The PERKINS Family of Hillmorton, Ipswich and Norwich

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First Generation

THOMAS PERKYNS of Hillmorton

Parents: Unknown

Thomas Perkyns of Hillmorton died between 3 Apr 1528, when he signed his will, and 21 Apr 1528, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Alice Unknown. [Ref] Alice Perkyns of Hillmorton died between 31 Jul 1538, when she signed her will, and 15 Oct 1538, when it was proved. [Ref]

Thomas left his wife Alice his lands and tenements in Fylds, Hillmorton and Lylborne (in co. Northampton), so long as she remained unmarried. If she remarried, the lands and tenements were to go to his son Henry, or if Henry died, to his daughters Jone and Jelyan. In her will, Alice mentioned her son Henry Perkins and her daughters Jeyn Sleyter and Juliana Cumpton. Both Thomas and Alice asked to be buried in the church of St. John the Baptist. [Ref]

Photo of Hillmorton, right, from Wikipedia. (The canal was built in the 1770s.)

Photo of St. John the Baptist church. Another photo.

The British History Online website has information about Hillmorton and its church.

Children of Thomas Perkyns and Alice Unknown:

1. Henry Perkins died before 16 Jun 1546.
2. Joan Perkins married Unknown Sleyter before 31 Jul 1538. [Ref]
3. Juliana Perkins married (Thomas?) Compton before 31 Jul 1538. [Ref]

Second Generation

HENRY PERKINS (d. by 1546) of Hillmorton

Parents: Thomas Perkyns and Alice Unknown

Henry Perkins made a will, but it is missing. It was proved on 16 Jun 1546 by Simon Clare, Thomas Cumpton, and Rachard Balye, executors. An abstract, dated prior to 1894 states that Henry's son Thomas is mentioned in the will, but a more recent abstract does not have this. [Ref]

Children of Henry Perkins:

1. Thomas Perkins was buried on 23 Mar 1591/2 in Hillmorton. He married Alice Unknown.
2. William Perkins is mentioned in his brother Thomas's will. [Ref]
3. Joan Perkins died before 17 Jun 1578, when administration on her estate was granted to her brother Thomas. [Ref]

Third Generation

THOMAS PERKINS (d. 1592) of Hillmorton

Parents: Henry Perkins

Thomas Perkins was buried on 23 Mar 1591/2 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married Alice Unknown. She may be Alice Kebble, as Thomas left a legacy for his "brother Kebble's wife" in his will. [Ref] Alice is probably the Alice Perkyns who was buried on 20 Aug 1613 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

Thomas's will is dated 15 Sep 1588; it was proved on 11 May 1592. He mentions his eldest son Henry and sons John, Edward, Luke, Isaac and William. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Perkins and Alice Unknown:

1. Henry Perkins was buried on 11 Mar 1608/9 in Hillmorton. He married Elizabeth Sawbridge.
2. John Perkins died between 17 Dec 1601, when he signed his will, and 6 Jun 1601/2, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Shaw. [Ref] She was buried on 4 Jul 1603 in Hillmorton. [Ref] John mentions his wife Elizabeth, his son Edward, brother Harry, brother Thomas, and his brother Lewis (Luke) in his will. [Ref] Elizabeth signed her will on 29 Jun 1603; it was proved on 13 Aug 1603. He mentions her son Edward; her brother Henry Perkins and his three daughters; her sister Elizabeth Perkins; her brothers Isaac and Thomas Perkins.
3. William Perkins may be the William who was buried on 1 Apr 1590 in Hillmorton, although it is possible that this is his uncle. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] Administration on his estate was granted to Elizabeth on 10 Apr 1590. [Ref] William appears to have been a mercer [Ref] [that is, a trader in textiles, especially silk].
4. Thomas Perkins was buried on 7 Dec 1629 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married Mary Bate on 16 Oct 1586 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He signed his will on 1 Dec 1629; it was proved on 17 Jun 1630. He is called Thomas Perkins, senior, of Hillmorton, yeoman. [Ref] He owned an inn called The Bell in Hillmorton. [Ref]
5. Edward Perkins was buried on 18 Aug 1619 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married Sarah Smyth on 22 Jul 1605 in Hillmorton. [Ref] Administration on Edward's estate was granted to Sarah on 8 Oct 1619. [Ref]
6. Francis Perkins was baptised on 20 Apr 1565 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He died before 1588. [Ref]
7. Luke Perkins was baptised on 20 Sep 1568 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
8. Isaac Perkins was baptised on 20 Dec 1571 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He was buried on 17 Jun 1603 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married first Anne Unknown. [Ref] He had an unknown second wife. [Ref]

