida Florence PERKINS was the wife of James Andrew JOHNSTON, and they were the parents of Sarah Roberta JOHNSTON, wife of Travis Hudson WILSON, Sr. Any information on this family line will be appreciated and I am, of course, eager to share and exchange information. Thanks Caron Withers cwithers@airmail.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/n/y/Caron-W-Snyder/index.html

Hi Rooters, just a quick note to let you know about a Web site I found where you can submit your Revolutionary War Soldiers informaition too. You must agree to help others if they contact you. www.rootsweb.com/~ars/index.htm To add your War of 1812 ancestors, go to same page above and find the place where you can submit to the War of 1812 list. I believe the site is addressed at.. www. geocities.com/pentagon/8502/ Denise "Perkins" Ready

Hi everyone, I've run up against a real brick wall. Anyone who would have any suggestions or could do a lookup in the Perkins genealogy by Geo. A. Perkins would be much appreciated. I'm looking for the parents of Joseph Perkins who married Eunice Noyes in 1804 in Newbury. Accorinding to the town registrar Joseph Perknins was not born in Newbury, and I cannot find a Joseph Perkins in the Newbury or Ipswich VRs born at the correct time. I did find a Joseph Perkins born to Benjamin and Elizabeth Perkins in Newburyport, 4 March 1781. Does anyone have any info on this Joseph Perkins? Does anyone have the Perkins genealogy by George A. Perkins, who would be willing to do a lookup? I can't get it through interlibrary loan, and both the one volume and the second three volume set were stolen from the Historical library here. I'm also having the same problem with Eunice Noyes. The "Genealogical Record of some of the Noyes descendants..." by Henry Erastus Noyes has, in vol. 2 in the index of marriages Joseph Perkins m. Eunice Noyes, but nothing was known about the parentage of either, so that's all the information that was given. The only Eunice Noyes I could find of the right age was Eunice Noyes, b. 31 Aug 1785 to Joseph Noyes and Anne Stanwood in Newburyport in the VR. Just below this it lists her again, with a birth year of 1787 and says "(recorded above)" after the date. The Noyes genealogy has this Eunice, and gives her a birth date of 31 March 1787 in Newburyport. The ancestry is : 1. Eunice Noyes 2. Joseph Noyes b.22.5.1755 Nbpt + Anne Stanwood m. 1778 3. Jonathon Noyes b. 1728 + Mary Willett m. 1749 Newbury 4. Cutting Noyes b. 1703 + Mary Woodman m. 1724 5. Cutting Noyes b. 28.1.1676 + Elizabeth Toppan m. 1702 6. Cutting Noyes + Elizabeth Knight 7. Nicolas Noyes + Mary Cutting -- __________________________________________________________ The American Indians told their white-eyed conquerors, "God made the earth, and sun, and moon. He made man and bird and beast. But He didn't make the dog. He already had one." __________________________________________________________ Bobby Bothmann mailto:bothm001@tc.umn.edu Host: Germany Genealogy, World GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman My Genealogy Page http://www.tc.umn.edu/~bothm001/

Greetings all, I'm looking for the parents of 1. Joseph Perkins and Eunice Noyes, m. 1804 in Newbury. 2.William Williams b. 15.5.1814, d.27.3.1901 m. 16.11.1836 Lucretia H. Kimball b.1.10.1816, d. 24.4.1850 3. i. Charles Lewis Perkins b. 1838 m. Alice Knight Goodwin ii. Sara Goodwin Perkins b.1839 iii. Almira Perkins b. 1841 iv. Lucy Kimball Perkins b. 1843 v. William Bently Perkins b. 1845 vi. Edward Perkins b. 1848 William then married Abigail M. Plumer, 12.1850 and had: vii. Ann Bromfield Perkins b. 1858, d. 23 days later viii. Alfred Perkins b. 1852 lived four days. Does anyone know anything? I keep finding possibilities, but nothing certain. Thanks! Bobby -- __________________________________________________________ The American Indians told their white-eyed conquerors, "God made the earth, and sun, and moon. He made man and bird and beast. But He didn't make the dog. He already had one." __________________________________________________________ Bobby Bothmann mailto:bothm001@tc.umn.edu Host: Germany Genealogy, World GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman My Genealogy Page http://www.tc.umn.edu/~bothm001/

