Reverend William Perkins

Family: Perkins/Wootten (F1205)

m. 30 Aug 1636

Parents

     Father | Male

Rev. William Perkins
Birth 25 Aug 1607 All Hallows, Bread Street, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 21 May 1682 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried
Married 30 Aug 1636] Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Father William Perkins | F1206 Group Sheet
Mother Katherine [--?--] | F1206 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Elizabeth Wootten
Birth
Died 1 Apr 1690 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts F
Rev.-Capt. William Perkins, son of William Perkins Merchant Taylor and Catharine Unknown, was

born on 25 Aug 1607, was christened in All Hallows, Bread Street, London, Eng., and died on 21 May 1682 in

Topsfield, MA at age 74.

General Notes: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England

1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995, Three volumes.

From George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Boston, 1923.

"Capt. William Perkins, the first schoolmaster of which there is any record, was voted ?10 for six months

schoohng, 10 Mar. 1651 (Weymouth Town Records.) He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as a

pensioner at Michaelmas Term, 1625; afterwards immigrated to Christ's College from which he

graduated, A.B., at lent term, 1627-28.

"He was son of William Perkins, a merchant tailor, of London, and was born 25 Aug. 1607, and came

in the ship William and Francis, leaving London, 7 Mar. 1631-32. This ship arrived at Boston, 5 June,

1632. (Drake's, The Foumders of New England, 11.) He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay

Colony, 3 Sept. 1634. He married at Roxbury, 30 Aug. 1636, Elizabeth Wootton, and removed to

Weymouth in 1643, where he resided till 1652, when he removed to Gloucester, and in 1655 to

Topsfield. He became the first munister of the latter place. He was deputy from Weymout in 1644 and

Captain there in 1645. He died at Topsfield, 21 May, 1682, aged 75 years.

"The General Court entered the following record on 7 Oct. 1641: 'Mr. Willi Perkins, for his fathers ?

50, is granted 400 acres of land.' (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 1:338.) He was to 'have power to

end small causes at Waymoth,' 29 May, 1644, and again, 14 May, 1645. (Ibid. 2: 73, 97.) He was a

deputy at the General Court, 29 May, 1644, and was called 'Lieut. Wm. Perkms' (Ibid. 66) and 'Capt.,' 4

Nov. 1746 (Ibid. 184.)."

     Children

Child 1 | Male
William Perkins
Birth 12 Oct 1639 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 23 Dec 1639 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried
Child 2 | Male
William Perkins
Birth 26 Feb 1640/41 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 30 Oct 1695
Buried
Child 3 | Female
Elizabeth Perkins
Birth 18 Jun 1643 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
Child 4 | Male
Tobijah Perkins
Birth 20 Oct 1646 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 1723
Buried
Child 5 | Female
> Catharine Perkins
Birth 29 Oct 1648 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
Spouse John Baker | F1204
Married 13 May 1667 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Child 6 | Female
Mary Perkins
Birth 17 Feb 1651/52 Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
Child 7 | Male
John Perkins
Birth 2 Apr 1655 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died 1712
Buried
Child 8 | Female
Sarah Perkins
Birth 2 Mar 1656/57 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
Child 9 | Male
Timothy Perkins
Birth 11 Aug 1658 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts
Married: Edna HAZEN born 20 Jun 1667 Rawley, Essex, MA d/o Edward HAZEN & Hannah GRANT. Edna HAZEN died aft 1727
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
INformation about Edward HAZEN:
NameEdward HAZEN33, pgs. 215-16,26, 9G Grandfather
Birthbef 14 Dec 1614, Cadney, Lincolnshire, England

Deathbef 22 Jul 1683, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Burial22 Jul 1683, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Christen14 Dec 1614, Cadney, Lincolnshire, England

FatherThomas HAZEN (HASSEN) (1580-1628)

MotherElizabeth (ca1585-<1647)

Misc. Notes

He came to New England and settled at Rowley, Mass. where the first record of him was on 10 Jan 1643/4 when, in a survey of the town, he is shown as having 4-1/2 acres of upland laid out at the Great Plain. He does not appear on the list of those who had house lots at that time. A little later he was shown as having 3 acres laid out for him in Crane Meadow.166

He was on the lists in 1650 as having two oxen and one calf. He had some small land parcels and by Feb. 1661 had acquired 7 and 1/4 gates, or cattle rights, in the town commons, a good number for those times. He received a share in the Hog Island marshes when they were divided and laid out in 1667, also other land parcels from time to time.

