Gideon Perkins (1751 - 1828)

Born 25 Feb 1751 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Dunham) Perkins — married 23 May 1771 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Meribah (Eaton) Perkins — married 3 Dec 1789 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1828 at age 77 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gideon is a descendant of Mayflower passengers George Soule, Captain Myles Standish, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, William Mullins and his wife, Alice.

Birth and Parents

Gideon Perkins, son of Joshua Perkins and Hannah Sampson, was born 25 February 1750/1 in Plympton, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3][4] However, the date of birth on his headstone reads "March 8, 1751".^[5]

Military

Gideon Perkins served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

A Private Gideon Perkins of Plympton, Massachusetts, served in Captain William Atwood's company, Colonel Warren's regiment, which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the 19 April 1775 alarm (service 2 days),^[6] however, the Daughters of the American Revolution has not [yet] recognized his service.

Marriages and Children

Gideon married first to Desire Dunham^[4] on 23 May 1771 in Plympton, Massachusetts.^[1][7] They had the following eight children:^[4]

• Seth, born 22 December 1772
• Hannah, born 18 October 1774
• Cornelius, born 25 December 1775
• George, born 26 June 1778
• Rebecca, born 13 September 1780
• Patience, born 15 April 1783
• Gideon, born 22 March 1786
• Sarah, born 25 July 1789 (see research note)

Gideon married second to Meribah (Eaton) Murdock, daughter of Barnabas Eaton and widow of Andrew Murdock, on 3 December 1789 at Middleborough, Massachusetts.^[1][8] They had five children:^[4]

• Betty, born 15 September 1790
• Seabury, born 23 June 1792
• Sylvia, born 31 January 1794
• John Clammans, born 18 November 1795
• Josiah, born 15 October 1801

Census and Property Records

The Gideon Perkins household was enumerated in the following United States Federal Census records:

• 1790 in Carver, Massachusetts: 5 males and 2 females.^[9][10]
• 1800 in Carver, Massachusetts: 4 males and 4 females ("Gibson" Perkins household).^[11]
• 1810 in Plymouth Co., Massachusetts: 1 male and 2 females.^[12]
• 1820 in Middleborough, Massachusetts: 2 males and 1 female.^[13]

Gideon and Meribah Perkins are found on the following deeds:

• In 1791, Gideon and Meribah Perkins of Carver sold to David Weston Jr. the land in Middleborough that had been given to Meribah by her father, Barnabus Eaton.^[1]
• On 12 April 1806 Gideon Perkins of Middleborough, yeoman, sold his farm in Carver to Ebenezer Shurtleff and Meribah gave up her right to dower.^[1]

Death and Burial

Gideon Perkins died in Middleborough, Massachusetts on 9 October 1828, aged 78.^[1][14] He was buried at Purchade Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^[5]

The Plymouth County Court of Probate appointed Seth Eaton, Esq., of Middleborough as administrator of the Estate of Gideon Perkins on 17 November 1828, with an inventory due 2 February 1829 and accounting due 2 November 1829 and Lysander Wood as surety.^[15] Plymouth County probate file #15571: bond of Seth Eaton, Esq., administrator, was posted 17 November 1828 and the inventory, taken 29 November 1828, included no real estate and a personal estate valued at $75.41.^[16]

Research Notes

Mayflower Births and Deaths has Gideon's first wife, Desire, dying on 19 May 1789 and the birth of their daughter Sarah on 25 July 1789.^[4] One of these dates is obviously incorrect.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Eaton vol. 9. (Plymouth, MA: GSMD, 1975-2015). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, page 62.
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Alden, v.16, part 5. (Plymouth, MA: GSMD, 1975-2015). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, pages 143-144
3. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1600-1850, Plympton Births, p.148: "Gideon, ch. Capt. Joshua (s. Dea. Josiah) and Hanah (d. George Sampson), Feb. 25, 1750-1."
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Ancestry.com. "Mayflower Births and Deaths," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, Provo, UT, USA. vol. 2, Soule p. 277.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 11 Dec 2018, Gideon Perkins (8 Mar 1751–9 Oct 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #65482675, citing Purchade Cemetery, Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA, USA: headstone photos (have full b&d dates for Gideon & Meribah).
6. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch: 18 Mar 2018, Gideon Perkins, 1775.
7. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1600-1850, Plympton Marriages, p.359: "Gideon and Desier Dunham, May 23, 1771."
8. ↑ "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850" (Online Database: NEHGS, 2001-2016). Access online at AmericanAncestors.org, Middleborough V.2 p.153: "1789 Solemnized bt Revd. Isaac Backus - Decr. 3d Gideon Perkins of Plympton, & Meribah Murdock, of Middleborough".
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database (no image), FamilySearch: accessed 11 Dec 2018, Gideon Perkins, Carver, Plymouth, MA, US; citing p. 168, NARA microfilm pub M637, (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
10. ↑ Perkins, David Walter, Perkins Families in the United States in 1790. D.W. Perkins: Utica, NY, 1911. Access online at Archive.org, p.10: 1790 US Census, 5m./2f.
11. ↑ "1800 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, Provo, UT, USA: 1800, Carver, Plymouth, MA; Roll 16; P.7; Img. 17; FHL Film: 205617. Ancestry Record 7590 #162569.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 11 Dec 2018, Gideon Perkins, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, US; citing p. 137, NARA microfilm pub M252 (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 205,629: on same line as Luke Perkins, p.137.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 11 Dec 2018, Gideon Perkins, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US; citing p. 406, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington DC: NARA, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 193,738.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 4 Nov 2017, Gideon Perkins, 9 Oct 1828; citing Death, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US, town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 945,016: book 14, p.9
15. ↑ Ancestry.com, "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Provo, UT, USA. Probate Recs. 1686-1903 w/Index & Docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts. Probate Court (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, MA. Online at Ancestry.com, Probates, v.60-61, 1825-1831: admin. Seth Eaton 17 Nov 1828.
16. ↑ Ancestry.com, "Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, Provo, UT, USA: prob. adm. 17 Nov 1828 in Plymouth Co. link.

See also:

• Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909, p. 517. Archive.org, Vol. 2, p.517: parents, b. 1751, m1.Desire Dunham (8ch), m2.Meribah Murdock (5ch), ch. (names only).