ISO any information regarding the parents of Miranda Tuppins "Sally" Perkins. Miranda was born 3-22-1861, Franklin Co., VA. She died 6-18-1936, Franklin Co., VA. Her husband was James Preston Austin. All I know of her parents are their names, which are: James Perkins and Elizabeth Adams. Can anyone help? Thanx Cindy Driscoll Roanoke, VA

Searching for information on Richard PERKINS, b. abt 1870, of Washington Co., KY Descendants of Richard Perkins 1 Richard Perkins b: Abt. 1870 . +Ruan Young b: Abt. 1870 ..... 2 William Harvey Perkins b: March 01, 1891 Washington County, KY d: March 3, 1972 Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY ......... +Allie Lay b: November 13, 1889 d: October 1973 ............. 3 Granville Perkins b: January 30, 1917 Washington County, KY d: August 12, 1990 Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY ................ +Opha Wells b: December 07, 1915 Washington County, KY d: August 23, 1995 Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY ............. 3 Gladys Perkins ................ +Frank Morris -- George Rogers georog@mis.net http://www.wp.com/georog/georog.htm Searching for ROGERS (NY), HARRIS (NY, PA), PERKINS (NY, KY)

I am looking for information relating to Hardin (Harding) Perkins. The earliest information of him that I have is dated 1822 in a letter to his mother, Rosanna Hammonds in Minerva, Ky. He was on his way to Kansas by flatboat. He had a brother named Asa C. Perkins in Ky and a sister whose married name was Mary Chinn. Letters concerning all these folks were found in my grandmother's trunk. Any information you can fill in would be enlightening. Thanks. Pat

On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Lee Perkins wrote: > Researching: Perkins, Whitney, Carpenter, Hurd, Noble, Wilson, > Cummings, Soule, Churchill, Stone, Dodge, Sampson, I am also researching some of these names. Would you be willing to share some of them with me if you think there is a connection? DODGE: Descendants of Joseph DODGE - 31 Jan 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. Joseph DODGE. Joseph DODGE and Sarah had the following children: +2 i. Abigail DODGE. SECOND GENERATION 2. Abigail DODGE was born in 1681. Abraham PERKINS (son of Isaac PERKINS and Hannah KNIGHT) was born in 1671. Abigail DODGE and Abraham PERKINS had the following children: +3 i. Joseph PERKINS. THIRD GENERATION 3. Joseph PERKINS was born on 12 Mar 1720.1 He died on 4 Apr 1805. He was married to Elizabeth CHOATE (daughter of Thomas CHOATE Lieutenant and Elizabeth BURNHAM) in Jan 1743. Elizabeth CHOATE was born on 2 Aug 1723.1 She died on 4 Oct 1800. Joseph PERKINS and Elizabeth CHOATE had the following children: +4 i. Joseph PERKINS. SOURCES 1. Hand written genealogy presumed to have been written by Clara Perkins Livermore Fish and in the hands of Erland F. Russell as of 08-23-1996. STONE: I Have three different lines going back to Simon STONE and Agnes approximately early 1500's. Again, I'd love to share any info with you. Best Regards, Erland erland@zipcon.net Erland F. Russell POB 3053 Redmond WA 98073-3053

Thanks to everyone who took the time to look for Prudence Perkins. My father finally found out who she was through other means. I thought I'd share part of his letter with you. " ... The Prudence Perkins I seek information on was the wife of the *father* of William Brewster, the Pilgrims minister. [The father] was also named William Brewster as was his father and son. He was born in 1535 and died in 1590. He had two wives. One was Prudence Perkins and the other was Mary (last name unknown). These Brewsters lived in Nottinghamshire and later in Scrooby in Old England, at which place this William Brewster was a locally important figure (Bailiff etc) on which I have found details. Thanks to all for all the other info." Researching: Perkins, Whitney, Carpenter, Hurd, Noble, Wilson, Cummings, Soule, Churchill, Stone, Dodge, Sampson,

