Robert Perkins (1727 - abt. 1801)

Born 16 Jan 1727 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Cummings) Perkins — married 30 Sep 1750 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 10 Nov 1801 at about age 74 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Robert Perkins, son of Robert Perkins and Elizabeth Towne, was born 16 Jan 1727/8.^[1]

Military

Private Robert Perkins served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Robert Perkins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088919.

Private Robert Perkins, born Topsfield, Massachusetts 16 January 1727, died there 10 November 1801, and his wife Hannah Cummings, born 16 January 1725 at Ipswich, Massachusetts, died 12 July 1802 at Topsfield, Massachusetts, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for service: 1) Capt Stephen Perkins, Lexington Alarm. ^[2]

Marriage

Robert Perkins married Hannah Cummings of Ipswich, Massachusetts,^[1] their intentions to marry were published on 27 Sep in Ipswich^[3] and on 30 Sep 1750 in Topsfield.^[4][5] They married 8 Jan 1751 in Ipswich^[6] or Rowley.^[7]

Family

Children born to Hannah & Robert Perkins in Topsfield, Massachusetts:

1. Ruth Perkins, born 01 October 1753^[8]
2. Lydia Perkins, born 06 August 1757^[9]
3. Robert Perkins, born 29 May 1760^[10]

Research Note

Name: Robert and (Capt) Stephen, Zebulon and Stephen Jr. and Oliver Perkins 1744-1826 who is DAR A088897 and had wife Lucy Gould, all in same Regiment) Military Date: 17 Jun 1776. Listed dated at Topsfield, they marched to Rhode Island. Military Place: Massachusetts, USA Military Unit: Simeon Cary's Regiment; Cogswell's Regiment. Ref. National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881; NARA Roll Number: 467

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Perkins, George Augustus, ‘’The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts’’. (Salem, MA: G.A. Perkins, 1889), accessed at Archive.org, page 18.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 26, 2021), "Record of Robert Perkins", Ancestor # A088919.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-3B3V : 2 March 2020), Robert Perkins and Hannah Cummins, 27 Sep 1750; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009712.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-K95T : 10 November 2020), Hannah Cummings in entry for Robert Perkins, 30 Sep 1750; citing Marriage, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009575.
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/11946/174/142336665
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-L58 : 29 July 2021), Hannah Cummings in entry for Robert Perkins, 1751.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP88-3WQ1 : 19 April 2021), Robert Pirkins and Hannah Comings, 8 Jan 1751; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009573.
8. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/11946/84/142334861
9. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/11946/81/142334192
10. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/11946/84/142334604