Samuel Perkins (abt. 1705 - abt. 1762)

Born about 1705 in Carmarthenshire, Wales

Husband of Grace Gwendolyn Rees — married 1724 in Colleton County, South Carolina

Husband of Sarah Cartwright — married 16 Apr 1743 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1762 at about age 57 in Craven, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

This profile is part of the Perkins Name Study.

Unknown Origins

Samuel Perkins:

There are three main authorities on Samuel Perkins: 1) Brent H. Holcomb, one of the all-time greats in South Carolina genealogy, 2) Paula Perkins Mortensen, of the Perkins Family Association, and 3) Jennifer Ann Henley Perkins, former editor of the long-running "Perkins Press" journal. Jennifer Ann Henley Perkins, says (Vol. 12, 1994, pp. 22-36) that Samuel Perkins was b. 1700 in an unknown place to unknown parents and married a name-unknown daughter of Daniel Rees of New Castle County, Delaware. This agreed with the findings of Paula Perkins Mortensen on p. 12 of the 1986 Perkins Family Newsletter, a family association annual. All three have found, in peer-reviewed and published articles, that 1) Samuel Perkins had one wife, 2) she was the daughter of Daniel Rees of Delaware, and 3) her given name does not survive in any records. In the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research (Vol. 21-23, 1993, p. 54), acclaimed genealogist Brent H. Holcomb did not give Samuel a first name, but agreed that his father-in-law was the aforementioned Daniel Rees of New Castle County.^[1]

Family

Samuel (18) married Grace Gwendolyn Rees (19) (born in 1704 in Monmouthshire, Wales) in 1724 in Colleton County, South Carolina. Their children were:

• Barbara Perkins ( –1761)
• Alice Perkins (1714–1783)
• John Perkins (1727– )
• Samuel Perkins (1727–1752)
• Rees Perkins (1729–1767)
• John Perkins (1732– )

Samuel (37) married Sarah Cartwright (22) (born in 1720) on April 16, 1743 in South Carolina. ^[2]

Samuel died about 1762 in Craven, South Carolina, aged 56. Samuel's estae was inventoried 28 August 1742, Charleston, South Carolina. ^[3]

Research Notes

The following notes are taken from JIM LIPTRAP of Spring, Texas genealogy website: ^[4]

About 1701, several Baptist congregations in the counties of Pembroke and Cairmarthen, Wales, resolved to go to America. They met at Milford Haven in June 1701, and embarked on the William and Mary, landing on the 8th of September in Philadelphia. They settled by 1703 in the Welch Tract of Pennsylvania (now Newcastle County, Delaware.) The Rees Family was among that migration. Whether this Perkins Family was, or not, has not been established, although Samuel's first child, Alice, is supposed to have been born in Pennsylvania in 1725; his third child, Rees, in 1729 in Prince Frederick Parish, Craven County, South Carolina. There is a claim that Samuel was the son of John and Lydia Perkins of Ipswich, Mass, but I have seen no evidence to support that claim. But he is most definitely NOT the Owen Perkins alleged to have been the child of John and Lydia (born when Lydia was 62 years old?) tied to this family by some. There was a Jacob Perkins, native of Middlesex or London, England, who was in Charleston by 1695 and married Sarah Pye, daughter of John Pye. No connection has been found here, either. The Welsh Tract (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church dismissed members to the church forming in South Carolina in November, 1735, and later (their churchbook). And land grants in the Welsh Neck (South Carolina) were granted starting in 1738. No Rees or Perkins is mentioned in either place. Samuel Perkins (about 1700 - before 1743?) married a daughter of Daniel Rees, whose first initial is sometimes given as "G." They are said to have moved with a group to the Welch Neck Settlement on the Pee Dee River in Craven County, South Carolina, now near Society Hill, Darlington County. The Welch Neck (Baptist) Church was organized in January 1738. Samuel Perkins apparently did not petition the South Carolina Council for the 50 acres per person land bounty allowed all immigrants, which might indicate he was born in South Carolina.

1. 1. Alice Perkins (c.1725 PA-1783) married William Lucas (1714-1758) said to be connected to the Monahan, James, Ellison, and Limmerman Families (see S.C.Mag.Hist v27p212)
2. 2. Samuel Perkins (c.1727-1764) m.16 Apr 1743 Sarah Butler (d.1773), widow of Daniel Cartwright, in St Philips Pr, Charleston. He was a coach maker in Charleston.
   1. 21. John Perkins^[5]
   2. 22. Sarah Perkins married James Boddie
3. 3. Rees Perkins (c.1729 SC-1767) married Elizabeth (Colson) see below
4. 4. John Perkins married 4 Sep 1742 Mary Graceberry (member of Welsh Neck Church in 1761)
5. 5. Barbara Perkins, wife of Daniel Monahan (d.1761) of St Marks Parish, SC
6. 6. Lewis Perkins, with William Lucas, was executor of the estate of Daniel Monahan in 1761

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Perkins/6000000007366324451?through=6000000007366859238#/tab/discussion
2. ↑ Marriage: "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
   citing Marriage, Maryland, British Colonial America, multiple denominations and churches, Maryland; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: QG6D-LTT9 (accessed 4 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS4T-QS6M-6 Image number 00916
   Samuel Perkins marriage to Sarah Cartwright on 16 Apr 1743 in Maryland.
3. ↑ "South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W17B-KC6Z : 12 March 2020), Saml Perkins, 28 Aug 1742; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, S213032, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
4. ↑ http://jliptrap.us/gen/perkins.htm
5. ↑ Birth of son John Perkins: "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935"
   citing FHL microfilm: 845161;
   FamilySearch Record: V2JM-JQM (accessed 4 June 2023)
   John Perkins born to Samuel Perkins on 1 Feb 1746 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.