Here is the info for John Perkins late of Plainfield, Windham Co., CT, who was a leading member of the Susquehanna Company which settled the Wyoming Valley (now centered on Wilkes-Barre, PA, originally New Troy, CT, then Wyoming, PA), and several sons. I am a direct descendant of this John Perkins and his wife Hepzibah Griswold, and their son David Perkins (b. Jan. 1, 1769) and his wife Sarah Ferrier. > Subject: [PERKINS] Perkins in the Revolutionary War Project > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:28:17 -0800 > > I am getting ready to update and clean up the Revolutionary War Project. If > you would like to add yours or make changes to your submission...Now would be > a great time to do it :o) > > The format is as follows: > Your name and e-mail address Warren Davis 400 Graisbury Ave. Haddonfield, NJ 08033 (Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre) [email protected] > Vets name: John Perkins, b. 1728 (direct descendent of John and Judith [Gator] Perkins of Boston/Ipswich, formerly of Hillmorton, Engl.) > Company: Capt. Simon Spaulding's Independent company of the Wyoming Valley (then part of Connecticut). > Loyalist or Patriot: Patriot > Commanding Officer if known: Capt. Simon Spaulding, under command of Col. Zebulon Butler. His company and the company of Capt. John Durkee, also under Butler's command, about 700 men in total, were involved in the Battle of Wyoming (aka, Wyoming Massacre) on July 3, 1778. About 3,000 British troops under Maj. John Butler, Tories, and hired Iroquois Indians from upstate NY raided Wyoming Valley. The battle was lost by the Connecticut Yankee settlers, and most were savagely killed and scalped, many burned, in three days of marauding after the battle. John Perkins and his family escaped; John came back to the valley soon afterward, but was killed on Nov.7, 1778. His wife stayed in CT; Surviving sons David, Aaron and Griswold returned to Wyoming and prospered there. > When mustered in and out if known: 1778 > Colony: Connecticut and Pennsylvania were fighting over rights to this territory (Wyoming/Wilkes-Barre) before and after the War of Revolution. It was knbown as the Yankee-Pennamite War. Eventually the Pennamites prevailed , but terms allowed original Yankee settlers to retain lands or receive compensation. At the time of the Revolutionary War, the troops were mustered on behalf, and by authority of Connecticut. > Birth and death date if known: b. 1728, d. 7 Nov 1778 -- see below: ===================================================================== € JOHN15 PERKINS (JOHN14, JACOB13, JACOB12, JOHN11, HENRY10, THOMAS9, HENRY8, THOMAS7, WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, HENRY2, PETER MORLEY1) was born Abt. 1728 in New London, Conn., and died November 07, 1778 in Kingston, PA. He married (1) SARAH THOMPSON January 10, 1749/50 in Hebron, Conn., daughter of JOHN THOMPSON and MARY OTIS. She was born March 08, 1724/25 in Hebron, Conn., and died Abt. 1762 in Hebron, Conn. He married (2) HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD Abt. 1764 in Hebron, Conn., daughter of CAPT BENJAMIN GRISWOLD. She was born May 31, 1730 in Windsor, Conn, and died June 29, 1820 in Windsor, Conn. Notes for JOHN PERKINS: Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178: "On July 8, 1751 he [JOHN14] and his wife Lydia ³in consideration of the love they bore their son, John15 Perkins, of New London, North Parish," conveyed the whole of that land which their father, Philip Mallsor, late of New London, North Parish, deseased, gave to his daughter Lydia Perkins, in and by his last will. " pg. 176 "John15 Perkins was born circa 1728 and reached his majority about 11/20/1750, when he received from Philip Mallsor, his grandfather, a house and land in the township of New London. There he remained until 1761 when he removed to Hebron, Conn. primarily to protect the property interest of his first wife. At Hebron, he made various purchases and sales of lands between 1764 and 1772, the last conveyance being on 5/31/1772 when he sold to Capt. Benjamin Griswold, of Windsor, Conn. twenty acres with house and barn thereon standing. Some two years later, attracted by the possibilities offered by the Wyoming Valley, then under the jurisdiction of Conn., now in PA, Mr Perkins followed the 'course of empire' westward, and, during the Indian warfare of the Revolution was slain by the savages at Kingston, 11/7/1778." pg. 177 Children of JOHN PERKINS and SARAH THOMPSON are: i. MARTHA20 PERKINS. ii. SARAH PERKINS, b. September 07, 1751, New London, Conn.; m. LUMAN LONG. Notes for SARAH PERKINS: Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178: iii. MARY PERKINS, b. Bef. 1762, Hebron, Conn.; m. ELIJAH MANN, August 20, 1771, Hebron, Conn.. iv. LYDIA PERKINS, b. Bef. 1762, Hebron, Conn.; m. DAVID SKINNER, September 18, 1780, Hebron, Conn.. Children of JOHN15 PERKINS and HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD are: v. JOHN16 PERKINS, JR, b. Abt. 1764, Hebron, Conn.; d. July 06, 1777; m. JOANNA ELKINS, February 09, 1792. Notes for JOHN PERKINS, JR : Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178 : Revoluntionary soldier, slain in the war. Pg. 178"N. Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register", Vol XII, pp. 82 vi. AARON PERKINS, b. Abt. 1766, Windsor, Conn; d. Aft. 1818, Kingston, PA. Notes for AARON PERKINS : Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178 : "Revolutionary Soldier, enlisted from Windsor in 1776, in Capt Robert Durkee's independant Co. of the Wyoming Valley, Connecticutt Line; was in the skirmish at Millstone, NJ and subsequently served against the Indians; Conn. pensioner in PA under Act of 1818." pg. 178 vii. GRISWOLD PERKINS, b. Abt. 1767, Windsor, PA; d. Abt. 1786, Kingston, PA. Notes for GRISWOLD PERKINS : Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178 : "Died at Kingston in Susquehanna, PA; estate administered by mother Mrs Ziba Perkins 10/7/1786." pg. 178 viii. DAVID PERKINS16, b. January 01, 1769; d. June 08, 1854, Kingston, PA; m. SARAH FERRIER, b. Amity New York. Notes for DAVID PERKINS : Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178 : On 3/25/1791, he came into possession of various lots in Kingston, orginally set off to his father, comprising some 500 acres. On the death of his grandfather Benjamin, he also inherited land in Hebron, Conn. pg. 178 Notes for SARAH FERRIER : Emily Ritchie Perkins, "The Perkins Family, A Sketch of Inter-colonial Migration," PA Geneological Magazine, Vol VII, pp. 163 - 178: