Russell Perkins

(13 June 1760 - 31 January 1813)
Russell Perkins|b. 13 Jun 1760\nd. 31 Jan 1813|p443.htm|Israel Perkins|b. 16 Oct 1727\nd. ca 1793?|p1988.htm|Dorcas Moore|b. s 1730|p1972.htm|Thomas Perkins Junior|b. 22 Sep 1695\nd. 7 Oct 1768|p1989.htm|Mary Allen|b. 26 Feb 1695/96\nd. 9 Dec 1739|p1990.htm|||||||

5-greats-grandfather of Darrell Allen Martin.
Russell was born in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, on 13 June 1760.1 He was the son of Israel Perkins and Dorcas Moore. He married Sarah (--?--) in Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, following 1 April 1783.2 Russell was a head of family, as "Russel Perkins", in the 1790 Census taken in Southwick, Mass..3 He resided with a person not included in this site in Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, in 1798.4 Russell was a head of family, as "Russel Perkins", age 45 and up, in the 1810 Census taken in Weathersfield.5 Russell died on 31 January 1813 in Weathersfield at age 52.6,4 He was buried in the Ascutneyville Cemetery in Weathersfield. His gravestone reads: "As I am now so you will be / Prepare for death and follow me.".6
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Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin

Children of Russell Perkins and Sarah (--?--)

Cited documentation

  1. [S45] Ernest Warren Butterfield., The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont (Reprinted 1989: The Weathersfield Historical Society), pg. 37, from age 53 at death 31 January 1813.
  2. [S144] Southwick, MA VR - intention of marriage April 1783 "Rusul Perkins of Southwick & Sarah Purchase of Simsbury."
  3. [S113] Perkins, Russel, 1790 US Census, Southwick, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; NARA M637 Roll 4, pg. 521.
  4. [S53] Missing source file entry, missing source year missing source census type, missing source place; missing source microform info.
  5. [S115] Perkins, Russel, 1810 US Census, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA M252 Roll 65, pg. 643.
  6. [S45] Ernest Warren Butterfield, The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont.
 
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