Mary (Record) Perkins (1740 - 1837)

Born 20 Feb 1740 in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. — married 9 Oct 1760 (to 6 Apr 1823) in South Kingston, Kings, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1837 at age 97 in Broadalbin Fulton County New York, USA

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Biography

Mary was born on February 20, 1740 in Newport Rhode, Island. She married Nathaniel Perkins Jr. on Oct 9, 1760 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. The couple and their family relocated to Broadalbin, Fulton, New York where they raised their family and where Mary passed away in 1837. ^[1].

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Military Records

• Primary Source, "The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census", ^[2] : Data Extract: Military Census for South Kingstown, Rhode Island:

1. ) 1777 RI Military Census, Page 99: South Kingstown, Nathaniel Perkins,16-50 U. {At the time of the census Nathaniel Perkins was 37 years of age and had eight children. There is a hint that he had some sort of physical disability found in his autobiography where he notes "Our third daughter, Mary, was born on Monday, November 9th, 1767 about the time I being somewhat infirm and not able to go out two day's work at carpentering. I dropped that business and resumed my former calling, that of a smith.." ^[3] }
2. ) 1777 RI Military Census, Page 1, 2: Key to Abbreviations: 16-50 U means From 16 to 50 years and Unable to bear arms. {For whatever, unknown reason, Nathaniel Perkins was judged by Census enumerator Thomas Potter, Esq. to be unable to bear arms, therefore it is exceedingly unlikely that the Nathaniel Perkins of this profile was a Revolutionary War Soldier.}

Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[1] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #37609593: Mary (Record) Perkins was born 20 Feb 1740 at Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA., and he died 15 Sep 1837 (aged 97) at Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York, USA.
   1. ) Marriage. Mary Record married Nathaniel Perkins (1740–1823).
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) Nathaniel A. Perkins (1762–1849)
      2. ) Deborah (Perkins) Clark (1765–1842)
      3. ) Mary (Perkins) Rhodes (1768–1869)
      4. ) Virtue (Perkins) Clark (1772–1844)
      5. ) Thankful Ann (Perkins) Clark (1778–1853)
      6. ) Mercy (Perkins) Hall (1786–1865)
2. ) BURIAL. Mary Record Perkins was buried in the West Galway Cemetery at West Galway, Fulton County, New York, USA.
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: " on the other side of this stone are, Asa & Deborah "Perkins" Clark "
   2. ) Tombstone Photo: Inscription, "PERKINS, NATHANIEL 1740-____, MARY RECORD HIS WIFE, 1740-____" {Editorial, this a modern appearing granite stone, clearly a replacement monument}

Published Genealogical Information

• Definitive Primary Source, Nathaniel Perkins Jr., The Journal of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. A Revolutionary War Hero ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Nathaniel Perkins Jr. Autobiography: As of Oct/Nov 1998, the Autobiography was in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Argotsinger, descendants of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. Archibald Clark, was the son of one of the three Clark son-in-laws inherited the autobiography. He married Lucy (Laura) Briggs, and they had a daughter Eunice Clark, who married Thomas Wetherbee, their grandson Burton Argotsinger, who had a son Clinton Argotsinger, who held possession of the document in 1998.
   1. ) Early life and Marriage: "I was taught by my father rules in several mechanical arts. That which I followed at the twentieth year of my age was blacksmithing. This same year I contracted marriage with Mary Record, who was born the 20th of February, 1740. We were married October 9th, 1760, on which change of my condition I also changed my calling to that of a house carpenter. On the 4th day of June 1761, we had one daughter born named Elizabeth. On the 12th of March following it struck my fancy to see the western county and accordingly set out in company with my cousin George Crandal and one more. We proceeded to Reignbek [Rheinbeck] in Dutchess County in the State of New York, where I continued at work at my trade the following summer to good advantage until sometime in October following, when I was visited by my father-in-law, John Record, with a request from Elder James Rogers from Rhode Island who was then at Poughkeepsie for me to meet him there and engage in business for him on which I left my business there.
2. ) Family Record:
   1. ) Nathaniel Perkins Jr., son of Nathaniel Perkins Sr. was born Tuesday, 1 Jan 1739/40.
   2. ) Wife: Mary Record, daughter of John Record, was born 20 Feb 1739/40; married to Nathaniel Perkins Jr. on 9 Oct 1760
   3. ) Children: {Nathaniel Perkins mentions going to Broadalbin, NY in 1790 in his Journal and at that time both he and his wife would have been 50, and this also dates his account of his children. Therefore the following list of children enumerated by Nathaniel is certain to be 100% accurate and complete.}
      1. ) Elizabeth; b. 4 June 1761;
      2. ) Nathaniel III; b. 6 July 1763 in Poughkeepsie, NY;
      3. ) Deborah; b. 30 Oct 1765 in South Kingston; m. Asa Clark
      4. ) Mary; b. 9 November 1767 in South Kingston;
      5. ) Tabitha; b. 10 June 1770; d. 3 Oct 1790; m. Jesse Clark
      6. ) Virtue; b. 13 Aug 1772;
      7. ) Luke; b. 5 May 1774;
      8. ) John; 10 May 1776;
      9. ) Thankful; 2 Sept 1778; m. Jonathan Clark.
   4. ) Footnotes. The following information is contained in footnotes from the original text:
      1. ) Daughter Deborah married Asa Clark
      2. ) Daughter Tabitha married Jesse Clark, but probably no children from this marriage as she died at age 20 and Nathaniel does not make any mention that she had any children in the account of her death.
      3. ) Daughter Thankful married Jonathan Clark.
   5. ) Occupation. Nathaniel Perkins notes that he was taught in several of the mechanical arts by his father and as a young man chose the career of smithing, but upon taking a wife in 1760, he changed his vocation to that of a house carpenter. Nathaniel continued as house carpenter until Nov. of 1767 when he noted that he had acquired an infirmity so that he "could not go out on two days of carpentering" and re-entered the profession of smithing, and of that of a fisherman. This fishing enterprise failed, and in 1775 Nathaniel used his smithing, woodworking and leather skills to manufacture war implements and variety of other goods. After the war the economy collapsed and Nathaniel built a wagon in 1789 and moved to Broadalbin, where the story ends.

