Judith (Gater) Perkins (bef. 1589 - aft. 1654)

Born before 19 Mar 1589 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Perkins Sr. — married 9 Oct 1608 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died after 28 Sep 1654 after age 65 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Baptism and Parents

Judith's last name at birth is spelled both Gater and Gator in different sources. Gater is used here because it is the variant used by R.C. Anderson in "The Great Migration Begins".^[1]

Judith Gater, baptized 19 Mar 1588/9 at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, was the daughter of Michael Gater^[1][2] and Isabel Baylie.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Judith married John Perkins Sr. on 9 Oct 1608 at Saint John the Baptist Church, Hillmorton, Warwickshire,^[2][4][5] and they had the following children, all but the last one baptized at Hillmorton:^[1][3]

• John, bpt. Hillmorton 14 Sept 1609,^[6] m.Elizabeth ___;
• Elizabeth, bpt. [25 or] 31 March 1611,^[7] m.William Sargent;
• Mary, bpt. Hillmorton 3 [Sep] Oct 1615,^[8] m. Thomas Bradbury;
• Ann, bpt. Hillmorton 5 Sept 1617;^[9] no further record;
• Thomas, bpt. Hillmorton 28 April 1622,^[10] m. Phebe Gould;
• Jacob, bpt. Hillmorton 12 Sept 1624,^[11] m1. Elizabeth ____, m2. Damaris (---) Robinson;
• Lydia, bap. at First Church, Boston MA on 3 day of 4th mo. 1631/32 (3 Jun 1632).^[12]

Immigration and Residence

Mrs. Judith Perkins of Hillmorton, Warwickshire is listed as a passenger of the "Lyon", along with: Mr. John Perkins, John Perkins Jr., Elizabeth Perkins, Mary Perkins, Thomas Perkins and Jacob Perkins. The "Lyon", William Pierce, Master, departed from Bristol, England December 1, 1630 with 'about twenty passengers and two hundred tons of goods.' This was the same ship that brought the Rev. Roger and Mrs. Mary Williams to America, along with the John Throckmorton and Edmond Once families and William Parke.^[13] The passage was stormy and lasted 67 days. They arrived at Nantasket on February 5, 1631 and on the 6th anchored in Boston.^[14] Provisions were scarce in the Bay Colony that winter, and the arrival of the Lyon, with its store of provisions was met with great joy. A day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed for the 22nd.^[15]

"John Perkins and Judith, his wife" were admitted to the Boston church in early 1631 as members #107 and #108. The Perkins family lived in Boston the first two years in America, and their daughter Lydia was baptized there on 3 Jun 1632.^[1] In 1633, the family removed to Ipswich, the colony newly founded by John Winthrop.^[16]

Death

Judith Perkins' date and place of death is unknown. She survived her husband, John Perkins, who died in Cambridge aged 64 years in 1654,^[17] between 28 Mar 1654 (date of will) and 26 Sep 1654 (probate of will).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 1996-2011. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). Pages 1431-1433.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ferris, Mary Walton, ‘’Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes’’. Accessed online at HathiTrust. Vol. 1, pp.484-486.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Accessed online at Hathitrust. Pages 79-90.
4. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Weddings, 1596-1617.
5. ↑ "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700." Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA: Mar. 9 Oct 1608.
6. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1608-1611, 15th line, 1609.
7. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1608-1611, 1st entry, 1611.
8. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1611-1616, 15th line, 1615.
9. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1616-1624, 14th line, 1617.
10. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1616-1624, 4th line, 1622.
11. ↑ Hillmorton Parish Register - Baptisms, 1616-1624, 3rd line, 1624.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988." Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA. Boston VR transcripts.
13. ↑ Banks, Charles Edward, "The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times, 1620-1640." Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Copyright 1930, 2006. Page 92-93: Passengers on the Lyon.
14. ↑ Perkins, George Augustus, ‘’The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts’’. (Salem, MA: G.A. Perkins, 1889), accessed at Archive.org. Pages 1-7.
15. ↑ "Prince's Annals of New England." Vol. 1, page 341.
16. ↑ Savage, James. ‘’A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1962, on the Basis of Farmer's Register’’. Boston MA: Little Brown & Co., 1860. Accessed at Archive.org. Vol.3 p.396.
17. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1910), Vol II, p.645. "Perkins, John, _____, 1654, a. 64 y. P. R. 8."

See Also:

• Little, George Thomas, "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine." Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909. Source S2017.
• Perkins, Thomas Allen, comp. "Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936." Haverhill, MA: Record Publishing Co., 1947. Source S85, rep. 03.