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Benjamin Perkins

Male 1762 - 1813  (50 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Perkins 
    Birth 10 Jun 1762  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Feb 1813  Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial North Bridgewater Cemetery, Bridgewater, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2715  Family Tree
    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 Mary Pearson,   b. 22 Aug 1726, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 15 Jul 1759  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Demis Jones,   b. 12 Jun 1768, Colchester, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1828, Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [1, 2
    Marriage 10 Jun 1784  Colchester, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Demis Harriet Perkins,   b. 17 Jan 1786, Colchester, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1847, Hartland, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Fanny Perkins,   b. 24 Aug 1790, Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1817 (Age 26 years)
     3. Betsey Perkins,   b. 17 Mar 1795, Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1847 (Age 52 years)
     4. Irene Perkins,   b. 23 Apr 1797, Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Melvine Perkins,   b. 28 Jun 1799, Bridgewater, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1832, Worcester, Washington, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F3120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018 

  • Headstones
    Benjamin Perkins Gravestone
    Benjamin Perkins Gravestone
    Benjamin Perkins / died 25 Feb / 1813 /ae 50 yrs

    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)
      Benjamin, s. Abraham & Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1745
    • from History of the Town of Bridgewater (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/WindsorBridgewater.html)
      Dr. Benjamin PERKINS, born at Lyme, Conn., about 1763, came to Bridgewater at an early date, and was one of the victims of the fever epidemic of 1813. This epidemic prevailed to an alarming degree, sweeping off great numbers of the most respectable and useful citizens. Nineteen persons in the town were swept off in the month of March, a great portion of whom were heads of families. Mr. PERKINS' grave is at Bridgewater cemetery.
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      Benjamin (Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in Lyme, Conn., Thursday June 10, 1762. He married Demis Jones about 1784. She was a daughter of Capt. Ariel Jones. She was born June 12, 1768, and died Dec. 6, 1828. The time of his removal from Lyme is not known. In 1807, being out of health, he made a journey on horseback from Vermont to visit his relatives, John and James Perkins, and others at Chebacco, Mass. On his return, being in better health, he writes to them from Bridgewater, Windsor Co., Vermont; which, it is evident, was his home at that time. He was a physician. He died Feb. 13, 1813.
    • from "The Windsor Washingtonian", 8 Mar 1813 (newspapers.com)
      At Bridgewater, Benjamin Perkins, Esq. 50

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Windsor County Vermont, (D. Mason & Co, 1891), p. 606.

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