Dea. Jabez Perkins Sr.

• BIRTH 15 May Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 15 Jan 1742 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 157565698

Jabez Perkins I married Hannah Lathrop, February 12, 1685, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA. Soon after their marriage, the couple moved to Norwich, CT where most all of their children were born.Hannah died in 1721. Following Hannah's death, Jabez married the widow, Charity Hodges Leonard, December 17, 1722, Norwich, CT. They had at least one daughter, Charity. A few years later two sons of Jabez married daughters of their step-mother, Charity.

Jabez Perkins was born 15 May 1677 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, son of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth (Lovell) Perkins. Brother of Elizabeth (Perkins) Bordman, John Perkins, Judith (Perkins) Browne, Mary Ann (Perkins) Annable, Jacob Perkins, Matthew Perkins, Jacob Perkins Jr [half], Hannah Perkins and Joseph Perkins. 1st Husband of Hannah (Lathrop) Perkins — married 30 Jun 1698 [location unknown] 2nd Husband of Charity (Hodges) Perkins — married 17 Dec 1722 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America. Father of Jabez Perkins, Hannah (Perkins) Huntington, Elizabeth (Perkins) Deming, Mary Perkins, Jacob Perkins, Lucy Perkins, Judith Perkins and Charity (Perkins) Gates

Moved to Norwich, CT. 1695, 28 Sep: Joseph PERKINS and his brothers Jabez and Matthew, coming from Ipswich, MA, bought of John FITCH 1200 or 800 acres of land lying in the forks of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers, in the town of Norwich. This was in that part of Norwich afterwords the town of Lisbon, in the southern portion of it, known as Newent Society, supposedly named for Newent, Gloucestershire, England, from the neighborhood of which their grandfather, John Sr., apparently came, and in the locality afterwords known as "Perkins' Crotch." This property remained in the family until the period from 1804 to 1820.

HANNAH, born in Norwich, Jan. 6, 1677, and married, June 30, 1698, Jabez, son of Jacob Perkins of Ipswich, Mass. He and his brother Joseph had purchased, in 1695, a large tract of land in that part of Norwich which is now Lisbon. On which, after his marriage, he settled. He became one of the wealthiest and most honored citizens of Norwich. He was admitted inhabitant in due form in 1701, and died there Jan. 15, 1741-2. She was an excellent Christian woman, and died April 14, 1721, after which he married, for his second wife, Charity Leonard. His children by his first wife were: Jabez Perkins, born June 3, 1699, and married Rebecca Leonard, by whom he had eleven children-Jedidiah, a daughter, a son, Jabez, married Ann Lathrop, Elkanah, Rebecca, Samuel, Hannah, Charity, Charity 2d, and Samuel 2d; Hannah Perkins, born July 7, 1701, married Joshua Huntington, son of General Jabez, and for whose descendants see Huntington Family Memoir; Elizabeth Perkins, born in October, 1703; Mary Perkins; Jacob Perkins, born May 22, 1705, married Jemima Leonard of Taunton, Mass., and had thirteen children- Jacob, Jemima, Simeon, Jabez, Hezekiah, Ebenezer, Daniel, Elkanah, ZebuIon, Zephaniah, Lucy, Judith, and Mary; Lucy Perkins, born July 12, 1709; Judith Perkins, born March 2, 1714. [2]

1701 Accepted as an inhabitant of Norwich, CT. Joseph and Jabez PERKINS were for a long time influential men and leading church members in that portion of the town of Norwich. Direct Ancestor of USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [3]

Parents
Sgt. Jacob Perkins 1624–1699
Elizabeth Whipple Perkins 1627–1685

Spouses
Hannah Lathrop Perkins 1677–1721 (m. 1698)
Charity Hodges Perkins 1682–1759 (m. 1722)

Siblings
Elizabeth Perkins Boardman 1650–1718
John Perkins 1652–1716
Judith Perkins Brown 1658 – unknown
Jacob Perkins II 1662–1705
Capt. Matthew Perkins 1665–1738
Dea. Joseph Perkins Sr
1674–1726

Children
Jabez Perkins II 1699–1739
Hannah Perkins Huntington 1701–1789
Elizabeth Perkins Deming 1703–1763
Mary Perkins Kirtland 1705–1769
Jacob Perkins Sr 1709–1776
Lucy Perkins Bushnell 1713–1746
Judith Perkins Leonard 1714–1740
Charity Perkins Gates 1724–1787

Notes

There has been some confusion between the Charity (Hodges) (Leonard) Perkins and her daughter Charity Perkins (born Norwich, 1724). The daughter Charity Perkins is listed on page 222 of the Vital Records of Norwich as marrying Ezra Lothrop of Norwich (son of Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lothrop).

