Elizabeth Perkins

Disputed Origins

Sylvester Eveleth and his wife Susan Nubery cannot be the parents of Elizabeth, wife of John Perkins (Perkins-631). Sylvester was born in 1604, married in 1630, and died in 1689. Elizabeth was born in 1616, married in 1635 and died in 1684. Charles Robert Anderson, in Great Migration Begins (1995), does not identify a maiden name for her. For this reason, no parents are shown for Elizabeth. PLEASE DO NOT ADD THEM.

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Elizabeth Perkins formerly [surname unknown] aka Eveleth unproven [uncertain]

Born about 1616 in Englandmap [uncertain]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John Perkins Jr. — married about 1635 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Mother of John Perkins III, Abraham Perkins, Robert Chauncey William Perkins, Jacob Perkins, Luke Perkins, Isaac Perkins, Nathaniel Perkins Sr., Samuel Perkins, Thomas Perkins and Sarah Perkins

Died 27 Sep 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 27 May 2019 | Created 28 Jul 2014

Elizabeth (Unknown) Perkins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Elizabeth Unknown was born about 1616 in England. She and John Perkins were married by 1636, as that is the birth year of their first child.[1][2][3][4] The marriage could have taken place in Ipswich, Essex County, where John's father lived after he came to Massachusetts, or about 1635,[5] perhaps in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.[6]

John and Elizabeth Perkins had the following children, all born at Ipswich:[2][3][4]

John, b.c. 1636, d. bef. Mar 1659, m. Lidia ___ 1658; Abraham, b.c. 1640, d. 27 Apr 1722, m. Hannah Beamsley; Jacob, b.c. 1646, d. 26 Nov 1719, m1. Sarah Wainwright 1667, m2. Sarah Kinsman 1688/9; Luke, b.c. 1649, d. aft. 1695, m1. Elizabeth Jaques 1677, m2. Sarah (____); Isaac, b.c. 1650, d.1726, m. Hannah Knight 1669; Nathaniel, b.c. 1652, d. aft. Jun 1703, m. Judith (____) 1684; Samuel, b.c. 1655, d. bef. Nov 1700, m. Hannah West; Thomas, unable to care for himself and left to the care of his brother Luke by their father; Sarah, living Apr 1683, no further record. Elizabeth died 27 Sep 1684[5] in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts,[2][3][4] her death recorded as: "Elisabeth, w. Lt. John, Sept. 27, 1684."[7]

Sources

↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 1996-2011. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). Vol. 3, page 1432. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Access online at AmericanAncestors.org with NEHGS membership. Profile of John Perkins, pages 1,3-4. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Perkins, George Augustus, ‘’The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts’’. (Salem, MA: G.A. Perkins, 1889), accessed at Archive.org. Pages 8-11. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ferris, Mary Walton, ‘’Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes’’. Accessed online at HathiTrust. Vol. 1, page 487, 489-490. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents. Carl Boyer, 3rd ed., 1989. ↑ Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900." (online database), Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc (2004). Warning: This compilation is extracted from a variety of derivative sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. ↑ Early Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, from 1600 to 1850. Online database of MA Vital Records Project. Deaths p.644. See Also:

’’The New England Historical and Genealogical Register’’. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2001-2018). Vol.10 (1856) page 213-214. Davis, Walter Goodwin, ‘’The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts’’. Accessed online at Hathitrust. Page 87-89.

John Perkins

bp 14 Sep 1609 Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England m. by about 1636 Elizabeth ___ (eldest child b. about 1636 [EIHC 19:255, 265-66]; Elizabeth, wife to Quartermaster John Perkins, d. Ipswich 27 Sep 1684) Source The Great Migration begins

2. More recently, the book "The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635" (Volume 3, p. 1431) which can be found on ancestry.com, lists many details of this family.

