Sergeant Josiah P. Perkins, Jr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of SERGEANT. DAR Ancestor #: A088867

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Josiah Perkins
Born 4 Apr 1732 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Josiah Perkins and Deborah (Bennett) Perkins
Brother of Martha Perkins, Nathan Perkins, William Perkins, John Perkins, Joshua Perkins, Abner Perkins, Luke Perkins, Abner Perkins, Deborah (Perkins) Lothrop, Hannah (Perkins) Waterman, Zephaniah Perkins and Isaac Perkins
Husband of Deborah (Soule) Perkins — married 26 Apr 1753 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Joseph Perkins Sr, Ebenezer Perkins, Josiah Perkins Jr., Oliver Perkins, Susanna Perkins, Calvin Perkins, Deborah Perkins, Rebecca (Perkins) Bosworth, Silence Perkins and Sylvia Perkins
Died 14 Mar 1811 at age 78 in Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United Statesmap
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Sergeant Josiah Perkins served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.
Josiah Perkins, son of Josiah Perkins and Deborah Bennett, brother of Joshua and Luke Perkins, and husband Deborah Soule,[1] was born 4 Apr 1732 in Plympton, Massachusetts.[2]

Josiah is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as having served his country in the Revolutionary War under Capts. Thomas Samson and David Allen; and in the artillery under Cols. Theophilus Cotton, and John Crane.[2]

Josiah married Deborah Soule[2] on 26 Apr 1753 in Plympton, Massachusetts and they had the following children:[citation needed]

Sylvia;
Silence;
Rebecca;
Deborah;
Calven;
Susanna;
Oliver;
Josiah;
Ebenezer;
Joseph.
Josiah married second to Mary Ann Unknown.[2]

He resided in Plympton, Massachusetts,[2] removing to Bridgewater, Massachusetts about 1790 and later removed to Oxford, Maine.

Josiah died 14 Mar 1811 in Hebron, Oxford County, Maine.[2]

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↑ "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620." Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. (Online database: NEHGS, 2017). Online access at AmericanAncestors.org (Alden, Vol. 16, Part 5, p.143-144): parents, bro. Joshua Perkins
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 11 Dec 2018), "Record of Josiah Perkins, Jr.", Ancestor # A088867. Cited: MSSR 12:162,163.
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