The reference to Scrooby is of interest. I have a John DUNHAM born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England 1588-1589. He married Abigail BARLOW October 22, 1622 in Leyden in the Netherlands. He died March 02, 1668/69 in Plymouth Mass. My mother was a PERKINS and so far I have her line back to Samuel PERKINS porbably of Bridgewater Mass who fought in Rev War and married Merhetible SHURTLEFF in Maine after the war. Sounds like there was a sizable group of people from Scrooby who were Puritans. Do you (or anyone else out there) have any historical info on the town? Would like to get my PERKINS back to the same area as the DUNHAMs. My fathers mother was a DUNHAM.

Have 2 Perkins folks in a file that I have no info on.... Lyman PERKINS who married Minnie HAWKINS (Minnie b. ~ 1860), and Mattie PERKINS who married Stephen Douglas MOON (he was b.1-30-1861). If you have anything on either of these Perkins, I can trade a lot of info on the spouse's lines. Thanks- Cathy Hawkins Researching: Hawkins, Moon, Davis, Boyd, Manion, McBride, McVay/McVey, Jackson, Rudesol, Shulse, Matson, Perkins, Powell

Hi all, I am just new at this, so here is what I have got. Can anyone help? Thanks, Jacqui. ———————————————————————————————————————— 1. Lathrop Perkins ———————————————————————————————————————— Birth Date: 1779 Birth Place: Cambridge M, MA, America Spouse: Anna Frost Birth Date: 25 Jan 1783 Birth Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, America Spouse Father: John Frost (1760-1819) Spouse Mother: Susanna Hill (1760-1804) Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1809 Children: Francis Fanny 1.1 Francis Fanny Perkins ———————————————————————————————————————— Birth Date: 1813 Birth Place: Cambridge, M, MA, America. Spouse: Joshua Ramsdell Birth Date: 1813 Birth Place: Arlington, M, MA, America Marriage Date: 23 May 1833 Marriage Place: Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA, America Children: Annie Varnum Adonaram Judson Hattie (Twin) George F (Twin)

