Francis Brown Perkins

1833 - 1906  (73 years)

• Name	Francis Brown Perkins
  Birth	7 Aug 1833	Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Aug 1850	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA ; Frank, age 17, born MA, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1855	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA ; age 21, born MA, student, living with parents
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Grass Valley, Nevada, CA ; age 26, born MA, widowed, Congregational pastor, parents born MA/MA
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Oakland, Alameda, CA ; age 67, born Aug 1832 in MA, marr 19 yrs, minister, parents born MA/MA
  Death	14 Nov 1906	St Helena, Sonoma, CA
  Person ID	I19896	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Perkins,   b. 8 Jun 1797, Salem, Essex, MA d. 13 Oct 1870, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Lawrence,   b. 1800, Massachusetts
  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.
  Family ID	F7776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Mansfield Huntington,   b. 22 Jun 1835, Brooklyn, King, NY d. 16 May 1879, Sonoma Co, CA (Age 43 years)  [1]
  Marriage	4 Jan 1860	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA
  Children	1. Sarah Huntington Perkins,   b. 24 Aug 1862, Massachusetts   2. Jennie Lawrence Perkins,   b. 17 Apr 1864   d. 8 Aug 1865 (Age 1 year)   3. Frances Lawrence Perkins,   b. 22 Oct 1866, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA d. 26 May 1907, Oakland, Alameda, CA (Age 40 years)   4. Helen Mansfield Perkins,   b. 25 Aug 1870, Jamaica Plains, Norfolk, MA d. 16 Nov 1963, Alameda Co, CA (Age 93 years)   5. Edward Huntington Perkins,   b. 7 Apr 1874   d. 22 Mar 1876 (Age 1 year)   6. Benjamin Perkins,   b. 19 Nov 1879, Sonoma Co, CA
  Family ID	F7789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Laura T Strong,   b. Sep 1856, Stockbridge, Berkshire, MA d. Sep 1921 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1881
  Family ID	F7790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Petaluma Argus-Courier", 19 Nov 1906 (newspapers.com) Rev. M. Perkins, father of Miss Helen M. Perkins of the Petaluma High School, passed away at Burke's Sanitarium after a lingering illness. Rev. Perkins for many years preached at the Congregational churches on the Pacific Coast. The remains were shipped to Oakland, where the funeral was held. Miss Perkins went down to attend the funeral and will return Monday evening to resume her duties at the High School. Deceased leaves two daughter and one son to mourn his loss. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Francis Brown (Benjamin, David, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 7, 1833. He married, first, Susan Mansfield Huntington, Jan. 4, 1860. She was born in New York City, June 22, 1835. She was the oldest daughter of of Edward B. and Sarah A. Huntington. She died at Sonoma, Cal., May 16, 1879. He married, second, Sept. 27, 1881, Laura f. Strong. He graduated from Williams College in 1854, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1858, and was ordained Feb. 15, 1860, at Montague, Mass. He was the Chaplain of the 10th Regiment Mass. Vols., in the war of the rebellion, 1863-4. He was settled as pastor of Central Church, at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Sept. 21, 1864, to 1870, and is now, 1884, the pastor of the Congregational Church in Stockbridge, Mass.

  
  

• Sources

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