PERKINS, Abigail
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1. PERKINS, Abigail was born on 12 Apr 1655 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of PERKINS, Abraham I and WISE OR WYETH, Mary); died on 11 Dec 1715 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
2. PERKINS, Abraham I was born on 28 Jan 1612 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England (son of PERKINS, John and GATER, Judith); died on 31 Aug 1683 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Notes:
Abraham was born in England about 1613. He first appeared in Hampton, NH, in 1638, having gone there with Rev. Stephen Batchelder from either Ipswich or Newbury, MA. At that time Hampton was in Norfolk Co., MA. He was granted 80 acres of land in Hampton in 1639; he was appointed marshall in 1654. He married Mary Wise before 1639 (she was the daughter of Humphrey and Susan Wise).
Abraham was made a freeman 13 May 1640. To become a freeman at that time it ws required that the individual be a respected member of some Congregational Church and subsribe to an oath (written out in the source reference) before the General Court of the Quarterly Court of the county.
[from: Perkins, Carolyn C. (Compiler), Descendants of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, New Hampshire, pp.1ff (#1 in author's numbering system). Peter E. Randall Publishier, Portsmouth, NH. 1993]Abraham married WISE OR WYETH, Mary in 1638 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England. Mary (daughter of WISE, Humphrey Wyeth and PAKEMAN (TIDD), Susanna) was born in 1618 in Warwickshire, England; died on 29 May 1706 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. WISE OR WYETH, Mary was born in 1618 in Warwickshire, England (daughter of WISE, Humphrey Wyeth and PAKEMAN (TIDD), Susanna); died on 29 May 1706 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Children:
- PERKINS, Sarah was born on 26 Jul 1659 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Nov 1675 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Sarah was born on 26 Jul 1659 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Sep 1748 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Humphrey II was born on 17 May 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Jan 1711 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- 1. PERKINS, Abigail was born on 12 Apr 1655 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Dec 1715 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS (TWIN OF MARY), Abraham Jr was born on 2 Sep 1639 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Jun 1677 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Timothy II was born on 29 Jun 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Jan 1660 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Caleb was born in 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1763.
- PERKINS, Jonathan was born on 30 May 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Jan 1689 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, James was born on 5 Oct 1647 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 9 Dec 1731 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Caleb was born in 1645.
- PERKINS, David was born on 28 Feb 1653 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Oct 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Mary was born on 28 Feb 1654 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Oct 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Humphrey was born on 22 Jan 1642 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 26 Jan 1643 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS (TWIN OF ABRAHAM), Mary was born on 2 Sep 1639 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 May 1670 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Timothy was born in 1635; died in 1641.
- PERKINS, Luke I was born on 24 Mar 1641 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 20 Mar 1709 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Timothy was born in Jul 1646 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Jun 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, James was born on 11 Apr 1644 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in Dec 1644 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Humphrey was born on 23 Jan 1642 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 May 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Luke was born on 18 Mar 1667 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Dec 1748 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, David was born in 1635; died in 1641.
Generation: 3
4. PERKINS, John was born on 23 Dec 1583 in Newent, Gloucestershire, England; died on 23 Sep 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Notes:
ORIGIN: Hillmorton, Warwickshire
MIGRATION: 1631 on first trip of the Lyon
FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston
REMOVES: Ipswich 1633
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "John Perkins and Judith his wife" were admitted to Boston church as members #107 and #108 (this would be in early 1631) [BChR 14].
FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366].
EDUCATION: He made his mark to his will.
OFFICES: Deputy to General Court for Ipswich, 25 May 1636 [MBCR 1:174]. Committee to set the bounds of Roxbury and Dorchester, 7 November 1632 [MBCR 1:102].
Essex grand jury, 28 [December] 1641, 26 September 1648, 28 September 1652 [EQC1:37, 145, 260].
On 26 March 1650 "John Perkins Sr., being above sixty years old, is freed from ordinary training" [EQC 1:187].
ESTATE: He had Ipswich land grants: forty acres in 1634, three acres of upland; ten acres of meadow; an island at More's Point; ten acres where "he hath built a house"; six acres of meadow; six acres of upland in 1635, and forty acres at Chebacco in 1636, and six acres of plowland in 1639 [Dudley Wildes Anc 88].