Hello Family members! Here is the latest on the Joseph R. Johnson family line. All the new info comes from the census records of 1860 & 1870, Fannin County GA. If anyone has any other information (ie; names, dates, places, or pictures), or can confirm the new info, please let me know! The updated Johnson line: Andrew J. Johnson b: 1830 NC. d:??? sp: Cinthia ??? b: 1836 NC. d:??? ch#1: Marcus Johnson b: 1854 GA. d:??? ch#2: Georgia Anna Johnson b: 1858 GA. d:??? ch#3: Joseph R. Johnson b: Feb 1860 See below for the rest of his info. ch#4: James Johnson b: 1863 GA. d:??? ch#5: Zenith Johnson b: 1865 GA d:??? ch#6: Louisiana Johnson b: 1869 GA. d:??? Joseph R. Johnson b: Feb 1860 in Fannin Co. GA d:1937 Stilwell OK sp: Josephine (Josey) McClure b: Dec-8-1862 d: Dec-21-1939 Stilwell OK ch#1: Thomas Kim Johnson b: Oct-10-1887 OK d: Jul-23-1946 sp: Myrtle Ellen Pound b: Sep-2-1900 KA d: May-1-1968 Houston Tx (Daughter of William Marion Pound and Alice Lucinda Younger) ch#1: Jewel Johnson Sr. b: Apr-1-1920 Stilwell OK d: Oct-14-1991 Tx sp#1: Jeanette Perkins b: Jun-2-1946 Port Author Tx. (Daughter of Charlie Duncan Perkins and Lydia Loujene Ryman) ch#1: Jewel Johnson Jr. ch#2: Thomas Charles Johnson ch#3: Carolyn Ann Johnson ch#4: Donald Wayne Johnson sp#2: Rose Jean Jaloway ch#1: Lisa Gayle Johnson ch#2: William "Bill" Reese Johnson sp#1: Shirley ???? ch#1: Billy Darrell Johnson ch#2: Elizabeth "Dade" Johnson sp#1: Gus Worley ch#1: Lilian Worley ch#3: James Cleveland Johnson ch#4: Mary Johnson sp#1: Elmer Clark ch#1: Kenneth Clark ch#2: Pearl Clark sp#2: W.H. Greene ch#5: Doss Johnson b: Jan-19-1902 d: Dec-16-1975 sp#1: Ira Lee Potete ch#1: Frankie Lou Johnson ch#2: Golda May Johnson ch#3: Pauline Johnson ch#4: Irene Johnson ch#6: Cory Johnson ch#7: John Cecil Johnson sp#1: Kitty Mae White? ch#1: John Cecil Johnson Jr. (He is somewhere in Texas now) ch#2: Bobbie Johnson (Female) ch#3: Ethel Johnson ch#4: Nora Louise Johnson ch#5: Billie Ruth Johnson (Female) ch#6: Cora Sue Johnson ch#8: Lucy Johnson sp#1: Lawson McCully ch#9: Andrew "Andy" Johnson (lived in Pittsburg Kansas) sp#1: Minnie Harrison ch#10: Taint Johnson ch#11: Gomly Johnson ch#12: Lilly Johnson Joseph was supposed to have come from Maacon GA, one of two brothers who owned a plantation in the Ozarks. His father is rumored to have been a Doctor and they owned the first mechanical reaper in the area. Joseph left GA and went to Coppertown on the GA/TN state line with his fiance'. He stayed there a little while, fell in love with another woman, Josephine, and then came down the Trail of Tears to Stilwell OK. Many thanks to all of you who have replied with Pound info!! Here is the latest on the Perkins line: Mr Perkins (d: before 1900) Mrs E.E. Perkins (b: 1837 GA d: Nov-9-1900 TX) ch#1: Emery "Cato" Perkins (b: Dec-26-1858 Tx d: Dec-29-1942 TX) sp#1: Mary Emma Dubois (b: Dec-26-1854 LA d: Jun-10-1913 TX) ch#1: Charlie Duncan Perkins (b: Aug-28-1888 TX d: Aug-14-1956 TX) sp#1: Lydia Loujene Ryman (b: Nov-23-1895 LA d: May-27-1962 TX) ch#1: Jeanette Perkins (b: Jun-2-1946 Tx) sp#1: Jewel Johnson Sr. (b: Apr-1-1920 OK d: Oct-14-1991 Tx) ch#2: Charles Cecil Perkins (b: Jan-14-1917 d:??) sp#1: Pauline ???? ch#3: Clifford Eugene Perkins (b: Jul-28-1919 TX d: May-13-1997 TX) sp#1: Nellie ???? ch#4: Mary Belle Perkins (b: Dec-9-1916 LA d: Jul-1997 TX) sp#1: Bill Nixon (Rumored to be the 1st cousin to Richard Nixon) ch#5: Lydia Mae Perkins (b: Aug-23-1918 d: ????) sp#1: Marion Harvey Young sp#2: William St Elmo Young sp#3: ???? Hutto ch#6: Eva Evilyn Perkins (b: Jan-5-1924 d: Dec-26-1979) sp#1: Ennis Richard sp#2: Leon Clark ch#2: Mack Earl Perkins (b: 1902 TX d: before 1970 TX) sp#1: Mary Allison Williams (b: PA d: before 1970 TX) ch#1: Virginia Perkins ch#2: Betty Perkins ch#3: Frank Perkins (this guy just disappeared...) ch#4: Leola Perkins sp#1: Charlie Thumann ch#5: Viola Perkins sp#1: Robert Taylor ch#6: Bertha Lee Perkins (b: 1885 TX d: 1995 TX) sp#1: Oscar Thumann In 1900 Emery took his mother to the Terrell State Hospital in Texas, she was senile and she died there 7 months later from tuberculosis. Her admission slip said she was a widow, nativity=Georgia, and for her name it just says Mrs E.E. Perkins and this may be her husbands initials. I have'nt been able to find anything else on them at all except she was admitted into the hospital from Montague County Texas. I was told her first name may have been Mary but that doesn't help much. Emery and his wife lived in Montgomery and Colorado counties in Texas during their life. Other Perkins in our tree include a D.L. Perkins who married Marilyn Sue Paschall, Mary Ann Perkins who married Vernon Hamner, Viola Perkins who married Jim Anderson Cloud. Tom Johnson radioman@juno.com

