Corrections, additions, documentation earnestly desired! (You really want to read this in a monospaced font, like Courier.) ----------------- Fourth Generation *ANCESTOR* 10. John[3] Perkins (Deacon Thomas 7) was born in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 1641. John died 19 May 1668 at 26 years of age. He married Deborah Browning 28 November 1666. Deborah was born est. 1645. Deborah was the daughter of Thomas Browning. John Perkins and Deborah Browning had the following child: *ANCESTOR* + 19 i. Thomas[4] Perkins was born 4 May 1667 and died 3 June 1709. *ANCESTOR* 13. Martha[3] Perkins (Deacon Thomas 7) was born in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 1649. Martha died 1728 at 79 years of age. She married John Lamson in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, 17 December 1668. John was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts November 1642. John was the son of William Lamson and Sarah Ayers. John died 1717 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 74 years of age. On 3 January 1692/3 he was on the "Jury for Tryalls" convened at the point in the witchcraft hysteria when calmer heads were beginning to prevail. Ipswich, as a whole, apparently suffered little compared with other important towns in the county. Martha Perkins and John Lamson had the following children: 20 i. John[4] Lamson Junior was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 21 November 1669. John died 1 September 1760 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 90 years of age. 21 ii. Phebe Lamson was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 13 August 1673. Phebe died before 1752. She married Theophilus Fisk in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1700. Theophilus was born est. 1670. 22 iii. William Lamson was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 19 August 1675. 23 iv. Martha Lamson was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 21 March 1677/1678. She married Benjamin Bixby Junior circa 1703. Benjamin was born in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 26 November 1678. *ANCESTOR* + 24 v. Thomas Lamson was born 3 January 1682/1683 and died July 1767. 25 vi. Sarah Lamson was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 1683. She married Paul Faulkner in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, circa 1715. Paul was born circa 1680. 26 vii. Ensign Samuel Lamson was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 25 February 1684/1685. Samuel died 17 November 1760 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 75 years of age. ---------------- Darrell [email protected]