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Family: James Perkins / Sarah Faulkner (F385)  [1, 2, 3



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  • Male
    James Perkins

    Birth  Abt 1792  Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  22 Jun 1815  Five Islands, Colchester, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Marriage    Truro, Colchester, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Ely Perkins | F221 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah DeWolf | F221 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Sarah Faulkner

    Birth  Abt 1796  Truro, Colchester, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  21 Jan 1875  Truro, Colchester, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Other Spouse  Alexander Miller | F2499 
    Marriage  19 Dec 1822   
    Father  John Faulkner | F791 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Janet Moor | F791 Group Sheet 

    Female
    + Sarah Ann Perkins

    Birth  8 Apr 1815  Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Robert Hunter Cummings | F386 
    Marriage  1845  Truro, Colchester, NS Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • From Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County by Thomas Miller, 1873

      in Chapter IV
      Alexander Miller, 3rd, eldest son of the foregoing Alex. Miller and Rebecca Baird, his wife, was born in Truro, May 8th, 1796 (being the same day that Truro Village was burnt). He was married to Sarah, daughter of John Faulkner and Janet Moor, his wife. (Sarah being the widow of the late James Perkins who was drowned from a fishing boat at Five Islands, and left a young widow and one daughter. This daughter is now the wife of Robert Cummings, and has two sons and one daughter). Alexander Miller and Sarah Perkins were married Dec. 19th, 1822. They had three sons and two daughters.

      in Chapter IX
      Janet, The second daughter of Hugh and Janet Moor, was born in Truro, March 28th, 1765. She was married to John Faulkner. Sarah, their eldest daughter, was married to James Perkins, they had one daughter whose name was Sarah Ann. James Perkins was drowned down the bay, when engaged in fishing, about the year 1818. His widow was married again to Alexander Miller, December 19th, 1822. They had three sons and two daughters. Alexander Miller died May 31st, 1855.

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ancestral File Submissions, (Church of Latter Day Saints), submitted by Zina Johnson.

    2. [S77] Wile, Jane, GeneJane's Homepage, (http://genealogynet.com/resident/genejane/index.php).

    3. [S80] Perkins, Caroline Erickson, The descendants of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn, (Rochester, NY, C.E. Perkins, 1914), pg 93-97.