Robert Perkins (1695)

Born 21 Oct 1695 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Douton) Perkins — married 25 Oct 1718 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

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This profile is for the husband of Elizabeth Douton. Other Roberts Perkins were born and married in Ipswich (see Research Notes).

Robert Perkins was born in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay 21 Oct 1695.^[1]

He was the son of Jacob Perkins and Sarah Kinsman.^[1][2]

Robert was a beneficiary in the will of his father in 1718:^[2]

" I give and bequeath to my four sons namely Robert, Westly, Joseph and Jeremiah Perkins, to each of them one acre of upland and one acre of Marsh Ground at Fox Point so called, as may be ******* for a horse and colt, and a highway through my farm to and from the said land as they may have occasion, and my will is that neither of these my four sons shall sell off the said land given to them without giving their brothers first refusal of the same "

Robert married Elizabeth Douton 25 Oct 1718 in Ipswich.^[3][4]

Children of Robert and Elizabeth include:

• Jeremiah, bapt 20: 7m: 1719 Ipswich^[1][4]
• Elizabeth, bapt 27 Nov 1720 Ipswich^[1][4]
• Mary, bapt 10 Mar 1722/3 Ipswich^[1][4]

Robert and his wife quitclaim “to loving brother-in-law, Joseph Holland, land that was formerly the estate of our deceased father, William Douton, mariner” 25 Nov 1721.^[4]

Research Notes

Other Robert Perkins baptisms in Ipswich:

• 25 Aug 1728, son of John and Elizabeth^[1]
• 15 May 1763, son of Robert and Elizabeth^[1]

Robert might have remarried. A later marriage between Robert Perkins and Elizabeth Brown was 19 Jul 1753 in Ipswich.^[3] It’s not clear if this is the same Robert or the Robert baptized in 1728.

Children:

• John, bapt 7 Apr 1754 Ipswich^[1]
• Elizabeth, bapt 1 Jun 1755 Ipswich^[1]
• Sarah, bapt 27 Apr 1760 Ipswich^[1]
• Robert, bapt 15 May 1763 Ipswich^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1910) Vol. 1, Page 124 and Pages 286-289.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916 Ancestry Record 9069 #6747118
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1910) Vol. 2, Page 339 and Page 645.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts, page 26 and pages 40-41. Ancestry Record 61157 #899009 and Google Books

• Entered by Marsha Auger, Dec 17, 2011
• Descendants of John Perkins, Rootsweb World Connect Project.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: 2794-BKC