Is anyone out there working on the Nicholas Perkins Lineage back into England? I have seen 2 versions, but don't know if either are correct. Have not been able to find good references for either. Dianne Conaway Blankenstein blankenstein@fwst.net http://www.startext.net/homes/blankenstein ------------------------------

Denise--you can add me to that list of Perkins in that line. After getting with Olive Richardson--she sent me a great package--I'm descended from PETER PERKINS and HANNAH FORD, son of JOHN and MARY PERKINS. I'm interested in finding out if ELIZABETH HOPKINS, wife of SAMUEL FORD, who are the parents of my HANNAH FORD, and I assume Stephen Perkins, ELIZABETH FORD, is descended from STEPHEN HOPKINS, the MAYFLOWER immigrant? I have found a MAYFLOWER connection for JOHN and MARY'S great-grandson in my line: LEVINA EDSON, SAMUEL PERKINS wife, is descended from FRANCIS COOKE. Interesting. Anyway, I copied your list. Thanks. Allison Vachon ciceron@aol.com ------------------------------

Below is a list of people who I believe are all descendants of STEPHEN PERKINS, son of John & Mary (?) Perkins, and John Perkins, son of Edward & Elizabeth (Butcher) Perkins of New Haven,CT. Happy Hunting to all.. 1.MARILYNN I McCAIN 7206 FOREST MEADOWS SAN ANTONIO, TX 78240-3209 2.BOYD P.PERKINS 6732 EAST "O" STREET KALAMAZOO, MI 49001 3.VIVIAN ELAM 1716 TOWNSLEY RD DAYTON,OH 45432 4.LARRY PERKINS KILIM1@aol.com *IF e-mail address is wrong,write me for snail mail address 5.PAT KRATZ PKKratz@aol.com 6.GINGER BALLARD gballard@jps.net 7.JAN VANNATTA vannatta@gvi.net 8.PEGGY SCOTT 8950 BROWN CHURCH RD. MT.AIRY,MD 21771 *Have phone number if you want it. Thanks and GOOD LUCK to all. Denise "Perkins" Ready ------------------------------

That happened to a lot of us and you just have to back into your boards & re "subscribe". ---------- > From: ncmorrison@juno.com > To: PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Lost Mail > Date: Sunday, July 06, 1997 5:14 PM > > To my Perkins Cousins - all the rest you PERKINS researchers. > > Something happened with JUNO last Tuesday (7/1) and I have not recieved > any PERKINS mail since then. If any of you have been writing about > possible descendents of Nicholas PERKINS of Va, I wish you'd send me a > copy. > > I do have lots of PERKINS data - maybe we can help each other. > > Norm Min the NC Mtns ------------------------------

To my Perkins Cousins - all the rest you PERKINS researchers. Something happened with JUNO last Tuesday (7/1) and I have not recieved any PERKINS mail since then. If any of you have been writing about possible descendents of Nicholas PERKINS of Va, I wish you'd send me a copy. I do have lots of PERKINS data - maybe we can help each other. Norm Min the NC Mtns ------------------------------

Suzanne, Hi, would you have a George Perkins b.ca.1842 who married Biddy Wadkins in 1861 in Magoffin Co.? Thanks Dena In a message dated 97-07-05 21:00:14 EDT, you write: << Subj: Perkins, Ky. 1820's Date: 97-07-05 21:00:14 EDT From: Suzpete@aol.com Resent-from: PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com To: PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com Looking for the parents of James PERKINS, b. August 26, 1784, we know only fathers name was William and mother unknown. James m. January 16, 1810, Athens, Fayette Co, Kentucky to Lydia Mariah MOFFITT b. August 26, 1781. James and Lydia had children: Susannah, Caroline, Drucilla (my great-grandmother), Walter, William Lydia and Sarah. Thanks in advance, and happy hunting. Suzanne Peterson Des Moines, Iowa >> ------------------------------