Fourth Generation

HENRY PERKINS (d. 1609) of Hillmorton

Parents: Thomas Perkins and Alice Unknown

Henry Perkins was buried on 11 Mar 1608/9 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Sawbridge on 29 Nov 1579 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

The Sawbridge family came from the hamlet of Sawbridge in the parish of Wolfhamcote, Warwick, about six miles from Hillmorton. The available wills, however, do not reveal who Elizabeth's parents were. [Ref]

Administration on Henry's estate was granted to his son Thomas on 5 Apr 1609. A bond was given for the tuition of Margaret, Edward, Anne (Agnes), Sarah, Francis, William, Lucy (Luke), Elizabeth, James (Jacob) and "the other children". John was of age and married so he is not mentioned. Inventory was taken on 22 Mar 1608 by Rowland Wilcox, gentleman, and Thomas Perkins, John Sawbridge, Thomas Compton and William Burnam, yeoman. Henry's estate amounted to about £336. [Ref]

Children of Henry Perkins and Elizabeth Sawbridge:

1. Alice Perkins was baptised on 17 Mar 1580/1 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
2. Thomas Perkins was baptised on 24 Jul 1582 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He married (possibly second) Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] She died in 1658. [Ref]
   Thomas Perkins, gentleman of Hillmorton, signed his will on 12 Nov 1655; it was proved on 10 Feb 1658. [Ref]
   
3. John Perkins was baptised on 23 Dec 1583 in Hillmorton. He died in 1654 in Ipswich. He married Judith Gater.
4. Francis Perkins was baptised on 1 Nov 1585 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He was buried thee on 3 Dec 1585. [Ref]
5. Francis Perkins was baptised on 18 Dep 1586 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He was buried there on 7 Jan 1586/7. [Ref]
6. Margaret Perkins was baptised on 9 Nov 1588 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
7. Edward Perkins was baptised on 12 Dec 1590 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
8. Agnes Perkins was baptised on 16 Oct 1592 in Hillmorton. [Ref] She may be the Agnes who married Edmund Collyson on 29 Jun 1618 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
9. Sara Perkins was baptised on 25 Aub 1594 in Hillmorton. [Ref] She may be the Sara who married Humphrey Edmunds on 4 Apr 1624 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
10. Francis Perkins was baptised on 8 Feb 1596/7 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
11. William Perkins was baptised on 13 Jan 1598/9 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
12. Luke Perkins was baptised on 27 Nov 1600 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
13. Elizabeth Perkins was baptised on 28 Nov 1602 in Hillmorton. [Ref] She was buried on 25 Dec 1602 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
14. Elizabeth Perkins was baptised on 4 Oct 1604 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
15. Jacob Perkins was baptised on 26 Jul 1607 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

MICHAEL GATER

Parents: Unknown

Michael Gater married Isabel Baylie on 13 Nov 1576 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

Children of Michael Gater:

1. Ann Gater (probable older daughter) married Thomas Wright on 29 Jul 1600 in Hillmorton. [Ref]
2. Judith Gater was baptised on 19 Mar 1588/9 in Hillmorton. She married John Perkins.

Fifth Generation

JOHN PERKINS (bp. 1583 - 1654) of Hillmorton and Ipswich

John Perkins was baptised on 23 Dec 1583 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire. [Ref] He died in 1654, age 64 [!], in Ipswich. [Ref] He married Judith Gater on 8 Oct 1608 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

John and his family embarked for New England on the Lyon on 1 Dec 1630. [Ref] They arrived in Boston on 5 Feb 1631. [Ref] John and Judith Perkins were admitted to the Boston church as members 107 and 108 in early 1631. [Ref] John Perkins is on the 18 May 1631 list of freemen. [Ref] On 3 Apr 1632 the Court of Assistants ordered "that no person whatsoever shall shoot at fowl upon Pullen Poynte or Noddle's Ileland, but that the said places shall be reserved for John Perkins to take fowl with nets". [Ref][This may refer to his son John.] He was on a committee to set the bounds of Roxbury and Dorchester on 7 Nov 1632. [Ref]

John Perkins moved to Ipswich in 1633. [Ref] He was granted 40 acres in 1634. [Ref] He was a Representitive to the General Court in 1636. [Ref] He owned a large island at the mouth of the Ipswich River. [Ref] John Perkins, Sr. was a commoner of Ipswich on "the last day of the last month, 1641". [Ref]

John Perkins was on the grand jury at the 28 [probably Dec] 1641, 26 (7) 1648 and 28 (7) 1652 courts in Ipswich. [Ref]

