Isaac Perkins of Ipswich

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Isaac Perkins was born before 20 Dec 1571 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England to Thomas Perkins and Alice (Kebble) Perkins. He was the brother of Henry Perkins, John Perkins, William Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, Thomas Perkins, Francis Perkins, Luke Perkins, Joan Perkins, Edward Perkins and Lysle Perkins

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Perkins 1st — married before 1596 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Perkins 2nd — married 1603 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England

He was the father of Sara Perkins, Marie Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, Thomas Perkins, Jacob Perkins, Abigail Perkins, Isaac Perkins, Hannah Perkins, Lydia Perkins and Mary (Perkins) Green. Isaac died before 15 Jun 1639 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Profile last modified 19 Jul 2019 | Created 14 Apr 2010

Isaac Perkins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

MERGING INSTRUCTIONS

Isaac had two wives and they were both named Alice. The first Alice died in 1603, the second Alice died in 1639. He probably had 4 children with the first Alice and 7 children with the second.[1] PLEASE be really careful when merging his wives and children. His mother is also named Alice. Eowyn Langholf 14:31, 3 August 2013 (EDT)

Biography

Isaac Perkins is likely a tenth generation descendant of Pierre de Morlaix (aka Peter Morley alias Perkins), of Shropshire, England. Pierre/Peter was living in 1371, and was the bailiff (manager) of the estates belonging to Lord Hugh Despencer of the Manor of Shipton in Oxfordshire. Isaac's line of descent may be as follows: Thomas, Henry, Thomas, William, Thomas, William, John, Henry, Peter Morley alias Perkins.[2]

Isaac, son of Thomas Perkins and Alice Kebble, was baptized 20 Dec 1571 at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England.[2][3][4][5] Isaac was named in the will of his father dated 16 Sep 1588 and proved 11 May 1592[6] and he was an appraiser of his brother Edward's estate on 18 Aug 1619.[6][7]

Isaac (aka Isaache) was a yeoman who immigrated to New England before 1637,[8] when he was recorded as a proprietor of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.[2][9]

Isaac was twice married to women named Alice. He was the father of 11 children, all of whom were born in Hillmorton Parish, Warwickshire.[2]

He married first to Alice [1st] UNKNOWN Perkins about 1596, and they had the following children:[2]

Sara, bap. 3 Feb 1595/96; Marie, bap. 17 Nov 1598, died young; Elizabeth, bap. 23 Aug 1600; Thomas, bap. 21 Mar 1601/02; Abraham, born c. 1603 (son of 1st Alice)[2] or possibly b. 28 Jan 1608 (son of 2nd Alice), d. 31 Aug 1683 in America.[1] NOTE: No evidence has been found proving that Isaac had a son Abraham. See Abraham's profile for more information. Alice [1st] was buried in Hillmorton on 17 Jun 1603,[5] and Isaac married second to Alice [2nd] UNKNOWN Perkins between 1603-1605. They had the following children:[2]

Jacob, bap. 23 Mar 1605/06; Abigail, bap. 8 Nov 1607; Isaac Jr., bap. 26 Jan 1611/12, d. 13 Nov 1685 in Hampton, New Hampshire; Hannah, bap. 9 Oct 1614; Lydia, bap. 1 Jan 1617/18; Mary, bap. 16 Sep 1621. Isaac lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts and he likely died there. The date of Isaac's death is unknown, but Alice Perkins was recorded as a widow on a deed dated 15 Jun 1639:[2]

Alice Perkins, widow of Isaac Perkins, deceased, sold to Joseph Morse, house and land formally belonging to her said husband, lying above Brook Street, bounded by a highway, John Webster, Thomas Treadwell (granted to John Fawn), 15:4:1639.[10] Isaac may be buried in an unmarked grave at the Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.[11]

Research Notes

There is no primary source for a birth or bap. date and/or parent for Abraham Perkins. Many assume that Isaac Perkins is his father. Mortensen says that Abraham was born about 1603 and is the son of Isaac and Alice #1. Find A Grave has Abraham's DOB as 28 Jan 1608, so Alice #2 (or an unknown wife) is thought to be his mother. Other sources assert Abraham was born after 1603, as late as 1613. See the research notes section in Abraham's profile for details.

