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Family: William Perkins / Lydia Sterling (F3121)  [1

m. 20 Feb 1766


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    William Perkins

    Birth  20 Oct 1743  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  24 Jun 1826  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    South Woodstock Burying Ground, South Woodstock, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  20 Feb 1766   
    Other Spouse  Irene Smith | F3122 
    Marriage  11 Oct 1813  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Perkins | F821 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Ely | F821 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Lydia Sterling

    Birth  1 Apr 1747  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  11 Apr 1813  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    South Woodstock Burying Ground, South Woodstock, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
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    + Elisha Perkins

    Birth  25 Jul 1768  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1 Nov 1851  Troy, Lincoln, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Troy City Cemetery, Troy, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Ransom | F3123 
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    Female
    Lydia Perkins

    Birth  9 Jun 1770  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  John Ransom | F3124 
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    + Francis Perkins

    Birth  13 Jul 1772  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Jul 1852  South Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Densmore Hill Cemetery Hartland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sally Dennison | F3125 
    Marriage  1794   

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    + William Perkins

    Birth  22 Dec 1774  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  19 Sep 1820  South Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Densmore Hill Cemetery Hartland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Bigelow | F3126 
    Marriage  8 Nov 1801  South Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location

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    + Gaius Perkins

    Birth  9 Sep 1778  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Mar 1870  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    South Woodstock Burying Ground, South Woodstock, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Eunice Field | F3127 
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    + Benjamin Perkins

    Birth  12 Jul 1785  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  16 Feb 1870  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Azubah Hatch | F3128 
    Marriage     

  • 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.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Albert Mack Sterling, The Sterling Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1909).