Benjamin Perkins

1831 - 1904  (73 years)

• Name	Benjamin Perkins
  Birth	30 Apr 1831	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Aug 1850	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA
  	age 19, born NH, merchant, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1855	Roxbury, Norfolk, MA
  	age 23, born MA, merchant, living with parents
  Census	15 Jul 1870	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  	age 39, born MA, commission merchant
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Manhattan, New York, NY
  	age 66, born Apr 1834 in MA, marr 3 yrs, banker, parents born MA/MA
  Death	10 Oct 1904	New York, New York, NY
  Burial	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
  Person ID	I19894	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Perkins,   b. 8 Jun 1797, Salem, Essex, MA d. 13 Oct 1870, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Lawrence,   b. 1800, Massachusetts
  Marriage	27 Oct 1823	Salem, Essex, MA
  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.
  Family ID	F7776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Josephine E Welsh,   b. 1843, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. 11 Sep 1877, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Age 34 years)  [1]
  Marriage	10 Nov 1864
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Welsh Perkins,   b. 6 Sep 1865, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. 29 Jan 1898 (Age 32 years)   2. Jeanie Lawrence Perkins,   b. 4 Nov 1866, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. 25 Dec 1927, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 61 years)   3. George Lawrence Perkins,   b. 10 Jul 1868, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. 23 Mar 1941, Boca Grand, Lee, FL (Age 72 years)   4. Russell Perkins,   b. 14 Oct 1876, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. Jul 1968, Pomfret, Windham, CT (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F7788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Frances Jerome Hildt,   b. Apr 1848, New York, New York, NY
  Marriage	1886
  Family ID	F7801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Benjamin (Benjamin, David, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Boston, Mass., April 30, 1831. He married Josephine E. Welsh, of Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 10, 1864. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth T. Welsh. She was born Feb. 19, 1843, and died Sept., 1877. He resides in New York, and is a member of the firm of Perkins and Welsh of Wall street. from "The New York Times", 11 Oct 1904 Benjamin Perkins died yesterday at his residence, 47 East Sixtieth Street. He was born in Boston, Mass, April 30, 1831, and in 1864 married Josephine Evans Welsh, daughter of the late Samuel Welsh of Philadelphia. He became a partner in the firm of S. & W. Welsh, sugar growers, of that city, and in 1877 took charge of a branch house in New York. In 1884 the firm of Perkins & Welsh was formed, and continued until 1896. Mr. Perkins was for many years an active Director in the Continental National Bank of this city, and was elected its President in 1897, serving until its consolidation with the Hanover National Bank. He was also a Director of the Hanover National Bank, Manhattan Savings Institution, Iowa and Illinois Fuel Company, Manhattan Live Insurance Company, and for twenty-five years was a Director in the Home Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Perkins was a member of the Union, Metropolitan, and Century Clubs, and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was a Trustee of the Samaritan Home for the Aged, and of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and for many years, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the General Memorial Hospital. His first wife died in 1877, and in 1886 he married Mrs. Frances Jerome Hildt, who survives him, together with three of his children by his first wife - G. Lawrence Perkins, Russell Perkins, and Mrs. M. M. Kimball of Boston, Mass.

  
  

• Sources

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