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David Perkins (1653 - 1736)

David Perkins
Born in Hampton, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 1675 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 83 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

David Perkins, the son of Abraham Perkins and Mary Wythe, was born 28 Apr 1653 in Hampton, New Hampshire.[1][2][3][4] "David ye Sonne of Abraham Pirkins & Mary his wyfe was borne ye (28th) of ye (2d) M: 1653."[5]

David married Elizabeth Brown (b. 17 Oct 1654, d. 14 Jul 1735), daughter of Francis Brown, about 1675,[1] probably in Beverly, Massachusetts, although no record has been found.[3] David and Elizabeth had the following children, all but the last one born in Beverly, Massachusetts:[1][3]

  • Mary, b. c 1678, d. 3 Jan 1683 at Bridgewater, aged about 5 years;
  • David, Jr., d. c 1737, m. Martha Howard 1 Feb 1698/9;
  • Abraham, b. 12 Nov 1681 at Beverly,[6] bap 13 Jan 1683/4, d. c. 1746, m1. 23 May 1708 Tabitha Niles (d. 28 Dec 1717), m2. 29 Jun 1718 Margaret Cross;
  • Nathan, bp. 13 Sept 1685 at Beverly,[6] d. c. 1723 in Bridgewater MA, m. Martha Leonard on 9 Nov 1710;
  • Thomas, b. 8 May 1688, d. 5 Jun 1761, m. 29 Feb 1716/7 Mary Washburn (b. c 1694, d. 23 Apr 1750).

David was a blacksmith, living in Beverly from about 1675 to before 1688, when he was a juryman in Salem, and removing in 1688 to Bridgewater (South), when he bought land from the sons of Solomon Leonard in 1688.[1]

In 1689, David Perkins was one of the men appointed "to get in Mr. Keith's salary by all loving persuasions and legal means."[7] In 1692, David was appointed the first Representative to the General County in Boston, and he was appointed again in 1694 and 1704-1707.[1][7] David built the first mill in town in 1694 (located where Lazell, Perkins & Co. was located in 1840).[1] He lived on the Boston road.[7]

At Bridgewater in 1694, "It was granted that Mr. David Perkins should have liberty to make a dam across the river below his house, against his own land, provided he damnifies none of his neighbors by overflowing their lands. And Thomas Washburn, by deed 1697, gave Perkins the right of joining the dam to his lands."[7]

"David, h. Elisabeth, Oct. 1, 1736. [in 84th y., G.R.7.]" died at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[3][8] and is buried at the Old Parish Burying Ground (First Cemetery), Plot: Section B, grave 106, in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.[9]

Probate

His will is dated 17 January 1736[10] names sons David, Abraham, Thomas (sole executor), Nathan, Timothy, James and Solomon and granddaughters Martha and Silence.[1][11]

His inventory was taken on 16 October 1736 in Bridgewater.[12]

In 1741, the executor, Thomas Perkins' account of his father's estate. One item reads "for my waiting & tending & providing for him in his sickness from ye 13th of April to ye first of October in 1736."[13]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Porter, Joseph W. "An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, NH, who Lived in Plymouth Co., MA," published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: NEHGS. (Online database: American Ancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018). Jan 1896, Vol. 50, page 36-37.
  2. Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, ME: The Southward Press, 1928. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007 at Ancestry.com, p.541: ch. of Abraham/Mary.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mortensen, Paula Perkins. English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1998. Accessed online at LDS.org, p. 16, #33 (12th gen.).
  4. Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial; A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 3. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914. Access online at Archive.org, vol. 3, p.1306: Born 28 Feb 1653 in Hampton, Line from Abraham, David, David, etc. to Merritt G Perkins.
  5. Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire: to the end of the year 1900. Boston MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. Accessed online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 1, p. 545.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Beverly Vital Records, page 254
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Kidder & Wright: Boston MA, 1897. OpenLibrary, pages 35, 65-66, 277.
  8. Bridgewater Vital Records, page 536.
  9. Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 12 Apr 2019, memorial page for David Perkins (28 Feb 1653–1 Oct 1736), Find A Grave: Memorial #22157132, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, USA: headstone photo.
  10. Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case #15553.
  11. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-DL44 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 135 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
  12. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-D2PT : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 164 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
  13. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-NV25 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 255-256 of 288; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

  • Plymouth Colony.net
  • Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire [accessed 17 Mar 2009] Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. Call Number: F44.H3 S26 1992.
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
  • Family Data Collection - Births. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Ancestry.com
  • American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Ancestry.com.
  • Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
  • Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.




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The marriage to Brown-42213 appears wrong at least with respect to the date, and her date of birth, which would make her 50 years old when Thomas was born. Perhaps she is connected to the wrong spouse.
posted by S (Hill) Willson

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