On 10 December 1644 "John Perkins of Ipswich in America" and Thomas Perkins exchanged land in Ipswich [ILR 3:1, 4:268].
In his will, dated 28 March 1654 and proved 26 September 1654, "John Perkines the Elder of Ipswich being at this time sick and weak in body" bequeathed to "my eldest son John Perkines a foal ... also ... to my son John's two sons John and Abraham to each of them one of my yearling heifers"; to "my son Thomas Perkines one cow and one heifer also ... to his son John Perkines one ewe"; to "my daughter Elizabeth Sarjeant one cow and a heifer to be to her and her children after her decease"; to "my daughter Mary Bradbery one cow and one heifer or a young steer ... to her & to her children"; to "my daughter Lidia Bennitt one cow and one heifer or steer ... to her children"; to "my grandchild Thomas Bradbery one ewe"; to "my son Jacob Perkines my dwelling house together with all the outhousing and all my lands ... according to a former covenant, after the decease of my wife"; residue "to my dear wife Judeth Perkines" sole executrix, "as also to dispose of some of the increase to children of my son Thomas and of my three daughters" at her discretion [EPR 1:190-91].
The inventory of John Perkins was undated but totalled £250 5s., including real estate valued at £132: "the dwelling house and barn with out housing," £40 60s. [sic]; "land about the house about eight acres," £12; "more land unbroke up about fourteen acres," £21; "a parcel of marsh about six acres," £12; "a parcel of upland and marsh being much broken about twenty acres," £20; "twelve acres of improved land," £24 [EPR 1:191].
BIRTH: Baptized Hillmorton, Warwickshire, 23 December 1583, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sawbridge) Perkins [Dudley Wildes Anc 87].
DEATH: Ipswich "1654 aged sixty four years" between 28 March 1654 (date of will) and 26 September 1654 (probate of will).
MARRIAGE: Hillmorton 8 October 1608 Judith Gater, baptized Hillmorton 19 March 1588/9, daughter of Michael Gater [Dudley Wildes Anc 87].
CHILDREN (i-vi baptized Hillmorton, Warwickshire [Dudley Wildes Anc 89-90]):
i JOHN, bp. 14 September 1609; m. by about 1636 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child b. about 1636 [EIHC 19:255, 265-66]; Elizabeth, wife to Quartermaster John Perkins, d. Ipswich 27 September 1684).
ii ELIZABETH, bp. 25 March 1611; m. by about 1636 WILLIAM SARGENT.
iii MARY, bp. 3 September 1615; m. by 1637 Thomas Bradbury (eldest child b. Salisbury 1 April 1637).
iv ANNE, bp. 5 September 1617; no further record.
v THOMAS, bp. 28 April 1622; m. by about 1644 Phebe Gould, daughter of Zacheus Gould (eldest child b. by 1644 [Dudley Wildes Anc 92]; in his will of 11 December 1685 Thomas Perkins bequeathed to his son Zacheus "the farm he lives upon `which I had of my father Gould'" [Dudley Wildes Anc 92]).
vi JACOB, bp. 12 July 1624; m. (1) by 1649 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child b. 1 April 1649 [EIHC 19:264]) [EQC 1:389]; m. (2) after 12 February 1685 Damaris (_____) Robinson, widow of Nathaniel Robinson [Dudley Wildes Anc 90 (evidence not supplied)].
vii LYDIA, bp. Boston 3 June 1632 [corrected from 1631] [BChR 277]; m. by about 1651 Henry Bennett of Ipswich [NEHGR 19:165-69].
ASSOCIATIONS: Walter Goodwin Davis discusses the possibility that Isaac Perkins of Ipswich was a close relative [Dudley Wildes Anc 89].
COMMENTS: On 3 April 1632 a Court of Assistants ordered "that no person whatsoever shall shoot at fowl upon Pullen Poynte or Noddle's Ileland, but that the said places shall be reserved for John Perkins to take fowl with nets" [MBCR 1:94].
In the 1 April 1633 list of men authorized by the court to begin the settlement of Ipswich, the eighth name is "William Perkins" [MBCR 1:103], which must be an error for this John Perkins, inasmuch as WILLIAM PERKINS was at Roxbury at this time, and would not move to Essex County for nearly two decades more.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1959 Walter Goodwin Davis published the English origin of John Perkins and his wife, and pushed the Perkins ancestry back to 1475 [Dudley Wildes Anc81-90].
