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Jacob Perkins (bef. 1624 - 1700)

Sergeant Jacob Perkins
Born before in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1648 [location unknown]
Husband of — married after 1665 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Americamap
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Died after age 75 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Disputed Associations

In 1947, Thomas Allen Perkins called Jacob's first wife, Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell.[1] This found its way to Edmund West's Family Data Collection (see references, Our Family History), and the claim became widely circulated. The Perkins-Lovell association has been disputed by WikiTree collaborators. Jacob's wife could not have been this Elizabeth Lovell, see Research Notes.

Biography

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Jacob Perkins was baptized at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, 12 September 1624.[2][3] He was the son of John Perkins and Judith Gater.

Immigration

Together with his family Jacob went to Bristol, Bristol County, England where they sailed for New England on 1 December 1630 aboard the Lyon, William Pierce- master. They arrived in Nantucket, Massachusetts on 5 Feb 1631 and went from there to Boston where the family stayed for about 2 years until they moved to Ipswich.

At Massachusetts Bay

About 1648, he married first Elizabeth _____.[4] Elizabeth is seen as Elizabeth Whipple, the daughter of Matthew Whipple; Thomas A. Perkins (1947) calls her Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell, but Anderson did not follow either of these claims. Elizabeth (_____) Perkins died at Ipswich, 12 February 1685/6,[5] age "fifty-six years."[6][7]

Jacob had nine children with his first wife Elizabeth,[8]

  1. Elizabeth Perkins, born 1 April 1649; married 1 January 1667, Thomas Borman.
  2. John Perkins, born 3 July 1652, died in 1718; married (1) Mary Fisk; married (2) Elizabeth Prythatch; married (3) Mary (White) Hooper.
  3. Judith Perkins, born 11 July 1655; married 16 December 1674, Nathaniel Browne.
  4. Mary Perkins, born 14 May 1658.
  5. Jacob Perkins, born 3 August 1662.
  6. Matthew Perkins, born 23 June 1665; married Esther Burnham of Ipswich.
  7. Hannah Perkins, born 11 October 1670.
  8. Joseph Perkins, of Norwich Connecticut, born 21 June 1674; married 22 May 1700, Martha Morgan.
  9. Jabez Perkins, of Norwich Connecticut, born 15 May 1677; married (1) 30 June 1698, Hannah Lathrop; married (2) 17 December 1722, Charity Leonard.

After 1685, he married second Damaris UNKNOWN, the widow of Nathaniel Robinson, mariner of Boston. Damaris died in 1716.

After the death of his mother, his father left him his house near Mannings Neck, close to the river, in Ipswich.

Jacob Perkins is on a 19 December 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. He was a commoner in Ipswich on 16 December 1648. He was on the grand jury at the 25 March 1656 court in Ipswich. He was chosen sergeant of the military company in Ipswich in 1664.

Jacob and Elizabeth went to town one summer afternoon in 1668, leaving their 16-year-old maid Mehitable Brabrooke in charge of their house. The Essex County Court records say:

About 2 or 3 aclocke in the afternoone she was taking tobacco in a pipe and went out of the house with her pipe and gott upon the oven on he outside & backside of the houe (to looke if there were any hogs in the corne) and she layed her right hand upon the thatch of the house (to stay herselfe) and with her left hand knocked out her pipe over right arme upon the thatch on the eaves of the house (not thinking there had been any fire in the pipe) and imediately went downe into the corne feild to drive out the hogs she saw in it, and as she was going toward the railes of the feild ... she looked back, and saw a smoke upon her Mistress' house in the place where she had knocked out her pipe at which shee was much frighted.

The wife of a neighbor testified that she came running over; looked into both fireplaces in the house and saw no fire, only a few brands nearly out under a great kettle hanging in the chimney. Mehitable was brought to court on suspicion of wilfully setting the house on fire. A young man, testifying against her at her trial, said that Mehitable had told him that her mistress was angry with her but that she had "fitted her now" by putting a great toad into her mistress' kettle of milk. The court ordered Mehitable to be severely whipped and ordered her to pay Jacob £40 in damages.

Jacob rebuilt his house and the new one was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671.

On 20 March 1693, having grown "old & decrepit" and unable to manage his farm, Jacob gave land to his sons Jacob and Matthew on the condition that they support him and his wife.