John Perkins, Sr., was excused from ordinary training at the 26 (1) 1650 court as he was sixty or over. [Ref]

John Perkins signed his will on 28 Mar 1654; it was proved in Sep 1654. [Ref] He left bequests to his wife Judith; his eldest son John; his sons Thomas and Jacob; his daughters Elizabeth Sargeant, Mary Bradbury and Lidia Bennett. [Ref]

JUDITH GATER

Parents: Michael Gater [Ref] and Isabel Baylie

Judith Gater was baptised on 19 Mar 1588/9 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire. [Ref] She married John Perkins on 8 Oct 1608 in Hillmorton. [Ref]

An Elizabeth Gater, who must have been Judith's relative, lived in Ipswich and was the subject of a 28 Apr 1669 court case. Elizabeth Gater deposed that while she was at [Judith's son-in-law] Henry Bennett's house, Elizabeth Lynkhorne came in and said that John Ring would put Elizabeth Gater in jail before Saturday night. She carried Elizabeth Lynkhorne out of the house and shut the door. Elizabeth Lynkhorne testified that she had gone to "her dame Bennet's [Judith's daughter Lydia Perkins's] house" and Elizabeth Gater threw her down on the stones, kicked her and knelt on her. After this, she went back inside and asked Goody Bennett and Benjamin Morgan to witness that Elizabeth Gater had beaten her although she had never struck Elizabeth Gater. Following the incident, Elizabeth Lynkhorne went to get a warrant and, while she was gone, John Ring showed up and said that Elizabeth Lynkhorne had been lying. Lydia Bennett, aged 36, also deposed and Benjamin Morgan testified that Elizabeth Gater had said that she would be the death of Elizabeth Lynkhorne. The court ordered Elizabeth Gater to go to jail for a week, but then changed the sentence to a fine, which was paid by Henry Bennett. [Ref]

Children of John Perkins and Judith Gater:

1. Quartermaster John Perkins was baptised on 14 Sep 1609 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He died on 14 Dec 1686 in Ipswich. [Ref] He is on a 17 May 1637 list of freemen. [Ref] He is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Unknown. She died on 27 Sep 1684 in Ipswich. [Ref][Ref] They had at least eight sons and a daughter. [Ref]
   In Sep 1633, John was a young man living in a hut on his father's island. One day, when most of the men of Ipswich had gone into the bay, a friendly Indian named Robin came and told John that the other Indians had hatched a plan. Early in the morning, four Indians would come and draw him down the hill, to the waterside, to trade with him. If he went, then he and all who were near to him would be cut off and there were forty birch canoes, out of sight under the brow of the hill, full of armed Indians who would attack. John informed Mr. John Winthrop of this. Winthorp told John that if such Indians came, to threaten to shoot them and that if they would not leave to strike up the drum and discharge his muskets so that six or eight young men who were mowing the marshes nearby and who had their guns might sound the alarm. Then the Indians would realise that their plot had been discovered and flee. This was done and the Indians fled to sea in their forty canoes. Ref]
   John was an innkeeper. [Ref]
   some descendants of John Perkins
   
2. Elizabeth Perkins was baptised on 25 Mar 1611 in Hillmorton. She married William Sergeant.
3. Mary Perkins was baptised on 3 Sep 1615 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire. [Ref][Ref] She died on 20 Dec 1700 in Salisbury. [Ref] She married Thomas Bradbury about 1636. [Ref] Thomas, the son of Wymond and Elizabeth (Whitgift) Bradbury, was baptised on 28 Feb 1610/1 in Wicken Bonhunt, Essex and died on 16 Mar 1694/5 in Salisbury. [Ref] Kirk [Ref] provides a royal ancestry for Thomas, tracing him back to Edward I.
   Mary was tried for witchcraft and convicted in 1692. Her husband and clergyman testified for her and 117 neighbours signed a petition on her behalf, which put off her execution. When the fervour passed, she was eventually released. [Ref] Her husband's statement (modern spelling) was: "July 28: 1692 - Concerning my beloved wife Mary Bradbury, this is what I have to say: We have been married fifty-five years, and she hath been a loving and faithful wife to me. Unto this day she hath been wonderfully laborious, diligent and industrious, in her place and employment about bringing up of our family (which hath been eleven children of our own and four grandchildren) she was both prudent and provident, of a cheerful spirit, liberal and charitable. She being now very aged and grieved under her affliction, may not be able to speak much for herself, not being so free of speech as some others may be. I hope her life and conversation have been such among her neighbours as gives a better and more real testimony other than can be expressed by words." [Ref]
   
