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He married Susie Currier, of Haverhill, New Hampshire, November 28, 1888. By her he had two children-Conrad Edwin, born at Haverhill, August 6, 1889; and Leslie Whitmore, born at Snowville, December 9. 1890. She was the daughter of Frank- lin Pettingil Currier (born July 12, 1830) and Mis- souri (Whitmore) Currier (born February 3, 1839). Frank P. Currier is descended from Richard Currier. of South Hampton, Massachusetts, and Hezekiah Foster, of Salisbury. New Hampshire, both Revo- lutionary soldiers, and from Hezekiah's son, Richard Foster, who fought in 1812. The Foster, line in America sprang from Sergeant Thomas Foster (came to America 1634. died 1682), son of the Rev. Thomas Foster. of Ipswich, England (died, 1628). Missouri (Whitmore) Currier is seven generations from John Whitmore, who came from1 England, was representative to the New Haven Assembly in 1647, and was murdered by the Indi- ans at Stamford, Connecticut, October, 1618. His son Francis (born England. 1625. died Cambridge, October 12. 1685). a large land owner about Cam- bridge, fought in the Indian wars. She is also de- scended from Sir Francis Townley, of Townley Hall, Lancashire, England
(about 1600), whose
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grandson William Chase came to Yarmouth in America, in 1689. Susie E. Snow died June 6, 1892, and Mr. Snow married Norma C. Currier, sister of his first wife, in June, 1894.
(The material for this sketch has been oblig- ingly furnished by Conrad Edwin Snow.)
Peter, being one of the twelve PERKINS Apostles, his name was a favorite one for centuries among Christians. It issumed the form of Pierre in France, whence it found its way into England and there took the diminutive form of Perkin. This gradually and naturally became Perkins and, in time, was bestowed upon or assumed by one as a surname. Many of the name were among the early settlers of New Eng- land, and their descendants have borne honorable part in the development of modern civilization in the Western Hemisphere.
(I) John Perkins was born in Newent, Glou- cestershire, England, in 1590. On December 1, 1630. he set sail from Bristol in the "Lyon," William Pierce master, with his wife (Judith Gater), five children, and about a dozen other companions. They reached Nantasket, February 5, 1631, and set- tled in Boston. He was the first of that name to settle in New England.
He was one of the twelve who accompanied John Winthrop, Jr., to settle in Ipswich, where he was made freeman May 18, 1631. By another authority he did not move until 1633. On April 3, 1632, "It was ordered" by the General Court, "that noe pson wtsoever shall shoot att fowle upon Pullen Poynte or Noddles Ileland; but that the sd places shalbe reserved for John Perkins to take fowle wth netts." Also, November 7, 1632, Jolin and three others were "appointed by the Court to sett downe the bounds betwixte Dorchester and Rocksbury." He at once took a prominent stand among the colonists, and in 1636 and for many years afterwards, represented Ipswich in the general high court. In 1645 he was appraiser, and signed the inventory of the estate of Sarah Dillingham. In 1648 and 1652 he served on the grand jury. In March, 1650, "being above the age of sixty he was freed from ordinary training of the Court." He made his will (probate office, Salem, Massachusetts), March 28, 1654, and died a few months later, aged sixty-four.
(II) Jacob, the fifth child and third son, was born in England in 1624. He was chosen sergeant of the Ipswich military company in 1664, and was afterwards known as Sergeant Jacob Perkins. By his father's will he came into possession of the homestead and lands upon his mother's death. At this place there is a well still known as "Jacob's Well." He was a farmer, and his name frequently appears in the records of conveyances of farming lands. He died in Ipswich, January 27, 1699-1700, aged seventy-six years. He married first, Elizabeth (Lovell?) about 1648. By her he had nine chil- dren. She died February 12, 1685, at about fifty years of age. Jacob afterwards married Damaris Robinson, a widow, who survived him.