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perkins-611

2. http://www.lothropp.org/huntington/lolathrop_48.shtml

3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157565698/jabez_perkins

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the USA

Sources

5. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hodges, Almon D., Jr. Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England, Ending December 31, 1894, 3rd Edition. Boston: Frank H. Hodges, 1896. pp 82-83. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, database online, Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. p 571. Ancestry.com.

6. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Perkins, Thomas Allen. Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936. Haverhill, MA: Record Publishing Co., 1947. p 2. [Online viewing at HathiTrust]. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Perkins, George A., M.D. The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Salem, MA: The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., 1889. Part III, p 13. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part I. Hartford, CT, 1913. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive]. ↑ Find A Grave, database online, Memorial# 157565698, [Unsourced, no photograph of headstone.] www.findagrave.com. Perkins, Fred. Perkins Family of Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, Page 113

7. Perkins, Fred. Perkins Family of Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, Page 113

8. https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA145&id=B6dbAAAAMAAJ&output=text

3. Jabez* Perkins 1st (Jacob,2 John1) was born in Ipswich, Mass., 15 May, 1677, and died in Norwich, Conn., 15 Jan., 1742. He, with his brothers Matthew and Joseph, removed from Ipswich and in 1695 bought in Connecticut about two thousand acres in the town of Norwich (afterward Lisbon) on which Jabez settled. The new settlement was called Newent in remembrance of the English home of the Perkins family. Joseph and Jabez were leading men in the affairs of the town and the church, and Jabez became one of the wealthiest and most honored citizens of Norwich. He was admitted freeman in 1701; and in May, 1721, was appointed and commissioned by the General Court to be Captain of the Fourth Company in the North East Society of Norwich. He was Deputy to the General Court at Hartford in 1720, 1722, 1723, 1728, and Justice of the Peace for New London County, 1732-1741.

He married first in Norwich, 30 June, 1698, Hannah Lathrop, born in Norwich, 6 Jan. 1677; died there 14 Apr., 1721; daughter of* Samuel and Hannah (Adgate) Lathrop; and married second 17 Dec, 1722, Mrs. Charity (Hodges) Leonard, born in Taunton, Mass., s Apr., 1682; died in Middleborough, Mass., 29 Feb., 1739; daughter of Henry and Esther (Gallup) Hodges and widow of Elkanah Leonard. (See pages 116, 100.)

Children by first wife, born in Norwich, Conn.:

i. Jabez,4 b. 3 June, 1699.

ii. Hannah, b. 1701; d. 1788; m. (1) Oct., 1718, Capt. Joshua Huntington; m. (2) before 1748 Col. Samuel Lynde; m. (3) after 1766 Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop (10) (see page 118). Her son Gen. Jabez Huntington took a kindly interest in his young cousins Jabez and Simeon Perkins.

GEDCOM Note

Transcript of “The Boston Transcript,” Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Apr 6 1910 Jabez Perkins, (father of Elizabeth (Perkins) (Buck) Deming), born May 15, 1677, died Jan. lo, 1741-2, at Norwich, Conn., married June 30, 1698, Lathrop. She was born Jan. 6, 1677. at Norwich, Conn., died April 14, “Old Houses of the Ancient Town of Norwich” by Perkins, page 550, also “History of Norwich, Conn.,” by Caulkins page 258, also “Lathrop Family Memoir,” by Rev. E. B. Huntington, page 57. Jacab Perkins, father of Jabez Perkins, born 1624, in England, married, 1647-8, Elizabeth Lovell. He died Jan. 29, 1701, at Ipswich; she was born 1629, died 1685-6. John Perkins, father of Jacob Perkins, came from England to Boston, Mass., 1631; to Ipswich, Mass., 1633; bom 1590, married, before 1645, Judith he died 1654. Hannah Lathrop, first wife of Jabez Perkins, was born Jan. 6, 1677. at Norwich, Conn., married June 30, 1698. died April 14, 1721.

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Biography

Jabez Perkins, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lovell) Perkins, born Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America, 15 May 1677;≤ref name="Hodges">Hodges, Almon D., Jr. Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England, Ending December 31, 1894, 3rd Edition. Boston: Frank H. Hodges, 1896. pp 82-83. [Digital copy available at
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Research Notes

• There has been some confusion between the Charity (Hodges) (Leonard)Perkins and her daughter Charity Perkins (born Norwich, 1724). The daughter Charity Perkins is listed on page 222 of the Vital Records of Norwich as marrying Ezra Lothrop of Norwich (son of Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lothrop).