I am looking for the parents of Jesse Mercer PERKINS, b.1827 in Alabama or South Carolina, m. Sophronia SHANDS; his son was William Nathan PERKINS, b. 1863 in Pontatoc,Pontatoc, Mississippi, m. Caroline E. HUDDLESTON of Tippah Co., Miss. Thank you for your help! Martha Mason JMAS8320@a0l.com ------------------------------

Looking for the parents of James PERKINS, b. August 26, 1784, we know only fathers name was William and mother unknown. James m. January 16, 1810, Athens, Fayette Co, Kentucky to Lydia Mariah MOFFITT b. August 26, 1781. James and Lydia had children: Susannah, Caroline, Drucilla (my great-grandmother), Walter, William Lydia and Sarah. Thanks in advance, and happy hunting. Suzanne Peterson Des Moines, Iowa ------------------------------

We are new to this list. Our interest is Olive Perkins, an ancestor of my wife's, about whom we know only the following: Husband: Noah Litchfield died at age: 75 Born: __ ___ 1817 Died: __ ___ 1892 Wife: Olive E. Perkins died at age: 79 Born: __ ___ 1817 Died: __ ___ 1896 Children 1 Noah Litchfield Jr. 2 Wilbur Fredric Stearns Litchfield Born: 1852 I have no firm location information, but descendants lived near Boston and in Rumford, Me. We have inherited a lovely oil portrait of her, in the style typical of the travelling portrait artists of that time. I'd be glad to send a picture of it to anyone who can provide any leads about her or her family. I have lots of information about the descendents of Wilbur Fredric Stearns Litchfield, if anyone is interested. Dave and Marcia Larkin Tokyo ------------------------------

Searching for the parents of Rachel Perkins, she married Stephen Pitcock 21 Mar. 1749 in the Christ Lutheran Church, York Co. PA, they moved to VA in or near Winchester. Thanks Earline ------------------------------

My earliest Perkins: Henry, b. 1556, Hillmorton, Warwick, England; married Elizabeth Sawbridge, November 1579. Their son John Perkins b. 1583, Hillmorton, W., England, married Judith Gater 1608 and they and their seven children arrived Boston 1631 on the Lion. Later settled in Ipswich. Their son Jacob, b. 1624, Hillmorton, W, England, married Elizabeth Whipple, b 1620 Bocking, Essex, England. (Ipswich HIstorical Society in Ipswich, located in the Whipple House establishes Elizabeth as a Whipple, not a Lovell as is given in one source and quoted in others.) Jacob and Elizabeth's son Jacob, b. 1664 in Ipswich, Mass., married Elizabeth Sparks in Ipswich. Their son, another Jacob, married Anna Littlefield in October 1717 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Anna is the dau of Josiah Littlefield and Lydia Masters. They resided in Wells, Maine where their daughter Anna Perkins had a son named Jesse. Jesse went by the surname Perkins, but I have not been able to identify him. Possibly Anna had Jesse out of wedlock and gave him her surname. When Jesse was nine years old, Anna Perkins married Deacon Nathaniel Taylor, who had a daughter, Eunice, from his previous marriage to Jerusha Goodwin. When grown, Jesse and Eunice, step-syblings who presumably were raised in the same household, married and had ten children. Their son, George Kames Perkins, born in Wells, Maine in 1808 (other sources give 1815, 1823) later a Presbyterian minister and a graduate of Amherst College was my 2gr grandfather. Rev. George Kames Perkins travelled to the south (Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky) establishing schools and churches, and in KY he married Elizabeth Ophelia Catherine Gray of Greensboro, KY. (She was the dau of Catherine Bird "Kitty Bird" Winn and William Gray, all of KY. ) Rev. George and Elizabeth Perkins had at least six children including my gr-grandfather Leonidas Camuel or Campbell Pekins who m. Eliza Jane "Jenny" Upton. Other ch. are Havana E. who m. David Woods in Alabama; , H. John who m. Mollie; Bertha, who m. R. S. Nunn; Mollie who m. --Carver, and Fanny who m. S. O. Nunn. My grandmother, Gail Perkins was the dau of Leonidas C. and Eliza Jane "Jenny" Upton Perkins. They lived in Illinois. Gail Perkins m. Henry Everett Warthen, son of Walter Samuel Warthen from Virginia. I'd be happy to share what I have on these Perkins. I am also particularly interested in learning about the southern Perkins - Alabama, Kenhtucky and Tennessee - who are the issue of Rev. George Perkins. Happy hunting. Glo Gates gkgates@aol.com ------------------------------

