Samuel Field Perkins

1805 - 1866  (60 years)

• Name	Samuel Field Perkins
  Birth	12 May 1805	South Woodstock, Windsor, VT
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Jul 1850	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
  	S.F., age 45, born VT, tanner
  Census	2 Jun 1860	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
  	age 53, born VT, shoe & leather dealer
  Death	14 Feb 1866	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
  Burial	Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
  Person ID	I16898	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Gaius Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1778, Lyme, New London, CT d. 3 Mar 1870, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Eunice Field,   b. 1781, New Hampshire d. 25 Jun 1858, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F3127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Desire McIntyre,   b. 25 Feb 1810, Hector, Tompkins, NY d. 22 Dec 1913, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 103 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	4 Sep 1842
  Children	+ 1. Frederick Barker Perkins,   b. 13 Jun 1843, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 2 Apr 1890, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 46 years)   2. Charles Perkins,   b. 13 Nov 1844, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 13 May 1846, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 1 year) + 3. Gaius William Perkins,   b. 16 Jul 1847, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 23 Apr 1934, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F6494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 SAMUEL FIELD PERKINS (Gaius Perkins, Lydia, Joseph, Daniel, William), b. South Woodstock, May 12, 1805; m. Sept. 4, 1842, Mary Desire McIntyre, b. Hector, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1918, dau. of Thomas and Desire (Baker) McIntyre. Soon after reaching his majority Mr. Perkins moved to Plattsburg, N.Y. After living here a year or more he removed to Lockport, N.Y., then again to Detroit, Mich., where he lived from 1832 to 1836. Removed again to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he built a tannery and engaged in the boot and shoe business. He d. Feb. 14, 1866. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"Samuel Fields (Gaius, William, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in South Woodstock, Vt., on Sunday, May 12, 1805. He married, Sept. 4, 1842, Mary Desire McIntyre, who was born in Hector, Tompkins County, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1819. She was the daughter of Thomas and Desire (Barker) McIntyre. He was from Deerfield, Mass., and she was from Connecticut. Soon after he became of age he removed from South Woodstock, Vt., to Plattsburg, N.Y., where he resided one or two years ; thence to Lockport, N.Y., and from there to Detroit, Mich., about the year 1832, where he remained until 1836. He then removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., and settled there permanently. Here he established himself in the boot and shoe business, and built a tannery which he conducted during the remainder of his life. He died Feb. 14, 1866.

  
  

• 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).