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DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD PERKINS


Fourth Generation



Married, November 10, 1743, Mabel, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Lines) Dorman, who was born October 26, 1720; and died in 1747. His widow married Gershom Thomas.

October 29, 1746, he bought land of Nathan Perkins.

Administration upon his estate was granted his mother, Abigail, January 7, 1747-8; inventory, £684 10s.

The children of (67) Joel4 and Mabel (Dorman) Perkins were:

152 ELIZABETH5, born Sept. 9, 1744; married, Dec. 12, 1765, Peter Perkins. She died in Woodbridge in 1799.
153 MABEL5, born ; married Jesse Terrel.

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THOMAS4 PERKINS, son of (14) Seth3 [(4) Jonathan2, (1) Edward1], was born in New Haven May 20, 1717; married Rachel, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Hotchkiss) Peck, who was born August 2, 1721. He died in 1758.

January 7, 1742-3, he bought for £55 of Elizabeth Russell, administratrix upon the estate of her husband, Nicholas Russell, five acres of land.

May , 1758, administration upon his estate was granted the widow Rachel, and the inventory amounted to £630 12s.

She was doubtless the Rachel Perkins of Woodbridge, who, according to the U. S. Census of 1790, was then living alone, as the "family" consisted of one female.

The children of (77) Thomas4 and Rachel (Peck) Perkins were:

154 RACHEL5, born Sept. 26, 1742; married, April 19, 1770, Lemuel Potter.
155 MARY5, born Aug. 20, 1744; married Jacob Hotchkiss, Jan. 25, 1763.
156 THOMAS5, born May 8, and died May 9, 1746.
157 JONATHAN5, born April 28, 1747; married, Jan. 10, 1771, Lydia Carrington, who was baptized June 16, 1745.


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