John Perkins (1723 - abt. 1774)

Born 8 Jan 1723 in Hampton, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Son of James Perkins and Huldah (Robie) Perkins

Husband of Annis (Locke) Perkins — married 10 Mar 1748 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died about 18 Apr 1774 at about age 51 in New Hampshire [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Clyde Perkins [send private message], Deborah Peake [send private message], and Beth Jack [send private message]

Biography

JOHN PERKINS, son of James Perkins and Huldah Robie, was born 8 Jan 1723/4^[1] in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire.^[2][3]

John married first to Annis Locke on 10 Mar 1748 in New Hampshire^[4] and had the following children:^[1][5]

1. Jonathan, bap. 1749, m. Elizabeth Folsom;
2. Annis, m. Elias Philbrick;
3. John, b. 1750, m. Lucy Prescott;
4. Joseph, m. Sarah Fowler;
5. Benjamin Franklin, m. Betsey Swain.

and possibly:

• Salome [CHECK THIS - need source]

John married second to ---- Hoyt and they had the following children:^[5][1]

• James;
• Mary.

John died around 1774.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Possibly the son of Abraham Perkins of Rye, NH.^[6]

Check this: "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 13 Feb 2019, John Perkins, 26 May 1744; citing NH, US, Archives and Records Management, Concord.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Locke, Arthur Horton. A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke (1627-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and his Descendants; also of Nathaniel Locke of Portsmouth, and a Short Account of the History of the Lockes in England. Rumford Press: Concord NH, 1916. Access online at Archive.org, page 32.
2. ↑ New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900, index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 24 Jun 2012, John Perkins, 8 Jan 1723.
3. ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire: to the End of the Year 1900. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2016): “John ye Son of James Perkins & of Huldah his wife was borne ye 8 of January: 1723/4”.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch: 10 Feb 2018, John Perkins and Annie Lock, 10 Mar 1748; citing reference Item 7, p.103; FHL microfilm 2,169,156.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Parson, L. B. History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire: from its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Company, 1905. Accessed online 25 Jun 2012 at Archive.org, p. 485.
6. ↑ Society of the Cincinnati website - profile of son, Jonathan Perkins.

See also:

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Clyde Perkins, FTDNA kit # 36559, and his 8th cousin 1x removed, Leon Perkins, FTDNA kit # 7400, match at a Genetic Distance of 10 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Abraham Perkins, the 7x great grandfather of Clyde Perkins and 8x great grandfather of Leon Perkins. DNA test taker Clyde Perkins is the 4x great grandson of John Perkins, the son of James Perkins, the grandson of the common ancestor Abraham Perkins.