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Oliver Perkins (1735 - 1798)

Oliver Perkins
Born in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Islandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 62 in Sterling City, Windham County, Connecticut, USAmap
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Biography

Oliver Perkins was born on June 14, 1735 in North Kingstown (now Exeter), Kings County, Rhode Island,[1] His parents were Newman Perkins and Mehitable Godfrey.

He married Ruth Wilcox

Together they had 9 children:

  1. Ransom Perkins
  2. Amos Perkins
  3. Elisha Perkins
  4. Newman Perkins
  5. Mary Perkins
  6. Oliver Perkins
  7. Ruth Perkins
  8. Caleb Perkins
  9. Susannah Perkins

He died on March 22, 1798, in Sterling City, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.[2] He is buried in Sterling, Connecticut in Riverside Cemetery.[3]

His estate was probated on April 3, 1798.[4] His Will dated December 26, 1797, mentions his wife, Ruth. His sons, Amos, Elisha, Ransom, Oliver, Caleb, and Newman. It also mentions his daughters Ruth Colvin, Mary, and Susannah. Asa Montgomery and Martha Montgomery witnessed the Will of Oliver. They are the father and mother of Ransom's wife Huldah. Asa's wife Martha is Oliver's first cousin.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MG-C99 : 4 November 2020), Oliver Perkins, 1735.
  2. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7X1-5Z2 : 16 September 2020), Oliver Perkins, 1798.
  3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/84936619/oliver-perkins : accessed 08 August 2021), memorial page for Oliver Perkins (14 Jun 1735–22 Mar 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84936619, citing Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .
  4. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Ancestry.com, Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015, Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Descendants of Ebenezer Perkins, Rootsweb World Connect Project.




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