Richard Perkins

Richard Perkins (son of Robert Perkins) was born 1625 in England, and died date unknown in Baltimore, Maryland.He married Ann. Children of Richard Perkins and Ann are:

• +Richard Perkins, b. 1663, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, d. 1705, Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland. Richard Perkins (son of Richard Perkins and Ann) was born 1663 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, and died 1705 in Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland.He married Mary UTE.

Children of Richard Perkins and Mary UTE are:

• +Mary Perkins, b. April 02, 1695, St. George's Parish, Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland, d. 1740.
• +III PERKINS Richard, b. July 09, 1689, St. George's Parish, Mosquito Creek, Baltimore, Maryland, d. August 05, 1772, Rowan, North Carolina.

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RICHARD PERKINS was reputedly born ca. 1663 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England to Robert and Ann Perkins, and was christened ca. 1665. The Bulletin of The Original Wilkes County (Vo. 3, #3) Brfor November 1909 claims Robert Perkins who died in Charles Co. MD in 1668 was the father of a Robert Perkins and of Richard Sr. of Baltimore Co. MD. Richard was a cooper.

Possibly he is the Richard Parkins who was transported to Maryland in 1674. Robert is said to have died in Charles Co. MD.

There may also have been siblings to Richard; there is a William Perkins who married Martha Miles on 3 February 1703/4 in Baltimore Co. MD, a William Perkins named in the will of James Ines of Baltimore Co. 4 March 1703/4, and a William Perkins who was buried 8 January 1708; there is a Joseph Perkins and his wife Mary who had children Rachel (6 January 1725), Mary (20 Dec. 1728) and Hannah (24 May 1731), and who knows how many other unidentified Perkins men in the area? This Richard surveyed 100 acres called "Parkinson" at the head of Musketo Creek in Spesutia Hundred in 1683; by 1700 the land was known as "Parkington." An early post road from Alexandria, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had a link running through this county by 1670, to Bush River, by ferry to Chilbury Point, near St. George's Church at Michaelsville, on to the head of Swan Creek and to a ferry. A spur extended a short distance north along the Susquehanna toward Lapidum. Another branch began near the head of Mosquito Creek, ran to the ferry at Spesutia Narrows. The Perkinses were in the area of this major road. The only known wife (although a first wife is reputed to have mothered his first child) is Mary, who married as her second husband John Belcher. On 28 August 1697, Richard and William Lofton surveyed 100 acres on the south side of the Susquehanna River in the woods above the head of Swan Creek called "Brotherly Love" which was later held by Lofton's orphans; later Lofton conveyed 180 acres of "Eightrupp" or "Eitrop" to Perkins. In 1696, Perkins administered the estate of Richard Drisdale, and in June of 1699 he was one of the appraisers of the estate of Francis Chatham. In 1700 all but 32 of the original 500 acres of Eitrop were in Richard's possession. In June of 1704 Thomas Gash named Perkins as one of his executors. Richard's administration bond was posted 16 April 1706 by his widow Mary with William Perkins and John Mills (this William may be a sibling, as his son would be only 14); his estate was inventoried on 28 May 1706 by Thomas Brown and Henry Wright and valued at L67.14.6 plus 5128 lbs. of tobacco; estate was administered by Mary wife of John Belcher on 1 July 1708 (and she also administered the estate of Thomas Gash on 6 October 1709). Richard's personal effects included two feather beds, a bed and covering, a hand mill, two Bibles, a brass kettle, 11 glass bottles, a flesh fork, two rasors, and other property. Mary's wedding banns were posted in February 1706. Richard Jr. received 175 acres in the northern part, William got 121 acres extending south from Herring Run, and Elisha got 127 acres of the western portion, and the brothers settled there in 1733, after the property was resurveyed.

Spesutie Island is still there by the same name. It is a part of Aberdeen Proving Ground (2200 acres). So is most of the property once held by the Perkins Family. The island was settled first by the uncle of Mary Utie. Finally, when she was supposedly married to Richard Perkins, she was in fact married to one Anthony Drew and having his children from the early 1690's until he died about 1720. ....................................... Notes:

The Perkins were part Indian and intermarried with the Indians and related families. They were sometimes listed as mulattos in census records. In the marriage record or bond of Jordan Perkins and Jenny Goin, it describes them as being free people of color. Possibly of Melugeon origin (Native American/Portugese). There is one site on the net that has a court case documented that has to do with someone calling one of them Black and they went to court over it.