4. Anne Perkins was baptised on 5 Sep 1617 in Hillmorton. [Ref] There is no further record of her. [Ref]
5. Dea. Thomas Perkins was baptised on 28 Apr 1622 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He died on 7 May 1686 [Ref][Ref] in Topsfield. [Ref] He married Phebe, the daughter of Zacheus Gould. [Ref] They had nine children. [Ref]
   He is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. [Ref] He settled in Topsfield. [Ref] He succeeded Isaac Cummings as deacon of the Topsfield church. [Ref] He was selectman in Topsfield several times. [Ref]
   Thomas's son Thomas was a member of the Salem witchcraft jury in 1692; along with other jurors he signed a declaration of repentence in 1696. [Ref]
   some descendants of Thomas Perkins
   
6. Sargt. Jacob Perkins was baptised on 12 Jul 1624 in Hillmorton. He married first Elizabeth Unknown. He married second the widow Damaris Robinson.
7. Lydia Perkins was baptised on 3 Jun 1632 in Boston. She married Henry Bennett.

Sixth Generation

ELIZABETH PERKINS (bp. 1611)

Parents: John Perkins and Judith Gater

Elizabeth Perkins was baptised on 25 Mar 1611 in Hillmorton. [Ref] She married William Sergeant of Amesbury. [Ref][Ref]

SRGT. JACOB PERKINS (bp. 1624 - 1700) of Ipswich

Sargt. Jacob Perkins was baptised on 12 Jul 1624 in Hillmorton. [Ref] He died on 29 Jan 1700. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Unknown. Elizabeth is "said" to be the daughter of Matthew Whipple. [Ref] She died on 12 Feb 1685/6 in Ipswich. [Ref] He married second Damaris, the widow of Nathaniel Robinson, [Ref] mariner of Boston. [Ref] Damaris died in 1716. [Ref]

He father left him, after the death of his mother, his house near Mannings Neck, close to the river, in Ipswich. [Ref]

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

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 [transcribed in Ref] 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 neighbour 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. [Ref]

Jacob rebuilt his house and the new one was struck by lightening on a Sunday in 1671. [Ref]

On 20 Mar 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. [Ref]

Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Unknown had the following children: Perkins says that the birthdates are in a family bible. [Ref]

1. Elizabeth Perkins was born on 1 Apr 1649. [Ref] She died on 4 Dec 1718 [Ref] at age 68 years, 8 months and 3 days in Ipswich. [Ref] She married Thomas Boreman on 1 Jan 1667/8 in Ipswich. [Ref][Ref] Thomas was the son of Thomas Boreman and Margaret Unknown.
2. Sgt. John Perkins was born on 8 July 1652. [Ref] He died in 1718. [Ref] He married Mary Fiske. [Ref]
3. Judith Perkins was born on 11 Jul 1665. [Ref] She married Nathaniel Browne on 16 Dec 1673 in Ipswich. [Ref]
4. Mary Perkins was born on 14 May 1658. [Ref] She married Thomas Wells on 10 Jan 1669/70 in Ipswich. [Ref]
5. Jacob Perkins was born on 8 Aug 1662. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Sparks on 25 Dec 1684 in Ipswich. [Ref] He married second Sarah Treadwell. [Ref]
   some descendants of Jacob Perkins
   
6. Capt. Matthew Perkins was born on 23 Jun 1665. [Ref] He married Esther Burnam. [Ref]
7. Hannah Perkins was born on 11 Nov 1670 in Ipswich. [Ref]
8. Frances Perkins was born on 18 Dec 1672 in Ipswich. [Ref] Perkins [Ref] does not mention Francis.
9. Dea. Joseph Perkins was born on 21 Jun 1674 in Ipswich. He died on 4/6 June 1726 in Norwich. He married Martha Morgan.
10. Capt. Jabez Perkins was born on 15 May 1677 in Ipswich. [Ref] Capt. Jabez Perkins, Esq. died on 15 Jan 1741/2 in Norwich. [Ref] He married first Hannah Lathrop in 30 Jun 1698 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] She died on 14 Apr 1721 in Norwich. [Ref] He married second Charity Leonard [Ref] of Middlebury on 17 Sep 1722 in Norwich. [Ref]
    Jabez settled in Norwich. [Ref]
    some descendants of Capt. Jabez Perkins, including Franklin D. Roosevelt
    

LYDIA PERKINS (bp. 1632)

Parents: John Perkins and Judith Gater

Lydia Perkins was baptised on 3 Jun 1632 in Boston. [Ref] She married Henry Bennett of Ipswich by about 1651. [Ref]

Lydia Bennett deposed that she was about 36 on 27 Apr 1669. [Ref]

John M. Bradbury [Ref] argues that Lydia, the daughter of John Perkins, married Henry Bennet. He notes that John Perkins mentions his daughter Lydia Bennet and suggests that she has children. Additional evidence is provided by a 28 Apr 1669 courtcase.