( III) Jacob (2), fifth child and second son of Jacob (1) Perkins, was born August 3, 1662, and died November, 1705. His father Jacob gave him a deed of land (to which a Thomas Lovell was witness, March 7, 1687). December 27, 1684, he married Elizabeth Sparks, daughter of John Sparks. They had three children. She died April 10, 1692. He again married, January 5. 1693. Sarah Tread- well, who was executrix of his will. By her he had five children.
(IV) Jacob (3), first child of Jacob (2) Perkins (and Elizabeth), was born February 15, 1685. He went to Cape Neddick, now York, Maine, to reside, and there died. He married first, Lydia Stover, and had by her three children. On October 17, 1717, he married Anna Littlefield, daughter of Josiah Littlefield, and had by her eight children, three of whom were Elisha, Josiah and Newman.
(V) Josiah, eighth child and sixth son of Jacob (3) Perkins, and fifth child of Anna, was born about 1740, and was a farmer in Wells, Maine. He married Susan Allen, and had ten children, two of whom were Jonathan and Jacob.
(VI) Jonathan, sixth child and third son of Josialı and Susan (Allen) Perkins, was a farmer in Wells, Maine, and married Lydia Perkins, his cousin, daughter of Newman and Sarah ( Sawyer) Perkins. They had eight children.
(VII) Stephen Perkins, the first child, was born in Wells, Maine, February 4, 1789. In 1812 he moved from Wells to Conway, New Hampshire, and bought for five hundred dollars, of Sulvanus S. Clark, "100 acres more or less" of land situated in the eastern part of Eaton, New Hampshire, being the first of this name to settle in Eaton. The deed, dated November 16, 1812, is recorded in the Strafford county records. Here, on a most pic- turesque elevation, he made his first clearing and built a log house. In the spring of 1813 he brought his family. This farm came to be one of the finest in the town. Afterwards he built a new set of buildings. He was by trade a very good carpenter and did much of the work himself. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican. He was a member of the board of selectmen for fifteen years, 1823-33 inclusive, and 1836-39 inclusive. In 1845 and 1846 he was representative to the state legisla- ture. He was a man of unusual physical presence. Those who remember him describe him as "tall, spare, straight as an Indian, with dark hair and eyes." For many years he was by common consent the leading citizen of Eaton, presiding over the deliberations of the town meetings and controlling the political events of the locality. He was held in high esteem in the community because of his in- tegrity and his business training. His advice was often sought by his fellow citizens and he came justly by his title of "Squire." He was justice for forty years. Both he and his wife were Free- will Baptists. He died in Eaton, May 28, 1862, aged seventy-three. He married, September 28, 1809, his cousin, Philomela Perkins, daughter of Jacob Perkins (born 1764) who was the seventh child of Josiah Perkins. Jacob Perkins was a farmer in Wells, Maine, and married Elizabeth Perkins, his cousin, daughter of Elisha and Eliza- beth Perkins. They had seven children, two of whom, Stephen W. and Joseph E., became promi- ment and leading citizens of Eaton. Stephen and Philomela Perkins had three children. Philomela died September 28, 1863, aged seventy-four.
