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Newman Perkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Preston, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Death: May 09, 1796 (85)
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Place of Burial: Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ebenezer Perkins, Sr. and Hannah Perkins
Husband of Mehitable Perkins
Father of John Perkins; Oliver Perkins; Oliver Perkins; Ebenezer Perkins; Uriah Perkins and 3 others
Brother of Oliver Perkins; Charity Rathbun; Ellenher Perkins; Valentine Perkins; Lemuel Perkins and 8 others
Half brother of Solomon Perkins; Margaret Perkins; William Perkins; Asa Perkins and Olive Perkins

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About Newman Perkins

Son of Ebenezer Perkins and Hannah Stafford.

Husband of Mehitable Godfrey, married 29 Oct 1732, East Greenwich RI.

A Justice in Exeter RI.

Father of the following known children:

1. John Perkins 30 May 1733 m Hannah Lee (Hannah may possibly be the HP in this cemetery)

2. Oliver Perkins 14 Jun 1735-22 Mar 1798 Find A Grave Memorial# 84936619

3. Ebenezer Perkins 20 Aug 1736 m Hannah Prosser (Hannah may possibly be the HP in this cemetery)

4. Uriah Perkins 12 May 1738-Aft. 24 Jan 1813** m Prudence Corey (may be PP in this cemetery)

5. David Perkins 01 Aug 1741

6. Samuel Perkins 15 Jul 1745

7. Martha (Perkins) Place 21 Aug 1747-15 Feb 1822 Find A Grave Memorial# 21434347

8. Newman Perkins*

  • Newman Jr. is not listed in the vital records, but he or his son Newman III was the administrator of Newman Sr.'s estate. Newman III married Anna Coon of Hopkinton RI, and had at least 10 children. He was not the same Newman that was the son of Ebenezer Perkins.

West Greenwich Land Evidence Vol 5 1815-1819 p237-8 Newman Perkins, admin of estate of Newman Perkins, late of Exeter, sold to Oliver Wilcox of West Greenwich, yeoman and highest bidder, for $146 land partly in Exeter and partly in West Greenwich bounded Wood River, highway, Stillman Tanner (no acreage given) Mar 20? 1817 wtn Thomas Hazard.

  • *Uriah mentioned as still living in son Pardon's will per JES transcription at RIHCC. Inscription: DI MA (May)9 N(backwards)P 1796 IX the 86 of age
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 11 2017, 3:21:48 UTC

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@R1050710867@ Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,4725::0

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Birth year: 1710; Birth city: Preston; Birth state: CT 1,4725::1991670

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@R1050710867@ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0

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Book Title: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts 1,61157::899229

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@R1050710867@ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2129::0

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1,2129::478166

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@R1050710867@ Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,4725::0

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Birth year: 1710; Birth city: Preston; Birth state: CT 1,4725::1991670

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@R1050710867@ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0

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Book Title: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts 1,61157::899229

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@R1050710867@ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,3897::0

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1,3897::106098

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Newman Perkins's Timeline

1711
March 8, 1711
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1733
May 30, 1733
Rhode Island
1735
June 14, 1735
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
June 14, 1735
1736
August 20, 1736
Exeter, Washington, RI, United States
1738
May 12, 1738
1741
August 1, 1741
1745
July 15, 1745
1747
August 21, 1747
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States