Family

From https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCRS-GP2

So here is what we know about Quartermaster John Perkins:

• 1. He was christened in 1609 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire. A transcribed record for this christening is attached below under Sources.
• 2. He was married after he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and although there is no record of their marriage, given the ages of their children, they likely married about 1635. John was living in Ipswich at the time, so the marriage may have taken place there.
• 3. He and his wife Elizabeth had a large family of mostly sons. Unfortunately, records of their births or christenings did not survive, and this John left no will.
• 4. Elizabeth died in 1684 and John died in 1686. Both deaths were recorded in Ipswich vital records. Neither John nor Elizabeth have a surviving headstone.

His known children:

• 1. John - born about 1635. We actually don't have a good birth year estimate for John, and aren't even sure that he was the oldest child. His only child was born about the time of his death in 1659. 1659 was the earliest date that any of his siblings had any children. This reason, plus the fact that he was named after his father, may indicate that he was the oldest. His wife's name was Lydia. In the above-mentioned book (The Family of John Perkins...) this John was mentioned on pages 21-22, among which was the following: "The Record of the March term of the Court for 1659: 'John Perkins, Junior, dying intestate, this Court grants administration to Lidua Perkins, widow...there being..one child new born...then pay to her sayd child [fourteen pounds] or at the day of her marriage with her mother's consent..."
• 2. Abraham - born 1640. This is a good estimate for a birth year. In Ipswich vital records, it indicates that Abraham died in 1722 at age 82. Abraham outlived almost all the other siblings and had a large family with his wife Hannah Beamsley (see pages 22 - 24).
• 3. Jacob - born 1646. This is also a good estimate for a birth year. In a deposition he gave in 1695, he testified that he was then 49 years old. He had two wives, both named Sarah, and 15 children (see pages 22 - 24).
• 4. Luke - born 1649. In a deposition he gave in 1695, he testified that he was then 46 years old. He may have been somewhat the blacksheep of the family. He was involved in a few lawsuits with his father, which he lost. He apparently had two wives - Elizabeth Jaquith who died about 1690, and Sarah. It is not known of any children he had with his first wife, and only two with his second wife. See pages 26 - 27.
• 5. Isaac - born 1650ish. This birth date is estimated. Since he was married in 1669, he may have been born before 1650. He married Hannah Knight, had a large family, and left behind a will. See pages 27 - 28.
• 6. Nathaniel - born 1652ish. Married Judith. Only two known children. Was alive in 1703. See page 29.
• 7. Samuel - born 1655ish. Married Hannah West. Four known children. Died intestate in 1700. Still had two minor children. See pages 29 - 30.
• 8. Thomas - It is not known when he was born or when he died. He was put in his brother Luke's care; it appears that he was unable to care for himself. See page 30.
• 9. Sarah - In a lawsuit from 1683, a woman named Sarah Perkins referred to her "father, Quartermaster John Perkins." However, it is possible that she was John's daughter-in-law, and not daughter, as one of his sons had at the time a wife named Sarah.

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References

• The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts. by Perkins, George Augustus, 1813-1895 (Publication date 1889) Page 11. < Archive.Org > (No daughter Rachel Perkins who married a Hooker is listed)
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 19 2020, 13:27:33 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 15 2020, 4:18:09 UTC
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG8-28P9 : 14 September 2020), Elizabeth Perkins, ; Burial, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Burying Ground; citing record ID 115817212, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7868 : 2 March 2020), Elisabeth, 27 Sep 1684; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-34N3 : 2 March 2020), Elisabeth, 27 Sep 1684; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMR-PY1 : 17 January 2020), Eliz, 1684.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-SNQM : 2 March 2020), Elizabeth Perkins in entry for Sarah Perkins, 7 Jul 1720; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-78VS : 2 March 2020), Elizabeth Perkins in entry for Sarah Perkins, 7 Jul 1720; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
• "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97M-P99P-L?cc=2060211... : 20 May 2014), P > Perkins, Benjamin (1790) - Perkins, Nathan S. (1814) > image 975 of 1554; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” Ipswich, Essex County, death of Elisabeth Perkins, 27 September 1684, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 November 2018).
• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), 1040, Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 16 November 2018).