Family tradition assigns the name "Bennett" to the family after a relative of this name died with no progeny. Certainly all Perkins children born to succeeding generations from this point are given the surname of Bennett. See recent generations.
Burmah Elkins Perkins is recorded in Rhode Island Deaths and Burials under the name Perkins, so his son Isaac is probably the family member first named Bennett but for continuity, Bennett is recorded as an alternate surname here.
Parents noted as Elkins Perkins and Mary Perkins
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