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     Philenia Mitchell Perham was born on 3 October 1837.² She was the daughter of Josiah L. Perham and Esther Sewall.² Philenia Mitchell Perham was christened in 1838 at Hallowell, Kennebec County.¹ She died on 25 January 1872 at the age of 34.²

     (stillborn daughter) Perkins was born in 1869.¹ She was the daughter of George Chellis Perkins and Adah Adelia Jewett.¹

     Barbara Higginson Perkins was born in 1796. She was the daughter of Samuel Gardner Perkins and Barbara Cooper Higginson. Barbara Higginson Perkins married Dr. Walter Channing. Barbara Higginson Perkins died in 1822.

     Elizabeth Perkins was born in 1747.¹ She was the daughter of James Perkins and Joanna Mascarene.¹ Elizabeth Perkins married Hon. Stephen Higginson, son of Judge Stephen Higginson and Elizabeth Cabot, on 18 June 1789 in Boston.¹ Elizabeth Perkins died on 19 July 1791 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Elizabeth Perkins was born on 17 March 1791.² She was the daughter of Col. Thomas Handasyd Perkins.³ Elizabeth Perkins married Samuel Cabot in 1812.⁴ Elizabeth Perkins died on 2 March 1885 at the age of 93.²

     George Chellis Perkins was born in 1839.¹ He married Adah Adelia Jewett, daughter of Calvin Dimick Jewett and Louisa Ruth Kendall.¹ George Chellis Perkins died in 1921.¹

     George W. Perkins was the son of George W. Perkins. George W. Perkins graduated in 1917 from Princeton. He married secondly Linn Merck, daughter of George W. Merck, in December 1921.

     George W. Perkins. Partner in J.P. Morgan.

     Gertrude F. Perkins was born in 1877.¹ She was the daughter of George Chellis Perkins and Adah Adelia Jewett.¹

     Henry Perkins married Elizabeth Sawbridge.¹

     Jacob Perkins was baptised on 12 July 1624 at Hillmorton, Warwickshire.² He was the son of John Perkins and Judith Gater.¹ Jacob Perkins married Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell, before 1649 (Anderson avoids giving the surname) their eldest child was born 1 April 1649.^1,2 Jacob Perkins died on 29 January 1700 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, at the age of 75.¹

     Of Boston.

     James Perkins married Joanna Mascarene.

     John Perkins was baptised on 23 December 1583 at Hillmorton, Warwickshire.¹ He was the son of Henry Perkins and Elizabeth Sawbridge.¹ John Perkins married Judith Gater, daughter of Michael Gater, on 8 October 1608 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire.¹ John Perkins and Judith Gater emigrated on 1 December 1630 on the ship Lyon landing at Nantucket 5 February 1631.² John Perkins died before 26 September 1654 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, "aged sixty four years."¹

     Lucretia Deming Perkins was born in 1832 in Lithfield, Connecticut.¹ She married John Williams Quincy, son of John Williams Quincy and Abigail Atkins, on 26 May 1864 in Manhattan, New York.¹ Lucretia Deming Perkins died in 1883.

     Mary Perkins was baptised on 3 September 1615 at Hillmorton, Warwicksire.² She was the daughter of John Perkins and Judith Gater. Mary Perkins married Thomas Bradbury, son of Wymond Bradbury and Elizabeth Whitgift, in May 1636.^1,3 On 28 July 1692 Mary was accused of witchcraft during the hysteria in Salem, and in spite of testimonies to her excellent character, was convicted, but not executed. There remains touching testimony her husband Thomas gave in 1692 for Mary.

"We have been married fifty-five years, and she hath been a loving and faithful wife unto me unto this day. She hath been wonderful laborious, diligent and industrious in her place and employment about the bringing up of our family which have been eleven children and four grandchildren. She was both prudent and provident, of a cheerful spirit, liberal and charitable. She being now very aged and weak, and grieved under afflictions, may not be able to speak much for herself, not being so free of speech as some others might be. I hope her life and conversation among her neighbors has been such as gives a better or more real testimony than can be expressed by words."^1,4 Mary Perkins died on 20 December 1700 at the age of 85.⁵

     Mary Perkins married Stephen Bradshaw Ives.¹

     Mary Perkins married Samuel Bourne, son of Benjamin Bourne and Hannah Sewall, on 20 November 1793.¹

     Mary Ann Perkins was born in October 1809 in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, (calculated from her age at death.)² She was the daughter of Lothrop Perkins.³ Mary Ann Perkins married Moses Bartlett Sewall, son of Thomas Sewall and Dorothy Bartlett, on 27 September 1836 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.⁴ Mary Ann Perkins died on 25 August 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 74.³

     Samuel Gardner Perkins was born on 24 May 1767 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He married Barbara Cooper Higginson, daughter of Hon. Stephen Higginson and Susanna Cleveland, on 19 March 1795 in Boston, Massachusetts.² Samuel Gardner Perkins died on 24 May 1847 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 80.³

     Sarah Perkins was born in 1657.² She married John Bradstreet, son of Governor Simon Bradstreet and Ann Dudley, on 11 June 1677 in Topsfield.^1,2 Sarah Perkins died in 1745.²

     Sarah Perkins was born in 1752.¹ She was the daughter of James Perkins.¹ Sarah Perkins married Hon. Stephen Higginson, son of Judge Stephen Higginson and Elizabeth Cabot, on 3 September 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts, (sister of his previous wife.)¹ Sarah Perkins died on 19 April 1826 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Sarah P. Perkins was the daughter of James Perkins.¹ Sarah P. Perkins married Henry Russell Cleveland, son of Richard Jeffry Cleveland and Dorcas C. Hiller, in 1838.¹

     Susan D. Perkins married William McFarland, son of Rev. Asa McFarland and Elizabeth Kneeland, on 8 February 1843 in Salem, Massachusetts.¹

     Henry Enoch Perley married Mary Titcomb Fitch, daughter of Judge Luther Fitch and Almira Titcomb, circa 1851 probably in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.¹

     Samuel F. Perley married Almira T. Fitch, daughter of Judge Luther Fitch and Almira Titcomb, on 11 November 1847 in Naples, Cumberland County, Maine.^1,2

     Esther Perry was born on 5 March 1741.¹ She married Christopher Brown, son of Benjamin Brown and Sarah Freeman.¹

     Hannah Hathaway Perry married William Cushing Paine, son of Charles Cushing Paine and Francis Cabot Jackson.¹