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DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD PERKINS


Fifth Generation



Perkins and heirs of Amos Perkins, dec'd; west on Rev. Benj. Woodbridge (after whom the town of Woodbridge was probably named) and John Horton; north on the highway, and south on Isaac Ford.

The date of his death has not been found; nor that of his wife.

The children of (169) Elijah5 and Lydia (Sperry) Perkins were:

292 ABRAHAM6, baptized May 25, 1788, at Woodbridge.
293 LYMAN6, baptized May 25, 1788, at Woodbridge.
294 KATHAN6, baptized May 25, 1788, at Woodbridge.
295 MARK6, baptized in 1788 at Woodbridge.
296 HANNAH6, baptized May 25, 1788, at Woodbridge.

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DAVID5 PERKINS, son of (84) David4 [(23 Lt. Daniel3, (5) David2, (1) Edward1], was born in New Haven December 30, 1749, and married Anna Beecher June 19, 1772; she was born February 9, 1753, and died October 28, 1846.

January 11, 1782, he sold to Daniel Peck 3½ acres at Sergeants Rocks, Amity parish, bounded on Chas. Bradley, Isaac Ford, Alling Sperry and the highway.

The U. S. Census of 1790 mentions that his family then consisted of one male 16 and upwards, two males under 16, and four females.

He made his will September 30, 1803, and it was entered for probate January 4, 1819. He bequeaths to his daughter Betsey Lines £10; grandson Nelson Clark £10; and to sons David and Isaac the residue. The inventory of his estate amounted to $3,632.40.

He died in Woodbridge, Conn., December , 1818, but the date of the death of his wife has not been learned; it was before September 30, 1803.

The children of (172) David5 and Anna (Beecher) Perkins were:

297 DAVID 6, born
298 ISAAC6, born
299 BETSY6, born ; married Lines.


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