DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD PERKINS

Fourth Generation

to the United States Census of 1790, his family consisted at that time of two males 16 and upwards, one male under 16, and two females. He died in 1793, and administration on his estate was granted his son Amos, December 16, 1793. The inventory, £608 12s. 6d., was allowed April 4, 1794.

The children of (83) Amos⁴ and Hannah (Bishop) Perkins were:

164	MARY⁵, born Nov. 12, 1745; died young.
165	AMOS⁵, born Nov. 21, 1746; died March 26, 1819.
166	DANIEL⁵, born March 1, 1748-9.
167	ABRAHAM⁵, born June 6, 1752; married Patience Clark, Oct. 16, 1774. His only child was Elias, born Oct. 20, 1773, died at Woodbridge, 1810.
168	ELIJAH⁵, born Jan. 28, 1755; died young.
169	ELIJAH⁵, born July 17, 1756.
170	SILAS⁵, born April 4, 1758. He appears to have been an imbecile and was cared for and supported by his brother Amos until the latter's decease in 1819. (See Will of Amos).
171	HANNAH⁵, born March 24, 1765; married, Oct. 20, 1785, Thaddeus Thompson, who was born March 5, 1762, and died June 16, 1829.

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DAVID⁴ PERKINS, son of (23) Lt. Daniel³ [(5) David², (1) Edward¹] was born in New Haven, about 1723; married, November 19, 1747, Lydia Bradley.

November 6, 1745, for £50, Samuel Perkins deeds to him 5½ acres and 35 rods of land.

His name is not included in the list of births, but appears in his father's will, in which he was named as one of the executors. He married Lydia Bradley November 19, 1747.

He made his will September 20, 1776, which was proved December 2, 1776. He bequeathed to his wife Lydia one-third of his movable estate. To his daughters, Lydia, wife of Roger Alling; Sarah, wife of Jacob Sperry; Martha, Mary and Huldah, £60 each. He appoints his sons, David and Isaac, executors, who have the residue of the estate.