10 of Isaac's 11 children are listed in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Abraham is the only child missing from the list.[5]

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 29 Nov 2018, Abraham Perkins (28 Jan 1608–31 Aug 1683), Memorial #98819259, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH, USA: An unsourced DOB for Abraham of 28 Jan 1608 would make Alice [2nd] his mother. Mortensen puts his DOB abt 1603, son of 1st Alice.
• Mortensen, Paula Perkins. English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1998. Accessed online at LDS.org, p. 7 #18 (10th gen.): Isaac Perkins; there is no bap. date for Abraham and his DOB is est. 1603 with Alice [1st] as his mother, p. 8 #20 (11th gen.).
• ↑ "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), FHL Film #554754. Accessed online at Ancestry.com: Isacke Perkins, bp. 20 Dec 1571 at Hillmorton, Warwick, ENG; Father: Thomas Perkins.
• ↑Hall, Kristin C. "Perkins Register Report" 6/9/04, ©1992-2004 by Kristin C. Hall. Page 11, #40: bap. 20 Dec 1571 in Hillmorton, d./bur. in Ipswich MA abt 1639, m1.Alice UNK d.1602, m2.?, 8 ch.
• Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966), (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996). Accessed online at Ancestry.com, Vol. 3 (Dudley Wildes), page 169 (viii). NOTE: son Abraham not listed as son of Isaac.
• Perkins, D. W., comp. Notes on the Perkins Families in England: Chiefly Extracts from Probate Registries, with Several Pedigrees Appended. Salem: 1894. Accessed online at Archive.org, page 6, citing: Lichfield Registry, Act Book No. 9, p. 25 (father's will dtd 16 Sep 1588); page 9 (Edward's estate admin./inv.).
• Perkins, D. W. "Perkins Families in the United States in 1790." Utica NY: D.W. Perkins, 1911. Accessed online at Archive.org, p. 33 #14.
• "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010). Accessed online at Ancestry.com, p.186: Isaac Perkins, arrival: 1630-1634 in New England.
• Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Database on-line, accessed at Ancestry.com, p. 354: propr. 1637, yeoman.
• The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 8, p. 2. Accessed online at HathiTrust: Ipswich Court Records and Files.
• Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 29 Nov 2018, Isaac “Issache” Perkins, Sr. (1571–1639), Memorial #113255095, citing Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, USA: b.in Rugby, Warwickshire d.Ipswich MA (Unsourced).

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Find A Grave Memorial# 113255095

Isaac "Issache" Perkins

• Birth: 1571 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
• Death: 1639 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Christening: 20 Dec 1571 Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
• Known as Yeoman Isaac "Issache" Perkins
• Married 2X and had children with each wife
• 2nd wife is the mother of Lydia Perkins
  • b 1 Jan 1617/18 bapt' Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
  • d Bef. 1649 Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH
• Work In Progress w/Sources  
• Family links: 
  • Parents:
    • Thomas Perkins (1527 - 1591)
    • Alice Kebble Perkins (____ - 1613) 
  • Spouses:
    • Alice Perkins (____ - 1602)
    • Alice Perkins
  • Children:
    •  Mary Perkins (____ - 1656)
    •  Lydia Perkins Peabody (1617 - 1649)*  
  • Sibling:
    • Henry Perkins (1555 - 1608)*
    • Isaac Perkins (1571 - 1639)
• Burial: Highland Cemetery in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • The Old North Burying Ground - established in 1634, the same year as the town of Ipswich and is the town's oldest cemetery.

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Isaac Perkins

• Birth: before Dec 20 1571 - Hillmorton, Warwicks, England
• Death: Dec 1 1629 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
• Parents: Thomas Perkins, Alice Kibble
• Married: Alice (unknown); Alice (unknown)

Isaac Perkins was

• baptized 20 December 1571 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England,
• the 7th son of Thomas Perkins and Alice (possibly Kebble or Kibbell).
• Isaac married first Alice —. This Alice was buried in June of 1602 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
• Isaac married second Alice —
• Isaac became a yeoman in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.
  • On 15 June 1639, his widow Alice sold the lot in Ipswich.
• From Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759–1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, ME:  Anthoensen Press, 1959, p. 89.

In 1637 there was an Isaac Perkins in Ipswich where he owned “land lying above the street called Brook street, six acres.”  He was dead before 15 Jun 1639, when his widow Alice Perkins sold the lot to Joseph Morse.  It is tempting to believe that he was also of the Hillmorton stock.  John Perkins did not have a brother Isaac, but he had an uncle Isaac only eleven years older than he, while other Isaacs were baptized in Hillmorton in 1597/8 and 1611/2.

If Isaac Perkins of Ipswich was a man of middle age, which we have no means of knowing, he and Alice may have been the parents of Abraham and Isaac Perkins who turned up in Hampton, not far down the coast, where Abraham took the Freeman's Oath in 1640 and Isaac in 1642.  These men are presumed to have been brothers.  Abraham named a son Luke, not a common name, and John Perkins of Hillmorton and Ipswich had an uncle Luke, a brother Luke, and a grandson Luke.

Isaac and the first Alice's children are:

1. Sarah Perkins, baptized 3 Feb 1596 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
2. Elizabeth Perkins, baptized 19 May 1600 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
3. Thomas Perkins, baptized 27 May 1601 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.