William Perkins was born 15 March 1692 Mosquito Creek, St. George's Parish, Baltimore Co. MD. He went to Lapidum, York Co. PA with his brother Elisha. Around 1735, he was on the banks of the Susquehanna River; in 1737 where he ran a ferry there, until his death in 1760. He married Elizabeth Cottrell ca. 1717, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cottrell. John's will was dated 22 January 1721 and mentioned his daughter and his grand-daughter Mary Perkins. Elizabeth died about 1760 in Pennsylvania. In March of 1721 William was indicted for neglecting to register his marriage or the the birth of a child in St. George's Parish. In 1750 he owned 121 acres, part of "Eightrupp." Lapidum was on the Susquehanna at the northernmost point which was navigable for large boats, and several patentees bought up land along the river nearby, including "Paradise" and "Eitrop" which was bought by Thomas Griffith and later sold to the Perkins family. During the Revolution, Lapidum would become a center of trade and a shipping point. After the war, a land boom developed. The ferry owned by William Perkins would become known as Smith's Ferry in 1772.

Catharine ROLLER, age 80 p.2- Knew the PERKINS slightly. Old man was called Jock, large, tall, mixed blood and not white. His wife fair skinned & named Mary. I knew Isaac, Lewis and Polly, three of their children. I knew them at 12 year old. They had the same privileges as other folks. He looks half white. David R. KENNICK, age 77 Has known the PERKINS family 49 years. Knew Johnson HAMPTON, Wm. LINDSY & Jacob PERKINS on Roan Creek. I taught school at Perkin’s school house. Johnson HAMPTON said they were Portugese & he had seen Jacob’s father & his mother a scotch woman. Jacob’s color and features described of little darker than Joshua. Jacob and his family asociated white peoples, clerked at elections & voted & had all privileges. I lived in 2 ½ miles, never heard them called anything else than Portugeuse. Cross. Ex. Never heard them called negros. No. 2 Sarah KENNICK s and aged 75 Knew them in Carter 40 years ago. The people there said they were of the Portugeuse. Johnson HAMPTON said so. Jacob’s hair straight. His color darker than Joshua. Hair combed. Knew Lydia. Some of them had light hair. I knew the relationship of the PERKINS always called Portugeuse. Cross Ex. Never heard them called Mulattos or Portugeuse No. 5 Thomas COOK, aged 75 I knew old Joshua PERKINS. He was a dark skinned man, darker than Joshua. Tall and spare. He resembled an Indian more than a negro. Was generally called a Portugese. Lived well. Knew him well on Roan’s Creek. Never saw him eating. Kept company with everybody. Kept race horses& John WILSON rode them. I knew Jacob PERKINS, father of Joshua. He lived on PERKINS Mill Creek. John WILSON lived in Crab Orchard. Cross Ex. Saw him at my fathers& at the races. The first Indian I ever saw was at Shown’s Crossroads. I do not know the difference between an Indian and a Portuguese. Did not see old Joshua associate with white people. It was the general opinion amongst the people that old Joshua was a Portuguese. I never heard him or Jacob PERKINS or any of them called negros. Did not mean to say Portuguese and negros were the same & misunderstood the question. File No. 5 Elizabeth COOK, about 71 Never saw old Joshua. I heard Joshua PERKINS’ uncle’s daughter say they were not known as negro to them, they were Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS very much complected like Joshua. They kept company with decent white people & had many visitors. Nancy GRAVES, wife of Jacob, had blue eyes and yellow hair. I knew her father -a dark man - a Constable. Nancy’s mother was a white woman. Cross Ex. Never heard them called mixed blood, except as a flont (?) , by David STOUT. Never heard them called anything but Portuguese. I heard my mother say George PERKINS’ wife told her when she went home & found Joshua a colored man she hated it. Did not say negro. No. 7 Nancy YOUNG, aged 66 I knew George PERKINS. My father and mother knew the PERKINS in South Carolina and always said they were Portuguese & the mother a white woman. George dark. Father treated him as a white man. George’s color a little more bluish than Joshua PERKINS. His features about the same. Father talked about George’s brothers Isaac, Lewis & others. Cross Ex. Never heard anyone say they were negros. No. 3 John J. WILSON, about 70 I knew the great grand father of plaintiff, old Jock, a dark skinned and complectioned man. Rather bald, hair bushy amd long, not kinky. Races.Associated with white people. His wife said to be a Scotch woman. He had a long roman nose. Associated with Richard WHITE, Landon CARTER, and the most respectable persons. I knew John GRAVES, the great grandfather of plaintiff on mother’s side. Hair Bushy, not as curly as SMITH’s -or BUTLER’s. Was a Constible. Sent to SC for certificate. Cross Ex. Some of Jock’s neighbors called him a negro. They called themselves Portuguese. Some would call them negro and some Portuguese. Old Jock’s wife did not buy him. Never heard of them drinking wive’s blood. Did not tell Lilburn BERRY he was a coal black negro. Or Lilburn RAY, or WILLIAMS. John GRAVES always considered a Portuguese. His color now called in question, but when he ran for constable. I knew Lewis PERKINS who was darker than any of them but had not kinky hair, or had negro smell. He was a dark skinned man with red complexion. Re Ex. Old Jock generally called a Portuguese untill they fell out with him. I was constable in his neighborhood for 11 years. Understood he went into service against the Indians & his color was thrown up to him. No. 4 Mary WILSON I was well acquainted with Joc PERKINS, father of Joshua. A yellow man _ said to be Portuguese. They did not look like negros. I have been about his house a great deal and nursed for his wife. She was a little yellow & called of the same race. Had blue eyes and black hair. Was visited by white folks. Old Mr. GRAVES was a dark skinned white man. Hair not curley. Mrs GRAVES a dark white woman. They were called Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS a little darker than Joshua. 