Seventh Generation

DEA. JOSEPH PERKINS (1674-1726) of Norwich

Parents: Sargt. Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Unknown

Dea. Joseph Perkins was born on 21 Jun 1674 in Ipswich. [Ref][Ref] He died on 4/6 June 1726 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref, 6 Seo] He married Martha Morgan on 22 May 1700 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref]

Children of Joseph Perkins and Martha Morgan:

1. Elizabeth Perkins was born on 5 Nov 1701 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] She died in Sep 1703 [Ref, no month] in Norwich. [Ref]
2. Dr. Joseph Perkins was born on 25 Oct in Newint Society in Norwich. [Ref][Ref, in Norwich] He died on 7 Jul 1794. [Ref][Ref] He married first Lydia Pierce in 1728. [Ref][Ref] Lydia died on 7 Jan 1730 in Plainfield. [Ref] He married second Mary Bushnell, the daughter of Dr. Caleb and Ann (Leffingwell) Bushnell of Norwich, on 23 Jul 1730. [Ref] Joseph graduated from Yale in 1727. [Ref] He practiced medicine in Norwich. [Ref] He had seven children. [Ref]
3. Martha Perkins was born on 29 August 1705 [Ref, 21 Aug] in Norwich. [Ref] She married first Thomas Todd on 19 Apr 1727 in the Congregational Church in Lisbon. [Ref][Ref] Thomas, the son of John and Elizabeth Todd, was born on 18 Aug 1701 in Rowley. [Ref] Martha married second Solomon Lothrop on 22 Nov 1727 in the Lisbon Congregational Church. [Ref] She married third Matthew Loomis in 1739. [Ref] Martha and Solomon had two children; Martha and Matthew had four children. [Ref]
4. John Perkins was born on 5 Oct 1709 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] He died on 16 Apr 1761. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Bushnell, the sister of his brother Joseph's wife Mary. [Ref] He married second Lydia Tracy, the daughter of Solomon Tracy. [Ref] John was called "the great Perkins" because of his size. [Ref] John had nine children, two with his first wife and seven with his second. [Ref]
   some descendants of John Perkins
5. Jerusha Perkins was born on 1 Sep 1711 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] She died on 8 Feb 1742. [Ref] She married Rev. Jedidiah Hyde on 17 Jul in the Lisbon Congregational Church. [Ref][Ref]
   Jedidiah was a Separatist and was a pastor of a church on "Bean Hill" in Norwich. [Ref]
   some descendants of Jerusha Perkins
   
6. Matthew Perkins was born on 31 Aug 1713 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref] He died on 3 May 1773. [Ref] He married 15-year-old Hannah Bishop on 19 Apr 1739 in the Congregational Church in Lisbon. [Ref][Ref] Hannah, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Fobes) Bishop was born in 1724. [Ref][Ref] Matthew owned a 100-acre farm in Hanover Society in Lisbon. [Ref][Ref] He was a large and powerful man. [Ref] "He died from lockjaw caused, by a bite on the thumb which he received from a young negro slave, whom he was chastising for some fault." [Ref] He had twelve children. [Ref]
   
7. Deborah Perkins (twin) was born on 20 Jul 1715 in Norwich. She died on 5 Dec 1772. She married Benajah Cary.
8. Anna Perkins (twin) was born on 20 Jul 1715 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref] She died on 29 Jun 1731 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref]
9. Hannah Perkins was born on 15 Dec 1717 [Ref, only the year] in Norwich. [Ref] She died in 1745. [Ref] She married Joshua Huntington and they had five children. [Ref]
10. Simon Perkins was born on 7 Sep 1720 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] He died on 4 Jan 1725/6 [Ref, no day] in Norwich. [Ref]
11. William Perkins was born on 6 Nov 1722 in Norwich. [Ref]

Eighth Generation

DEBORAH PERKINS (1715-1772)

Parents: Dea. Joseph Perkins and Martha Morgan

Deborah Perkins was born on 20 Jul 1715 [Ref] in Norwich. [Ref] She died on 5 Dec 1772. [Ref][Ref, p. 98] She married Benajah Cary on 11 Feb 1741/2 [Ref, p. 98] in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref][Ref]

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