Isaac Perkins (1731 - 1812)

Born 27 Apr 1731 in North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Joannah (Edson) Perkins — married 2 May 1754 in Brockton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Experience (Symmes) Perkins — married 24 Jan 1809 in Boston, MA

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1812 at age 80 in Middleborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Isaac Perkins, son of Mark Perkins and Dorothy Whipple, was born 27 Apr 1731.^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 27 APR 1731

Place: North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Marriage

Husband: Isaac Perkins

Wife: Joannah Edson

Marriage:

Date: 02 MAY 1754

Place: Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Birth of Children

Children of Isaac Perkins and Joanna Perkins. Abraham Perkins born 10 Nov 1755 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Document also records birth of siblings: Isaac (Feb 20, 1757), Joanna (Jan 8, 1761), and Jacob (Sep 25, 1763). ^[2]

John A. Maltby - Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts:

Abigail Leonard, married Jacob Perkins, son of Isaac Perkins and Joanna Edson, of Titicut, MA, on 2 Oct. 1788 in Middleborough.^[3] He was born on 21 Sept. 1763 in Bridgewater, a grandson of Benjamin and Joanna (Orcutt) Edson.^[4]

Death

Date: 03 FEB 1812

Place: Middleboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

ALT Date: 16 JUN 1814

Place: North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Will

The Will of Isaac Perkins, of Middleborough (1811):

In the Name of God amen, this twenty fourth day of June eighteen hundred & eleven I Isaac Perkins of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Yeoman being advanced in years but of a sound disposing Mind & Memory and calling to Mind the Mortality of the Body do proceed to make & publish this my last Will & Testament in the following Manner.-

Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my Wife Experience Perkins during her Life the Improvement of my Dwelling house & privilege in the Barn with my Son Azel Perkins also the Improvement of all my Homestead containing fifteen or sixteen acres of Land (more or less) together with a certain Note of Hand against my Son Azel Perkins, also all my Stock on said Farm, likewise all my Household Furniture of every description, the Reversion of my said House & Land to go to my sd. Son Azel Perkins & his Heirs he paying each of my other Sons two Dollars each, but to the Heirs of Abram Perkins, Joanna Shaw & Sally Demick (my Children deceased) I make no bequest, they having received their proportional part of my Estate at the time of their marriage -- -- -- -- -- -- The Note before mentioned is for the exclusive Benefit of my well beloved wife, for her Care & kind Treatment of me in Sickness & in Health, and I do hereby constitute & appoint my sd Wife Experience Perkins Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, In Testimony hereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year herein before mentioned.-

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the said
Isaac Perkins to be his last will & Testament in presence of Jonathan Crane, Jared Pratt, Lydia Crane

Experience Perkins petitioned the court on 22 Feb. 1812 “it being inconvenient for me to execute the Trust of an Executrix to the last will & Testament of Isaac Perkins of Middleborough my late Husband deceased,” and requested “that Mr. Azel Perkins, a son of my late Husband might be appointed to that trust in my stead.”

The will was presented for probate on 7 Apr. 1812 by Azel Perkins of Middleborough, yeoman, “Experience Perkins the Executrix therein named having refused to execute said Trust,” and was proved by Jonathan Crane, Esq., and Jared Pratt, two of the witnesses.

• Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 44, p. 154-155, from FHL microfilm #0550903

Sources

1. ↑ Porter, Hon. Joseph W. "An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N.H., Who Lived in Plymouth County, Mass." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 50 (Jan 1896): 34-40, at 39. Image copy at Internet Archive: 2016.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Abraham Perkins birth record and Abraham Perkins birth document
3. ↑ Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 111, 146; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 242
4. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152.

See also:

• Deacon Isaac Perkins on Find A Grave: Memorial #142747197 19:33, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Samuel Leonard - # 1060
• Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;