He died at Ipswich, Essex County, 29 January 1699/1700

Research notes

Anderson reference to EQC 1:389. See EQC 1:389, for "Joanah, wife of Thomas Smith, Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Perkins, and Jane, wife of Francis Jordon, testified that widow Alice Ward, upon her death bed, committed her daughter-in-law, Sarah Ward, to John Barker and his wife Elizabeth, to bring up the child in the fear of God. She gave Elizabeth Baker her keys and asked her to take everything and discharge the debts. Sworn in Ipswich court, 27 : 1 : 1655."

New England Marriages prior to 1700.

  • PERKINS, Jacob (1624-1700) & 1/wf Elizabeth [WHlPPLE] (ca 1629-1686); ca 1648; Ipswich; works consulted as, "Woodbury (1904) 150; Bigelow-Howe 102; EIHC 1:48, 13:104, 19:266; Converse (1905) 832; Cushing (ms) 186, 362, 450; Putnam's Mag. 2:7; Dodge Anc. (1896) 28; Pillsbury 45, 347; Dawes-Gates 1:486; F.D Roosevelt's Ancestry 98; Granberry 293; Reg 10:213, [ 215; 60:49; Wildes Anc 90; Perkins (#1) 18; Perkins (#3)5; Essex Ant. 6:107, 11:25; Hyde 1:32; Avery Pedigree 80; Cary Anc. 56; Salisbury Fam. 282; Ferrin-Preston 12; Woolsey 172; Paul Anc. 72; Treadwell (196) 4; Perkins (1947) 2; Williams (#16) 116, 144; Bradbury 60."[9]
  • PERKINS, Jacob (1624-1700, ae 76) & 2/wf Damaris (____) [ROBINSON] (-1716, ae 80), w Nathaniel; aft 2 Feb 1685/6, aft 12 Feb, aft Feb 1685; Salisbury; works consulted as "Salisbury Fam. 283; Perkins (,1) 18; Perkins (,3) 5; Paul Anc. 72; Cushing (ms) 362; Williams (,16) 144; Wildes Anc. 98; Woodbury (1904) 150; EIHC 19:262; Dawes-Gates 1:486; Granberry 293; Perkins (1947) 2."[10]

Parish register Search, for surname Perkins, date range 1580-1640 in "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"; database (with links to images), FHL film 554,754, DGS 4,095,330, FamilySearch.

Wife not Elizabeth Lovell. Jacob's first wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1685/6, could not have been the daughter of Thomas Lovell. Thomas Lovell's daughter Elizabeth Perkins is referred to in his 10 January 1697/8 will;[11] it is apparent she then survives. Thomas says she and her sister, Margaret Edwards, "have had their portions all Ready."

Moreover, her father, Thomas Lovell was too young to have been Jacob Perkins' father-in-law. Jacob's first wife was born about 1630 (she was age 56 when she died in 1685/6). Thomas Lovell is noticed as born about 1620. He testified 25 December 1694, then about age 74,[12]

Thomas Lovell Sr of Ipswich about 74 yrs of age, swears that he lived in Dublin in Ireland in 1639 in the same house with Mr. William Bacon and Rebecca his wife who owned Humphrey Potter as her only brother, the only son of her father, Thomas Potter, sometimes Mayor of Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Mrs. Rebecca Bacon came to N.E. with Thomas Lovell, and they lived in Salem. Humphrey Potter was killed in the Masscre in Ireland, left one child, a daughter Ann, who was taken to Coventry, and thence to Salem, where she married Anthony Needham. Anthony and Ann were present when this testimony was given 25 Dec 1694.

He is quite likely the same Thomas Lovell who testified in 1685, then age 65.[13]

Deed Research.

(a) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantees Had-Pix 1640-1799; FHL film 862,801 DGS 7.462.602, Perkins begins at image 499 of 545, FamilySearch. (Jacob at 501 of 545.)
(b) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantors Nob-Zac 1640-1799, FHL film 866,005 DGS 7,462,643, Perkins begins at image 126 of 808, FamilySearch. (Jacob at 129 of 808.)

See especially,
(1) Jacob et al. Attnys et al., agreement, Essex County Deeds 7:16 dated 18 : 9ber : 1684, recorded 27 : 9 [Sept] : 1684. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, FHL film 866,017 DGS 7,462,655, image 524-525 of 839.
(2) Jacob to Jacob Perkins Jr,. Essex County Deeds 8:51, dated 23 March 1685/6, recorded 7 March 1687, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, FHL film 866,018 DGS 7.462.656, image 117 of 721.
(3) Jacob to Mathew Perkins Essex County Deeds 7:147, dated 23 March 1685, recorded 25 October 1687, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch. FHL film 866,017 DGS 7,462,655, image 821 of 839.
(4) Jacob to Jacob Perkins et al. 9:271, recorded 6 April 1693.
(5) Jacob, Jr. to Nathaniel Wells, 16:192, recorded 22 June 1703.