Hi Rooters! I am enclosing w/ this short explanation, a list of common surnames of a group of interesting people called Melungeons. These people frequently used the descriptive, Black Irish, Black Dutch, Black Scot, Black German, etc to disguise their connection to the Melungeons in order to escape persecution. I have an e-mail informational, free-of-charge-packet that I will send to anyone researching any of the following family names in the area of NC, TN, VA,KY and WV during the early migration years. I will include a URL and a mailing list address. These folks were originally neither white, nor black, nor Indian and the research of them is both difficult and FASCINATING! Common Melungeon Surname List North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia ADAMS ADKINS ALLEN ALLMOND ASHWORTH * BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAV(E)BOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD * CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW * DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS * ELY EPPS EVANS * FIELDS FREEMAN FRENCH * GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN * HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE HYATT * JACKSON JAMES JOHNSON JONES * KEITH(E) KENNEDY KISER * LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY LUCAS * MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH MARTIN MAYLE MILRS MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO MULLINS * NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS * ORR OSBORN OSBORNE OXENDINE * PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT * RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL * SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL * TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER TUPPANCE TURNER * VANOVER VICARS VICCARS VICKERS * WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN - ----------------------------

Researching my grandmother's line.. My grandmother, Florita Belle Roberts bn in Hancock, Vermont 19 Sep 1912, her parents were Elizabeth Belle Perkins bn in Middlebury Vermont and her father was Charles Augustus Roberts. As the story goes, Elizabeth ran off and married Charles who was a full blooded apache and was disowned by her family. I have no idea when or how Charles got an American name or what his apache name was. But have been told that he was related to Geronimo (believe he was a nephew). Any help in untangling this mystery would be greatly appreciated. Lines I'm trying to research: ROBERTS, PERKINS, NAILOR, NAYLOR, BRAGG, FORTMAN, BICE, SUTTON, Thanks Marie -----Original Message----- From: PERKINS-D-request@rootsweb.com <PERKINS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: PERKINS-D@rootsweb.com <PERKINS-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 5:19 PM Subject: PERKINS-D Digest V98 #10

Hello All: I am a newcomer to genealogy research and am looking for information on my ggg grandfather George Perkins (born c1797 in the US (NH?)) married Caroline Gibson (born c1803 in NH) and resided in the Dunham area in the Eastern Townships (Quebec). They died in 1848 and 1886 respectively and are buried in the HArvey cemetary East Dunham. Their son (my gg grandfather) Johnson Perkins (born Apr 3, 1822 in West Sutton) married Sarah Beattie on Dec 9, 1857). They died on Apr 30 1898 and Mar 15 1895 respectively and are buried in the East Dunham cemetary. I have no other information regarding the parents (or siblings) of George (or his middle name), nor the siblings of Johnson. Can anyone out there help me? Thank you. *I'm also researching Knowlton, Truax and Wightman lines. Bob Perkins Chemistry Dept Kwantlen University College 8771 Lansdowne Road Richmond BC Canada V6X 3V8 phone: 604-599-2660 fax: 604-599-2716 email: bobp@kwantlen.bc.ca "Live long and prosper"