On Jan 3 1650/1, at a town meeting, he was chosen one of the four overseers whose duties were to oversee the execution of town orders and highways. He was chosen again in five later years and was a selectman in 1669, and served on jury and other court duties.

An inventory of his estate taken 24 Sep 1683 totalled L374, 4s, 3d. It included his home lot, house, buildings, and land, 15 other parcels of land of from 1 to 60 acres totally 127 acres, 2 pair oxen, 3 horses, cattle, pigs and sheep, and the usual tools, household items, etc. There were no special tradesman’s tools which indicated that he was a farmer.148 167 168 88 169 11, No. 74, pg. 120, 1920

“The origin of this family beyond the sea has not been traced. Recent information locates a family bearing the name in Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the last century, and possibly the fact may afford a clue to the English home of the Puritan Edward.

1. Edward Hazen was the immigrant ancestor. The first mention of the name, which has been found, occurs in the records of Rowley. “Elizabeth, wife of Edward Hassen, was buried 1649 Sept. 18.” He was a man of substance and influence in the town; was overseer or Selectman in 1650, 1651, 1654, 1660, 1661, 1665 and 1668, and judge of delinquents 1666. In the records of surveys, Feb. 4, 1661, he appears entitled to “seven gates.” These related to cattle rights on the town commons; the average number being three, and no one had more than seven. The inventory of his estate amounted to L404:7:8.

Of his first wife, Elizabeth, nothing is known; or where or how long they had been married.

He married (2) in March, 1650, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Grant. He was buried in Rowley, July 22, 1683. His widow m. (2) March 17, 1683-4, George Browne of Haverhill, who Sept. 9, 1693, adopted her youngest son Richard as the sole heir to his large estate. Lieut. Browne d. Oct. 31, 1699, aged 76; his wife d. Feb. 1715-16.”165

(I) Edward Hazen, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. The origin of the name is not known, but a family of the name was located at Newcastle-on-Tyne in the last century. He settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, before 1649, for his wife Elizabeth was buried there September 18, 1649. He was a man of substance and influence in the town; was overseer of the poor, or selectman, in 1650-51-54-60-61-65-68, and a magistrate in 1666. In the records of surveys, February 4, 1661, he appears entitled to “Seven Gates.” These related t cattle rights on the town commons, the average number being three, and no one having more than seven. The inventory of his estate amounted to over four hundred pounds, a large sum for that period. He married (second), in March, 1650, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Grant. He was buried in Rowley, July 22, 1683. his widow married (second) March 17, 1684, Lieutenant George Browne, of Haverhill, who adopted her youngest son Richard as sole heir to his large estate, September 9, 1693. Lieutenant Browne died October 31, 1699, aged seventy-six years, his wife February, 1715-5. Children of Edward and Hannah (Grant) Hazen, all born in Rowley: Elizabeth, March 8, 1651; Hannah, September, 1653; John, September 22, 1655; Thomas, Edward, September 10, 1660; Isabel, July 21, 1662; Priscilla, November 25, 1664; Edna, June 20, 1667; Richard, August 6, 1669; Hepzibah, December 22, 1671, died November 29, 1689; Sarah, August 22, 1673.

