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Benjamin Perkins

Male 1797 - 1870  (73 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Perkins 
    Birth 8 Jun 1797  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 13 Aug 1850  Roxbury, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 53, born MA, merchant 
    Census 1 Jun 1855  Roxbury, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 58, born MA, book seller 
    Census 1865  Roxbury, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 65, born MA, bookseller 
    Census 28 Jul 1870  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 73, born MA, retired merchant 
    Death 13 Oct 1870  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19552  Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2018 

    Father David Perkins,   b. 20 Sep 1770, Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1859, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Hannah Fabens,   b. 31 Aug 1771, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1851, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1793  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      David Perkins and Hannah Fabens married Oct. 13, 1793.
    Family ID F7661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Lawrence,   b. 1800, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marriage 27 Oct 1823  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      Benjamin Perkins[of Hanover, NH. int.], and Jane Lawrence, Oct. 27, 1823.
    Children 
    +1. Charles Lawrence Perkins,   b. 23 Dec 1824, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1887 (Age 62 years)
     2. Mary Lawrence Perkins,   b. 7 Sep 1826, Hanover, Grafton, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1891, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     3. Jane Lawrence Perkins,   b. 4 May 1829, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1914, Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +4. Benjamin Perkins,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1904, New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +5. Francis Brown Perkins,   b. 7 Aug 1833, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1906, St Helena, Sonoma, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. George Perkins,   b. 22 Nov 1835, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Lost at sea Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Buckley Lawrence Perkins,   b. 7 Jan 1839   d. 7 Jul 1839 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F7776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2018 

  • Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      Benjamin Perkins, s. David and Hannah (Fabens), was born June 8, 1797. PR423
    • from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com)
      Benjamin Perkins, age 73y 4m 5d, a treasurer, born Salem to David Perkins b. Salem, died 1313 Oct 1870 in Boston of diabetes mellitus. Burial in Forest Hills. [calculated birthday is 8 Jun 1797]
    • from "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Vol 168, pg 342" (ancestry.com)
      Benjamin Perkins of Boston names beloved Jane Lawrence Perkins, daughter Mary Lawrence Perkins, son Charles L Perkins of New York city, daughter Mary L Perkins, son Benjamin Perkins Jr of Philadelphia, daughter Jane L Childs wife of Rev Thomas S Childs of Norwalk CT, son Francis B Perkins of West Roxbury MA. Signed 19 Jul 1870. Proved 7 Nov 1870.
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      Benjamin (David, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Salem, Mass., June 8, 1797. He married Jane Lawrence, of Salem, Oct. 27, 1823. She was the daughter of Abel and Abigail (Page) Lawrence. He died in Roxbury, Mass., now Boston Highlands, Oct. 13, 1870. He passed a large portion of his early life in Hanover, N.H., where he was a trader; he removed to Boston in 1828, and formed a partnership, first with Timothy H. Carter, and afterwards with T.R. Marvin, and was there engaged in the book trade, printing and publishing. In later life he retired from active business, and was chosen treasurer of the Mass. Home Missionary Society, which office he held until quite near the time of his death. We copy the following brief notice of his death from the Boston Journal. "Oct. 14, 1870. Death of Mr. Benjamin Perkins. Mr. Perkins died at his residence in the Boston Highlands, yesterday. He was for many years well known as a bookseller. He retired several years ago and has devoted his time to the duties of Treasurer of the Home Missionary Society. Mr. Perkins was a gentleman esteemed for his integrity and Christian virtues."

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