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| Joseph John b. 1792 NY. His wife
CATHERINE\KATHERINE (JACOB) b.5.4.1792 NY
d.5.2.1876. He is listed on the 1840
Michigan Census in Commerce, Oakland Co., MI. In 1850 at Novi, Oakland Co., MI. He and his
family came to Michigan in 1835 and settled in Novi, Oakland Co., MI. They were married
1-1-1813 at Saratoga, NY. He is buried at the Novi Cemetery, Novi, MI. Their
known children were:
1.Mary "Polly" Perkins b. 1815 Saratoga, NY d.
1897 MI m. (10/24/1843)
Daniel Knapp
(Resided at Leroy, Osceola Co. MI)
2.John J. Perkins b.1817 NY
d.1900 MI
3.Catherine L. Perkins b. NY m. (10/20/1840) William Taylor.
In 1850; Mary Perkins b.1842
was listed in their household.
**Perkins
Research asks......"Could he be a son of
Christopher & Rebecca (Palmer)
Perkins of Saratoga, NY" ??* |
*Civil War
Soldier
Submitted
by: Marie E. Horak (Now Deceased (2009).
Source: Death of Polly (Perkins) Knapp - Williamston Enterprise - Newspaper |
Martin Deloss Perkins b. ca.1820 d.
2.21.1848 Milford, Oakland Co., MI..
*Probably a son of (Samuel &
Jemina (Stevens) Perkins). His wife m.
9.19.1844; HARRIET (HOPKINS). They
were married in Oakland Co., MI in 1844.
Their children were:1.Martin Perkins b. ca. 1845 MI
2.Lucy Perkins b. ca. 1847 MI
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I
find a Land Sale Deed dated 7.10.1843 recorded in the Oakland Co., MI Deeds
1843-1844 book between Leonard &
Lucretia Perkins (a known son of Samuel & Jemina (Stevens)
Perkins) and Martin Deloss Perkins of the town of Milford,
Oakland Co., MI, they are selling land at Milford, Oakland Co., MI to
Nancy Myers
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Thomas M. Perkins b. ?. His wife
m.2.19.1835 Rochester, Oakland Co.;
SARAH ANN or ANNA SARAH (TAYLOR)
b.ca.1819 NY d. Aug. 1894 MI.
They are listed on the 1840 MI Census in
Brandon, Oakland Co., MI & the 1840 Census at Sterling, Macomb Co., MI.
After the death of her husband, she married 2nd.1.14.1849;
George Patrick at Oakland Co., MI. They resided in 1850 at Avon, Oakland
Co., MI. On the 1850 Census, the Perkins children were listed with the
surname of "Patrick" instead of Perkins. They removed to Atlas, Genesee Co.,
MI and in 1880 & 1890 they resided at Vassar, Tuscola Co., MI.
Their known children were:
1.Electa Perkins b. 1839 MI m. _______ Rathbun
*1868 Resided in Genesee Co., MI
2.William L. Perkins b.1844 MI d.4.2.1864 (Measles) Annapolis, MD
[Never Married-No Children]
*Civil War - Private. Co. K, 8th Reg. MI
Infantry Volunteers
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His first land purchase
recorded at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
was on 8/2/1837 in Township/Range 004 North-007 East, E 1/2 NE 1/4, Section
28 and E 1/2 NE 1/4 in Section 33, Oakland Co., MI.
I find a land purchase deed dated 1.14.1840 recorded in the
Shiawassee Co., MI Deeds 1838-1843 Book. Daniel Odell is selling his land to
Thomas M. Perkins of Macomb Co., MI located in the east half of the
southwest fractional quarter of section thirty-one in township number eight
north of range number three east, in Shiawassee Co., MI..
*I find a land purchase deed dated 3.13.1840 recorded in the
Lapeer Co., MI Mortgages 1852-1854, 1846-1851 Book. Marvin & Thedora Reed
are selling land in Lapeer Co., MI to Thomas Perkins of Oakland Co., MI
(*I'm not sure if this deed is for Thomas M. Perkins)
I find a land sale deed dated 3.15.1843 recorded in the
Shiawassee Co., MI Deeds 1838-1843 Book. Thomas M. & Anna S. Perkins of
Shiawassee Co., MI are selling land located in the east half of the
southwest fractional quarter of section number thirty-one in township number
eight north range number three east, to Lucius G. Hammond of
Shiawassee Co., MI.
I find a land sale deed dated 11.13.1844 recorded in the
Shiawassee Co., MI Deeds 1843-1846 Book. Thomas M. & Anna S. Perkins of
Shiawassee Co., MI are selling land located in the east half of the
southeast quarter of section twenty-one, in township seven north of range
one east, to William Badgero of Shiawassee Co., MI |
Source: MI Census Records
Source: MI Land
Records
Source: Oakland Co., MI Marriage Records
Source: MI Land Deeds
Source: Pension Application for Sarah Ann Patrick, Mother of William
Perkins - US Military Pension Records 1861-1934 |
| Thomas Perkins
b.1834 Ireland and his brother John Perkins b.1839 Ireland.
They were listed on the 1850 MI Census at White Lake, Oakland Co., MI in the household of
Edmund & Mary Grotty. |
Charles W. Perkins b.1775 CT. His wife MARY (Unknown). They were listed on the
1840 & 1850 MI Census at
Orion, Oakland Co., MI.
No children listed in household.
