James Perkins

1806 - 1889  (83 years)

• Name	James Perkins
  Birth	6 Dec 1806	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Sep 1850	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 43, born MA, ship smith
  Census	13 Jul 1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 48, born MA, machinist
  Census	9 Jun 1860	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 53, born MA, machinist
  Census	Jun 1865	Melrose, Middlesex, MA ; age 59, born Salem MA, machine broker
  Census	17 Jun 1870	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 63, born MA, retired merchant
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; age 73, born MA, retired machinist, parents born MA/MA, living in house of daughter Mary Sherman
  Death	6 Dec 1889	Pepperell, Middlesex, MA
  Burial		Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
  Person ID	I19571	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	James Perkins,   b. 28 Apr 1775, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 16 Feb 1864, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Abigail Cheever,   b. 9 Jan 1778, Andover, Essex, MA d. 16 May 1853, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1802
  Family ID	F7665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Fiske,   b. 2 Oct 1806, Salem, Essex, MA d. 9 Jul 1892, Brookline, Norfolk, MA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1831
  Children	1. William Francis Perkins,   b. 16 Jun 1833, Maine d. 9 Jul 1867 (Age 34 years) 2. Mary Lydia Perkins,   b. 14 Apr 1835, Maine d. 29 Oct 1914, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 79 years)   3. James Fisk Perkins,   b. 17 Feb 1837, Maine   4. Edward Beecher Perkins,   b. 16 Jan 1842   d. Dec 1844 (Age 2 years)   5. Charles Frederick Perkins,   b. 9 Nov 1846, Massachusetts d. 5 Feb 1868 (Age 21 years)   6. Stephen Jarvis Perkins,   b. 3 Sep 1848, Massachusetts d. 22 Feb 1873 (Age 24 years)
  Family ID	F7751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" (ancestry.com) James (James, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John John) was born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 18, 1806. He married Mary Fiske, July 10, 1831. She was the daughter of Ezra and Polly (Lakeman) Fiske, and was born Oct. 2, 1806. He was a blacksmith, which trade he learned of his father, and was for several years a shipsmith in Salem. He then removed to Bangor, Me., and afterwards to Boston and pursued the same business, but retired several years ago. He was an alderman in Boston, and was also an Inspector of the Massachusetts State Prison. from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com) James Perkins, 83, a merchant, b. Boston, died 6 Dec 1889 in Pepperell, MA of paralysis. Burial at Mt Auburn.