81, “The Hazen Line”, pgs. 595-960,

Spouses

1Elizabeth

DeathSep 1649

Burial18 Sep 1649

Marriage1649, Rowley, essex, Massachusetts

2Hannah GRANT22,148, 9G Grandmother

Birthbef 16 Oct 1631, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England

Death15 Feb 1715, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Christen16 Oct 1631, Cottingham, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

FatherThomas GRANT (<1601-<1643)

MotherJane HABURNE (<1602-1696)

Misc. Notes

Came to America in 1638

MarriageMar 1650, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts170,171

ChildrenElizabeth (1651-)

Hannah (1653-<1683)

John (1655-<1683)
Thomas (1657-1735)
Edward (1660-1748)
Isabella (Isabel) (1662-1735)
Priscella (1664-1752)
Edna (1667->1727)
Richard (1669-1733)
Hepazebeth (Hepzibah) (1671-1689)
Sarah (1673-1705)
Other children of Rev. Wm. Perkins:

     Child 10 | Female

Rebecca Perkins
Birth 4 May 1662 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
Died Yes, date unknown
Buried
Sources

        1. [S51] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 3., 397.

2. [S251] The Hammatt Papers, 243.
3. [S13] Salisbury and Amesbury, 281.
4. [S476] NEHGS - CD, 76:229.
5. [S600] The Essex Antiquarian, 3:55.
6. [S509] The Great Migration Begins, REF F7/G74., William Perkins.
7. www.one-barton-family.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I12760&tree=db

8. General Notes: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England

1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995, Three volumes.

From George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Boston, 1923.

Rev. William Perkins. Born on 25 Aug 1607 in All Hallows, Bread Street, London.5 William died in Topsfield, MA, on 21 May 1682; he was 74.5

Sailed from London, England in the ship William and Francis to New England in Mar 1631/2.

From Chamberlain’s History of Weymouth:87

   “Capt. William Perkins, the first schoolmaster of which there is any record, was voted £10 for six months schoohng, 10 Mar. 1651 (Weymouth Town Records.) He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as a pensioner at Michaelmas Term, 1625; afterwards immigrated to Christ’s College from which he graduated, A.B., at lent term, 1627-28.

“He was son of William Perkins, a merchant tailor, of London, and was born 25 Aug. 1607, and came in the ship William and Francis, leaving London, 7 Mar. 1631-32. This ship arrived at Boston, 5 June, 1632. (Drake's, The Foumders of New England, 11.) He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 3 Sept. 1634. He married at Roxbury, 30 Aug. 1636, Elizabeth Wootton, and removed to Weymouth in 1643, where he resided till 1652, when he removed to Gloucester, and in 1655 to Topsfield. He became the first munister of the latter place. He was deputy from Weymout in 1644 and Captain there in 1645. He died at Topsfield, 21 May, 1682, aged 75 years.
“The General Court entered the following record on 7 Oct. 1641: ‘Mr. Willi Perkins, for his fathers £50, is granted 400 acres of land.’ (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 1:338.) He was to ‘have power to end small causes at Waymoth,’ 29 May, 1644, and again, 14 May, 1645. (Ibid. 2: 73, 97.) He was a deputy at the General Court, 29 May, 1644, and was called ‘Lieut. Wm. Perkms’ (Ibid. 66) and ‘Capt.,’ 4 Nov. 1746 (Ibid. 184.).”
On 30 Aug 1636 when William was 29, he married Elizabeth Wooton in Roxbury, MA.5

Their children include:

6801 i. William Perkins (Died soon) (12 Oct 1639-23 Dec 1639)

6802 ii. William Perkins (26 Feb 1640[/1]-)

6803 iii. Elizabaeth Perkins (18 Jun 1643-)

6804 iv. Tobijah Perkins (20 Oct 1646-)

6805 v. Katharine Perkins (29 Oct 1648-)

6806 vi. Mary Perkins (17 May 1651[/2?]-)

6807 vii. John Perkins (2 Apr 1655-)

6808 viii. Sarah Perkins ( 2 Mar 1656/7-7 Apr 1745)

6809 ix. Timothy Perkins (11 Aug 1658-)

6810 x. Rebecca Perkins (4 May 1662-)

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