Family of John * PERKINS and Judith * GATER
Husband: John * PERKINS
John * PERKINS
Name: |
John * PERKINS |
Sex: |
Male |
Father: |
Henry * PERKINS (1555-1608) |
Mother: |
Elizabeth * SAWBRIDGE (1564-1603) |
Birth |
23 Dec 1583 |
Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England |
Immigration |
5 Feb 1631 (age 47) |
to Boston, Middlesex, MA, US from Hilmorton, Warwickshire, England3 |
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Vessel: Lyon |
Residence |
18 May 1631 (age 47) |
MA, US4 |
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Massachussets Application for freeman status |
Will |
28 Jan 1654 (age 70) |
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Death |
23 Sep 1654 (age 70) |
Ipwsich, Essex, MA, US5 |
Probate |
26 Oct 16546 |
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Wife Judith; eldest son John and his two sons John and Abraham; son Thomas and his son John; son Jacob; daus. Elizabeth Sargent, Mary Bradbury, Lydia Bennett and their ch; gr ch Thomas Bradbury. |
Wife: Judith * GATER
Name: |
John PERKINS |
Sex: |
Male |
Birth |
14 Sep 1609 |
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Name: |
Elizabeth PERKINS |
Sex: |
Female |
Birth |
3 Mar 1610 |
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Name: |
Abraham PERKINS |
Sex: |
Male |
Birth |
1613 |
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Name: |
Mary PERKINS |
Sex: |
Female |
Birth |
3 Sep 1615 |
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Name: |
Ann PERKINS |
Sex: |
Female |
Birth |
5 Sep 1617 |
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Name: |
Thomas PERKINS |
Sex: |
Male |
Birth |
28 Apr 1622 |
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Name: |
Lydia PERKINS |
Sex: |
Female |
Birth |
3 Jun 1632 |
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Note on Husband: John * PERKINS
John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts was christened December 23, 1583 in Hillborough, Warwickshire, England. He emigrated from England to New England. John died on September 20, 1654, in Ipswich, Essex County, Massashusetts. John married Judith Gates/Gator on October 9, 1608, in Hillmorton. Judith was born on March 19, 1588, in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England. Her parents were Michael Gater and Isabel Bailey. Judith Elizabeth died in 1684 in Ipswich. John and Judith's daughter, Mary Perkins, was accused as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. John was a freeman in May 1631. In 1633, he was a settler in Ipswich, MA. John's will was witnessed by William Bartholomew of Ipswich. John was a representative of the General Court in 1636. John owned a large island at the mouth of the Ipswich River, called "Perkin's Island." In 1856, this island was still owned by the Perkins Family. His house was near Manning's neck and close to the Ipswich river.
John's will was dated March 38, 1654, and was proven September 1654. His estate was valued at 250 pounds, 5 shillings.
Sources
1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
2 | "Warwickshire, England - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1535-1812". |
3 | "Passenger and Immigrations Lists Index 1500-1900". |
4 | "MA Applications of Freeman, 1630-1691". |
5 | "MA Town Records 1620-1988". |
6 | Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998). |