• Secondary Source, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, ^[4] Data extract:

1. ) SAR application: Arthur Rhodes submitted his ancestry to Nathaniel Perkins Jr., a Patriot soldier in the Revolutionary War as a basis for SAR membership.
   1. ) Arthur Rhodes, son of Nathaniel Rhodes and Maranda Salisbury, was born 26 January 1867 at Murray, Orleans, New York
   2. ) Nathaniel Rhodes, son of Nathaniel Perkins Rhodes and Sally Baker, was born 8 May 1843.
   3. ) Nathaniel Perkins Rhodes, son of Walter Rhodes and Mary Perkins, was born 7 Nov 1800.
   4. ) Mary Perkins, daughter of Nathaniel Perkins and Mary Record was born 9 Nov 1767.
   5. ) Nathaniel Perkins, son of Nathaniel Perkins and Elizabeth, was born 1 Jan 1730. He is cited as the Patriot Soldier who served in the Revolutionary War. {Editorial, from the historical records found to date (2019-04-16) it is almost certain that Nathanial Perkins Jr. was NOT an active participant in the Revolutionary War and it was only his son, Nathaniel Perkins III who was a soldier, perhaps acting as his proxy. The Service Medallions at the grave of Nathaniel Perkins III provide hard evidence that he served in the Revolution, but no Service Medallions appear in the tombstone photo for Nathaniel Perkins Jr. However, the strongest evidence that Nathaniel Perkins was not a Revolutionary War Soldier comes from his own pen; the only mention of the Revolutionary War in his autobiography ^[3] comes not from service he provided, but rather an account of the economic disruption caused by the rapid devaluation of the currency after the War. It may be that he did not discuss mention War service out of humility or distaste for War given his statements of faith, but its is far more likely that personal service in the pivotal event of the era is not mentioned because it didn't happen.}
   6. ) Nathaniel Perkins, b. 1711 married Elizabeth, b. 1719.

Research Notes

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   4. ) Braces {Editorial Note Example} are used to insert editorial comments; that is to say, information or clarification that is not contained in the original, cited source material.
2. ) There are numerous family trees which incorrectly cite Mary Crandall as the wife of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. The the source of this erroneous information comes from the following source:
   1. ) Crandall Genealogy This source is also appears to be the information origin linking William Perkins and Mary (Perkins) Hall as children of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. of the As of 2019-04-16 have not been able to find the original text of this clipping.
3. ) 2019-04-16. Prior to this date William Perkins and Mary (Perkins) Hall had been linked as children of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. of this profile as per the above error-riddled source. On 16 April 2019, in accordance with the full account of the children of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. in his autobiography, they were disassociated from this profile. It appears there may have been a second, contemporary Nathaniel Perkins who fathered these children, but no evidence has been gathered to affirm or deny that possibility, hence they now appear in the Wikitree database without parents.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2019), memorial page for Mary Record Perkins (20 Feb 1740–15 Sep 1837), Find A Grave Memorial no. 37609593, citing West Galway Cemetery, West Galway, Fulton County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Thomas Dunne (contributor 46784633) .
2. ↑ Chamberlain, Mildred M.; "The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census", Published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1985. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Donald N. Moran, https://web.archive.org/web/20181106195307/http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/perkins.html The Journal of Nathaniel Perkins Jr. A Revolutionary War Hero], The Liberty Tree Newsletter, Oct/Nov 1998.
4. ↑ Rhodes, Arthur, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, [Ancestry.com. database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Arthur Rhodes SAR application

Other Sources

• Broadalbin History Page 8 Nathaniel Perkins
• Nathniel Perkins Broadalbin town recorder Page 489 Also page on pg 496 and 506.
• Ancestry Note 1 On early Broadalbin, New York
• Ancestry.com Note 2 Regarding military service of Nathaniel Perkins Jr.

• 1774 RI Census
• 1790 Caughnawaga, Montgomery Census
• 1800 Census Broadalbin, Montgomery, NY
• 1810 Broadalbin, Montgomery, NY
• 1820 Census Salisbury, Herkimer, NY