(c) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantees Pla-Zac 1640-1799; FHL film 862,802 DGS 7.462.603, Whipple begins at image 391 of 457, FamilySearch.
(d) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantors Nob-Zac 1640-1799, FHL film 866,005 DGS 7,462,643, Whipple begins at image 713 of 808, FamilySearch.

Sources

  1. Thomas Allen Perkins, Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936 (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing. Co., 1947). 2 (Jacob Perkins); digital images, Open Library (borrow).
  2. Citing "M. L. Holman, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury [... (1938), p. 45]. Ipswich Mass., Vital Records (printed), 2-647," Donald Lines Jacobus, The Granberry Family and Allied Families (Hartford 1945), 347 (Whipple); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  3. Jacob Perkins 1624 baptism, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"; database with images, FamilySearch; image from FHL film 554,754, DGS 4,095,330 image 12 of 33, citing Warwick County Record Office, England; "Jacob ye sonne of John Perkins bapti ye 12 of [_____] [1624]."
  4. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 1431-1433 (John Perkins), at 1432; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors
  5. _____ Perkins 1685 death, Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1910-19), 2:647 (Perkins); digital images, Hathi Trust; _____, w. Sergt. Jacob, Feb. 12, 1685."
  6. Samuel Drake [ed.], and Horatio N. Perkins, "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10 (1856):211-216, at 215; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  7. Citing a "family bible, now in the possession of H. N. Perkins, Esq., of Melrose," George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 262, 264; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  8. Citing a "family bible, now in the possession of H. N. Perkins, Esq., of Melrose," for the dates of children's births, George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 264; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  9. Perkins-[Whipple] 1648 marriage, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, multiple vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1167 (Perkins); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  10. Perkins-[_____] 1685 marriage, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, multiple vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1167 (Perkins); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  11. Thomas Lovell 1710 probate (case 17086, 6 pp.), proved 2 January 1709/10, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  12. O. P. Dexter, as "VII. Salem Land Records, vol. 10," in "New England Gleanings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 39 (1885):28; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  13. Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Ages from Court Records, 1636-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2003), 133 (Thomas Lovell); digital images by subscription, Ancestry Sharing Link, for "Thomas Lovell" aged 65 in 1685, citing "EQC WPA 46-67-1."
See also--
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 1431-1433 (John Perkins), at 1432; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Thomas Allen Perkins, Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936 (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing. Co., 1947). 2 (Jacob Perkins); digital images, Open Library (borrow).
  • Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Anthoensen Press, Portland, Me., 1959), 90; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Samuel Drake [ed.], and Horatio N. Perkins, "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10 (1856):211-216, at 215; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 263; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich ... in three parts" (Salem : Printed for the author by the Salem press publishing & printing co., 1889), (1) 18-20 (Jacob Perkins); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Jacob Perkins 1700 probate (case 21321, 5 pp.), Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Elijah B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family (Ridgefield, Conn. : J.M. Huntington, 1884). 57 (#93 Hannah); digital images, InternetArhive.
  • Melindi Lutz Sanborn, Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Part 1; Ancestry.com.
  • Hillmorton, Warwickshire Parish Register Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1143; Document Reference: DR 256. Publication: Ancestry.com. Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.




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To the profile of Elizabeth (Whipple) Perkins (abt.1627-abt.1685), have posted a proposal to sever her association as Jacob's wife and the mother of any of his children.

As detailed there and elsewhere, we have yet to discover the historical records by which Mary L. Holman came to report the Perkins-Whipple marriage. [Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury ... 1:45].

posted by GeneJ X
This is first a proposal to sever the association between Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth (Lovell) Perkins (abt.1650-aft.1698).

Have added disputed associations sections and supporting research notes to the profiles of both Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Lovell. Other edits, quite substantial, were made to the profile of Elizabeth Lovell.

Are there any objections to severing this husband-wife relationship?

Second, Elizabeth (Lovell) Perkins (abt.1650-aft.1698) is further associated as the mother of any number of Jacob's children. These relationships will also need to be changed.

Should these children be attached to now wife, Elizabeth Whipple? --Gene

posted by GeneJ X
Thanks for all your research on this, Gene and Doug. I agree with removing Elizabeth Lovell as Jacob Perkins' wife. Her father's profile needs some work to align the dates with what you've discovered, but that is tangential.

