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Aaron Perkins

Male 1799 - 1886  (86 years)


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  • Name Aaron Perkins 
    Birth 16 Jun 1799 
    Gender Male 
    Census 16 Aug 1850  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 50, born MA, merchant, mother living in house 
    Census 13 Sep 1855  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 56, born MA, has clothing store 
    Census 25 Jul 1860  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 60, born MA, family of dau "Jane D" McFarland & brother Augustus in house 
    Census 1 May 1865  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 66, born MA, gentleman, family of widowed dau Susan McFarland living in house 
    Census 15 Jul 1870  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 71, born MA 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 81, born MA, suffers from paralysis, parents born MA/MA 
    Death 14 Apr 1886  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20652  Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 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 Susan Wardwell,   b. 20 Jun 1802   d. 7 Sep 1875 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 30 Oct 1826 
    Children 
     1. Susan D Perkins,   b. 25 Aug 1827
     2. Aaron Wardwell Perkins,   b. 11 Jan 1830   d. 2 Mar 1833 (Age 3 years)
    +3. Henry Clay Perkins,   b. 15 Nov 1831, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1880, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +4. Aaron Wardwell Perkins,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah Frances Perkins,   b. 26 Jun 1836   d. 10 Sep 1836 (Age 0 years)
     6. George Perkins,   b. 11 Jul 1838, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1878, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F8133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2018 

  • Notes 
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      Aaron (Aaron, Aaron, Jeremiah, Jacob, John, John) was born in Ipswich, Mass., June 16, 1799. He married Susan Wardwell, Oct. 30, 1826. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Dolly (Moulton) Wardwell, of Dover, N. H. She was born June 20, 1802, and died Sept. 7, 1875. He was a sailmaker, and learned his trade in Salem of the late William Lane. He afterwards carried on the clothing business for many years in Salem, and was in partnership with the late William B. Brown, on Derby street. He was chosen director, and afterwards president of the Mercantile National Bank of Salem, a place which he filled for several years. During the late civil war, he was active in serving the soldiers who were in the field, and caring for their families at home. He has served the city in its common council and board of aldermen; has also represented it in the legislature of the state. He was a member of the Mechanic Charitable Association, and was, for a time, its president. He was ensign in the Mechanic Light Infantry. He is now living in Salem in 1883.