Solomon Perkins (1729 - 1809)

Born 16 Jul 1729 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

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Died 4 Nov 1809 at age 80 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Captain Solomon Perkins served with Col William Ledyard's Co at Fort Griswold, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Solomon Perkins is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 268613
Rank: Captain

Captain Solomon Perkins was Wounded in Action during American Revolution.

Solomon Perkins was born on July 16, 1729, in Groton, Connecticut.^[1] The son of Luke Perkins, he was baptized on August 24, 1729.^[2]

Solomon lived at "Long Cove, on the Point".^[2]

He was married to Deborah Lester.^[1]

Solomon was a militia lieutenant in 1768.^[2] He served as a Captain under Colonel William Ledyard in the Connecticut Militia during the American Revolutionary War.^[1] On September 6, 1781, he was wounded at the Battle of Groton Heights.^[3][4] In REVOLUTIONARY WAR, VOL. XXVIL, Doc. 76, his injuries at Groton Heights were detailed as:

Capt SOLOMAN PERKINS a volunteer wounded in the fort with a mufket ball through the neck and arm an other through his fide, and fundry thrufts of the bayonet through the Stomach &c which has caufed nervous irritations spafams &c and rendered him unable to perform hard labour.^[2]

Solomon's 22-year-old son Simeon (baptised June 15, 1760) was killed at the Battle of Groton Heights.^[2]

Solomon died on November 4, 1809, at age 81.^[1] He is buried at Starr Burying Ground Cemetery in Groton, New London County, Connecticut.^[5]

from findagrave:

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• Marriage: Solomon Perkins and Deborah Lester, 2 Jan 1752, Groton CT^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 27, 2021), "Record of Solomon Perkins", Ancestor # A088927.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn. The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781. New London, Ct.: C. Allyn, 1882. p. 129-130; 245-246; 270.
3. ↑ Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December 1783. (Washington, DC: Rare Book Shop Publishing Co.) 1914. Accessed online at HathiTrust.org, page 436.
4. ↑ Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. (1903). The Stone Records of Groton. Norwich, Conn: Free Academy Press. p. 95.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/9565157/solomon-perkins : accessed 27 June 2021), memorial page for CPT Solomon Perkins (16 Jul 1729–4 Nov 1809), Find A Grave: Memorial #9565157, citing Starr Burying Ground Cemetery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Paula Lewis Picken (contributor 46627591).
6. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 75.
7. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3CF-9?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 595 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.