Josiah Perkins (1732 - 1811)

Born 4 Apr 1732 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Soule) Perkins — married 26 Apr 1753 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1811 at age 78 in Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Josiah Perkins served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.

Josiah Perkins, son of Josiah Perkins and Deborah Bennett, brother of Joshua and Luke Perkins, and husband Deborah Soule,^[1] was born 4 Apr 1732 in Plympton, Massachusetts.^[2]

Josiah is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as having served his country in the Revolutionary War under Capts. Thomas Samson and David Allen; and in the artillery under Cols. Theophilus Cotton, and John Crane.^[2]

Josiah married Deborah Soule^[2] on 26 Apr 1753 in Plympton, Massachusetts and they had the following children:^{[citation needed]}

• Sylvia;
• Silence;
• Rebecca;
• Deborah;
• Calven;
• Susanna;
• Oliver;
• Josiah;
• Ebenezer;
• Joseph.

Josiah married second to Mary Ann Unknown.^[2]

He resided in Plympton, Massachusetts,^[2] removing to Bridgewater, Massachusetts about 1790 and later removed to Oxford, Maine.

Josiah died 14 Mar 1811 in Hebron, Oxford County, Maine.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620." Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. (Online database: NEHGS, 2017). Online access at AmericanAncestors.org (Alden, Vol. 16, Part 5, p.143-144): parents, bro. Joshua Perkins
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 11 Dec 2018), "Record of Josiah Perkins, Jr.", Ancestor # A088867. Cited: MSSR 12:162,163.