As for Elizabeth Whipple being his wife and mother of his children, Jacobus in The Granberry Family..., citing Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury... says that Elizabeth Whipple Perkins is Matthew Whipple's daughter. I wonder why Anderson didn't give them any credence? Torrey cites numerous sources for their marriage, but I have not looked at them all; perhaps you may have looked at many of them...? Evidently Anderson didn't find them convincing though...

In any event, yes, the children should be disconnected from Elizabeth Lovell; I have mixed feelings about whether they should get connected to Elizabeth Whipple Perkins or an Elizabeth Unknown Perkins. Perhaps post a G2G question to see if a broader group of people have any substantive information...?

posted by S (Hill) Willson
Unless others have suggestions or objections, I am personally leaning toward a wife Elizabeth _____ (1630-1685/6); she would be the mother of Jacob's children. Would retain the links to both Elizabeth Whipple and Matthew Whipple in disputed associations and research notes.

Elizabeth Whipple is not so much conflicted, but rather a "void." Have yet to find any historical record associating Jacob with a father-in-law Matthew Whipple or wife, Elizabeth Whipple, or with any other Whipple for that matter.

Matthew Whipple died in 1647, leaving a legacy to his daughter Elizabeth, who was not yet age 20 and apparently unmarried, according to a codicil of 9th 13th day 1646 (proved 28 : 7 : 1647).

Not Infallible, have found research by Mary L. Holman to be sound, but where she found the trace for this marriage seems elusive [Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury ... 1:45].

Edited to add: Severing wife Elizabeth Lovell now.

posted by GeneJ X
edited by GeneJ X
Elizabeth Lovell can't have been Jacob's wife. Thomas Lovell of Ipswich, father of the Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins he mentions in his will, was the same generation as Jacob. A family Bible says she died on 12 February 1685 (Old or New Style not known) at age 56. This is noted by George A. Perkins, "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" (Salem:1889), 18-20, although there's a typo ("1865"). See also the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10:215, published over 30 years earlier, "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America," probably George Perkins's source, which also gives the Bible information (without mentioning the Bible), including her death year "1685." This puts her birth about 1628-29, which makes sense given that she and Jacob started having children in 1649. Given the known birth dates and those that can be inferred among Thomas Lovell's children (about 1647-1670), it's not plausible that he was Jacob's father-in-law. Just as compelling is that Lovell's will, dated 10 January 1697/98, refers to her as being alive. In an earlier edition of George A. Perkins's book mentioned above (1884), he notes Thomas Lovell's will, which may be where the widely repeated assumption that she was Jacob's wife originates, but apparently he didn't research the Lovell family and find this chronological discrepancy. He also cites Lovell being a witness to numerous Perkins deeds, but this can be explained by his being Jacob's neighbor. He may have realized all this before the 1889 edition of the book, which has no mention of the Lovell family. I haven't figured out who Elizabeth (Lovell) Perkins's husband was. I don't see him being from the family of John the immigrant, even considering later remarriages. Maybe among the sons of Rev. William of Topsfield, although I didn't find an obvious candidate there.
posted by Doug Sinclair
edited by Doug Sinclair
I could edit this page myself, but I haven't yet learned the particulars of that (wikitree formatting) and I don't want to step on toes. Should I go ahead and make changes and additions here myself when I do learn?
posted by Doug Sinclair
Thank you for your comments Doug. Since it appears that quite a bit of work with linkages to other profiles will be required, it might be best if his profile is edited by someone with more knowledge of how to represent the information on WT.

Thanks very much for your interest in his profile.

posted by S (Hill) Willson
Thank you, Doug,

Working on the disputed associations section and related research note about this disputed association. Once that is complete, Elizabeth Lovell should be severed as a wife.

