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William Perkins

Male 1743 - 1826  (82 years)


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  • Name William Perkins 
    Birth 20 Oct 1743  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jun 1826  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial South Woodstock Burying Ground, South Woodstock, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2707  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 12 May 2022 

    Father Abraham Perkins,   b. 1713, Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1786, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ely,   b. 1718, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1759, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1739  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Lyme Vital Records 1667-1852 (ancestry.com)
      Abraham Perkins m. Elizabeth Ely, Feb. 28, 1739, by Rev. George Beckwith
    Family ID F821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Sterling,   b. 1 Apr 1747, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1813, Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [1
    Marriage 20 Feb 1766 
    Notes 
    • from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909
      LYDIA STERLING, b. at Sterling City, Apr. 1, 1747; m. there Feb. 20, 1766, William Perkins, b. in Lyme, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1743, son of Abraham and Sarah (Cogswell) Perkins. Capt. Perkins, as he was called, was a tanner and shoemaker. In February, 1793, he removed from Lyme to Hartland, Vt., with his two sons and a daughter, again removing in 1801 to South Woodstock, Vt., where his brother-in-law, Joseph Sterling, had settled twenty years before. Lydia Sterling d. in Lyme, Apr. 11, 1793. William m. 2d, in South Woodstock, Oct. 11, 1813, Mrs. Irene Smith, wid. of Stephen Smith of Hartland. He d. in South Woodstock, June 24, 1826. Children of William and Lydia (Sterling) Perkins: Elisha Perkins, b. July 25, 1768; m. Mary Ransom; Lydia Perkins, b. June 9, 1770 ; m. John Ransom; Francis Perkins, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sally Dennison; William Perkins, b. Dec. 22, 1774; m. Mary Bigelow; Gaius Perkins, b. in Sept., 1778; m. Eunice Field; Benjamin Perkins, b. July 12, 1785; m. Ezubah Hatch. (Essex Institute Hist. Collection, Vol. XX.)
    Children 
    +1. Elisha Perkins,   b. 25 Jul 1768, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1851, Troy, Lincoln, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Lydia Perkins,   b. 9 Jun 1770, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Francis Perkins,   b. 13 Jul 1772, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1852, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +4. William Perkins,   b. 22 Dec 1774, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1820, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    +5. Gaius Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1778, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1870, Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +6. Benjamin Perkins,   b. 12 Jul 1785, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1870, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F3121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2018 

    Family 2 Irene Smith,   b. 1748   d. 5 Sep 1823 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1813  Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2015 

  • Headstones
    William Perkin Gravestone
    William Perkin Gravestone
    Capt. / WILLIAM PERKIN / died June 24, 1826, / aged 82 years.

    Histories
    Excerpts from 'Family of John Perkins'
    Excerpts from "Family of John Perkins"

  • Notes 
    • from "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Lyme Vital Records 1667-1852 (ancestry.com)
      William, s. Abraham & Elizabeth, b. Oct. 20, 1743
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      William (Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in Lyme, Conn., Oct. 20,1743. He married, first, Lydia Sterling, Feb.20, 1766 in Lyme., Conn.; she died April 11,1793. He married second, Irene Smith, Oct 11, 1813. She was the widow of Stephen Smith, of Hartland VT,. and was the mother of Elder Elias Smith, Rev. Uriah Smith, and Dr. Benjamin Ransom Smith. Capt. Perkins, as he was called, removed from Lyme, CT., with 2 sons and a daughter, to Hartland Vt., in February, 1793, and again to South Woodstock, Vt. in 1801. He was a tanner by trade, and also a shoemaker and pursued both branches of business. He died in South Woodstock, June 24, 1826, at the age of eighty-two years. His marriages with his two wives are quaintly recorded in his family Bible, thus: "Williams Perkins was married to Lydia Sterling, Feb. 20,1766 which became his true and loving wife. William Perkins was married to Irene Smith, Oct 11, 1813, which became his true and loving wife."
    • from Revolutionary War Pension file of John Minor (Fold3)
      While residing at Lyme, Connecticut, he enlisted, the February under Lieutenant William Perkins and served six months with the Connecticut Troops assisting in the construction of Fort Trumbull.
      from Revolutionary War Pension file of Seth Sterling (Fold3)
      in the year 1779 he resided with his father in the Town of Lyme County of New London State of Connecticut and belonged to Capt. William Perkins company of State Militia in said Lyme that from his best recollection at the first of May 1779 he was drafted from said Perkins company as a private soldier to serve sex months as a Militia Man and that as near as he can recollect at the middle of May 1779 he was called and taken by Sargent Ely and marched direct to New London Connecticut and joined Col Wells Regiment of the Connecticut State Troops in Capt Lees company and was stationed at said New London till the latter part of November following and was then dismissed during which time at New London he helped finished and complete a Fort and Barracks and mount the Cannon on said Fort.

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Albert Mack Sterling, The Sterling Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1909).