Source: The Great Migration Begins (Sketch 1432) on Ancestry.com
1Threlfall, John Brooks, The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury (1611-1695) and His Wife Mary (Perkins) Bradbury (1615-1700) of Salisbury, Massachusetts (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1988.), pp. 580-3, Family History Library, 929.273 B726t 1995.
2Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-), 3:1431-2, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549.
3Paul, Edward Joy, The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul (Milwaukee: Burdick & Allen, 1914. FHL US/CAN Film #1,320,781 Item 2.), p. 71, Family History Library.
Online at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwc2516.htm#67074C1John married GATER, Judith on 9 Oct 1608 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England. Judith was born on 19 Mar 1588 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 26 Sep 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. GATER, Judith was born on 19 Mar 1588 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 26 Sep 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- PERKINS, Ann was born on 5 Sep 1617 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 1 Jun 1654 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Judith was born in 1608 in Bath, Somerset, England; died in 1633 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Elizabeth was born on 3 Mar 1610 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 12 Feb 1684 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Isaac was born on 26 Jan 1611 in Hillmorton, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Nov 1685 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- PERKINS, Thomas Sargent was born in 1604 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died in 1610 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England.
- PERKINS, John was born in 1614 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 14 Dec 1646 in Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Ann was born in 1605; died in 1610.
- PERKINS, Elizabeth was born on 28 Nov 1602 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 25 Dec 1602 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England.
- PERKINS, Henry was born in 1611.
- PERKINS, Lydia was born in 1612 in Warwickshire, England.
- PERKINS, Mary was born in 1615 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 20 Dec 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- PERKINS, Jacob was born on 12 Sep 1624 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Jan 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 2. PERKINS, Abraham I was born on 28 Jan 1612 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died on 31 Aug 1683 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
6. WISE, Humphrey Wyeth was born in 1591 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 26 Mar 1639 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Notes:
Humphrey Wise, the immigrant, was living in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635, although we do not know just when he came to America. He had a one acre house lot on the south side of the river, and apparently owned other property. His wife's name was Susanna (Susan), but her surname is not known. Humphrey lived in New England for a short time as he died in 1638; subsequently little information is available about him. He did not leave a will.
After Humphrey's death Susanna married secondly in 1639, Samuel Greenfield of Salem, who was later accused by the court of having taken into his possession without legal order, the property which had belonged to Humphrey. On Jan. 13, 1639, the General Court of Boston ordered the Court at Ipswich "to examine and settle all things belonging to the estate of Humfrey Wisse, including all the land sold and unsold." The Ipswich Court on Jan. 26, 1639, asked for an inventory of the estate which amounted to about 140 lbs. Mr. Greenfield must have been able to convince the court of his honesty, as it approved the sale of the house and land and such other sales as had already been made, and appointed him as administrator of the estate. He gave bond to handle the money and to bring up the five minor children until the boys were 21 and the girls 18 years of age, at which time each was to receive a cretain portion of the estate.
The court further agreed that with the consent of Samuel Greenfield and Susan, his wife, that Benjamin the oldest boy, should be apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Abraham Perkins, for seven years from Sept. 29, 1638. Since the apprenticeship was dated back it is probable that Benjamin had been living with his sister, Mary, since that date.
Humphrey and Susanna had eight children, all or most of whom must have been born in England. We do not have their birthdates or order of their births, except that the last five named were minors at the time of their father's death. The three oldest were apparently married and had received their share of the estate before Humphrey's death.
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Humphrey is mentioned in Filby's Passenger and Immigration List Index as being an immigrant:
Name: Wise, Humphrey
Place: Massachusetts
Year: 1620-1650
Source Publication Code: 275
Source Publication Page Number: 181
Document Type: Immigrant Record
Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists IndexHumphrey married PAKEMAN (TIDD), Susanna on 26 Mar 1616 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Susanna was born on 8 Mar 1597 in Nacton, Suffolk, England; died in 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. PAKEMAN (TIDD), Susanna was born on 8 Mar 1597 in Nacton, Suffolk, England; died in 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- 3. WISE OR WYETH, Mary was born in 1618 in Warwickshire, England; died on 29 May 1706 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.