posted by GeneJ X
I've changed his birth date to show that the date given was for his baptism. This is cited in the biography, but there's a citation (#1) for a source that clearly confuses the baptism with a birth date and is therefore in conflict with a primary source. Could someone edit this out?
posted by Doug Sinclair
I've fixed this........................
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Have added a link to the baptismal record (database and digital images) at FamilySearch. I was not able to decipher the month as "September," thus added the reference but left the Jacobus reference in place (likely read more than half-century earlier).--Gene
posted by GeneJ X
I looked at my image of the church register page from Find My Past and although it's better than the posted image, it's still too pixelated to read. And the poor microfilm quality doesn't help. I'm sure it's readable in the original, and maybe in the actual microfilm image pre-compression for the internet. The previous entry is definitely for a July baptism, but that doesn't help much. Anyway, thank you!
posted by Doug Sinclair
Sgt. Jacob Perkins of Ipswich
b. ? youngest s/o John Perkins in England
m. ? Elizabeth (d. 12 Feb 1686)
b. 1 Apr 1650 Elizabeth Perkins
b. 3 Jul 1654 John Perkins
b. 11 Jul 1655 Judith Perkins
b. 14 May 1658 Mary Perkins
b. 3 Aug 1662 Jacob Perkins
b. 23 Jun 1665 Matthew Perkins
b. ? Joseph Perkins
b. ? Jabez Perkins
d. 29 Jan 1701 age 76

Per this source (if useful):

https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich/page/394/mode/2up "A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register" by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Making of America Project; Farmer, John, 1789-1838; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903

Publication date 1860-62 Topics New England -- Genealogy, United States -- Genealogy Publisher Boston, Little, Brown and company Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor msn Contributor University of California Libraries Language English Volume 03 Vol. 3 Addeddate 2006-09-12 06:25:57 Call number ucb:GLAD-17000279 Camera 1Ds Collection-library ucb Copyright-evidenceb Evidence reported by scanner-ian-white for item genealogicaldic03savarich on Sep 8, 2006; no visible notice of copyright and date found; stated date is 1861; not published by the US government; Have not checked for notice of renewal in the Copyright renewal records. Copyright-evidence-date 2006-09-08 17:14:39 Copyright-evidence-operator scanner-ian-white Copyright-region US Curatenote 20070228 External-identifier urn:oclc:record:68755144[WorldCat (this item)] Foldoutcount 0 Identifier genealogicaldic03savarich Full catalog record MARCXML

posted by Richard Schamp
Hi Richard

Thank you for your input.

You might want to review the list of reliable sources used for Puritan Great Migration profiles at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Puritan_Great_Migration_Project_Reliable_Sources. Older genealogical texts are mentioned near the bottom of the page.

The included reliable sources are valuable as they many have either proven or disproven material printed in old texts many of which have been perpetuated for 150+ years without reliable proof, particularly since the advent of the internet.

James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary does have many pertinent facts, intermingled with disputed or disproven details, so anything found in his texts should be confirmed elsewhere.

posted by Chris Hoyt
Per the comments below, there doesn’t seem to be a definitive source identifying Jacob’s first wife Elizabeth. Both Elizabeth Lovell and Elizabeth Whipple were real people, so I suggest they be detached and replace with a new profile for Elizabeth Unknown.

Objections?

posted by M Cole
http://genweb.whipple.org/d0533/I3476.html

Elizabeth Whipple


BIRTH: ABT 1629, Bocking, Essex, England DEATH: 12 Feb 1684/1685, , , Massachusetts Father: Matthew Whipple (ABT 1590 - 28 Sep 1647) Mother: Anne Hawkins (ABT 1604 - AFT Sep 1643)

Family 1: Jacob Perkins (1624 - 29 Jan 1699/1700)

MARRIAGE: ABT 1648, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts


+Elizabeth Perkins (1 Apr 1649 - 4 Dec 1718) +John Perkins (3 Jul 1652 - 15 Mar 1717/1718) +Judith Perkins (11 Jul 1655 - AFT 1717) +Mary Perkins (14 May 1658 - 26 Jan 1727) +Jacob Perkins (3 Aug 1662 - 12 Nov 1705) +Matthew Perkins (23 Jun 1665 - 15 Apr 1738) Hannah Perkins (11 Oct 1670 - ____) +Joseph Perkins (21 Jun 1674 - 6 Sep 1726) +Jabez Perkins (15 May 1677 - 15 Jan 1742) Notes !SOURCE: William Wyman Fiske, "The Whipple Family of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire: Proposed Ancestral Origin of Matthew Whipple of Bocking, Essex, and a Whipple Ancestral Line for Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts," The Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 2006), p. 212.

!SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965), 1:20, 2:12.

!SOURCE: Gary Boyd Roberts, Notable Kin, vol. 2 (Santa Clarita, Calif.: Carl Boyer, 1999), p. 176. Individual 599.

!SOURCE: Email from Carol Barrett (cbarrett at spacestar dot net) to Weldon Whipple, 15 Jan 2000.

