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Thomas Perkins

• BIRTH: Thomas was born in 1400-1420 in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England[1]
• DEATH: He died in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England in 1479; he was 79[1].
• LEGAL MENTION & NOTABILITY
  • Thomas is considered to be the progenitor of the Berkshire & Nottinghamshire Perkins Families: Berkshire descending from his son John, inheritor of the Ufton estate, and Nottinghamshire descending from his son Thomas, inheritor of the family's Madresfield properties[4].
  • In the Close Roll of 1 Edward IV (1461), Thomas is first referred to as "Thomas Perkins, Esq." in a deed in which Thomas is most likely a co-trustee with "The King Maker", Earl of Warwickshire and the latter's brother John, Lord Montague. The trust received "certain manors in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire"[3].
• MARRIAGE: Thomas married Ellen TOMPKINS, who
  • was born circa 1401 in Nappend (or Nupend), Hertfordshire, England.
  • Ellen also had a brother, John Tompkins.
  • Her name is also spelled "Tomplins".

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Excerpted From: The Perkins family in ye olden times by Mansfield Parkyns, 11916, Utica, NY, pp. 40-41 ** Available online @: http://ia700303.us.archive.org/10/items/perkinsfamilyiny00park/perk...

• In the "Close Roll," I. Edward lV. (1461) there is a deed by which Thomas Parkyns in conjunction with the "King Maker," Earl of Warwick and his brother John (Neville), Lord Montague, received from Bernard Brocas, a Lancastrian, of Horton, county Buckingham, certain manors in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in which he probably acted merely as co-trustee.
  • In those days the prominent adherents of the conquered party saved some of their numerous and large estates from confiscation by transferring them temporarily to some friendly opponent.
• I take it that from the connection of Thomas Perkins, Esq., with Richard, Earl of Warwick, and John, Lord Montague (the Earl's brother) arose the Warwickshire branch before mentioned, William, son of Thomas Perkins, married Joane Reade of * * * near Coventry, i. e., near Marston, where was the branch mentioned.
• From the charters of Selborne Priory preserved in the muniment room of Magdalen College, Oxford, it appears that "Thomas Perkyns, armiger (esquire) was tenant (firmarius) of land belonging to the rectory of East Walban (Estworlam) Hampshire, for a period until the Feast of St. Michael in the second year of Edward IV. (1462) and that Thomas Perkyns, armiger, is indebted for the land in his possession until the Feast of St. Michael, seven years and over, at a feudal rent (feodum) of 20 shillings, £7. 6s. Sd/"'
• From Thomas Parkyns both the Berkshire and Nottinghamshire families descended,
  • the former from John, the eldest son, who inherited the Ufton estates, and
  • the latter from another son.
• Thomas, to whom the property at Madresfield passed. In a p. m. inquisition taken after his death in 1478, it was declared that Thomas Parkyns, armiger, held no lands nor tenements of the King "in capite" * * * but held of the Abbot of Redynge, as of his manor of Foxell's Court in Sulhamsted Abbots, one messuage and divers lands and tenements with their appurtenances "in socage."
  • You will observe that the Harleian MS., 1566, describes Thomas Parkins (son of the above Thomas Parkyns) as of "Mattisfelde, co. Worcester," but does not so describe his son Richard, who was probably the Richard Parkins who, in 1524, held a Crown lease of a small manor (Pole) in Ufton, which had belonged to the family of Lovel but was forfeited to the Crown.
• Cobbett's "Parliamentary History of England" states that in the 38th year of Henry VI. (in Sept., 1459), in "the expedition of the Earl of Salisbury (father of "the 'King-Maker') with Tho. and John Nevile, Knights, sons to the said Earl, Tho. Parkin, Wm. Stanley, esqrs., sons (sic) to Tho. Lord Stanlev, and Thos' Oringe of Tongue in the county of York, with 500 men and banners displayed, at Bloreheath (in Staffordshire), James, Lord Audley, was slain in battle by the said Earl, and John, Lord Dudley, with several others taken prisoners by the "successful Yorkists."
  • Styling Tho, Parkin "son" of Thomas, Lord Stanley is evidently an error as he was neither son nor son-in-law of Lord Stanley. His wife's name, however, has not been ascertained.

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http://perkinsresearch.com/history.html:

William Perkins had a son, Thomas Perkins,Esq., living in 1460 and dead before 1479. In the "Close Roll" , Edward IV (1461) there is a deed by which Thomas Perkins,Esq. in conjunction with the "King Maker", Earl of Warwick, and his brother John, Lord Montague, received certain manors in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in which he probably acted as co-trustee. From this Thomas Perkins,Esq., both the Berkshire and Nottinghamshire families descended, the former from John Perkins,(eldest son of Thomas Perkins.Esq.), who inherited the Ufton estates, the latter from another son, Thomas Perkins, to whom the property at Madresfield passed.