(VIII) John W. Perkins, second child and only son of Stephen, was born in Eaton, June 7, 1813. He received his education in the common schools of Eaton and Wells, Maine. He lived at the home of his parents until twenty-six years of age, helping to clear up the farm. Then, on De- cember 19, 1839, he moved to a farm two miles west, previously owned by Charles T. Hatch, where he lived until March 22, 1875, when he removed to the Rice estate, Brownfield Center, Maine. In 1880 he sold the Rice estate, having (1877) bought the Timothy Gibson farm, west of Brownfield village. Here he remained until his death. He was an
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industrious and successful farmer. The broad and massive but neatly laid stone walls about his farm in Eaton still stand as monuments to his industry. Strictly temperate in all things, he was a man of sterling qualities, whose word was always to be depended upon, a good adviser, and highly respected by all who knew him. He was justice of the peace from 1858-1875, but although many times importuned by his townspeople to accept office, he refused all political favors. He was a Republican. He was a practical student of natural history, and knew the habits and traits of every wild animal or bird that frequented his farm. He read much, and those who conversed with him found his mind a store-house of general information. Both he and his wife were members of the Freewill Baptist Church at Eaton Center. He died November 4, 1897, aged eighty- four. He married, December 17, 1839, Caroline Nason (born May 22, 1824), daughter of Ephraim and Sally Wolcott Nason. Sally was born April 7, 1800, in Holderness, New Hampshire, and mar- ried December 3, 1819 (died September 21, 1873) Ephraim, son of Ephraim and Eleanor Dam Nason, was born in Gorham, Maine, November 19, 1792, and died October 16, 1875. His father, Ephraim Nason, came from Cape Elizabeth to Gorham. Ephraim, Jr., came to Eaton, New Hampshire, September, 1815, and settled on what was then known as Kenniston Hill, in the extreme eastern part of the town, a location commanding a fine view of the surrounding country, including the White Mountain range. He was a farmer, and was in politics a Republican. He was very tall and a champion wrestler. He had eleven children. John and Caroline Nason Perkins had three children- Helen M., Alvin F., and Clara A. Caroline died May 6, 1901, aged seventy-six.
(IX) (I) Helen M. Perkins was born May 16, 18.42; and on October 14, 1857, married Edwin Snow. They had four children-Nellie H., Isabella, Leslie P. and Bertha C.
Nellie H. married Andrew J. White, of Eaton, December 1, 1877. They resided at Snowville until 1882, when they moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Since 1895 they have resided at Big Rapids, Michi- gan. Mr. White is a general contractor and builder and has planned and built many important buildings in the two last named cities. They have the fol- lowing children : Wallace E. (June 24, 1881), J. Leonard (September 24, 1886), Marion L. (August 19, 1897), and Ralph S. (January 1, 1906). Wallace E. is at Spokane, Washington, is married (January 1, 1906) and has one child, Wallace E., Jr. (1907). Isabella married Leonard W. Atkinson, M. D., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 3, 1884. Dr. Atkinson received his education at the Cambridge Latin School, and is a graduate of the Boston Uni- versity School of Medicine ( 1884). He has prac- ticed medicine at Cherry Valley, Worcester and Winchendon, Massachusetts, and at Conway, New Hampshire. He is now located at Fryeburg, Maine, where he has a large practice. They have the fol- lowing children: Leona Belle (October 15, 1888), Rachel (November 26, 1894), Muriel (October 31, 1898), Kenneth Kinsman ( December 1, 1901), Roger Wolcott (June 1, 1905).
Leslie P. Snow is the subject of the foregoing Snow sketch.
Bertha C. Snow is unmarried.
2. Alvin F. Perkins was born in Eaton, No- vember 4, 1847. He was educated in the common schools of Eaton and Brownfield, Maine, and at North Parsonsfield Seminary. He was a farmer in early life, and followed a mercantile business in 1-10
connection with it after his removal to Brown- field in the fall of 1874. He is a Republican, and was a member of the board of selectmen of Eaton in 1872-74, and treasurer in 1873. He was supervisor of schools in 1888 and chairman of the board of selectmen of Brownfield, Maine, 1895-96. His home (1907) is at Brownfield, on the place previously occupied by his father. He united with the Con- gregational Church at Brownfield in 1880. He mar- ried, on September 30, 1875, Clara J. Giles, daugh- ter of Thomas R. and Jane M. Giles. She was long a school teacher in Eaton, and a member of the Free Baptist Church at South Eaton. She died in Brownfield, Maine, September 3, 1877. On January 1, 1884, Mr. Perkins was again married to Rachel A. Lowell, daughter of Mial J. and Rachel Storer Lowell, of Hiram, Maine. They have one child, Beatrice A. Perkins (born October 4, 1885), who married Byron G. Anderson of Port- land, July 1, 1905, and who has two children, Roland G. (born July II, 1906) and Reginald P. (born July 14, 1907). They reside in Brockton, Massa- chusetts.