!IDENTITY: Older published genealogies suggest that the Elizabeth who married Jacob Perkins might be named Elizabeth Lovell. Email from Carol Barrett (cbarrett at spacestar dot net) to the Whipple Website (14 Jan 2000) states the following:

From the Dawes/Gates Genealogy, Vol. 1 (Dawes), p. 486, footnote regarding Elizabeth -----, 1st wife of Jacob Perkins: "[Elizabeth] Called Lovell, daughter of Thomas, and may have been so." The Dawes/Gates genealogy, although a secondary source, is generally very reliable, and is only tentative on Elizabeth's identity as Elizabeth Lovell. From Perkins, George A., M. D., The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 3 Vols. Part III: Descendants of Sargeant Jacob Perkins. Salem, MA: Printed for the auther by the Salem Press Publishing Co., 1889, p. 5: "Jacob Perkins was married about 1647 or 8, as his oldest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1649. The name of his wife was Elizabeth -----. She died Feb. 12, 1665, as is recorded in the family bible. We are left in ignorance of her surname. In Part I of this book it was hinted that her father's name might have been Whipple, but further search shows it to be a mistake, and we are still left in uncertainty. Thomas Lovell ... mentions in his will a "daughter Elizabeth Perkins". When Serg. Jacob Perkins gave to his two sons, Jacob and Matthew, deeds of gift of land at the time of their marriage, we find on each deed the name of Thomas Lovell as a witness; his name often occurs in connection with this family, which certainly looks as though there might be some near relationship between the two families, but this needs confirmation." This is a puzzling problem. Gary Boyd Roberts, whom you cite as one of your sources for the marriage of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Whipple, is certainly a highly respected genealogist who doesn't seem likely to make a mistake. (Further circumstantial evidence in support of Elizabeth Whipple as the wife of Jacob Perkins is the naming of their children: the oldest son is John (Jacob's father's name), the 2nd son is Jacob, and the 3rd son is Matthew (after Elizabeth's father?). They had no son named Thomas, and the name Matthew is not found among Jacob Perkins' siblings, nor was it the name of his grandfather.) I'm not familiar with the Henry Burdette Whipple source, but its relatively recent publication date suggests that he may have found info that George Perkins didn't have in 1889.


!SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), 2:G15-G17.

posted by William Knowles
To the seven managers and interested family, researchers and genealogists: As seen currently the first wife of Jacob Perkins is still be debated: ..well and fine except for one thing, with the parents of two debated first wives the children of Jacob have Elizabeth Lovell as their mother.

As presently sourced, in fact Elizabeth Lovell may very well not be the mother, and her parents may not be in the correct family tree. The ‘Profile Comment’ block - On 7 Sep 2015 at 20:14 GMT R (Baker) B wrote: presents a strong case for Elizabeth Whipple as does the (on-line) https://genweb.whipple.org/d0569/I3476.html. Information. Only point: Somewhere / somehow? The wife debate can continue but the children should have a mother “ Elizabeth Unknown “ until such time there is a conclusion. thanks

posted by Gregory Wood
Well, I tried but someone else edited at same time creating an edit conflict. Maybe they did a better job than I did.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Linda, thanks for the heads up. The entire profile needs cleanup. I'll take a first stab at it.
posted by Jillaine Smith
1st wife is Elizabeth Whipple, not Elizabeth Lovell, based on sources
Why are there [Ref] after many of the biography entries? Are those to indicate that references are needed?

I also see one that has [transcribed in Ref] , which makes it seem like there is a specific reference to be used, but nothing in the biography states that.

Perkins-5110 and Perkins-614 appear to represent the same person because: Please mjerge these records. Elizabeth Whipple and Elizabeth Lovell are apparently the same person.
Perkins-6949 and Perkins-614 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge these records.
Was his wife Elizabeth Whipple or Elizabeth Lovell?

The Lovell hypothesis depends on two things 1) Land Transfer 2) An “Elizabeth Perkins” is named in Thomas Lovell’s will. Only the second would be strong evidence. But think about that. Thomas Lovell of Ipswich, MA in his will proved 2 Jan 1709/10 names wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth Perkins. The Elizabeth Perkins named in Thomas Lovell's will could *not* possibly be the one that married Jacob Perkins because that Elizabeth Perkins died in 1685. That was almost a quarter of a century before Thomas Lovell’s will was proved. In my mind that proves that Elizabeth who died in 1685 was not the daughter of Thomas Lovell. Notice also that she had a son Mathew who was possibly named after he father Matthew Whipple. No son Thomas.

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