Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Centreville, Kings, NS; age 32, born NS, lawyer, living with sister Ruth's family
• Occupation: 1878, Kings Co, NS; appointed Judge of Probate in the County of Kings
• Census: 1881, Centrville, Kings, NS; age 42, born NS, barrister, not married, mother in house
• Census: 13 Apr 1891, Upper Dyke, Kings, NS; age 52, born NS, Solicitor, living with mother

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Mary Pryor “Bessie” Randall. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles Dennison Randall and Nancy Cogswell Bill) was born on 6 Nov 1848 in Nova Scotia; died on 23 Mar 1913 in Wolfville, Kings, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1861, Kings Co, NS; 4 Males, 3 females
• Census: 1871, Lakeville, Kings, NS; age 67, born NS, Baptist, farmer

Gideon married Lucilla S. Perkins. Lucilla (daughter of Ely Perkins and Sarah DeWolf) was born in 1810 in Horton, Kings, NS; was christened in Cornwallis, Kings, NS; died on 31 Mar 1894; was buried in Billtown Baptist Cemetery, Billtown, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Lakeville, Kings, NS; age 60, born NS, Baptist
• Census: 1881, Centreville, Kings, NS; age 70, born NS, widowed, living with son, Edmund
• Census: 13 Apr 1891, Upper Dyke, Kings, NS; age 80, born NS, widowed, living with son Edward

Notes:

From "The Descendents of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn"
LUCILLA S., born in 1810; married Gideon Cogswell ; they had five children, William H., who lives in Halifax; Ruth A., married Gideon E. Reid of Cornwallis; Edmund J., attorney-at-law, Kentville, and Mary E., married J. E. Burgess; one child died young.

Notes:

In 1871 census, Sarah, age 19, born NS living in household. (possible grandchild)

John married Ruth Ann Eaton on 5 Mar 1802. Ruth was born on 17 Oct 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "The Descendents of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn"
ELY, born in Lyme about ; married, 1788 or '89, Sarah, youngest daughter of Nathan and (Prentice) DeWolfe of Horton, Nova Scotia, who was born about 1773. He was a large man and a farmer by occupation. His father settled him on part of his farm, which Ely afterwards sold and he removed to Aylesford, Nova Scotia. Being very easy-going in business matters, he managed to let most of his property slip through his fingers. He died suddenly of apoplexy Jan. 10, 1825, and is buried in the Randal burying ground in Aylesford. His widow married for her second husband Joel Farnsworth, and after his death she lived in Clarence, Annapolis County, N. S., for many years. Her death was on Christmas day, 1865, when she was nearly 93.

from "History of King's County"
In the first two decades of the 19th century the following were the chief houses in and near the present town. On the "Roy farm", between Kentville and New Minas, which was originally the grant of Eli Perkins, stood the Perkins grantee house. Half a mile to the west, on the high road, stood the Benjamin Peck House, afterward enlarged or completely rebuilt, by Capt. Joseph Barss, who married
Olivia, daughter of Judge Elisha DeWolf. A few rods further west still, on a knoll from which a charming view of the dykes could be had, stood the grantee house of Benjamin Peck's younger brother, Cyrus Peck.

Ely married Sarah DeWolf. Sarah (daughter of Nathan DeWolf and Anna Prentice) was born on 10 Oct 1773 in Horton, Kings, NS; died on 25 Dec 1865; was buried in Billtown Baptist Cemetery, Billtown, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Lyme Vital Records 1667-1852 (ancestry.com)
Francis, s. Abraham & Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1741


from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
245 Francis (Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John ) was born in Lyme, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 14, 1741. He married -- Lee, of Colchester, Conn. He is said to have removed to Halifax, N.S., and afterwards to Haston (?).

From "The Descendents of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn"
FRANCIS, born Dec. 14, 1741; married Elizabeth Peck, sister of Cyrus and half-sister of Benjamin Peck. In the stirring times preceding the Revolution he was a Loyalist, and on that account found life in Lyme uncongenial, and about 1761 he and other ardent Loyalists emigrated to Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, where they took up or were granted lands after the expulsion of the Acadians. He was a small man, but very active; his wife was a very large woman, as were her sisters, and her brothers were also large men. His wife died in 1820 and is buried in the old Oak burying ground in Horton. After her death he sold his property and moved to Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia, where his son Ely had previously settled, and about two years later, in October, 1822 or '23, he died. He is buried in the Randal burying ground in Aylesford.

Francis married Elizabeth Peck. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Peck and Sarah Champion) was born on 21 Mar 1744 in Lyme, New London, CT; died in Aug 1820 in Kentville, Kings, NS; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Kentville, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from "The (New London) Connecticut Gazette", 18 Jul 1821 (genealogybank)
DIED - In Nova Scotia, May the 27th Major Francis Perkins, aged 80 years; - also in August last, Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, his wife, and daughter of the late Mr. Benj. Peck, aged 75; all formerly of Lyme.

Notes:

from Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, October, 1701-May, 1745 by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, 1885

Nathan Dewolf was the son of Josiah Dewolf, and grandson of Simon and Sarah (Lay) Dewolf, all of Lyme, Connecticut. His mother was Anne, youngest daughter of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman, of Norwich. A younger brother was graduated here in 1747. Nathan joined the church in Lyme, at the same time with his father, in June 1741.
This is probably the Nathan Dewolf, of Saybrook, who enlised as a private soldier and served as commissary in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755.
He married Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Belden) Kirtland, of Saybrook, and the births of five children are on record (1752-60) there.
In 1781, with others of his kindred, he took advantage of the inducements lately offered by the government of Nova Scotia, and removed to a tract of five hundred acres vacated by the unfortunate Acadian exiles. He became a prosperous farmer, and died there. His name was starred (by mistake) in the Triennial Catalogue of 1757, but the star was removed in the next issue; it was restored in 1775, removed in 178, and not finally inserted until 1799.
Authorities, Mrs. E.E. Salisbury, MS. letters, May, 1885.

from "Family histories and genealogies, Vol. 2, including families of De Wolf and others" by Edward & Evelyn Salisbury, 1892
Nathan De Wolf, at the time of the census of 1770, was a successful tiller of the soil. His legal practice did not interfere with his agricultural pursuits. He was for many years senior Justice of the Peace for King's County, N. S., havng received his commission 13th March 1767. He was Registrar of Probate, and took an active part in all public affairs. He died at Horton, 21st March 1789, aged sixty-nine years. His residence was on the east side of the main post-road, opposite to the present (1887) Baptist church, at Wolfville. The census-returns of 1770 give a detailed account of his farm-produce and stock, while the records of his native town show that he owned several tracts of land in Connecticut prior to his removal.

Nathan married Anna Prentice on 12 Oct 1770 in Horton, Kings, NS. Anna (daughter of Joseph Prentice and Mercy Gilbert) was born on 4 May 1730 in New London, New London, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]