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OTHER CONNECTICUT PERKINS FAMILIES



was set off to Groton, and where, in 1709, he purchased additional land.

Between 1709 and 1721 he deeded portions of his land to both his sons, but only to Luke4, Jr., after latter date. His son John evidently preferred Ipswich to Groton, as he returned there and married, January 30, 1711, Anna, daughter of John4 and Mary Perkins of Wenham, Mass.

Many of the records of New London were destroyed when, in September, 1781, the British troops under Benedict Arnold burned the town; so but few facts regarding Luke have been ascertained; he died in 1725, and his will is on record in Groton, and in it he mentions his wife Sarah, his sons John and Luke, and his daughters Sarah and Hannah. His wife left half her property to each of her sons, John and Luke.

The children of Luke3 and Sarah ( ) Perkins were:

JOHN4, born May 14, 1693; married, Jan. 30, 1711, Mary Perkins.
SARAH4, born Jan. 22, 1694.
LUKE4, born , 1696; married, Dec. 12, 1715, Lydia Davis; died 1777.
HANNAH4, born in New London.

Luke4 Perkins, Jr., son of Luke3 (Quartermaster John2, John1, Senior), was born in 1696, probably in New London, where he died January 8, 1777, at the age of 81.

He married, December 12, 1715, Lydia Davis, and he, his wife and several sons and grandsons are buried in the Perkins yard in Groton, where there is also a gravestone of Henry Perkins, who died in 1750, aged 67 years, whose antecedents are unknown.

He left a will in which he only mentions children of his son James, deceased; his son Ebenezer, his granddaughter Eunice Latham, and his only daughter Lydia.

The children of Luke4 and Lydia (Davis) Perkins were:

SOLOMON5, born in 1716; died young.
ELNATHAN5, born in 1718; killed at the Battle of Groton Heights Sept. 6, 1781.
ELENOR5, born in 1720.
LYDIA5, born in 1722.


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