William Perkins

1807 - 1879  (71 years)

• Name	William Perkins
  Birth	7 Apr 1807	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jan 1879
  Person ID	I19557	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	David Perkins,   b. 20 Sep 1770, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 22 Apr 1859, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Hannah Fabens,   b. 31 Aug 1771, Salem, Essex, MA d. 12 Jun 1851, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1793	Salem, Essex, MA
  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	Nancy Shed,   b. 10 Feb 1803   d. 27 Jan 1878 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F7779	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) William Perkins, s. David and Hannah (Fabens), was born Apr. 7, 1807. PR423 from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" William (David, Francis, Jacoh, Isaac, John, John) was born in Salem, Mass., April 7, 1807. He married, in 1850, Nancy (Shed) Saunders, widow, of Tewksbury, Mass. He died Jan. 8, 1879. She was born Feb. 10, 1803, and died Jan. 27, 1878. He was a blacksmith by trade. He sailed, in 1832, as armorer of a trading vessel to the Fejee Islands, where the vessel was wrecked; but the lives of all the crew were saved, and he resided for two years among the cannibals of these islands, before an opportunity offered to return home. After his marriage he resided upon a small farm in Tewksbury, Mass., until his death. They had no children.