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Benjamin F Perkins (1749 - 1797)

Captain Benjamin F Perkins
Born in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Americamap
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Died at age 47 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Captain Benjamin Perkins served with 24th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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Benjamin Perkins is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 268421
Rank: Captain

Perkins, Benjamin (MA). 1st Lieut. Lexington Alarm, Apr 1775; Capt. of Little's MA Reg., 19 May - Dec 1775; Capt. 12th Continental Infantry, 1 jan - 31 Dec 1776.[1]

From Founders Online:[2]

Capt. Benjamin Perkins of Col. Little’s Regiment, confined by Col. Doolittle, for assisting and abetting Soldiers to mutiny, in rescuing a prisoner from the Quarter Guard of Col. Doolittles Regiment, is to be tried to morrow morning, by the Court Martial whereof Col. Nixon is President; all Evidences, and Persons concern’d, to attend the court.
Benjamin Perkins (1748–1797) of Newbury served until the end of 1776 as a captain in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Moses Little (1724–1798) of Newbury. Col. Ephraim Doolittle (d. 1807), a hatter and merchant from Petersham, Mass., resigned his commission in October 1775.

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Benjamin Perkins was born on December 18, 1749 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Matthew Perkins and Anne Greenleaf. [8] [9]

He married Elisabeth Clarkson in 1785. [9] [10]

Together they had these children:

  1. Joseph Perkins, b. 1781.[11]

He died on March 9, 1797 in Newburyport. [8] [9]


Sources

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Archive.gov
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  6. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  7. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
  10. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924
  11. ↑ Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924
  • George A. Perkins, The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts: Complete in Three Parts (Salem, Massachusetts: Geo. A. Perkins, 1889)
  • "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-Z3XS : 29 November 2018), Benjamin Perkins, 8 Dec 1749; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GPLP : 18 February 2020), Benjamin Perkins and Mary Moody, 16 Jan 1785; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP84-1C8F : 19 April 2021), Benjamin Perkins and Mary Moody, 16 Jan 1785; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009668.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8M-DL8Y : 19 April 2021), Benjamin Perkins and Dorcas Stanwood, 25 Sep 1790; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009668.
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GRK9 : 18 February 2020), Benjamin Perkins and Dorcas Stanwood, 11 Oct 1790; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8H-12M6 : 19 April 2021), Benjamin Perkins and Dorcas Stanwood, 11 Oct 1790; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009668.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8W-KYK : 10 November 2020), Capt. Benjamin Perkins, 9 Mar 1797; citing Death, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.
  • "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-K947 : 20 February 2021), Benja Perkins, 19 Sep 1775; citing 19 Sep 1775, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,415.
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-MR6Z : 20 February 2021), Benja Perkins, 1776; citing 1776, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,401.
  • "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch




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