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- from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", vol 2 1910 (archive.org)
Joseph Perkins, s. Joseph and Mary, of Chebacco, born July 8, 1772.
- from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
Joseph {Joseph, Joseph, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was])orn in Chebacco, Ipswich, Mass., July 8, 1772. He married, June 2, 1798, Margaret Orne; she was the daughter of Timothy and Catherine (Pynchon) Orne, of Salem, Mass., and was born in Aug., 1775. She died Feb. 3, 1800. He died Feb. 25, 1803. He commenced his studies in his native town, and was afterward a student in Phillips Acadenw, Andover,Mass., where he was fitted for college. He was, for a time, a teacher in Exeter Academy, N.H. He entered Harvard College in 1790, and was graduated with the class of 1794, when he delivered the valedictory. At the commencement in 1797, at which time he received the degree of Master of Arts, he delivered an oration upon Genius, which then attracted general attention, and has since been published. After his graduation he turned his attention to the study of law, and in due time was admitted to the Essex bar, and opened his office in Salem, Mass. He soon rose to great eminence in his profession, both as a lawyer and as an orator. The proverb so often quoted, "Death loves a shining mark," found no exception in his case. He was not long spared to fulfil the bright promise of his early days; he died of consumption, in the thirty-first year of his age. His death was deeply lamented by a large circle of warm friends, who viewed that event as a public calamity.
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1772 - 1803 (30 years)
Joseph Perkins, c. 30 Aug 1752, Ipswich, Essex, MA