3. Clara A. Perkins, born at Eaton, September 25, 1853, married David P. Cutting, of Manchester, and settled in Freedom, New Hampshire, where Mr. Cutting built a home in 1887. He was en- gaged in the undertaking business until 1902, when he sold out his business and became a traveling salesman. They have resided in Laconia since 1903. (The material for this line has been kindly fur- nished by Alvin F. Perkins. )
(Second Family.)
This is an old Colonial family, in PERKINS the veins of whose members are strains of blood of some of the ablest of the New England leaders. The majority of the members of this family have been noted for their energetic industry, attention to details, fidelity to the causes they espoused, unflinching courage and preparedness for the issue when the day of trial came. These characteristics have made the family locally prominent for generations, and produced within it one of the brilliant figures of the great Civil war.
(1) The Rev. William Perkins, born in Lon- don, England, August 25, 1607, who came to this country and settled at Topsfield in New England, traced descent from George Perkins and Catherine, his wife, of Abbots Salford, in the county of War- wick, England. He married at Roxbury, August 10, 1636, Elizabeth Wootton. He left in his own handwriting a curious document which is preserved among the Topsfield records. It contained a list of his children and their marriages, accompanied by comments. The first two children were born at Roxbury, the next three at Weymouth, one at "Gloster," and the remaining four of his ten chil- dren were born at Topsfield. He records his daugh- ter Sarali's marriage to Jolin Bradstreet, Esq., nephew of Major-General Dennison; and of "Tobi- jah Perkins, my second son," to a daughter of Major-General Dennison. Rev. William Perkins seems to have been a prominent man, making several voyages to England, leaving a bequest to Harvard College, and such records as indicate position. His death occurred May 21, 1682.
(II) Timothy, ninth child and fifth son of the Rev. William Perkins, was born at Topsfield, Au- gust II, 1658. He married, August 2, 1686, Edna Hazen, of Rawley, and died in 1728. The record speaks of a deed of land of fifty-five acres in An- dover given to "son Timothy" by Timothy and Edna Perkins, May 23, 1727. This part of Andover was
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incorporated June 20, 1728, with part of Salem, Topsfield, and Boxford into the town of Middleton, Massachusetts. Timothy and Edna Perkins had eight children.
(III) Timothy (2), eldest son of Timothy (I) and Edna Perkins, was born September 21, 1787. He married (first) Ruth Dorman, who died March 12, 1713, leaving a daughter Ruth, who was bap- tised in Springfield, August 29, 1714. He married (second) Hannah Buxton (or Buckston), of Salem, by whom he had six children. The Buxtons were early settlers of Salem, in what is now Peabody, and some of the original land and "Buxton Hill" are still owned by the family.
