Newman Perkins

1711 - 1796  (85 years)

• Name	Newman Perkins
  Birth	8 Mar 1711	Preston, New London, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 May 1796	Exeter, Washington, RI
  Burial	Perkins Family Lot, Exeter, RI
  Person ID	I19839	Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Perkins,   b. 3 Feb 1681, Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Mother	Hannah Safford,   b. 24 Sep 1691
  Marriage	14 Aug 1710	Preston, New London, CT
  Notes	from "Preston Vital Records Part I 1687-1850" (Barbour Collection) PERKINS, Ebenezer, m. Hannah SAFFORD, Aug. 14, 1710 On July 8, 1754, "Newman Perkins, of Exeter, R. I., Samuel Perkins and Oliver Perkins, husbandman, of Scituate in said R. I., Valentine Perkins, of Oblong, N. Y., husbandman, Ebenezer Perkins, of Coventry, R. I., husbandman, Lemuel and Francis Perkins, of Voluntown, Conn., mariners, children of Ebenezer Perkins, late of Coventry, in the colony of Rhode Island, husbandman, deceased, by his first wife," grant to John Harris, of Boston, power to sell their land, etc., in Ipswich, which lately belonged to their (brother, by mistake of the scribe) uncle John Perkins, of Preston, in the colony of Connecticut, deceased. Another brother, Lemuel, of Voluntown, Conn., sold his interest in this property to Daniel Giddinge, of Ipswich, Gent., "about 9 acres, which is my whole shear."
  Family ID	F7763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Godfrey  [1]
  Marriage	29 Oct 1732	East Greenwich, Kent, RI
  Notes	from "Vital Records of Rhode Island", 1636-1850 by James N. Arnold, 1891, Vol. 1 for Kent County East Greenwich Marriages: Perkins, Newman, and Mehitable Godrey; m. by John Spencer, Justice, Oct. 29, 1732.
  Children	+ 1. John Perkins,   b. 30 May 1733   2. Oliver Perkins,   b. 14 Jul 1735, Exeter, Washington, RI d. 22 Mar 1798, Sterling, Windham, CT (Age 62 years)   3. Ebenezer Perkins,   b. 20 Aug 1736, Exeter, Washington, RI + 4. Uriah Perkins,   b. 12 May 1738, Exeter, Washington, RI   5. David Perkins,   b. 1 Aug 1741, Exeter, Washington, RI   6. Samuel Perkins,   b. 15 Jul 1745, Exeter, Washington, RI   7. Martha Perkins,   b. 21 Aug 1747
  Family ID	F7866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "Preston Vital Records Part I 1687-1850" (Barbour Collection) PERKINS, Newman, s. [Ebenezer & Hannah], b. Mar. 8, 1711 from "Abstracts of Exeter Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register" by A.G. Beaman, 1987 Newman Perkins of Exeter, yeoman, names sons Ebenezer, Uriah, Oliver, David & Samuel, daughter Martha Place and grandson Christopher Perkins. Will dated 1 May 1794, proved 6 June 1796.

  
  

• Sources

  [S194] Steven G Perkins, Branches & Roots of Oliver Perkins, (Gateway Press, 1999).