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NOTE: I find a Land Sale Deed dated 11.14.1838 recorded at Oakland Co., MI
Deeds book between Harvey & Louisa "Lois"
Perkins of Orion, Oakland Co., MI selling land to this Charles W. Perkins of Orion, Oakland
Co., MI
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Source: MI Census Records
Source. MI Deeds |
Harvey Perkins b.1816 NY or VT d.7.31.1883
MI. His wife 1st wife
LOUSIA "LOIS" (UNKNOWN), his 2nd wife
m.3.6.1845 Orion, Oakland Co., MI;
PHOEBE (WILLIS) b.1822. They were listed in a
1838 as being from Orion, Oakland Co., MI. In 1840 they are listed at
Marathon, Lapeer Co., MI.
They are listed on the 1850 & 1860
MI Census at Addison, Oakland Co., MI.
His known
children w/Phoebe were:
1.Mary Ann Perkins b.1846 MI
m. _____ Johnson
2.Charles O. Perkins b.1847 MI
3.Sarah Ann Perkins b.1849 MI
4.Philena E. Perkins b.1849 MI d.1.23.1871 Ingham Co., MI m.
____ Patterson
5.Amanda V. Perkins b.1853 MI
6.Emarilda "Eunice" Perkins b.1854 MI
7.Elizabeth Perkins b.1856 MI d.6.13.1872 MI
8.Edna E. Perkins b. 11.29.1859 MI d. 5.8.1914 Shiawassee, MI m.
Fred W. Rogers
9.Rashio b.1862 MI
*NOTE*
He seems to have a common migration patter as
Norman William Perkins
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I find a Land Purchase Deed dated in 1833 recorded
at Oakland Co., MI where Harvey & Louisa Perkins are purchasing
land at Orion, Oakland Co., MI
I find a Land Sale Deed dated 11.14.1838 recorded at
Oakland Co., MI where they were selling land at Orion, Oakland Co., MI
to Charles W. Perkins (above).
I find a Land Sale Deed dated 4.29.1839 recorded at Lapeer
Co., MI where they are listed as being from Oakland Co., MI and selling
land in Lapeer Co., MI to James & Mariah B. Hunt
I find a Land Purchase Deed dated 4.29.1839 recorded at
Lapeer Co., MI where they are purchasing land in Lapeer Co., MI from
James & Mariah B. Hunt
I find a Land Sale Deed dated 10.9.1839 recorded at Lapeer
Co., MI where they are selling land in Lapeer Co., MI to Maria Woods of
Oakland Co., MI
I find a
Land sale Deed dated 4.4.1863 recorded in
Oakland Co., MI where Harvey & Phebe Perkins are selling their land at
Addison, Oakland Co., MI. In 1870 they were listed at
Shiawassee, Shiawassee Co. ,MI. |
Source: Oakland Co., MI Deeds 1838-1839
& 1838-1842
Source: Ingham Co., MI - Probate Records 1886
Source: Death of Edna
(Perkins) Rogers - MI Death Records
Source: Death - Harvey Perkins - MI Death Records Index
Source: Death - Elizabeth Perkins - MI Death Records Index |
Benjamin L. Perkins b. ?, came from Springwater, Livingston Co., NY where he was a hired hand on the farm of
Elias Daniels at Troy, Oakland Co., MI in 1831. Henrietta Perkins b. ca.
1810
NY, came from Locke, Cayuga Co., NY. Came to Michigan with her brother
Benjamin Perkins (above). She m. 1837 to *William
Dawson and settled in Tyrone, Livingston Co., MI. In 1856 this
family removed to Rockford, Floyd Co., IA. *William
Dawson was 1st m. to ______ Daniels, sister of Elias Daniels. By the
1870 Census, Henrietta (Perkins) Dawson & family are listed living at
Tyrone, Livingston Co., MI. In 1880 she listed that her father was born
in Rhode Island. William Dawson b.1808 NY d.1883 at Hazelton, Shiawassee
Co., MI.
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Source: Biographical Sketch = Benjamin L. Perkins & Henrietta
Perkins [Brother & Sister] - History of Livingston Co., MI -
Township of Tyrone, MI
Source: Marriage - Henrietta Perkins to William Dawson - MI Marriage
Records
Source: Death Record of Henrietta Perkins Dawson - List her parents as
Benj. & Jerusha "Parks". |
| Henry Perkins b. 1835 KY
(African-American). His wife m.3.16.1837 Oakland Co., MI; LOUISA (ISHAM). They are listed on the 1860 MI Census at
Farmington, Oakland Co., MI. He was living in the house-hold with Pete &
Eliza Mills. **Nothing else is known at
this time.** |
| (Attorney) Ephraim Perkins
b.2.19.1804 NY
d.4.7.1891 Oakland Co., MI. Son of (Ambrose
and Ezubia "Betsey" (Chamberlain) Perkins). His wife OLIVE
B. (Unknown).
His first land purchase was on 1/5/1831 in Township/Range, 001 North-010
East, W 1/2 SE 1/4, Section 1, Oakland Co., MI. They were listed on the 1840
& 1880 MI Census at Southfield, Oakland Co., MI. In 1870 he
is living next to his son Allen L. Perkins b.1835 MI. In 1900 Olive Perkins
aged 92 is living with her sons Widow at Southfield, Oakland Co., MI Their
known children were:
1.Sophia Perkins b.1830 NY
2.Amelia Perkins b.1832 MI
3.Allen Perkins b.1835 MI
1860-1880 - Living in their household was their grand-daughter:
a. Ernestine L. Pollie/Pollic b.1857 MI
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** In 1840, Attorney Ephraim Perkins was of Royal Oak,
Oakland Co., MI was the Attorney used by his step-father Moses Porter, in a petition to prove
that he fought in the Revolutionary War. |
Source: MI Land
Records
Source: MI Death Records list that the father and mother of
Ephraim Perkins was named Ambrose & Betsy Perkins
Source: Burial - Perrin Cemetery - Troy, Oakland Co., MI - Find-A-Grave.com
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