John Perkins Junior; Quartermaster

(probably September 1609 - 14 December 1686)
John Perkins Junior; Quartermaster|b. probably September 1609\nd. 14 Dec 1686|p2015.htm|John Perkins|b. probably December 1583\nd. ca Aug 1654|p1302.htm|Judith Gater|b. probably March 1587/1588|p2012.htm|Henry Perkins|b. s 1555|p2172.htm|Elizabeth Sawbridge|b. s 1560|p2173.htm|Michael Gater|b. s 1560|p2013.htm|Isabel Bayley|b. s 1565|p2014.htm|

9-greats-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
He came to New England with the rest of the family in 1631, and removed to Ipswich in 1633. The next year he was granted lands there. He opened the first "public house" (tavern) in Ipswich. John was born in Hillmorton Parish, Warwickshire, England, probably September 1609.1 He was the son of John Perkins and Judith Gater. He was baptized in Hillmorton Parish, Warks., Eng., on 14 September 1609.2 He married Elizabeth (--?--) circa 1635.3 John died on 14 December 1686 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Cited documentation

  1. [S100] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), vol III, pg. 1432, from his baptism.
  2. [S100] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol III, pg. 1432, John Perkins' "Children: (i-vi baptized Hillmorton, Warwickshire" quoting Walter Godwin Davis' "Ancestry of Dudley Wildes" pgs. 89-90) "i. John, bp. 14 September 1609."
  3. [S100] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol III, pg. 1432, John Perkins' children "John ... m. by about 1636 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child b. about 1636) ... Elizabeth, wife to Quartermaster John Perkins" quoting as to eldest child "Essex Institute Historical Collections" 19:255, 265-66.
 
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