Rev. William Perkins

1607 - 1682  (74 years)

• Name	William Perkins  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	25 Aug 1607	All Hallows, Bread Street, London, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 May 1682	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I34876	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JMF
  Last Modified	9 May 2021

  
  

  Father	William Perkins,   b. Bef 1 Jan 1579   d. Bef 25 Jun 1657 (Age < 78 years)
  Mother	Katherine   d. 18 Sep 1618, London, England
  Marriage	22 May 1603	Abbots Salford in Salford Priors, Warwickshire, England   [8]
  Family ID	F17067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wooton,   b. Abt 1607
  Marriage	30 Aug 1636	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Perkins,   b. 2 Mar 1657, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts d. Apr 1745 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F20501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in 1632 on the William & Francis; first at Roxbury, then Weymouth 1643, Gloucester 1651, Topsfield 1655. He was a soldier, schoolmaster, and minister. From English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins (citation details below): William Perkins, at the age of eighteen, entered Emmanuel College of Cambridge as pensioner; later, he transferred to Christ's College from which he graduated A.B. at the Lent term, in 1627-8. He came to New England on the William and Francis, with Capt. Thomas, Master. It sailed from London 9 March and arrived 5 June 1632 with about sixty passengers. In 1633, he along with John Winthrop, Jr., and eleven others began the settlement of Agawam. "April 1th, 1633. It is ordered, that noe pson wtsoeuer shall goe to plant or inhabit att Aggawam, without leave from the Court, except those that are already gone, vz: Mr. John Winthrop, Jun'r, Mr. Clerke, Robte Coles, Thomas Howlett, John Biggs, John Gage, Thomas Hardy, Willm Perkins, Mr. Thornedicke, Willm Srieant. 5 August 1634, it is ordered that Aggawam shal be called Ipswich." He took the oath of freeman at Boston 3 September 1634, and shortly after that, he removed to Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, where he had a grant of land in 1641. In 1643 he removed to Weymouth, Suffolk Co., MA and represented that town in the General Court in 1644. He was also a commissioner to settle small debts, leader of a military a company, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. in 1638. Between 1640 and 1674, William made several trips back to England. From 1650 to 1655 he was preaching to the inhabitants of Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He became a minister of Topsfield after 1655 until his death 21 May 1682.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5657] The History of the Dudley Family by Dean Dudley. Wakefield, Massachusetts: Dean Dudley, 1892. [S5658] Henry Allen Hazen, "The Hazen Family." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 33:229, 1879. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S5659] "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 10:211, 1856., date and city only. [S5660] Mrs. Frank Elmer Perkins, "Perkins: Genealogical Research in England." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 76:223, 1922., date only. [S5661] English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins by Paula Perkins Mortensen. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1998., date and city only. [S5660] Mrs. Frank Elmer Perkins, "Perkins: Genealogical Research in England." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 76:223, 1922. [S5661] English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins by Paula Perkins Mortensen. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1998.