(IV) Timothy (3), the second son of Timothy (2) and Hannah (Buxton) Perkins, was born De- cember 9, 1716, and baptized at Topsfield, December 22, 1716. He married (first) Phoebe Peters, and had five children by her. The eldest daughter, Sarah, was the mother of Mrs. Jonathan Lovejoy, of Sanbornton, mentioned more than once in Daniel Webster's letters, as the "Handsome wife of my friend William Lovejoy," and grandmother of Mary Lovejoy, also very handsome, who married her third half cousin, Tarrant Augustus Perkins, son of Roger Eliot Perkins, and brother of Hamilton Eliot Perkins, about 1834. Timothy Perkins married ( second) Hannah Trowbridge, a direct descendant of Increase Mather, first president of Harvard Col- lege. She was born July 28, 1740, died January 8, 1826, aged eighty-six years. Mr. Perkins died Janu- ary 6, ISog, aged ninety-three years. They had thirteen children, among whom were Roger Eliot Perkins, a younger brother Brinsley, and a sister Catherine, who married Dr. Lerned, of Hopkinton. (V) Roger Eliot, son of Timothy (3) and Han- nah (Trowbridge) Perkins, was born July 11, 1769, and died April 14, 1825. He married, December 10, 1796, Esther M. Blanchard, born in Milford, New Hampshire, May 4, 1774, died December 8, 1824, daughter of Captain Augustus Blanchard, who served in the Revolutionary war. Roger Eliot Perkins moved from Salem and settled in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. His brother Brinsley and sister Mrs. Lerned also lived there. Mr. Perkins at the time of his death was one of the largest landholders in New Hampshire. He gave each of his children a good education, and although not a church member, gave liberally to the churches. Mr. Perkins was a cousin of the late Madame Peabody, who was a daughter of the Rev. William Smith, of Salem; and his wife, Esther M. Blanchard, was a cousin of the late Madame Endicott. Mr. Perkins' parents who came with him from Middleton, Massachusetts, to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, repose with him and his wife and younger children in the tomb which he built in the graveyard at the latter place. His children were: Harriet Trowbridge, born Decem- ber 31, 1797, died in May, 1873; married Joseph B. Towne (she has been characterized as a wonder- fully good and saintly woman) ; Jonathan Blanch- ard. April 28, 1799: Caroline Lovell, May 1, 1801 ; Marinda Hubbard, April 22, 1803, died October 16, 1804: Hamilton Eliot, November 23. 1805; Hamlet Houghton, April 30, 1808; Tarrant Augustus, Au- gust 17, 1809; Esther Marinda, June 15, 1812, dicd January 31, 1820.
(VI) Hamilton Eliot, son of Roger Eliot and Esther M. ( Blanchard) Perkins, was born at Hop- kinton, New Hampshire, November 23, 1806, and died January 16, 1886, aged seventy-nine years. He married, May 14. 1833. Clara Bartlett George, born September 3, ISII, daughter of John and Ruth (Bradley) George, of Concord, New Hampshire,
and great-granddaughter of Captain Benjamin Emery, "Gentleman," one of the first settlers of Concord, who commanded a company at the battle of White Plains in the Revolution (see Emery, V). Clara Bartlett George died March 31, 1900, aged ninety years. Hamilton E. Perkins, after re- ceiving his primary education at the schools about home, attended Norwich University in Vermont, and Phillips Exeter Academy. He afterward attended the law school of Harvard College, receiving a train- ing that fitted him for a business life. He lived some time at Contoocook, where he owned mills and was engaged in various industries, and held the office of postmaster. In 1844 he moved with his family to Boston and engaged in the African trade, owning and employing several ships. In 1857 he returned to Merrimack county, and in 1856 settled in Concord where he lived the remainder of his life. In 1855 he was elected judge of the probate court and filled that office sixteen years. The children of Hamilton E. and Clara B. (George) Perkins are as follows: Harriet Morton, born February 17, 1834; George Hamilton, October 20, IS35, died October 28, 1899; Susan George, No- vember 18, 1838; Roger Eliot, May 24, 1841, died February 6, 1867; Francis Augustus, September 30, 1842, died November 18, 1842; John George, March 27, 1844, died October 16, 1844; Hamilton, July 23, 1847; and Frank, April 13, 1849, died June 26. 1866.
(VII) Harriet Morton. eldest child of Hamilton E. and Clara B. (George) Perkins, was born Febru- ary 17, 1834, and married William Lawrence Foster, a judge of the supreme judicial court of New Hampshire. She died in Concord, 1899, leaving a family of sons and daughters.
