William Perkins

1774 - 1820  (45 years)

• Name	William Perkins
  Birth	22 Dec 1774	Lyme, New London, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Sep 1820	South Woodstock, Windsor, VT
  Burial		Densmore Hill Cemetery Hartland, VT
  Person ID	I9205	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	William Perkins,   b. 20 Oct 1743, Lyme, New London, CT d. 24 Jun 1826, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lydia Sterling,   b. 1 Apr 1747, Lyme, New London, CT d. 11 Apr 1813, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1766
  Notes	from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 LYDIA STERLING, b. at Sterling City, Apr. 1, 1747; m. there Feb. 20, 1766, William Perkins, b. in Lyme, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1743, son of Abraham and Sarah (Cogswell) Perkins. Capt. Perkins, as he was called, was a tanner and shoemaker. In February, 1793, he removed from Lyme to Hartland, Vt., with his two sons and a daughter, again removing in 1801 to South Woodstock, Vt., where his brother-in-law, Joseph Sterling, had settled twenty years before. Lydia Sterling d. in Lyme, Apr. 11, 1793. William m. 2d, in South Woodstock, Oct. 11, 1813, Mrs. Irene Smith, wid. of Stephen Smith of Hartland. He d. in South Woodstock, June 24, 1826. Children of William and Lydia (Sterling) Perkins: Elisha Perkins, b. July 25, 1768; m. Mary Ransom; Lydia Perkins, b. June 9, 1770 ; m. John Ransom; Francis Perkins, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sally Dennison; William Perkins, b. Dec. 22, 1774; m. Mary Bigelow; Gaius Perkins, b. in Sept., 1778; m. Eunice Field; Benjamin Perkins, b. July 12, 1785; m. Ezubah Hatch. (Essex Institute Hist. Collection, Vol. XX.)
  Family ID	F3121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bigelow,   b. 8 Nov 1801, Reading, Windsor, VT d. 19 Nov 1865 (Age 64 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	8 Nov 1801	South Woodstock, Windsor, VT
  Children	1. Laura Perkins,   b. 30 Nov 1802, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 28 Oct 1843, Eagle, Waukesha, WI (Age 40 years) + 2. Cyrus Perkins,   b. 22 Jun 1810, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 15 Jan 1892, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 81 years) + 3. Norman Perkins,   b. 5 Apr 1813, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 19 Apr 1911, Hartland, Windsor, VT (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F3126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2018

  
  

• Headstones

  William Perkins Gravestone William Perkins Jun. / died Sep. 19, 1820 / aged 44 years [located in Densmore Hill Cemetery, Harland, Windsor, VT]

  
  

• Notes

  from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" William (William, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in Lyme, Conn., Dec. 22 1774. He removed to South Woodstock, Vt., and married Mary Bigelow, Nov. 8, 1801. She was born in Reading, Vt., Nov. 11, 1782, and died Nov. 19, 1865, at the age of eighty-three years. She was the daughter of Elisha and Mary (Darby) Bigelow. He died Sept. 19, 1820. He was a blacksmith by trade. from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 WILLIAM PERKINS (brother of the above), b. in Lyme, Dec. 22, 1774; removed to South Woodstock, Vt., where he m. Nov. 8, 1801, Mary Biglow, b. Reading, Vt., Nov. 11, 1782, dau of Elisha and Mary (Darby) Biglow. Mr. Perkins was a blacksmith by trade. He d. Sept, 19, 1820; she d. Nov. 19, 1865.

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Perkins, George Augustus, The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass, (Salem, Mass, Salem Press, 1889). [S172] Albert Mack Sterling, The Sterling Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1909).