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DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD PERKINS


Fifth Generation



218 GUY6, born March 6, 1798; married Laura Doolittle.
219 REBECCA6, born July 26, 1799.
220 JAMES6, born Feb. 26, 1800; died Aug. 27, 1800.
221 JAMES6, born Oct. 23, 1808; died Oct. 23, 1824.

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SIMEON5 PERKINS, son of (40) Benjamin4 [(6) John3, (2) John2, (1) Edward1], married, February 22, 1771, Tryphena Bennam. Elijah Prindle and his wife Elizabeth, Simeon Perkins and his wife Tryphena of Wallingford, and Elihu Benham of Woodbridge deeded land to John Benham and his wife Mary, of New Haven.

He lived in Meriden, Conn., and died about 1807. According to the U. S. Census of 1790, the family of Simeon Perkins of Wallingford at that time consisted of one male 16 and upwards, one male under 16, and two females.

The children of (125) Simeon5 and Tryphena (Benham) Perkins were:

222 ANNA6, born July 28, 1772; married Joel Merriman.
223 LUCINDA6, born May 31, 1775; married William Olds, Nov. 5, 1794.
224 REBECCA6, born April 29, 1773; died young.
225 JARED6, born April 25, 1777.
226 HULDAH6, born May 17, 1779; evidently died young.
227 TRYPHENA6, married Joseph Farrington; died May , 1855.
228 SIMEON6; married, May 13, 1807, Fannie Parker.
229 BENJAMIN6; married twice.
230 SHERLOCK6; married Catherine Brockett.

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MOSES5 PERKINS, son of (64) Elisha4 [(8) Elisha3, (2) John2, (1) Edward1], was born September 16, 1747, and March 23, 1769, married Mary Smith of Wallingford, Conn.

He lived a while at East Haven, New Haven County, Conn., and probably was the Moses Perkins who was living at Hampton, Washington County, N. Y., in 1790, whose family then consisted of one male 16 and upwards, five males under 16, and seven females.



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