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Joshua Perkins (1729 - 1797)

Capt. Joshua Perkins
Born in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 8 Feb 1750 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 68 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Lieutenant Joshua Perkins served with 1st Regiment, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joshua Perkins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088859.

Origins

Joshua Perkins, born 16 June 1729 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, was the son of Josiah Perkins and Deborah Bennett.[1][2][3]

Marriage and Children

In Plympton on 8 February 1749/50, Joshua married Hannah Sampson,[4] daughter of George Sampson and Hannah Soule.[2] Joshua and Hannah had thirteen children:

  1. Gideon, born 25 February 1750/1; married first Desire Dunham, married second Meribah Murdock[2]
  2. Sarah, born 27 February 1753; married Andrew Barrows[2]
  3. Deborah, born 20 March 1755; married Bartlett Murdock[2]
  4. Abigail, born 22 April 1757; married John Shaw[2]
  5. Joshua Jr., born 14 May 1759; married Rebecca Cobb[2]
  6. Lothrop, born 15 April 1761, died 1 October 1778[2]
  7. Hannah, born 25 July 1763; married Peleg Savery[2]
  8. Rebecca, born 27 August 1765, died 14 October 1766[2]
  9. Martha, born 4 July 1767; married Elisha Murdock[2]
  10. Bette/Betsey, born 7 July 1769, died 15 February 1821 unmarried[2]
  11. Drusilla, born 2 September 1771; married first to Eliab Ward, married second to Asa Benson[2]
  12. Luke, born 1 August 1773; married Keziah Bennett[2]
  13. Samson, born 14 March 1777; married first to Rebecca Clark, married second to Susanna Shaw[2]

Military Service

Lieutenant Joshua Perkins is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution for his service during the Revolutionary War as a sergeant at the Lexington alarm, serving under Captain Nathaniel Shaw; and serving under Captain George Hammond and Colonels Bradford and Cotton.[5]

As a sergeant, he marched to Marshfield on the alarm of 19 April 1775. As a lieutenant, marched to Bristol, Rhode Island, and was stationed at Dorchester Heights 31 March 1778 to 2 July 1778 during the Revolutionary War.[2]

His military record is found in "Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War":

Perkins, Joshua, Plympton. Sergeant, Capt. Nathaniel Shaw's co., Col. James Warren's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 2 days; also, Lieutenant, Capt. George Hammond's 13th (also given 12th) Plympton co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr.'s (1st Plymouth Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies and ranked by the field officers of said regiment, as certified by Seth Cushing, 2d Major, at Watertown, June 6, 1776; ordered in Council June 6, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned June 6, 1776; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. George Hammond's (13th) co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's (1st Plymouth Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers; commissioned Oct. 28, 1778; also, 1st Lieutenant, in command of a detachment from Capt. George Hammond's co., Col. Thomas Lothrop's regt., Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade; service, 14 days; detachment marched to Bristol, R. I., on an alarm; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Calvin Partridge's co., Col. Abijah Stearns's regt.; marched March 31, 1778; discharged July 2, 1778; service, 3 mos. 2 days; company raised in Plymouth Co. and stationed at Dorchester Heights.[6]

Property

On 4 July 1782, Hannah (and Joshua) Perkins of Plympton, with Hannah's sisters Rebecca and Elizabeth, sold for £20 to Elijah Bisbee 7 1/2 acres of land in Plympton that they inherited from their father, George Sampson [Plym. Co. LR 71:83, deed rec. 20 May 1791]. Hannah and Joshua Perkins acknowledged the deed on 25 March 1791.[2]

On 6 January 1794, Joshua Perkins Jr. purchased 75 acres with a house, barn, grist mill and dam from his father. On 28 March 1800, Joshua Perkins sold the property to Samuel Thomas for $800.[2]

Census

The Carver, Massachusetts household of Joshua Perkins was recorded as having 3 males and 3 females on the 1790 United States Census.[7][8]

Possible Intent to Marry

It appears that Joshua filed an intention to marry Lydia Rawson on 23 September 1797 in Carver, one week before his death.[9]

