Richard Perkins (1730 - aft. 1813)

Born 2 Mar 1730 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hancock) Perkins — married 9 Oct 1760 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 16 Oct 1813 after age 83 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Biography

Richard Perkins was born in 1729/30. He was the son of Daniel Perkins and Anne Foster.^[1] Richard is a third great grandson of Mayflower passenger James Chilton through his mother Anne.^[2]

Richard married Mary Hancock on 9 October 1760 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[3][4] They had the following children:^[5]

• Daniel Perkins b 19 Aug 1761, married Bathsheba Williams
• Mary Perkins b 9 Mar 1763
• Ann Perkins b 17 Sep 1764, never married
• Richard Perkins b 1 May 1766, married Eliza Nichols
• Sarah Perkins b 1 Aug 1767, married Robert Packard
• John Hancock Perkins b 4 Oct 1769, married Vinee Lathrop
• Lydia Henchman Perkins b 21 Nov 1770, married Samuel Spear, died young
• Elizabeth Perkins b 24 Dec 1771, married Ebenezer Withington
• William Perkins b 29 Jun 1773, married Nabby Butler Crane
• Lucy Hancock Perkins b 22 Feb 1775, married her sister's widower, Samuel Spear
• Foster Perkins b 4 Apr 1777, d. before 1802
• George Washington Perkins b 8 Dec 1778, married Anna Ames

In 1793, Richard was appointed guardian of the estate of his minor children, William Perkins, Foster Perkins, George Washington Perkins, and Lucy Perkins, all above the age of 14 years, who inherited an estate from their uncle John Hancock, Esqr, late Govr of the Commonwealth.^[6]

Richard passed away in 1813.^[4]

References: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Richard Perkins, 02 Mar 1729; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 15, p. 148, "v RICHARD b. 2 March 1729/30"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCD6-3YN Richard Perkins and Mary Hancock, 09 Oct 1760]; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874035 IT 4.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (accessed 2017-10-28), entry for Richard Perkins.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Sherman, Robert M, Verle D. Vincent, Robert S. Wakefield, and Lydia D. Finlay. Mayflower families through five generations. Volume fifteen, Family of James Chilton and Family of Richard More : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997. Print.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XWSN : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 147 of 549; State Archives, Boston.