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Benjamin Perkins

Male 1760 - 1848  (87 years)

  • Benjamin Perkins enlisted in Epping, January 1777, in Capt. Jason White's Co., Col. Joseph Cilley's First New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged in Danbury, Conn., 25 Jan 1780.

    Family tradition holds that Benjamin was large for his age, and able to enlist at the age of 16 by adding a couple of years to his age, and with some help from his older brother Jonathan. After the war he lived briefly in Hampton Falls but by 1787 he settled in the southern part of Meredith where he farmed. In 1792 he purchased 20-40 acres of land from Col. Ebenezer Smith, one the original proprietors of Meredith. He and a neighbor who are credited with naming the Chemung section of Meredith after remarking on the area's resemblance to Chemung, New York, where they had sered together in the war.

    At this time subsubsitence farming still dominated, so he probably grew some combination of corn, rye, potatos, and squash, the typical crops in the area. At the end of his life he only held a little over 20 acres on which he raised cattle. He and his wife are buried in a tiny family graveyard in the woods near Meredith Center.

 
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  • Name Benjamin Perkins 
    Gender Male 
    Born 15 Sep 1760  Exeter, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1810  Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1831  New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1840  Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    LockeID 313 
    Died 18 May 1848  Chemung, Meredith, NH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    • Perkins family cemetery
    Person ID I12841  Locke Family Tree | Public
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 

    Father John Perkins,   b. 8 Jan 1723, Hampton, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Annis Locke,   b. 25 Mar 1723, Hampton, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Mar 1748  [7, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betsey Hannah Swain,   b. 20 Jan 1762,   d. 19 Sep 1847  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 1783  [10] 
    Children 
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    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F5123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Sep 1760 - Exeter, NH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1831 - New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 May 1848 - Chemung, Meredith, NH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States of America Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1840 United States Federal Census - Benjamin Perkins    		1840 United States Federal Census - Benjamin Perkins
    Year: 1840; Census Place: Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 244; Page: 153; Family History Library Film: 0014934
    US, Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 - Benjamin Perkins    		US, Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 - Benjamin Perkins
    The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 8
    1810 United States Federal Census - Benjamin Perkins    		1810 United States Federal Census - Benjamin Perkins
    Year: 1810; Census Place: Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 25; Page: 678; Image: 00667; Family History Library Film: 0218686

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin Perkins enlisted in Epping, January 1777, in Capt. Jason White's Co., Col. Joseph Cilley's First New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged in Danbury, Conn., 25 Jan 1780.

      Family tradition holds that Benjamin was large for his age, and able to enlist at the age of 16 by adding a couple of years to his age, and with some help from his older brother Jonathan. After the war he lived briefly in Hampton Falls but by 1787 he settled in the southern part of Meredith where he farmed. In 1792 he purchased 20-40 acres of land from Col. Ebenezer Smith, one the original proprietors of Meredith. He and a neighbor who are credited with naming the Chemung section of Meredith after remarking on the area's resemblance to Chemung, New York, where they had sered together in the war.

      At this time subsubsitence farming still dominated, so he probably grew some combination of corn, rye, potatos, and squash, the typical crops in the area. At the end of his life he only held a little over 20 acres on which he raised cattle. He and his wife are buried in a tiny family graveyard in the woods near Meredith Center.

  • Sources 
    1. [S180] 1810 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 25; Page: 678; Image: 00667; Family History Library Film: 0218686 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7613&h=772646&indiv=try.
      Record for Benjamin Perkins

    2. [S179] U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2007), The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 8 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1116&h=27837&indiv=try.
      Record for Benjamin Perkins. Includes notation "Died 18 May 1848"

    3. [S49] 1840 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 244; Page: 153; Family History Library Film: 0014934 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8057&h=3682767&indiv=try.
      Record for Benjamin Perkins

    4. [S80] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2012), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=76732105&indiv=try.
      Record for Benjamin Perkins

    5. [S46] Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial 106008545 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106008545.
      Gravestone inscription: "Benjamin Perkins / died / May 18, 1848 / AE 87 y'rs 8 mo."

    6. [S345] Old Meredith and Vicinity, Mary Gale Hibbard, Compiler, (Laconia, NH, 1926), p 40.

    7. [S8] A History and Genealogy of Capt. John Locke [1627-1696] of Portsmouth and Rye, N. H, Arthur H. Locke, (Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1916), Descendant F64.

    8. [S307] Descendants of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N.H. to the Eighth Generation, #41.

    9. [S171] History of the Town of Hampton, NH, Joseph Dow, (1894 (Third printing, 1977)), 911.

    10. [S307] Descendants of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N.H. to the Eighth Generation, #95.


 

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