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Elisha Perkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death: February 18, 1741 (80-89)
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon Thomas Perkins and Phebe Perkins
Husband of Catherine Perkins
Father of Thomas Perkins, Sr; Elisha Perkins, Jr.; John Perkins, of Topsfield; Katherine Perkins; Jacob Perkins and 4 others
Brother of Phoebe Towne; Zaccheus Perkins; Martha Lamson; Mary Howlett; Thomas Perkins, Jr. and 3 others

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About Elisha Perkins

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Elisha Perkins Sr (1656 - 1741)

Elisha Perkins Sr

Born 1656 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Perkins and Phebe (Gould) Perkins

Brother of John Perkins, Phebe (Perkins) Towne, Zaccheus Perkins, Martha (Perkins) Lamson, Mary (Perkins) Howlett, Judith (Perkins) Brown, Thomas Perkins and Timothy Perkins

Husband of Katherine (Towne) Perkins — married 23 Feb 1680 (to 2 Jul 1714) in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, British America

Husband of Elizabeth (Knight) Perkins — married after 4 Apr 1715 (to 18 Feb 1741) in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, British America

Father of Thomas Perkins Sr, Elisha Perkins, John Perkins, Katherine Perkins, Phoebe (Perkins) Goodhall, Jacob Perkins, Ruth Perkins, Mary (Perkins) Swain and Joseph Perkins

Died 18 Feb 1741 at about age 85 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 4 Apr 2022 | Created 31 Mar 2011

Biography

Elisha Perkins and Katherine Townr were married at Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, on 23 Feb 1680.[1]

Elisha died at Topsfield on 18 Feb 1741, [2]

Sources

↑ Vital records of Topsfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903. Open Library , Page 172
↑ Topsfield VRs, Page 239
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp. Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould, Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1872) Vol. 11, Page 122.
Towne, William B., Notes and Memoranda Relating to Persons of the Name of Towne The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1867) Vol. 21, Page 17.


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221126112/elisha-perkins

Elisha Perkins was born about 1656 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas Perkins and Phebe Gould.

He married Catherine Towne, daughter of Jacob Towne & Catharine Symonds.

Their children were:

  1. Thomas Perkins (1681, married Mary Wildes),
  2. Elisha Perkins (1683),
  3. John Perkins (1685, married Mary Estey),
  4. Katherine Perkins (1688),
  5. Phebe Perkins (1690, married Thomas Goodhall),
  6. Jacob Perkins (1692, married Hannah Boardman),
  7. Ruth Perkins (1695) and
  8. Joseph Perkins (1702).

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Elisha Perkins's Timeline

1656
1656
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1681
October 15, 1681
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1683
May 27, 1683
Topsfield, MA
1685
August 12, 1685
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1688
February 3, 1688
Topsfield, MA
1690
August 10, 1690
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692
November 13, 1692
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
1695
May 10, 1695
Topsfield, MA
1699
March 30, 1699
Topsfield, MA