1Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America, NEHGR Vol. 10, p. 213 (Jul 1856).
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"John1 Perkins, the elder, of Ipswich, as he is called on the records, and probably a cousin of the Rev. Wm., was also an early and honored ancestor. He was born in Newent, (as supposed,) in Gloucestershire, Eng., in 1590. Dec. 1, 1630, he embarked with his wife and family for America, at Bristol, Eng., and arrived at Boston Feb. 5th, 1631, after a "very tempestuous voyage." They came over in the ship Lyon, Capt. Wm. Pearce, and the famous Roger Williams was one of their fellow passengers. At this time their youngest child was about seven, and their oldest seventeen years. On the 18th of the following May, (1631) he was admitted freeman. He remained in Boston about two years, when in 1633 he removed to Ipswich. He was a representative to the General Court from that town in 1636, held various offices and trusts, and appears to have been a man of great respectability. He owned the large island at the mouth of Ipswich River, which was then, and nearly to our day, called Perkins's island. It is still believed to be in the family. His house, which he gave, after his wife's decease, to his youngest son Jacob, stood near Manning's Neck and close to the river. His will is dated March 28th, 1654 and he probably died not long after, as he then say he was 'sick and weak in body." It was proved Sept. 1654, and his estate was valued at L250.05s. He was 64 years old at his death. The name of his wife was Judith, and he left six children, as follows :--
1. John,2 jun., b. 1614; admitted freeman, May 17, 1637; m. Elizabeth -----, who died Sept. 27, 1684. He died Oct. 14, 1686 aet. 72.
2. Thomas,2 b. 1616, settled in Topsfield; m. Phoebe, dau. of Zacheus Gould, and d. May 7, 1686, aet. 70.
3. Elizabeth,2 m. William Sargent, of Amesbury, and left descendants.
4. Mary,2 m. Thomas Bradbury, of Salisbury.
5. Lydia,2; m. a Bennet.
6. Jacob,2 b. 1624; lived in Ipswich; m. Elizabeth, who d. Feb. 12, 1685, aet. 56. He died Jan. 29, 1700. aet. 76. [See Jacob3]."
1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, , Vol. 2, pp. 831-832 (1908).
"(IV) Timothy Sargent, son of Charles Sargent (3), was born at Amesbury, March 11, 1698. Married November 12, 1720, Mary Williams, of Newbury. He was a farmer, and died in 1769 at Amesbury where he resided. His will was proved at Salem in 1769. Children, all born at Amesbury: 1. Enoch, born June 18, 1721. 2. Henry, born May 9, 1723, mentioned below. 3. Timothy, born March 26, 1725. 4. Mary, born March 14, 1746, married Reuben Page of Amesbury. 5. Sarah, born March 14, 1726, married January 4, 1750, Joseph Harvey. 6. Charles, born December 27, 1728. Thomas, born April 2, 1731. 8. Eliphalet, born June 26, 1733. 9. Samuel, born November 6, 1735.".
1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Vol. 2, p. 832 (1908).
"(V) Henry Sargent, son of Timothy Sargent (4), was born in Amesbury, May 9, 1723. He was in the French and Indian war in the third foot company, Haverhill, Captain Richard Saltonstall. He married, July 19, 1744, Anna Smith, of Haverhill. Her grandmother, Abigail Emerson, was a sister of the famous heroine, Hannah Dustin. She died at Newbury, May 20, 1801. He was drowned in the Merrimac river, December 2, 1773, and the body not recovered until spring. Both were buried at Newburyport. He was a blacksmith and shipbuilder. Children born at Haverhill: 1. Reuben, born April 27, 1745, mentioned below. 2. Timothy, born August 17, 1747. 3. Rebecca, born November 26, 1750, married Isaac Bartlett, of West Newbury. 4. Sarah,born May 4, 1755, married Moses Page, a farmer who resided at Atkinson and and Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Ludlow, Vermont; soldier in the Revolution. 5. Ruth. 6. Anna, born August 10, 1761.".
1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Vol. 2, p. 832 (1908).
"(VI) Reuben Sargent, son of Henry Sargent (5), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, April 27, 1745. Married, December 4, 1764, Eunice Barrett, of Hudson, New Hampshire: she was born in Hudson, January 2, 1745, and died and was buried at Hudson. He was in the Haverhill minute-men on the Lexington alarm, and later was in Captain James Sawyer's company, Colonel James Frye's regiment; served at Bunker Hill. He served in the navy in the Revolution, and was lost at sea while in the service in 1777. He was a farmer at Haverhill. Children born at Hudson: 1. Abel, born November 27, 1765, enlisted from Nottingham, New Hampshire, in the Revolution in 1780. 2. Reuben, born March 28, 1768, mentioned below. 3. Henry William, born January 15, 1771, married, May 29, 1792, Betsey Wheeler. 4. Lydia, born November 6, 1773.".
1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Vol. 2, p. 832 (1908).
"(VII) Reuben Sargent, son of Reuben Sargent (6), was born in Hudson, New Hampshire, March 28, 1768. Married, January 3, 1788, Mary Tarbox, of Hudson, where she was born December 4, 1765, and died May 23, 1830. He was a miller and wheelwright; resided and was buried at Londonderry. Children, born at Londonderry: 1. Silas, born June 3, 1790. 2. Reuben, born November 13, 1793, mentioned below. 3. Eliza, born February 1, 1795. 4. Mary, born January 18, 1796, married William Davis, of Weston, Vermont; she died 1876. 5. Parker, born August 10, 1798. 6. Clarissa, born March 8, 1800. 7. Dana, born May 3, 1801. 8. Cynthia, born June 7, 1803. 9. Sophia, born December 4, 1805, married M. Plummer. 10. Alfred, born January 1, 1810, married Susan Hobbs, of Nashua; a farmer later at Albion, New York.".