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Jeremiah Staniford Perkins

Male 1797 - 1886  (88 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah Staniford Perkins 
    Birth 13 Apr 1797 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Mar 1886  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20651  Family Tree
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2018 

    Father Aaron Perkins,   c. 3 Jul 1772, Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1838, Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Sally Staniford,   b. 20 Jul 1774   d. 7 Oct 1862, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jul 1796  Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org)
      Aaron Perkins, jr., and Sally Staniford, married July 28, 1796.
    Family ID F8110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Millett,   b. 11 Feb 1799   d. 25 Jun 1835 (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 24 Mar 1822 
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah Staniford Perkins,   b. 6 Jul 1822   d. 26 Feb 1861 (Age 38 years)
     2. Sarah Perkins,   b. 2 Apr 1824
    +3. Benjamin Millett Perkins,   b. 22 Dec 1827
     4. Mary Ann Perkins,   b. 5 Mar 1832   d. 1833 (Age 0 years)
     5. Mary Ann Perkins,   b. 11 Feb 1833
     6. Frances Ellen Perkins,   b. 22 May 1835   d. Sep 1835 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F8126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2018 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Millett,   b. 15 Apr 1808 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1837 
    Children 
     1. Ellen Lander Perkins,   b. 6 Apr 1838
    +2. Joseph Augustine Perkins,   b. 1 Jul 1840
    +3. Charles Perkins,   b. 20 Apr 1843   d. 17 May 1878 (Age 35 years)
    +4. Aaron Perkins,   b. 10 Feb 1846, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1918, Lynn, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F8127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2018 

  • Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com)
      Jeremiah S Perkins, age 88y 11m, a widower, unemployed, born Ipswich MA to Aaron Perkins b. Ipswich & Sarah b. Ipswich, died 12 Mar 1886 in Salem MA to stomach cancer.
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      Jeremiah Staniford (Aaron, Aaron, Jeremiah, Jacob, John, John) was born in Ipswich, Mass., Apr. 13, 1797. He married, first, Sarah Millett, M'ch 24, 1822; she was born in Feb. 11, 1799, and died June 25, 1835. He married, second, Elizabeth Millett, Apr. 11, 1837; she was born Apr. 15, 1808, and was the sister of his first wife. Both of his wives were daughters of Benjamin and Mary (Peele) Millett. He resides in Salem. He was a tailor, and learned that trade of the late Asa Wiggin, of Salem. He was for five years a partner in the tailoring business with Mr. Samuel Chamberlain, and afterward with his own brother, Daniel, and then with his son, Jeremiah. For the last thirty-six years, he has been the superintendant of burials for the city of Salem. He has served as a member of the city council, and has also represented the city in the state legislature. He has been the commander of the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry, and is now, at the age of eighty-six years, able to attend to his business, and has again been appointed superintendent of burials for the present year, 1883.