Benjamin Perkins

1797 - 1870  (73 years)

• Name	Benjamin Perkins
  Birth	8 Jun 1797	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Aug 1850	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA ; age 53, born MA, merchant
  Census	1 Jun 1855	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA ; age 58, born MA, book seller
  Census	1865	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA ; age 65, born MA, bookseller
  Census	28 Jul 1870	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 73, born MA, retired merchant
  Death	13 Oct 1870	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Burial		Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA
  Person ID	I19552	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	David Perkins,   b. 20 Sep 1770, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 22 Apr 1859, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Hannah Fabens,   b. 31 Aug 1771, Salem, Essex, MA d. 12 Jun 1851, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1793	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) David Perkins and Hannah Fabens married Oct. 13, 1793.
  Family ID	F7661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Lawrence,   b. 1800, Massachusetts   [1]
  Marriage	27 Oct 1823	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) Benjamin Perkins[of Hanover, NH. int.], and Jane Lawrence, Oct. 27, 1823.
  Children	+ 1. Charles Lawrence Perkins,   b. 23 Dec 1824, Massachusetts d. 17 May 1887 (Age 62 years)   2. Mary Lawrence Perkins,   b. 7 Sep 1826, Hanover, Grafton, NH d. 23 Jan 1891, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 64 years) 3. Jane Lawrence Perkins,   b. 4 May 1829, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 20 Apr 1914, Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ (Age 84 years) + 4. Benjamin Perkins,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 10 Oct 1904, New York, New York, NY (Age 73 years) + 5. Francis Brown Perkins,   b. 7 Aug 1833, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1906, St Helena, Sonoma, CA (Age 73 years)   6. George Perkins,   b. 22 Nov 1835, Massachusetts d. Lost at sea   7. John Buckley Lawrence Perkins,   b. 7 Jan 1839   d. 7 Jul 1839 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) Benjamin Perkins, s. David and Hannah (Fabens), was born June 8, 1797. PR423 from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com) Benjamin Perkins, age 73y 4m 5d, a treasurer, born Salem to David Perkins b. Salem, died 1313 Oct 1870 in Boston of diabetes mellitus. Burial in Forest Hills. [calculated birthday is 8 Jun 1797] from "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Vol 168, pg 342" (ancestry.com) Benjamin Perkins of Boston names beloved Jane Lawrence Perkins, daughter Mary Lawrence Perkins, son Charles L Perkins of New York city, daughter Mary L Perkins, son Benjamin Perkins Jr of Philadelphia, daughter Jane L Childs wife of Rev Thomas S Childs of Norwalk CT, son Francis B Perkins of West Roxbury MA. Signed 19 Jul 1870. Proved 7 Nov 1870. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Benjamin (David, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Salem, Mass., June 8, 1797. He married Jane Lawrence, of Salem, Oct. 27, 1823. She was the daughter of Abel and Abigail (Page) Lawrence. He died in Roxbury, Mass., now Boston Highlands, Oct. 13, 1870. He passed a large portion of his early life in Hanover, N.H., where he was a trader; he removed to Boston in 1828, and formed a partnership, first with Timothy H. Carter, and afterwards with T.R. Marvin, and was there engaged in the book trade, printing and publishing. In later life he retired from active business, and was chosen treasurer of the Mass. Home Missionary Society, which office he held until quite near the time of his death. We copy the following brief notice of his death from the Boston Journal. "Oct. 14, 1870. Death of Mr. Benjamin Perkins. Mr. Perkins died at his residence in the Boston Highlands, yesterday. He was for many years well known as a bookseller. He retired several years ago and has devoted his time to the duties of Treasurer of the Home Missionary Society. Mr. Perkins was a gentleman esteemed for his integrity and Christian virtues."

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Perkins, George Augustus, The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass, (Salem, Mass, Salem Press, 1889).