Researching: Perkins, Whitney, Carpenter, Hurd, Noble, Wilson, Cummings, Soule, Churchill, Stone, Dodge, Sampson, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:48:43 -0500 (EST) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@cpcug.org> To: lperkins@cpcug.org Subject: Returned mail: User unknown The original message was received at Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:48:40 -0500 (EST) from lperkins@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <perkins_l@rootsweb.com> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to rootsweb.com.: >>> RCPT To:<perkins_l@rootsweb.com> <<< 550 <perkins_l@rootsweb.com>... User unknown 550 <perkins_l@rootsweb.com>... User unknown

Is there any information on a Prudence Perkins who was the wife of one of the early Brewsters? Researching: Perkins, Whitney, Carpenter, Hurd, Noble, Wilson, Cummings, Soule,

While this message is for Kay Haden, I thought it might help others. Kay, according to Wm Hall, who published "Descendents of NicholasPerkins of Virginia" in the 1950s, you and I are cousins with Nicolas as a common ancestor. He lists one of Nicolas' descendents as Grief PERKINS (1772-1831) who was the son of John Perkins (b 3 Apr 1738 in New Kent, VA, d 1805 in Goochland Co., VA and Lucy Mitchell. He also gives her parents. Grief m (1) Mary MITCHELL in 1795 and (2) Sarah MITCHELL in 1819, both in Goochland Co., VA. He died in 1831 in Logan Co., KY Hall also says a William Grief PERKINS, b ca 1821 in Logan, KY - d in 1908 in Greene Co., MO was either the son of the Grief above or Grief's brother John. I think we are definitely talking about the same person. Hall's work will let you take this family back to Nicholas in VA by 1640. If you have access to a local Mormon Library, you can order a microfiche copy of Hall's book and keep it there permanently. It it listed as fiche #6101214 and will cost about $1.00. My connection with this family is through my former wife, Mildred PERKINS (1918-1957) of Chester, SC. We trace back through a branch that was in Caswell Co., NC. Let me know if you have any questions. I have found Hall's work well documented, particularily for the earlier generations. I know others on the Perkins list have used this work and, perhaps they may have comments. Happy Hunting! Norm Morrison in Hendrsonville, NC Researching COBURN & STARR in Dutchess County, NY; ALEXANDER, GOLD, NAYLOR, PHIPPS, RUSH & WEBSTER in Philadelphia; MCLEAN (various sp.) & SICKLES in Northern NJ; BIDDINGER, HOWE, JACOBS & MERCHANT in Franklin County, Indiana; BRADSHER; BRAWNER, BULLINGTON, LEA, PERKINS, , STEPHENS, & WESTBROOK in Caswell & Person, NC and in VA & JONES, ROOKER & WOOD IN NC & SC.

Hello, Recently subscribed to the Perkins Mailing List. I am attempting to tie together some Perkins folks. My husband's gg grandmother was a Perkins - Mary Jane PERKINS born 1826 in Logan County, KY; married to William Franklin HADEN in 1843 Greene County, MO; died 1918 in Ladonia, TX Her father's name believed to be John PERKINS from Virginia and she had a brother, William G. "Grief" PERKINS older than she. Do not know name of her mother. Other possible siblings were John, Frank, Benjamin, Judy. In researching microfilmed Court Orders of Logan County KY, I have found a Grief PERKINS who died in Logan County, KY about 1831 - his administrator was James PERKINS; no heirs named. In 1827, James PERKINS was executor for his father, William PERKINS - William PERKINS had no son named John in his will, although there are several children. No widows or dower were mentioned so the wives of both these gentlemen were probably already deceased. The 1830 census in Logan County lists Grief PERKINS (age 50-60), James PERKINS (age 20-30), which is consistent with the ages of Grief and James as above. There is also a John PERKINS with several children and perhaps an older couple living with him, who is likely the father of my Mary Jane, but I cannot place him as a son of either Grief or the deceased (by 1830) William. Can't believe that the name "Grief" is a very common given name! I would question whether John PERKINS was necessarily related to the others except that he named a son William Grief. Are there any Perkins researchers that have evidence of the use of this name? Any other clues/suggestions? Thanks, - Kay Haden khaden@mindspring.com