Dear Cousins, I am looking for information on a William Perkins who may have been from New England and married to a Mary a. Klum, (daughter of George Klum) from NEW YORK State. Other clues show that William's mother name was Susanna Rogers. It seems to be that William is tha father of my 3rd Great-Grandmother, Harrietta Amanda(Perkins)Limpus, of Fayette County, Indiana. William and Harrietta were living in the same township in the 1880 census. Many Thanks, Donna(Granger)Wood ------------------------------

His method of disbursing his estate sounds biblical. I have another PERKINS ancestor who was a lay preacher for the Methodist church. There is an archives for the Methodist church at Lake Junaluska, NC which is their southeastern jurisdictional conference center. That is where I found my fellow being appointed to a church in AL, probably very small. You might try addressing a letter like this: Methodist Archives Harrell Center Lake Junaluska, NC 28745 or you might try calling. The area code is (704), but I don't know the number. Do you have any more information on this Peter Perkins? Thanks, Julie O'Neil Perkins Coweta Co., GA >Forwarded to: internet[PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com] > cc: >Comments by: Ernest E. Fricks@53choc@SWEC >Comments: > >This may of interest to those PERKINS members with a tie to Campbell Co, TN. > > -------------------------- [Original Message] ------------------------- > >Since many of us of the Joseph BAIRD-Hannah LAY line also share ancestry from >Rev. Peter PERKINS, I tho't a mention of a 'new find' might be of interest. >Jane Ayers of LaFollette TN has come up with the will of Peter, dated 25 Sep >1846. Interestingly, it is not witnessed until 4 Jan 1847 when it was offered >for probate. > Of most significance, perhaps, is that it was signed with an X. Rev. Peter >was apparently illiterate. This I would not have expected of a reputed >Methodist cleric. So, perhaps we have to reevaluate that bit of the family >lore. It may also explain why I have been unsuccessful in finding any >indication of Peter's ordination in the Methodist records at Drew and >Southern Methodist Universities. Perhaps someone with more insight into the >details of Methodist organization can inform me if a counterpart to the >church deacon exists, who would have preached without necessarily being >ordained. > He does not name his children but has an unusual way of dividing his >property for distribution. He instructs that the heirs select two disinterted >individuals to divide the possessions into equally valued parts and then have >the heirs cast lots to select their portion. > >Gene 8}) ------------------------------

Hi, Is anyone out there related to the Perkins/Sprinkle line? I recently found some info. on that line and would be interested in connecting with anyone whose Perkins married into the Sprinkle family. Thanks, Debbie Axtman ------------------------------

Forwarded to: internet[PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com] cc: Comments by: Ernest E. Fricks@53choc@SWEC Comments: This may of interest to those PERKINS members with a tie to Campbell Co, TN. -------------------------- [Original Message] ------------------------- Since many of us of the Joseph BAIRD-Hannah LAY line also share ancestry from Rev. Peter PERKINS, I tho't a mention of a 'new find' might be of interest. Jane Ayers of LaFollette TN has come up with the will of Peter, dated 25 Sep 1846. Interestingly, it is not witnessed until 4 Jan 1847 when it was offered for probate. Of most significance, perhaps, is that it was signed with an X. Rev. Peter was apparently illiterate. This I would not have expected of a reputed Methodist cleric. So, perhaps we have to reevaluate that bit of the family lore. It may also explain why I have been unsuccessful in finding any indication of Peter's ordination in the Methodist records at Drew and Southern Methodist Universities. Perhaps someone with more insight into the details of Methodist organization can inform me if a counterpart to the church deacon exists, who would have preached without necessarily being ordained. He does not name his children but has an unusual way of dividing his property for distribution. He instructs that the heirs select two disinterted individuals to divide the possessions into equally valued parts and then have the heirs cast lots to select their portion. Gene 8}) ------------------------------