Death and Probate

Joshua Perkins died on 30 September 1797 in Carver, Massachusetts,[2] aged 68y, 3m, 3d,[10] and was buried at Lakenham Cemetery, Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[3][11]

Joshua died intestate and, on 24 November 1797, his son Gideon requested to be excused from serving as administrator of Joshua's estate and asked that his brother, Luke Perkins, serve in his place.[2][12] The next day, Luke was appointed administrator, with Benjamin Shaw and Benjamin Shurtleff acting as sureties (PC PR #15607).[13] His inventory was taken on 12 March 1798 in Carver.[14]

Research Notes

DAR and MSSR call him lieutenant, but Mayflower Deeds & Probates, Mayflower Births and Deaths, MA Compiled BMD (Ancestry db), VR for his death and his wife's death and Find A Grave (headstone photo) have him as Capt. Prefix changed from lieut. to capt. as capt. is on his headstone, assuming he achieved that rank after the Revolutionary War.

Sources

  1. ↑ Scott, Henry Edwards, Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: NEHGS, 1923, p. 149. Archive.org: Plympton Births, "Joshua, ch. Josiah and Deborah ... June 16, 1729."
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Alden, Vol. 16, Part 5. Plymouth, MA: GSMD, 1975-2015, p.143-144. AmericanAncestors.org($): parents, b. [19] Jun 1729 (citing VR149 - has DOB 16), d. 30 Sep 1797(VR163), m. 8 Feb 1749/50 Hannah Sampson(VR360), 13 ch w/dobs (VR146-152) & m's.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2, pp. 276-277, database with images. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 3718 #11216($): Capt. Joshua Perkins; parents; b. 16 Jun 1729; d. 30 Sep 1797, bur. Lakenham, Carver; m. Hannah Sampson (no date), 13 ch. w/dobs, some dods.
  4. ↑ Scott, Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p. 360. Archive.org: Plympton Marriages: "Joshua and Hanah Samson [dup. see Elizebath], Feb. 8, 1749. [Hannah, Feb. 8, 1749-50, C.R.]"
  5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 Aug 2018), "Record of Joshua Perkins, Sr.", Ancestor # A088859. Cited: MSSR 12:161.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XII. Boston MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1904, p. 161. Archive.org.
  7. ↑ Perkins, David Walter, Perkins Families in the United States in 1790. D.W. Perkins: Utica, NY, 1911. Access online at Archive.org, p.10.
  8. ↑ "1790 United States Federal Census", database (no image). The National Archives Washington, DC, First Census of the United States, 1790, Series M637, p. 168. Ancestry Record 5058 #81533($): Joshua Perkins in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FHL microfilm 0874029 IT 3. FamilySearch: Joshua Perkins and Lydia Ransom, 23 Sep 1797 int.
  10. ↑ Scott, Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p. 500. Archive.org: Plympton Deaths: "Joshua, Capt. [h. Hannah], Sept. 31 [sic], 1797, in 69th y. G.R.I."
  11. ↑ "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #37030481, Memorial page for Capt Joshua Perkins (16 Jun 1729-30 Sep 1797), citing Lakenham Cemetery, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: headstone photo, m. & ch. info citing "Shurtleff 1912 Genealogy #253"
  12. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Deeds and Probates. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1994, p. 413. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 3223 #13535 ($), Captain Joshua Perkins probate.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch: probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35, image 85 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch: probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37, image 200 of 636; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

  • Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909, p. 517. Archive.org: parents, ALT b. 6 Jun 1729; m. Hannah, d. George Sampson, 12 ch. (names only).
  • "A Perkins Bible Record" in the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1970, vol. 124, p. 65. AmericanAncestors.org($): names and dobs of Joshua and Hannah Perkins 13 children.
  • Soule, John E., et al. Mayflower Families In Progress - George Soule of the Mayflower and his descendants in the Fifth and Sixth Generations, Part 1 - Families 230-349. Plymouth, MA: GSMD, 2000. LINEAGE: Gen. 6: JOSHUA PERKINS6 (Hannah Sampson5, Hannah Soule4, Benjamin Soule3, John Soule2, George Soule1). Not available online.




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