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OTHER CONNECTICUT PERKINS FAMILIES



LAVINIA9, born Nov. 17, 1839, and died July 17, 1881.
MARY9, born Aug. 9, 1841; died May 26, 1854.
ANN9, born March 22, 1843.
JAMES9, born Oct. 18, 1845.
ALBERT9, born Aug. 3, 1847.
ELIZABETH9, born Nov. 18, 1850; died June 11, 1854.
EDWIN9, born Sept. 5, 1859; died Nov. 9, 1859.
LUCILLA S.8, born in 1810; married Gideon Cogswell ; they had five children, William H., who lives in Halifax; Ruth A., married Gideon E. Reid of Cornwallis; Edmund J., attorney-at-law, Kentville, and Mary E., married J. E. Burgess; one child died young.
WILLIAM FRANCIS7, born in Horton, N. S., about 1769, was educated at Kings College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, and in London, where he graduated as surgeon and physician; married an English lady, went to the Island of Jamaica, and settled at Falmouth.

Having received an excellent education, he could adapt himself to any company. He was a fine-looking man, six feet, four inches, well built, and very neat in his appearance.

His wife died in 1827, while he was on a visit to his relatives in Nova Scotia. The date of his death has not been learned.

His sons were noted for their scholastic attainments, and it is believed they continued to reside at Jamaica.

The children of William Francis7 and ( ) Perkins were:

WILLIAM8, born
CHARLES8 born
CYRUS FRANCIS8, born
HENRY8, born
PHILIP8, born
A DAUGHTER8, born
A DAUGHTER8, born
CYRUS PECK7, born at Horton, N. S., about 1776. There were just seven years between the ages of the first and second son, and between the second and the third son. He was educated at Kings College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, and was ordained a clergyman of the Church of England by the first Bishop Ingles, and was appointed rector of St. Luke's Parish in Annapolis County and chaplain to His Majesty's forces at Annapolis Royal.


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