Hannah Perkins

Not the wife of Edward Bushnell

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beamsley-1

Hannah Beamsley, daughter of William Beamsley and Ann

Hannah married Abraham Perkins on 16 Oct 1661[3][6] in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts,[4][5][7] and they had the following children:[2]

1. Hannah, b. 7 Mar 1662;
2. Abraham, b. 15 Aug 1665;
3. John, b. 25 Feb 1667;
4. Beamsley, b. 7 Apr 1673;
5. John, b. 28 Aug 1676;
6. Elizabeth;
7. Stephen, b. Jun 1683;
8. Abraham, b. 22 Dec 1685;
9. Nathaniel;
10. Martha.

Hannah Perkins died on 16 Oct 1732,[2][8] in Ipswich, Massachusetts.[4][7] Hannah's will dated 1 Feb 1723 was proved on 23 Oct 1732 and made bequests to the following people:[2]

• Joseph, Nathaniel and Abraham - children of her son, Abraham;
• Sarah, Hannah and Martha - children of her son, Beamsley;
• Abraham and Sarah - children of son, Nathaniel;
• Hannah Stanford, daughter of her daughter, Hannah;
• John and Mary - children of daughter, Martha;
• Joseph & Elizabeth - children of daughter, Elizabeth;
• grandson, Samuel Ingalls;
• sons, Stephen (named as sole executor) and John.

Research Notes

Savage says that Hannah married first to Bushnell.[3] This is believed to be incorrect.

Some sources add another daughter to Hannah and Abraham's family: Dorothy b.c. 1695, d.1771, m.Francis Peabody.[9][10].

d/o Ensign William Beamsley / Ann[e] Unk bapt' 17 Dec 1643 at 4days old

m 16 Oct 1661 Ipswich, Essex Co., MA Abraham Perkins

They had 11 known children - Hannah, Abraham [Jr.], John, Martha, Nathaniel [Capt.], Beamsley [Capt.], John [Dr.], Elizabeth, Stephen [Capt.], Abraham [Jr.], Dorothy

ref: MA VR 2:334 -as Hanah Beamsly

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 6 2018, 22:21:57 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 12 2021, 3:32:06 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beamsley-1 cites

1. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Vol.8 (1854) page 37: born (10) 1643.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Perkins, George Augustus, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts." (Salem, MA: G.A. Perkins, 1889), accessed at Archive.org, page 22-24.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Published 1860 by Little Brown & Co. Accessed online at Archive.org. Vol. 1, Page 147-148.
4. ↑ 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 at HathiTrust, vol. 1, pg. 86, 489-90.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). Vol. 1, page 142.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Access with subscription at American Ancestors.org. Profile of John Perkins, page 4, citing Boston Church Recs.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Online database accessed 8 Aug 2018. ‘’Marriages’’ page 334 "Perkins, Abraham, and Hanah Beamsley, Oct. 16, 1661 CT. R.”; Deaths p.645 "Perkins, Hannah, wid. Abra[ham], Oct. 16, 1732, a.91 y."
8. ↑ Perkins Genealogy from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register). Vol.10 (1856) p.214: DOD 16 Oct 1732.
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 8 Aug 2018, Hannah Beamsley Perkins (13 Dec 1643–16 Oct 1732), Memorial #115817098, citing Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by BluMoKitty (contributor 46830270). Unsourced.
10. ↑ Merriam, Sidney Augustus, comp. "The Ancestry of Francis Merriam Peabody" Salem MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1929. Accessed on Ancestry.com. Page 15.
11. "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA. Married 16 Oct 1661