Thomas Perkins (son of Thomas Perkins, Esq.,) to whom passed the estate of Madresfield in Worcestershire, married Ellen Tomplins of Nupend, their eldest son, William Perkins married into Warwickshire, as so did William's son, Richard Perkins of the parish of West Hide, County Hereford.

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Quoting from “The Curd and Allied Families,” by William B. Curd and Lucy Price Rayne Truog (1927)

“‘A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames,’ says: Parkin, Parkins, Parkinson, Parkisson, Perkin, Perkins, Perkinson, Parkyns, Bapt. ‘the son of Peter,’ from the pet Perkin or Parkyn. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What May be called the Flemish forms appear in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century, with Perkins and Parkins.

“In the Herold’s ‘Visitation’ for the Berkshire 1623, this family is said to have descended from a certain Peter or Petrus de Morely of Shropshire, a county on the border of Wales. Hence, the family is sometimes said to have been of Welsh origin.

“For three hundred years the Perkins ancestors were seneshals or wardens of de Spencers and Warwich Castle. The Ufton Book shows the Perkins line, eldest son to eldest son, etc., continued to the present time. Some of the family were distinguished in the history of England and were prominent in Stratford district, the home of Shakespeare and his wife, Mary Arden. ”

“Domesday Book, A. D. 1085,” lists a manor in Berkshire, England, called Offstone, belonging to William Fitz Anscuff, and Ufton Court was a beautiful old Manor house at the same place, the ancient home of the Perkins family.”

Generation 14. Peter De Morley was Servous to Hugh de Spencer and was living in 1380. He was married to Agnes Taylor.

Generation 13. Henry Parkyns was the son of Peter.

Generation 12. John Parkyns, son of Henry Parkyns, was Seneschal to Thomas de Spencer, Earl of Gloucester. in 1390, he was the first to acquire property in Madresfield. He was living in 1400.

Generation 11. William Parkyns (1), son of John Parkyns, was 1st “Lord of Ufton. ”(bailiff to Humphry Plantagent, Duke of Glouster) He married Margaret, and was living in 1447.

Generation 10. Thomas Parkyns (1), son of William and Margaret Parkyns, was living in 1452-1479. He was called “Thomas of Ufton and Madresfield,” and gave Madresfield Manor House to his second son, Thomas.

Generation 9. Thomas Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (1), was married to Ellen Tompkinson. They had four sons, William of Madresfield, James of Shropshire, and Richard and Lawrence, twins.

Generation 8. William Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (2), was married to Joan Reade, daughter of Reade near Coventry.

Generation 7. Richard Parkyns, Sr., son of William Parkyns (2) and Joan Reade, was married to Ann Twynborrowe, daughter of Walter Twynborrowe, of Woodmention, Herfordshire.

Generation 6. Richard Parkyns, Jr., the son of Richard Parkyns (1) and Ann Twynborrowe, was of Bunny Park. He married Elizabeth Beresford, daughter of Aden Beresford, of Fenney Bently of Derbyshire. There were eight children: Sir George Parkyns, Knight who died in 1626; Adrien; John; Aden; Francis; Annie; Eliza; and Margaret.

Generation 5. Aden Parkyns, the son of Richard Parkyns, Jr. and Elizabeth Beresford, was married to Mary ____. They came to Virginia in 1607, where he was registered as “Grocer. ” Whether he returned to England, or died in Virginia, is not known. They had four children: George; Richard (3); Annie; and Thomas.

Generation 4. Richard Parkyns (3), son of Aden and Mary Parkyns, owned land near Jamestown, or on the James River. Whom he married is not known.

Generation 3. Nicholas Perkins (1), the son of Richard Parkyns (3), was also married to a Mary, and there were 7 children. Records show that in 1641 Nicholas Perkins was transported to Hernia County, Virginia, by Brayant Smith, although it appears he was born in America, the grandson of the immigrant. On 30 August 1650, he was granted land in Bermuda Hundred, beginning in Cole’s Swamy, Henrico County, for the transportation of four persons into the colony, although only three are named: Mary Perkins, William Owen, and Richard Hues. The original document is almost illegible, and the names are given differently in several references. However, it is thought these persons were Mary Perkins, his wife, and his sons, William, Owen, Richard (4), and Thomas. He died about 1664, and his will mentions only his daughter, Lydia, and his two youngest children, Elizabeth and Nicholas (2). His widow married Richard Parker.

Generation 2. William Perkins, son of Nicholas and Mary Perkins, was born about 1633. His wife, was also named Mary. William and Mary, and their daughter, Mary, were passengers on the ship “Kent,” in 1667. Members of the Society of Friends, they joined the Burlington Monthly Meeting, in New Jersey.

Generation 1. Mary Perkins, daughter of William and Mary Perkins, was married 24 May 1683, at Burlington Monthly Meeting, to Henry Grubb

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