More on Abraham Perkins of Ipswich, MA, USA: Prepared by my father, Robert C. Perkins. Name: Abraham Perkins DOB: disputed. Either 1603 or 1611 (Anyone in England know for sure?) POB: ?, England DOD: 1683 POD: Hampton, NH, USA (only it wasn't USA then) Spouse: Mary Wise (see my post of earlier today) Marriage Date: ? Around 1635 Marriage Place: Most likely Ipswich, possibly Charlestown Or even maybe England Children: Luke David Emigration: to MA in 1630s Abraham, Isaac, and John Perkins came to MA as adults. They resided first in Charlestown and then in Ipswich during the 1630s. Ancestors were probably: Father: Isaac Perkins was the father of Abraham and Isaac And maybe also of John. Thomas and Allyce Perkins. Thomas died in 1528 and was probably born in the 1400s. Henry Perkins died in 1548. Thomas Perkins died in 1592. Residences: Abraham and Isaac moved to Hampton, NH about 1640 and took adjacent lots near the edge of town. Many of the Perkins' of Maine (ME) and New Hampshire (NH) are descendants of the offspring of these two men. They both had large families and duplicated the names of many of their children, which adds to the difficulty of running the lineages. Abraham's Children: 1. Abraham Jr., 1639, exact DOB unknown. Died in 1676/7. Married Elizabeth Sleeper, 27 August 1668. Abraham was killed by Indians in 1676/7 at the time of King Phillip's War. 2. Mary. Baptised 1639. DOB unknown. Married Giles Fifield, June 7. 1652. 3. Luke. 1640-1709. Married Hannah (Long) Cookery. 4. Caleb. 1641-?. Married Bethea Philbrick, 24 April 1677. 5. Humphrey 1. Born and died 1642. 6. James 1. Born and died 1644. 7. Timothy 1. Born and died 1646. 8. James 2. Born 1647. Married Leah Cox in 1681. 9. Jonathan. Born 1650. Married a Sarah ?. 10. David. Born 1653. Married 1st Elizabeth Brown, (2 children). Second wife was Martha Howard, who bore several more children (number unknown). This David Perkins was a blacksmith and was associated with the iron works both in Saugus, MA and in Plymouth County, MA. I think this David (From whom we are descended) moved from the Beverly area to Plimpton, MA. 11. Abigail. Born 1655. Married ? 12. Timothy 2. Born 1657. Married ? 13. Sarah. Born 1659. Married ? 14. Humphrey 2. Born 1661. Married Martha Moulton, 11/16/1668, daughter of Lt. John Moulton. These children are listed and named in this order in the "Ancient Bible" that was Abraham Perkins' and which Bible is mentioned in the Genealogies of Southeastern Mass. See notes with Mary Wise for additional details about Abraham. Abraham's sons all figured favorably in the annals of Hampton and other towns in the area. Re: Abraham's age: The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Libby, et al.) Says on page 541 that Abraham was 60 years old in 1663. That makes his birth in 1603 and not 1611 as stated in other sources. The latter date is the one calculated from the statement that he was 72 years old when he died in 1683. For this and other reasons, I believe that Abraham was born in 1603 and was 80 years old when he died. Abraham is the immigrant ancestor of our direct Perkins line although John appears in the ancestral lineage of my Grandmother, Clara E. Wilson, wife of Robert C. Perkins I. You will find this John Perkins in the Cummings line described by me elsewhere. Abraham's activities were not all of a civic nature in Hampton as he was also involved in trade as a partner in a "Water Mill" (probably a Grist Mill used to grind grain into flour) with a man, listed as a relative, named Henry Green. Also Abraham was a Clerk of the Market and had a license to " Still and sell liquor by the quart" See Genealogies of Southeastern Mass for further details on this family. See also microfilm #64165 of the 1892 "History of Ufton Court" by A. Mary Sharp. This microfilm is in the Library of Congress Genealogical Section in Washington, D.C. In the appendix of this document is mention of both Abraham and his son(?) Luke, born here, and of Abraham's brother Isaac, born in England in 1613. This information is on P. 258 of this document. There is more information about earlier people. The microfilm can be purchased from the Library of Congress. Current price unknown. Pope's Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1908, in Boston says that Abraham is the son of a John, the son of John Sr. No source is given and this is probably speculation. Maybe the problem lies in the similarity of names between the families. More Perkins' are described in Libby's et al Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Needless to say, he'd like to hear from anyone who can fill in the blanks.