Jeremiah Staniford Perkins

1797 - 1886  (88 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Staniford Perkins
  Birth	13 Apr 1797
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1886	Salem, Essex, MA
  Person ID	I20651	Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Aaron Perkins,   c. 3 Jul 1772, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 7 Aug 1838, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Sally Staniford,   b. 20 Jul 1774   d. 7 Oct 1862, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1796	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org) Aaron Perkins, jr., and Sally Staniford, married July 28, 1796.
  Family ID	F8110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Millett,   b. 11 Feb 1799   d. 25 Jun 1835 (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	24 Mar 1822
  Children	1. Jeremiah Staniford Perkins,   b. 6 Jul 1822   d. 26 Feb 1861 (Age 38 years) 2. Sarah Perkins,   b. 2 Apr 1824 + 3. Benjamin Millett Perkins,   b. 22 Dec 1827   4. Mary Ann Perkins,   b. 5 Mar 1832   d. 1833 (Age 0 years)   5. Mary Ann Perkins,   b. 11 Feb 1833   6. Frances Ellen Perkins,   b. 22 May 1835   d. Sep 1835 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F8126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Millett,   b. 15 Apr 1808
  Marriage	11 Apr 1837
  Children	1. Ellen Lander Perkins,   b. 6 Apr 1838 + 2. Joseph Augustine Perkins,   b. 1 Jul 1840 + 3. Charles Perkins,   b. 20 Apr 1843   d. 17 May 1878 (Age 35 years) + 4. Aaron Perkins,   b. 10 Feb 1846, Salem, Essex, MA d. 22 May 1918, Lynn, Essex, MA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F8127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com) Jeremiah S Perkins, age 88y 11m, a widower, unemployed, born Ipswich MA to Aaron Perkins b. Ipswich & Sarah b. Ipswich, died 12 Mar 1886 in Salem MA to stomach cancer. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Jeremiah Staniford (Aaron, Aaron, Jeremiah, Jacob, John, John) was born in Ipswich, Mass., Apr. 13, 1797. He married, first, Sarah Millett, M'ch 24, 1822; she was born in Feb. 11, 1799, and died June 25, 1835. He married, second, Elizabeth Millett, Apr. 11, 1837; she was born Apr. 15, 1808, and was the sister of his first wife. Both of his wives were daughters of Benjamin and Mary (Peele) Millett. He resides in Salem. He was a tailor, and learned that trade of the late Asa Wiggin, of Salem. He was for five years a partner in the tailoring business with Mr. Samuel Chamberlain, and afterward with his own brother, Daniel, and then with his son, Jeremiah. For the last thirty-six years, he has been the superintendant of burials for the city of Salem. He has served as a member of the city council, and has also represented the city in the state legislature. He has been the commander of the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry, and is now, at the age of eighty-six years, able to attend to his business, and has again been appointed superintendent of burials for the present year, 1883.