Francis Perkins

1732 - 1812  (80 years)

• Name	Francis Perkins
  Birth	7 May 1732	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1812	Lunenburg, Worcester, MA
  Person ID	I17525	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Jacob Perkins,   b. 9 Nov 1678, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 28 Mar 1754, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Susanna Cogswell,   b. 1689   bur. 1 Oct 1769, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1728	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org) Jacob Perkins, and wid. Susanna Butler, married Feb. 10, 1728-9.
  Family ID	F6769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Cogswell,   b. 1739   d. 1758 (Age 19 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1755	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org) Francis Perkins and Hannah Cogswell, married Feb. 27, 1755. CR4
  Children	1. William Perkins,   b. 25 Oct 1765
  Family ID	F6773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Low,   b. 24 Sep 1738, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 4 May 1831, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 92 years)  [1]
  Marriage	26 Nov 1761	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org)" Francis Perkins and Martha Low, married Nov. 26, 1761.
  Children	1. Hannah Perkins,   b. 10 Jan 1763, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 1788 (Age 24 years) + 2. Jonathan Perkins,   b. 2 Mar 1765, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 14 Apr 1832, Lunenburg, Worcester, MA (Age 67 years) + 3. William Perkins,   b. 4 Feb 1767, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 17 Jan 1815, Surry, Cheshire, NH (Age 47 years) + 4. David Perkins,   b. 20 Sep 1770, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 22 Apr 1859, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)   5. Martha Perkins,   b. 27 Sep 1772, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 29 May 1862, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 89 years) + 6. James Perkins,   b. 28 Apr 1775, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 16 Feb 1864, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)   7. Ruth Perkins,   b. 16 Sep 1777, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 31 Jul 1837, Gloucester, Essex, MA (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F6774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org) Francis Perkins, s. Jacob and Susanna, born May 5, 1732. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Francis (Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Mass, near the "Falls" May 5, 1732. He married first, Hannah Cogswell, Feb. 27, 1755; she died in 1758. He married second, Martha Low, of Chebacco, Nov. 26, 1761; she was the daughter of Capt. David and Susanna Low, and was born in 1739. He was a farmer, and inherited, by will, one-half of his father's farm, upon which he lived until 1794, when he sold it to Ebenezer and Nathaniel Burnham, and removed to Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Mass., where he died June 12, 1812. His widow, Martha, resided in Lunenburg, after the death of her husband, until Feb. 8, 1826, when she removed to Salem, Mass, and died at the house of her son, David, May 4, 1831, at the age of ninety-two years. In 1774 a military company was organized in Chebacco, of which he was chosen ensign. In 1776 he was made captain of this company of fifty?five men, rank and file, and was in the regiment under the command of Col. Jonathan Cogswell, of Chebacco, Ipswich, and did active service in the war for independence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Perkins, George Augustus, The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass, (Salem, Mass, Salem Press, 1889).