3rd examin. They were never were called negros, and Old (Jock) not favor them. But two negros then in the county, owned by my father. Jacob PERKINS hair not curlier than some white men. John GRAVES chunky, Mrs. GRAVES had long straight black hair. Never called a negro. She was not a white woman but called a Portuguese. Re. Exam. I have heard Jacob PERKINS and his wife and old Mrs. GRAVES say they were always called Portuguese. No. 6 James G. TIPTON aged 65 Knew Joshua PERKINS & brother 40 or 50 years. He always associated with white people. Some 40 years ago, a contest in the C. H. In a suite, and Joseph PERKINS allowed his testimony. Cross Exam. Some called them Negro and some Portuguese. No. 9 Samuel VANCE, age 54 Hannah PERKINS, a daughter of Joseph, examined as a witness in the Circuit Superior Court at Burnsmith (?), after a contest & the examination of witnesses. Wm. DUGGER said he had seen old Jock & his hair curly not kinky like WOODFIN’s, & said they were Portuguese & Old Jac had been sworn before his father. My Father-in-Law Johnson Hampton said they were not Negros,but Portuguese. Cross Exam. Hannah a very pretty woman. Wm. DUGGER examined after Hannah. I do not believe they are pure white. I believe they are Portuguese. No. 10 Peter SNYDER, age 88 I knew George PERKINS, uncle of Joshua, before I was grown & he lived on my father’s place. A little darker than Joshua. Do not look like a Negro. Hair straight. I knew George’s wife Keziah. Hyla VANCE, age 57 I knew old Jacob, Plaintiff’s grandfather. He had thin visage- a high roman nose and was darker than Joshua. Hair curly- not kinky. I was there and saw corpse of Jacob. His wife said they were Portuguese. Non of them had hair as curly as Col. Mathis. Gives names of Jacob’s children and says they all married white people. They were said to be Portuguese. I knew Portuguese darker than Joshua. Bedent BEARD, aged 88 I knew the paternal grandfather of plaintiff. A little darker than Joshua. He was not a negro. Form and features different. Hair resembled Moran not negro. By common report Jacob was a Portuguese. Lived not far above the mouth of Roane's Creek. Have known them 40, and by reputation, 60 years. Privileges. His wife a white woman. p.10 Anna GRAVES Taken in Missouri Knew Jock PERKINS, who came here from S.C. in 1785 and died in 1801, 10th April. He was known of the Portuguese race. His wife a white Scotch woman and her name Polly. Had blue eyes and long brown hair. Old Jock said her name was Polly Black and he married in 1793. He had six children. Four of his sons served in the Revolution. I saw one of them discharged by Marion. Jacob and George drafted against Indians. I heard Mrs. Black. They went against the Indians in 1792. They said they came from and kept a ferry in S.C. p.17 Hardy GRAVES aged 64 in Kentucky. I knew old Jock. He was always called a Portuguese and said he came from S.C. I knew 3 of his sons and he had others. Ferry in S.C. Jacob PERKINS in the battle at Sullivan's Island near Charleston. I saw the discharge of Jock PERKINS. They were not connected with the African race. p.19 Elizabeth PERKINS I lived 3 months in the family of George PERKINS 40 or 50 years ago and always understood they were from S.C. and kept a ferry there. They were mustered and drafted and always claimed to be Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS the grandfather of plaintiff dark skinned but not an African. I knew Susan and John GRAVES, great-grandparents of plaintiff. No rumor that they were Portuguese. File no. 10 continued Sarah STOUT p.21, aged 70--Lee County Va. I have seen old Jock, the father of Joshua, who said they came from Peedee S.C. He was a dark skinned man with slim face, slim nose and dark colored hair. He was dark skinned as the blackest of the family. All the PERKINS had white wives and were reputed Portuguese. John GRAVES a white man and the main school teacher. Cross exam. The PERKINS not called negroes: but called mulattoes by them that was mad at them. So of the GRAVES. Daniel STOUT aged 77, p.23 Knew George, Jacob, Joshua, & Lewis 65 years ago. They said they came from Peedee S.C. and called themselves Portuguese and were so called in the neighborhood. I lived near them 40 years. They married white women. I knew old John GRAVES. Never saw old Jock. Never heard him called a negro. People in those days said nothing about such things. One of the GRAVES called a mulatto. Nancy had black hair and blue eyes. Martha Shuffield aged 75 file no. 8 Saw Plaintiff's great grandfather. He looked dark. Always understood they were called Portuguese. Never heard them called negroes except in malice. Old Jacob PERKINS had nice features and none of them resembled negroes. Polly PERKINS about the color of Joshua. Associations and privileges. I have lived a neighbor to him for 50 years. Nancy GRAVES said to be a Portuguese. She was fair skinned. John GRAVES her father, rather a brown skinned man. His wife crazy and mixed with Portuguese. X exam. I saw old Jock through a crib and I thought he looked as black as a negro, but might be mistaken. I have often heard people call them negroes through malice.