Isaac and the second Alice's children are:

1. Abraham Perkins, baptized in 1603 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England, married Mary (Wyeth?), one of first settlers of Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, miller, clerk of the market, constable, and tavern keeper.
2. Jacob Perkins, baptized 23 Mar 1605/6 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England, said to have settled in Holmes Hole, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts.
3. Abigail Perkins, baptized 8 Nov 1607 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
4. Isaac Perkins, baptized 26 Jan 1611/2 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England, married Susanna —, one of first settlers of Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, constable.
5. Hannah Perkins, baptized 9 Oct 1614 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
6. Lydia Perkins, baptized 1 Jan 1617/8 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England.
7. Mary Perkins, baptized 16 Sep 1621 in Hillmorton, Warwick, England, may very likely have been the Mary who married Henry Green of Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire and died 26 Apr 1690.[1]

Notes

• Inferred DNA Paternal Haplogroup I1

Citations

1. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Name: Isaac Perkins

Sources:

• 1. Perkins in Hillmorton Parish Records (England), extracted by Jim Perkins.
• 2. Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759–1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, ME:  Anthoensen Press, 1959, p. 89.
• 3. Noyes, Sybil, Libby, Charles Thornton, and Davis, Walter Goodwin, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Baltimore, MD:  Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976, p. 541.
• 4. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. 3, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990 (originally published Boston, 1860-1862).
• 5. Holmes, Frank R., Directory of Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, New York, 1923, p. 354.

Links

• http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheetI100001264.aspx
• http://www.boydhouse.com/michelle/hussey/isaacaliceperkins.html
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113255095
• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Perkins/ThomasPerkins3.html

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Baptisms

• 20 Dec 1571    Isaac son of Thomas
• 3 Feb 1596      Sarah dau of Isaac
• 19 May 1600   Elizabeth dau of Isaac
• 27 Mar 1601   Thomas son of Isaac

Burial

• [28?] June 1602 Alice wife of Isaac

Baptisms

• [4 July ?] 1603   Abraham son of Isaac & Alice
• 23 Mar 1605/6   Jacob son of Isaac
• 8 Nov 1607       Abigail dau of Isaac
• 26 Jan 1611/12  Isaac son of Isaac
• 9 Oct 1614        Hannah dau of Isaac
• 1 Jan 1617/18    Lydia dau of Isaac
• 16 Sep 1621      Mary dau of Isaac

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• Source:  Perkins in Hillmorton Parish Records (England), extracted by Jim Perkins.
•     In 1637 there was an Isaac Perkins in Ipswich where he owned “land lying above the street called Brook street, six acres.”  He was dead before 15 Jun 1639, when his widow Alice Perkins sold the lot to Joseph Morse.  It is tempting to believe that he was also of the Hillmorton stock.  John Perkins did not have a brother Isaac, but he had an uncle Isaac only eleven years older than he, while other Isaacs were baptized in Hillmorton in 1597/8 and 1611/2.
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    If Isaac Perkins of Ipswich was a man of middle age, which we have no means of knowing, he and Alice may have been the parents of Abraham and Isaac Perkins who turned up in Hampton, not far down the coast, where Abraham took the Freeman's Oath in 1640 and Isaac in 1642.  These men are presumed to have been brothers.  Abraham named a son Luke, not a common name, and John Perkins of Hillmorton and Ipswich had an uncle Luke, a brother Luke, and a grandson Luke.
• Source:  Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759–1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, ME:  Anthoensen Press, 1959, p. 89.
• Perkins/Perkeings/Perkus/Parkins, Isaac, yeoman, Ipswich, propr. 1637. His widow Alice sold land and house 15 (4) 1639. [Ips. Rec.] Ch. Isaac (rem. to Hampton); Jacob (sold land recd. from his father 23 (2) 1674, after removing to Holmes Hole.)
• Source:  Holmes, Frank R., Directory of Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, New York, 1923, p. 354.
• https://archive.org/details/ancientrecordsof00ipsw The ancient records of the town of Ipswich: vol. 1- from 1634 to 1650, Published 1899 by Ipswich (Mass. : Town); Schofield, George A.
• Granted to Isaac Perkins, three acres of planting ground, lying at the Reedy marsh, having a planting lott of Humphrey Vincent on the South, a planting lott of John Northes on the Northwest. Also three acres within the common fence, having a planting lott of Theophilous Wilson on the Southwest, a great swamp on the Southeast, being not far from Mudy River, to enjoy the sayd Land, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever.
• Memorand, that John Warener hath sould unto Theophilus Wilson that three acres of ground, last above written, the which hee bought of Isaac perkins, ling within the common fence, having a planting lott of the sayd Theophilus Wilson on the Southwest, a swamp on the Southeast, Mr. Tuttel’s Land on the East, and a swamp on the North yting it,, and Mark Synonds planting lott, and the sayd John Warner doeth acknowledge the sale, and himself to be fuly payd and satisfied for the same and the Theophilus Wilson, to enjoy the said Land to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Entered y their joynt order and consent the 16th of the fo ] 1639.
• Isaac's birth and death information is available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113255095/isaac-perkins