Al Bradbury, cousins, miscellaneous non-relatives, and other lurkin' Perkinses: Like my Christmas shopping, my wish list is *way* late! My wish involves Russell PERKINS (1760-1813) and his wife Sarah ??? (1749-1842). I would love to be able to "fill in the blanks" on this family. This message is going to the list and to Al Bradbury, who inquired about these folks specifically. (If you get a duplicate, Al, I apologize). Also, this information may be of some interest to Mrs. J. Miller, whose query was passed on to the list by Denise; her "Ruth K. PERKINS b. ca. 1810 VT m. 1846 . . . Timothy WEST" looks tantalizingly similar to my Ruth K. PERKINS b. 30 Mar 1811 Weathersfield VT. **However** my Ruth's marriage to Nathaniel DARTT in 1835 is fairly well documented; her gravestone calls her Nathaniel DARTT's wife; and she is buried in Weathersfield, next to their adult child Emily. My Ruth d. 1856 aged 44. Notes: "Enfield" is the town that was Massachusetts until the mid-1750's, Connecticut thereafter; "Weathersfield" is Vermont (not Wethersfield, CT). Also, my program and work habits require dates; "ca" probably has some basis in fact, while "est" can sometimes be nothing more than a wild-eyed guess while slaving over the keyboard in the wee hours. ---------- Israel PERKINS, b. 16 Oct 1727 Enfield, d. ca 1793 Enfield? He was the son of Thomas PERKINS Jr. and Mary ALLEN. Israel m. 21 Mar 1748/9 Enfield Dorcas MOORE, b. est. 1730. Children, all PERKINS, born Enfield: Russell (below), b. 13 Jun 1760 Phineas, b. 8 Oct 1750 Lucia, b. 9 Jun 1753 Dorcas, b. 10 Sep 1755 Israel Jr., b. 24 Sep 1757 Huldah, b. 16 Sep 1762 Hannah, b. 28 May 1765 Linus, b. 24 Sep 1769 Molley, b. 6 Dec 1772 ***** wishlist alert ***** Russell PERKINS, b. 13 Jun 1760 Enfield, d. 31 Jan 1813 Weathersfield, bur. Weathersfield, m. est. 1785 Sarah ??? b. 1749, d. 11 Jul 1842 prob. Weathersfield, bur. Weathersfield. Children, both PERKINS: Zaavan (below), b. 25 Apr 1787 Southwick MA Sally, b. 10 May 1784 Zaavan PERKINS (name is from Genesis 36, I Chron 1; son of Ezer), b. 25 Apr 1787 Southwick MA, d. 1855, m. 18 Feb 1810 Weathersfield Margaret KNOWLTON. b. 25 Oct 1781 Shrewsbury MA, d. 28 Nov 1838 prob. Weathersfield, bur. Weathersfield. Children, both PERKINS, born Weathersfield: Ruth K[nowlton?] below, b. 30 Mar 1811 Paul Russell, b. 8 Dec 1812 Ruth K[nowlton?] PERKINS, b. 30 Mar 1811 Weathersfield, d. 19 Feb 1856 prob. Weathersfield, bur. Weathersfield, m. 26 Oct 1835 prob. Weathersfield Nathaniel Nelson DARTT, b. 2 Oct 1808 Weathersfield, d. 13 Dec 1877, bur. Windham VT. among seven children, Sybil DARTT she m. Perrin Smith DUTTON and my line continues in Springfield, VT Herbert William DUTTON Derrick Allen DUTTON Kathelyn Mae DUTTON Darrell Allen MARTIN (my very own self) ---------- My sources are published town vital records, Stocking's KNOWLTON genealogy (with errata and addenda), plus especially: Francis Olcott Allen, "The History of Enfield, Connecticut." (1900: Lancaster, PA, The Wickersham Printing Co.) Ernest Warren Butterfield, "The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont. (1914: reprinted by The Weathersfield Historical Society, 1989) Ernest Warren Butterfield, "A Record of Inhabitants of Weathersfield Vermont 1760-1813. (1940: reprinted by The Weathersfield Historical Society, 1989)