order: Abigail, James, Isaac, Abraham, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth and Joseph, four of whom, James, Abraham, Hannah and Elizabeth, settled in Lyme.
After the death of his wife he married, July 15, 1759, Mary (Pearson), widow of Richard Ely, who died
Excepting their births, his sons Francis, Daniel and Benjamin are not mentioned in the Lyme records. They settled elsewhere.
He died May 10, 1786. His will is dated April 3, 1786, and was proved September 11 following. He mentions "my beloved wife," "my eldest daughter Betty Mather," "my youngest daughter Sarah Pratt," "my sons Francis Perkins, William Perkins, Daniel Perkins, Abraham Perkins, Jr., Samuel Perkins, and Joseph Perkins."
The children of Abraham5 Perkins and Elizabeth (Ely) Perkins were:
| FRANCIS6, born Dec. 14, 1741; married Elizabeth Peck, sister of
Cyrus and half-sister of Benjamin Peck. In the stirring times preceding the Revolution he was a Loyalist, and on that account found life in Lyme uncongenial, and about 1761 he and other ardent Loyalists emigrated to Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, where they took up or were granted lands after the expulsion of the Acadians. He was a small man, but very active; his wife was a very large woman, as were her sisters, and her brothers were also large men. His wife died in 1820 and is buried in the old Oak burying ground in Horton. After her death he sold his property and moved to Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia, where his son Ely had previously settled, and about two years later, in October, 1822 or '23, he died. He is buried in the Randal burying ground in Aylesford. The children of Francis6 and Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins were:
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