Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Perkins




Husband John Perkins 1

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1 M Squire David Perkins 1 2

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         Spouse: Sarah Ferrier (1767-1845) 1 3


2 M Col. Aaron Perkins 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Perkins


The immigrant ancestor of this Perkins family, a John Perkins came from England in 1630 and at first located in Boston, Massachusetts, for about two years. He made his permanent residence at Ipswich. His family settled in different parts of the East, one of his sons settling at Hartford, Connecticut, being the ancestor of this John Perkins.

He was from Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, and was a member of the first school committee of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He was killed about the time of the Wyoming massacre, under conditions which are noted in Miners History. [CAB, 449]

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 449.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 805.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 440.


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