Tobijah Perkins Jr. (bef. 1693 - 1773)

Born before 8 Jan 1693 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Pierpont) Perkins — married 15 Mar 1717 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1773 after age 80 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Tobijan was born to Tobijah and Sarah Denison Perkins in Topsfield shortly before he was baptized there on 8 Jan 1692-3^[1]

Tobijah Perkins married Elizabeth Pierpont of Reading, at Reading, on 15 Mar 1716.^[2]

Capt. Tobijah Perkins died in Topsfield on 28 Sep 1773.^[3]

Tobijah and Elizabeth Pierpont Perkins had, in Topsfield:^[4]

• Elizabeth, b. 11 May 1717, m. Joseph Porter of Salem 1 Jan 1735-6
• Joseph, b. 19 May 1719, m. Mrs. Mary Porter of Salem 9 Mar 1749
• John, b. 24 Aug 1721, m. Elizabeth Bixby, 27 Oct 1743
• Tobijah, b. 30 Sep 1723, died 26 Sep 1736
• Daniel, b. 2 May 1726, must have died young
• Annah, b. 3 Oct 1728, m. Amos Swinnells, at Rowley, 26 May 1749
• Daniel, b. 11 Apr 1731, died 7 Oct 1736
• Edmond, b. 11 Apr 1731, died 30 Sep 1736
• Jonathan, bp. 27 July 1735, died 28 Sep 1736
• Mary, bp. 25 Dec 1737, d. 24 Jan 1748

Sources

1. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Topsfield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, p. 85
2. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Topsfield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, p. 175
3. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Topsfield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, p. 243
4. ↑ Essex, Vital Records of Topsfield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, pp. 77-85, 171-174, 239-243

• Ullmann, Helen S. The Pierponts of Roxbury, Massachusetts (Newbury Street Press, Boston, Mass., 2007) Page 34
• Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1912)

• Page 415: Reading Marriages: "Peirpont, Elizabeth and Tobijah Perkins of Topsfield, Mar. 15, 1716."