In the last will of Ephraim Dorman of Topsfield, he mentions the fact that his daughter, Ruth, had married Timothy Perkins, and was then dead, leaving a daughter, Ruth, to whom he gives "Ten pounds if she live to the age of eighteen years." This will was signed in July, 1720. The dates of the several marriages of Timothy Perkins are very unreliable, as the early records are exceeding defective we only base a conjecture upon the mention of the births of their children. ![]() He married, third, Ruth Dorman about 1712. ![]() He married, second, Abigail, about 1694. He married, first, Hannah, about 1688-9. Timothy (Thomas1, John1) was born in Topsfield, Mass., June 6, 1661. 1st, Hannah 2nd, Abigail 3d, Ruth Dorman. Elizabeth (Knight) Towne.ġ0 (23) Judith, b. Thomas Perkins' and Phebe (Gould) Perkins were:Ĥ (17) John, b. We give a copy of his will, which was found in the probate office of Suffolk County, where it was recorded by order of Sir Edmund Andros. He was chosen Deacon of the Church in Topsfield about 1677 (the date of this choice is not exactly ascertained) after this he was known as "Deacon Thomas Perkins" upon the records of the town. He was chosen to be one of the selectmen of the town in 1656 and was also one of the "tything men" in 1677. Thomas Perkins was a farmer during the whole of his life he certainly had the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens who elected him to fill many honorable positions in the church and town. Other bounds fix this farm as being mostly to the eastward of the road now leading from Topsfield to Wenham and upon Ipswich river upon a road passing through this farm many of his descendants have resided and do so to this day old bricks are ploughed up upon the spot where his house is believed to have stood. This farm was bounded on the west by the land of Zaccheus Gould, his father-in-law. 27, 1620, and it is probable that her birth was only a few days before this date, as it was the custom of that time to baptize children within a week or two of the time of their birth.Īt the time of the marriage of Thomas Perkins with Phebe Gould, her father gave them, by "deed of gift," a farm of 150 acres of land in the central part of Topsfield upon which be probably resided until July 6, 1660, when he purchased a farm of Richard Swain containing 227 acres, "more or less," and upon this farm it is probable he spent the last days of his life. She, like her husband, was born in England her baptism is recorded at Hemel Hempstead, Sept. She was the oldest child of Zaccheus and Phebe Gould of Topsfield. He resided there only a few years, during which time he had received a grant of land in Ipswich from the colony this he shortly alter sold to his brother John and others, and removed to "New Meadows" or what is now the town of Topsfield, where he engaged in farming. ![]() The family removed from Boston to Ipswich in 1633. From The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich by George Augustus Perkinsĭeacon Thomas Perkins8, the second son and second child of John, sen., and Judith Perkins, was born in England (probably in the town of Newent, in Gloucestershire) in 1616, and, with his parents and their entire family of four children beside himself, came to Boston in 1631.
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