Benjamin Perkins

1785 - 1870  (84 years)

• Name	Benjamin Perkins
  Birth	12 Jul 1785	Lyme, New London, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Feb 1870	Illinois
  Burial		Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
  Person ID	I9207	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	Azubah Hatch   d. 8 Nov 1865, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Children	1. James Perkins 2. Jane Perkins
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Benjamin (William, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in Lyme, Conn., July 12, 1785. He married Azubah Hatch, of Weathersfield, Vt. He removed to western New York in 1817, and afterwards to the state of Illinois, where he died Feb. 16, 1870, at the age of eighty-four years. He was a tailor by trade. from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 BENJAMIN PERKINS (brother of above), b. in Lyme, July 12, 1785; m. Azubah Hatch of Wethersfield, Vt., and moved to western New York in 1817 and afterward to Illinois, where he d. Feb. 16, 1870. He was a tailor.

  
  

• 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).