Ely Perkins

Abt 1762 - 1825  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Ely Perkins
  Birth	Abt 1762	Lyme, New London, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Jan 1825	Aylesford, Kings, NS
  Burial		Kingston Randall Family Cemetery, Aylesford, NS
  Person ID	I1097	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Francis Perkins,   b. 14 Dec 1741, Lyme, New London, CT d. 27 May 1821, Horton, Kings, NS (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Peck,   b. 21 Mar 1744, Lyme, New London, CT d. Aug 1820, Kentville, Kings, NS (Age 76 years)
  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.
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah DeWolf,   b. 10 Oct 1773, Horton, Kings, NS d. 25 Dec 1865 (Age 92 years)  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. James Perkins,   b. Abt 1792, Horton, Kings, NS d. 22 Jun 1815, Five Islands, Colchester, NS (Age ~ 23 years) + 2. William Francis Perkins,   b. 31 Jan 1799, Horton, Kings, NS d. 19 Sep 1848, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT (Age 49 years) 3. Elizabeth Augusta Perkins,   b. 1802, Horton, Kings, NS d. 31 Jan 1860, Carleton, St John, NB (Age 58 years) + 4. Mary Perkins,   b. 1802, Horton, Kings, NS d. 22 Jun 1849, Cornwallis, Kings, NS (Age 47 years) + 5. Cyrus Perkins,   b. 13 Mar 1806, Horton, Kings, NS d. 15 Dec 1884, Douglas, York, NB (Age 78 years) + 6. Lucilla S. Perkins,   b. 1810, Horton, Kings, NS d. 31 Mar 1894 (Age 84 years)
  Histories		Nathan DeWolf Bio in "The History of King's County"
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2016

  
  

• Headstones

  Ely Perkins Gravestone Site Path Leading up to Randall Cemetery at the top of the knoll

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Excerpts from the "Descendents of Edward Perkins"
  		Excerpts from "Family of John Perkins"
  		Benjamin Peck Bio in "The History of King's County"

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Perkins, Caroline Erickson, The descendants of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn, (Rochester, NY, C.E. Perkins, 1914), pg 93-97. [S116] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County, (Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Company, 1910), pg 632-633.