John Perkins III (abt. 1636 - bef. 1659)

Born about 1636 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lidia (Unknown) Perkins — married about 1656 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, British America

Died before 28 Mar 1659 before about age 23 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Perkins III, son of John Perkins and Elizabeth Unknown,^[1] was born abt 1636 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[2][3][4]

John Perkins III married Lydia/Lidia (---)^[5] about 1658.^[3][4] ALT marriage date c.1656.^[6]

John Perkins III died before 28 Mar 1659 (the date his estate's inventory was filed in Essex Co., Massachusetts), leaving his widow and an infant daughter (born c.1659).^[2] The daughter's name is not listed in the probate documents and there is no known history of her other than she was an only child.^[4][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ’’The New England Historical and Genealogical Register’’. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2001-2018). Vol.10 (1856) page 213-214.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Access online at AmericanAncestors.org with NEHGS membership. Profile of John Perkins, page 3.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ferris, Mary Walton, ‘’Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes’’. Accessed online at HathiTrust. Vol. 1, page 489.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Perkins, George Augustus, ‘’The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts’’. (Salem, MA: G.A. Perkins, 1889), accessed at Archive.org. Page 21 (see attached image).
5. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).
6. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012.
7. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1912) Vol. 2, Page 150: Court Held At Ipswich, Mar. 29, 1659. "Administration on the estate of Johnn Perkins, jr., of Ipswich, granted to widow Lidia. He left one young child, new born..."

See Also

• "Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1997, Provo, UT, USA.
• "U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA.