There
were Perkins Men at Valley Forge with General Washington. Yes even
in the very early years of our country, Perkins Men and the Perkins women
were there with the bravery and conviction that is distinctly found in
association with the surname PERKINS.
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moe@thwy.net
(moe) ARCHIBALD PERKINS (1746-1840)
REMOVED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO VIRGINIA ,1764,
AND SERVED IN THE VIRGINIA LINE DURING THE REVOLUTION.
HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA
HE DIED IN GREENE COUNTY, GA.
REFERENCE: NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAR VOLUME 74 , PAGE
325.
-H-
Gloria
Flathom. Email GFlathom@aol.com Holmes Perkins
Col. Hitchcok's Rgt, Capt. Stephen Kimball's Co.
1775 Rhode Island I believe this to be "Army of
Observation". He was born 1757 married Susannah Tyler April
1780 in Rhode Island, moved to Vt. for a few years, was in the 1800 Census
and disappears. I believe he died and left Susannah and the kids.
She came back to Rhode Island and is found in the 1820 census
through 1840 census.
He was a patriot this material is found in: "Spirit of '76 in Rhode
Island on Sketches of the Efforts of the Government and People in the War
of the Revolution" by Benjamin Cowell, Boston, copy write 1850.
I believe this fellow is my ancestor.
-J-
wrdx@erols.com
(Warren Davis)
John
Perkins, b. 1728
Commanding Officer if known: Capt. Simon Spaulding, under command of Col.
Zebulon Butler. His company and the company of Capt. John Durkee, also
under Butler's command, about 700 men in total, were involved in the
Battle of Wyoming (aka, Wyoming Massacre) on July 3, 1778.
About 3,000 British troops under Maj. John Butler, Tories, and
hired Iroquois Indians from upstate NY raided Wyoming Valley. The battle
was
lost by the Connecticut Yankee settlers, and most were savagely killed and
scalped, many burned, in three days of marauding after the battle. John
Perkins and his family escaped; John came back to the valley soon
afterward,
but was killed on Nov.7, 1778. His wife stayed in CT; Surviving sons
David,
Aaron and Griswold returned to Wyoming and prospered there.
mustered in and out if known: 1778
Birth and death date if known: b. 1728, d. 7 Nov 1778
(direct descendent of John and Judith [Gator] Perkins of Boston/Ipswich
,formerly of Hillmorton, Engl.)
John Perkins late of Plainfield, Windham Co., CT,
who was a leading member of the Susquehanna Company which settled the
Wyoming
Valley (now centered on Wilkes-Barre, PA, originally New Troy, CT, then
Wyoming, PA), and several sons. I am a direct descendant of this John
Perkins and his wife Hepzibah Griswold, and their son David Perkins (b.
Jan.1, 1769) and his wife Sarah Ferrier.
Jim Perkins gar1948@aol.com John Perkins
Son of John Perkins and Abigail Dodge
b. July 20, 1753 in Wenham Massachusetts
Mustered in Wenham into Capt. Thomas Kendall's Militia
Served under Col. Baker's regiment
Battle of Lexington, April 19,1775
-R-
Kathy
Womack k604w@aol.com
Robert Biggan Perkins, Patriot
b. 16 Mar 1736, St. George Parish, Baltimore, MD
d. 6 Apr 1823, Lincoln Co, NC
m. abt 1760, Rowan Co, NC to Elizabeth Lollar
North Carolina Militia
-S-
Alice
Gordon Angordon@aol.com This is from Mass
Soldiers and Sailors
Born Oct 15, 1756
Married Mehitable SHURTLEFF in Turner, Maine on Oct 31, 1787.
Died in Paris, Maine Jan 8, 1808.
Buried in Paris, Maine with Rev War tombstone.
PERKINS SAMUEL, Dracut. Private,
Cap[t. James Varnum's co., Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army
pay accounts for service from May 16, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1780; residence
Dracut; credited to town of Dracut; also,
descriptive list dated Jan 7, 1781; Lieut. E. Smith's co., Col. Jackson's
(8th) regt.; age 24 years; stature 5 ft 3 in.; complexion, light;
hair ,
dark; occupation, farmer; birthplace, Dunstable; residence, Dracut;
enlisted
Jan 1, 1780, by Lieut. L. Jackson, at West Point; enlistment, during war.
(Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Published by
the Sec. of the Commonwealth, 1904, Boston
-U-
Kathy
Womack k604w@aol.com Ute Perkins, Patriot
b. 15 Jul 1761, Lincoln Co NC
d. 11 Mar 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL
m. 1872, Asheville, Cuncombe, NC to Sarah (Sally) Gant
Drafted in 1778 at Lincoln Co, NC
Served as private in Capt. John McDowell's company and later in Capt.
David McFall's company
