Aaron Perkins

1799 - 1886  (86 years)

• Name	Aaron Perkins
  Birth	16 Jun 1799
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Aug 1850	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 50, born MA, merchant, mother living in house
  Census	13 Sep 1855	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 56, born MA, has clothing store
  Census	25 Jul 1860	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 60, born MA, family of dau "Jane D" McFarland & brother Augustus in house
  Census	1 May 1865	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 66, born MA, gentleman, family of widowed dau Susan McFarland living in house
  Census	15 Jul 1870	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 71, born MA
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 81, born MA, suffers from paralysis, parents born MA/MA
  Death	14 Apr 1886	Salem, Essex, MA
  Person ID	I20652	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 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	Susan Wardwell,   b. 20 Jun 1802   d. 7 Sep 1875 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1826
  Children	1. Susan D Perkins,   b. 25 Aug 1827   2. Aaron Wardwell Perkins,   b. 11 Jan 1830   d. 2 Mar 1833 (Age 3 years) + 3. Henry Clay Perkins,   b. 15 Nov 1831, Salem, Essex, MA d. 19 Mar 1880, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 48 years) + 4. Aaron Wardwell Perkins,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Salem, Essex, MA   5. Sarah Frances Perkins,   b. 26 Jun 1836   d. 10 Sep 1836 (Age 0 years)   6. George Perkins,   b. 11 Jul 1838, Salem, Essex, MA d. 9 Dec 1878, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F8133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Aaron (Aaron, Aaron, Jeremiah, Jacob, John, John) was born in Ipswich, Mass., June 16, 1799. He married Susan Wardwell, Oct. 30, 1826. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Dolly (Moulton) Wardwell, of Dover, N. H. She was born June 20, 1802, and died Sept. 7, 1875. He was a sailmaker, and learned his trade in Salem of the late William Lane. He afterwards carried on the clothing business for many years in Salem, and was in partnership with the late William B. Brown, on Derby street. He was chosen director, and afterwards president of the Mercantile National Bank of Salem, a place which he filled for several years. During the late civil war, he was active in serving the soldiers who were in the field, and caring for their families at home. He has served the city in its common council and board of aldermen; has also represented it in the legislature of the state. He was a member of the Mechanic Charitable Association, and was, for a time, its president. He was ensign in the Mechanic Light Infantry. He is now living in Salem in 1883.