Hi all! Looking for more info on my Perkins line. Does anyone recognize these names? Jacob "Old Jock" Perkins b. ? Unknown d. cir 1801 (rumored to be of Portuguese decent) married Mary "Polly" Black cir 1753. I'm decended from his son George W. Perkins b. Mar 22 1751/52 in Liberty, SC d. Nov 27 1840 IA-married Keziah Manning Apr 5 1780 in Bladen, NC. I know of two kids he had, Anna Perkins b. cir 1781 and George W. Perkins who is said to have died on his wagon plotting yet ANOTHER town in KS. He also spent time in IA. Anna is my direct line. Anybody?? Michele :) LMicheleS@msn.com ------------------------------

Hi, I am researching the following Perkins. Any help would be greatly appreciated. George Washington Perkins b? d? married a Jane Melissa Beck b? d? One of there children were Ethel Viola Elizabeth Perkins b 9/23/1902 in Indian Territory, OK she married a William Robert Peers b 5/18/1899 in Chickasaw Nation.OK. I know this is not much information to go on, but unfortunatly it is all I have. Thanks for any information anyone might have. Kathy ------------------------------

In the spirit of identifying our various lines on this list... Descent: Edward PERKINS b Apr 1607 Hillmorton Parish, Warwickshire, England m Elizabeth BUTCHER John PERKINS b 18 Aug 1651 New Haven, CT m Mary ____ Stephen PERKINS b 7 Apr 1680 New Haven, CT m Elizabeth FORD Joseph PERKINS b 18 Sep 1701 New Haven, CT d NC m Phebe MOULTHORP Timothy PERKINS bapt 27 Jun 1736 New Haven, CT d NC m Miriam SPERRY Arad PERKINS b ca 1769 New Haven, CT d VA m Mary (Polly) ?PENNINGTON? Mathilda PERKINS b 13 Aug 1810 Grayson Co, VA m Jonathan ROBERTS Wiley ROBERTS b 17 Jan 1841 Grayson Co, VA m Narcissus ORR Adam ROBERTS b 13 Aug 1868 Grayson Co, VA m Laura Elizabeth JENNINGS Wiley ROBERTS b 24 Jul 1904 Smyth Co, VA m Valla RUSSELL ...and then me. Specifically, I need help in identifying the Polly (?PENNINGTON?) who m Arad PERKINS. Does she belong to the Ashe Co, NC PENNINGTON family or did the Charles PENNINGTON who was a minister in Grayson when she was a child have an unidentified daughter or are we all wet in thinking she was a PENNINGTON? Ginger <gballard@jps.net> ------------------------------

I am looking for information on Lafayette Perkins (1786-1874), a physician who studied at Harvard Medical School and practiced in Maine (first in the town of Weld and later in Farmington). His wife was Dorcas Abbott, daughter of Benjamin Abbott of Temple. Two of his sons, John W. Perkins and Benjamin A. Perkins were partners in a large wholesale drug business in Portland in the latter part of the century and died after 1910. The oldest son, Charles J. Perkins graduated from Bowdoin College and became a physician with a practice in Upperville, Virginia, where he died in 1843. The youngest son, Samuel E. Perkins died in Farmington in 1890. I would greatly appreciate any information on where Lafayette was born and who his parents were. Bob Keith Yarmouth, Maine ------------------------------

Ah yes, and then there was the genealogist who thought at last he/she had found the last name of that elusive ancestor in the census. She was an Indian, and her last name was Unk. :-) Paula P.S. to keep on the right track, I descend from John Perkins of Ipswich, and will gladly help anyone with ancestors or descendants of this line. ------------------------------