Elizabeth (Knight) Perkins (1677 - 1752)

Born 25 Jan 1677 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuell Towne — married 20 Oct 1696 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of Elisha Perkins Sr — married after 4 Apr 1715 (to 18 Feb 1741) in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, British America

Descendants

Died 17 May 1752 at age 75 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Knight was born 25 January 1677^[1] in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She was baptized there on 24 May 1691^[2], along with several siblings, as the daughter of Goodman Knight.

Elizabeth Knight married Samuel Towne 20 October 1696 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay.

Together they had 4 known children, Elizabeth 1697-1772, Rebecca b: 1700, Samuel 1702-1771, and Philip 1706-1781.

The widow Elizabeth Knight Towne married Elisha Perkins 4 April 1715.

Elizabeth died 17 May 1752 in Topsfield.

Source

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTT-95P : accessed 4 January 2016), Samuell Towne and Elesabath Knight, 20 Oct 1696; citing reference p. 110; FHL microfilm 887,762.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTT-CY4 : accessed 4 January 2016), Elisha Perkins and Elizabeth Towne, 04 Apr 1715; citing reference p. 22; FHL microfilm 887,762.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Vital records of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Vol. 1, p. 65. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903.
2. ↑ Vital records of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Vol. 1, p. 65. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903.

NOTE: the only record I found of Elizabeth Knight born in Topsfield was the daughter of Philip and Margery born Jan 25, 1676. Massachusetts, town and Vital Records 1620-1988, page 64 of 255, Ancestry.comhttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495 also Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, page 65. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61401 The US Find a Grave Index gives her birth as 20 October 1676. It also give a death date of 3 Jul7y 1764.

NEED A SOURCE FOR BIRTH DATE

See also:

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [1]

Elizabeth PERKINS

Death 1752

Location Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text Elizabeth, wid., May 17, 1752. C. R.

Town Info Topsfield

Volume Name Topsfield - V1 Page 239

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) [2]

Elizabeth PERKINS - PERKENS, PARKENS

Probate Record 1752

Location Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Case Number 21298 Page page 1 of 3

Date of Record 27 Apr 1752

Case Type guardianship

Volume Name Essex Cases 20000-21999 Page 21298:1