Quartermaster John Perkins

1609 - 1686  (~ 77 years)

• Name	John Perkins
  Title	Quartermaster
  Christening	14 Sept. 1609	Hillmorton, Warwickshire, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Dec 1686	Ipswich, Essex, MA
  Person ID	I2739	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	John Perkins,   c. 23 Dec 1583, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, ENG d. 1654, Ipswich, MA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Judith Gater,   c. 19 Mar 1589, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, ENG
  Marriage	9 Oct 1608	St. John the Baptist Church, Hillmorton, ENG
  Family ID	F829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth   d. 27 Sep 1684, Ipswich, MA   [1]
  Marriage	1635	Ipswich, MA
  Children	+ 1. John Perkins,   b. 1636, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 1659, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age 23 years) + 2. Abraham Perkins,   b. 1640, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 27 Apr 1722, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age 82 years) + 3. Jacob Perkins,   b. 1646, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 26 Nov 1719, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age 73 years) + 4. Luke Perkins,   b. 1649, Ipswich, Essex, MA + 5. Isaac Perkins,   b. 1650, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 1726, Essex, Essex, MA (Age 76 years) + 6. Nathaniel Perkins,   b. 1653, Ipswich, Essex, MA + 7. Samuel Perkins,   b. 1655, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 19 Apr 1738, Ipswich, Essex, MA (Age 83 years)   8. Thomas Perkins   9. Sarah Perkins
  Family ID	F828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1910 (archive.org) John Perkins, Quartermaster, died Dec. 14, 1686. CTR Quartermaster John Perkins, son of John and Judith Perkins, born England, 1614, died Ipswich, Massachusetts, December 14, 1686. It was he whom a band of Indians sought to kill while he was living "in a little hut on his father's island," but was forewarned of his danger by Robin, a friendly Indian. He opened the first publishing house in Ipswich, also engaged early in fisheries, and by reason of his connection with the trainband gained the title of Quartermaster Perkins, by which he ever after was addressed. He married Elizabeth ____, who died 1684, hav ing borne him nine children: John, Abraham, Jacob, Luke, Isaac, Nathaniel, Samuel, Thomas and Sarah.

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Perkins, George Augustus, The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass, (Salem, Mass, Salem Press, 1889), pg 7-11.