(VII) George Hamilton, second child and eldest son of Hamilton E. and Clara B. (George) Perkins, was born in Hopkinton, October 20, 1835, and died in Boston, Massachusetts, October 28, 1899. He lived in the country and enjoyed the outdoor life of a country boy until he was about eight years old, when he accompanied his father's family to Boston where he spent the next three years. Then re- turning to Merrimack county he engaged in the sports and learned the lessons that fall to the lot of a vigorous lad who grows up under circum- stances embracing life on a farm or in a small town. He was always busy, sometimes in mischief, per- forming the tasks set for him to do, taking interest in every beast and bird, and often reluctantly learn- ing the lessons a watchful and loving mother re- quired him to learn. He attended the academy of Hopkinton somewhat irregularly during his early years, and later studied at Gilmanton. When fourteen years of age Hon. Charles H. Peaslee, at that time a member of congress, urged George's parents to accept for their son an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, which they finally did. While there he wrote many letters home, always showing the greatest attach- ment to home and everything connected with it. This love for home and friends was one of the strongest impulses of his nature through life. He graduated at the Naval Academy in 1856, and was ordered to the sloop of war "Cyane," Captain Robb. The ship went to Aspinwall, Central America, where trouble had grown ont of the filibustering expedition of General Walker. Here he saw a great deal that was new, and learned much that was useful to him in after life. In this ship he also cruised as far north as Newfoundland and back to Hayti, when he was transferred to the "Release," and made a voyage to the Mediterranean, and afterwards to
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South America, with the Paraguay expedition. At Montevideo he was transferred to the "Sabine," returning to the United States for his passed-mid- shipman examination. This being over he was ordered to the west coast of Africa as acting master of the United States steamship "Sumpter." On that station he saw a good deal of dull, mo- notonous, and trying service, where there were only a few small white settlements on a coast thousands of miles in extent, the elements of danger from storm and disease always being great. In June, 1861, he was made acting first lieutenant, a great compliment under the circumstances to a young man of twenty-four. He makes a calculation about this time, and finds that since they left New York they had run over fifty thousand miles. The "Sumpter" soon returned to the United States, and the young officer was ordered to the United States steam gun- boat "Cayuga" as first lieutenant, a berth which he wrote home he found "as onerous as it was lion- orary." The "Cayuga" was ordered to report to Commodore Farragut at Ship Island, and was soon one of the great fleet prepared to attack New Orleans. In the attack on that city, which occurred April 24, the "Cayuga" led, and Lieutenant Perkins had the honor of piloting the vessel, and his quick observation and skillful management in steering the vessel took the "Cayuga" past Forts' Jackson and St. Philip in safety, though masts and rigging were badly shot through by the rain of projectiles hurled at her. Once past the forts she was attacked by eleven of the enemy's vessels, but made such a great fight that she crippled and took the "Governor Moore," the ram "Manassas," and a third vessel. Then with the arrival of the remainder of the fleet the day was won. The "Cayuga" led the way to New Orleans, and there Commodore Farragut or- dered Captain Bailey to go on shore and demand the surrender of the city. He selected Lieutenant Perkins to go with him, and they two went ashore and passed through a howling, frenzied, threatening mob of citizens to the City Hall and performed their mission. Doubtless they would never have returned alive to the ship if Pierre Soule had not worked a ruse to attract the mob while these two brave offi- cers were taken to the boat landing in a carriage. Lieutenant Perkins' action in the battle at the forest and the events that followed marked him as one of the coolest and bravest inen in the navy and brought him unstinted praise.
He next commanded the "New London," and then the "Pensacola" on the Mississippi and along the coast. He was next appointed to the command of the "Chickasaw," a new and untried monitor. In the battle of Mobile Bay, which followed on August 5, Captain Perkins pitted his vessel against the rebel ram "Tennessee," disabled her, and forced her to surrender, having shot away her smokestack, destroyed her steering gear, and jammed her after ports, rendering her guns useless, while one of the shots wounded the rebel commander, Admiral Buchanan. This brilliant action of Lieutenant-Com- mander Perkins elicited the highest encomiums from his companions in arms from the admiral down, and from the newspapers. He had obtained leave to visit his home before he assumed command of the "Chickasaw," and only volunteered to com- mand her in the attack on the fleet, but he was not detached until July 10. 1865. The winter follow- ing he was superintendent of ironclads in the harbor of New Orleans, and the next year, in May, 1867, he was sent on a three years' cruise in the Pacific as first lieutenant of the "Lackawanna."
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