Research Notes: Another passage from the thesis told of another interview:

"Mr. Eli Ashworth, eighty year old resident of DeRidder, Louisiana, while seated on the porch of his shack-like home, stated that his grandfather came from South Carolina. At that time, thirty men came by boat. Included in this number were Tap and Jesse Ashworth, a Perkins, and a Johnson. To indicate how closely these people stayed together, Mr. Eli Ashworth married the great grand-daughter of the other Ashworth who came on the same boat. He doesn't know why they came, except that they were 'shipped over.' Did they come because they wanted to come? 'They said they were shipped over,' he insisted."

Yet another interview:

"Mr. Pete Maricle who lives at Westport, Louisiana, is eighty-four years old, works his own farm, and plows in the field. His father, Mr. Burrell Maricle, was born in the community and lived there until his death at the age of one hundred and five years. His grandfather, Joseph Maricle, had lived in the community, too. There is a story in the family that the first Maricle came 'from across the ocean.' He had started out to buy bread, had seen a ship docked in the harbor, and boarded it with only the money he had in his pocket. Mr. Maricle's daughter was a Mrs. Johnson. A neighbor, Mrs. Lydia Perkins, had married at the age of fourteen and, now at the age of seventy-four was living in the same house she had lived in as a bride.

"There is a traditional story in the Perkins family that because of some difficulty in the Carolinas and Georgia on the question of land and timber, forty-five families were loaded on boats and sent to New Orleans in 1804. Lewis Perkins is reported to have been the leader of the group. They spread over Louisiana and Mississippi, many of them settling near Big Woods. Big Woods is near Bear Head Creek, which harbored the Redbone people when they kept themselves in isolated communities for so long. Old women told stories of the great body of water, which they could remember, but could not name, presumably the Mississippi River. Mrs. Nancy Perkins, now deceased, related to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that she was close enough to New Orleans to remember hearing the guns at the Battle of New Orleans. She claimed to be part Choctaw Indian." Dear Stacy ISAAC PERKINS is a Perkins family name and I am sure you must have come out of the line of JACOB (OLD JOCK) PERKINS - his father was RICHARD, I think?? (Anything I tell you requires your own proofs).

Old Jock operated a ferry between NC & SC. My JOSHUA PERKINS, son of Old Jock, was b. 1759 in SC, then the family went to NC (where you need to do a lot of looking) and then into TN where they are found in the Lost State of Franklin, TN (northeast corner).

My JOSHUA PERKINS was in Louisiana via MS by early 1800's, at least by 1810 Fed. Census. I have not pulled this info for some time but I think an ISAAC PERKINS also came with him . This would prob. not be yours but I would certainly think there could be a connection, especially since you state how dark-skinned they were. OLD JOCK PERKINS was Portuguese (which has somehow revolved into Melungeon thanks to Brent Kennedy!).

I have early maps showing ownership by Perkins in NC and I feel certain that an ISAAC is also there. I will try to pull these out in the next day or so and review what I have. In the meantime, I think you should concentrate your search in NC & TN.

Where do you find the HOLMAN family. REMEMBER, all real early records of NC are in VIRGINIA!! Sincerely Sandra Loridans Sandra Loridans Apdo. Postal 844 45900 Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

GEDCOM Source

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• +Mary Perkins, b. April 02, 1695, St. George's Parish, Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland, d. 1740.
• +III PERKINS Richard, b. July 09, 1689, St. George's Parish, Mosquito Creek, Baltimore, Maryland, d. August 05, 1772, Rowan, North Carolina.

References

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