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- from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org)
Robert Perkins, s. John and Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 25, 1728.
Robert Perkins, Capt., died May 22, 1797.
- from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
Robert (John, Jacob, John; John) was baptized in Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 25, 1728. He married, first, Elizabeth Brown, of Ipswich. They were published April 6, 1753, and married July 19, 1753. She was the daughter of James Brown, of Ipswich, storekeeper. She died Dec. 4, 1763. He married, second, Sarah, the time of this marriage is not known. She was living at the time of his death. He is called a husbandman, in his deeds. At the time of his death he had the title of Captain. July 19, 1753. He bought of Abraham Tilton "a certain mesuage, consisting of half a house, half a barn and half a well, situated upon Meeting-house Hill, Ipswich." Oct. 29, 1772. He "and his wife, Sarah,"' sold to the county of Essex, a strip of land for a roadway. Feb. 5, 1772. He bought of Thomas Boardman 5 acres of upland for £24-2-7. Feb. 1, 1773. He and his wife, Sarah, sold to Timothy Thornton, of Boston, mast-maker, 5 acres and more, of his land in Ipswich, adjoining his house-lot. Feb. 17, 1773. Timothy Thornton and wife, Eunice, petition the court to appoint a committee to divide certain lands in Ipswich, which she held in common with the children of her deceased sister, Elizabeth, late "wife of Robert Perkins. He died May 22, 1797, intestate; his estate was found to be insolvent, and his property was divided, pro rata, among his creditors, reserving only to Sarah, his widow, her thirds. The inventory of his property showed him to have been a farmer.
- from "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts", Vol 2, 1908
Captain Robert Perkins, son of John and Elizabeth (Endicott) Perkins, baptized Ipswich, 1728, died May, 1797. He was a farmer and from the fact that he is frequently mentioned as Captain Perkins it is probable that he followed the sea, fishing or trading, and he may have gained his title as did others of his family a generation or two later, by the fame they achieved in piloting vessels in and out of the harbor at Salem. Captain Perkins never accumulated any property for his children and is said to have died insolvent; hence his children became scattered and some of them went down to live in Maine. His first wife was Elizabeth (Brown) Perkins, daughter of James Brown, a merchant of Ipswich. They were married July 9, 1753, and she died in 1763. The baptismal name of his second wife was Sarah. He had seven children , all by his first wife: John (died young), Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Joseph, John and Robert.
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1728 - 1797 (~ 68 years)