My earliest known Perkins was Robert William Frederick Henry Perkins, b. 1796, m.1820 in Northampton County, NC. d.1842 in LA. His son, Robert Jones Perkins [1835-1896], was my great-grandfather. Laura A quote from an internet cousin: "Mary Elizabeth Gladish and her sister Julia came to LA in 1828 to Assumption Parish during the covered wagon days with the Pugh family. "Both sisters married and moved to Lafourche Parish [in LA]. Julia married Robert Perkins who started a plantation "Waverly" on the right bank of bayou Lafourche above Thibodaux. James billiu and Mary Ellizabeth started "Abby" plantation on the left bank of Bayou Lafourche above Thibodaux."