Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Descendants of Matthew Perkins
- 1773Father: Deacon Joseph Perkins (21 Jun 1674 of Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 6 Sep 1726)
Mother: Martha Morgan (20 Mar 1681 Preston, New London, Connecticut - ??)
Matthew Perkins (of Lisbon, Connecticut - 3 May 1773 Norwich, New London, Connecticut)
Hannah Bishop (2 Aug 1722 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - ??)(m. 19 Apr 1739 Norwich, New London, Connecticut)
   └─ Susanna Perkins (29 Jan 1753 - 10 Sep 1810)
    Rev. John Staples (23 Apr 1742 - 15 Feb 1804)
       ├─ Seth Perkins Staples (1 Sep 1776 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut - 6 Nov 1861 New York, New York)
       └─ Susanna Staples (20 Aug 1778 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut -
        22 Nov 1855 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut)
        22 Nov 1855 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut)
        Roger Sherman (New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut;16 Jul 1768 - 5 Mar 1856)
        (m. 7 Jan 1801 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut)
        (m. 7 Jan 1801 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut)
           └─ Elizabeth Baldwin Sherman (27 Oct 1823 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut -
            10 Mar 1917 Nordhoff, California)
            10 Mar 1917 Nordhoff, California)
            Thomas Anthony Thacher (11 Jan 1815 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut - 7 Apr 1886 New Haven, New
            Haven, Connecticut)(m. 1 Aug 1860 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut)
            Haven, Connecticut)(m. 1 Aug 1860 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut)
               └─ Elizabeth Thacher (22 Sep 1868 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut -
                14 Aug 1952 Marin, California)
                14 Aug 1952 Marin, California)
                Rep. William Kent (29 Mar 1864 Chicago, Cook, Illinois -
                13 Mar 1928 Kentfield, Marin, California)(m. 26 Feb 1890 Nordhoff, California)
                13 Mar 1928 Kentfield, Marin, California)(m. 26 Feb 1890 Nordhoff, California)
                   └─ Elizabeth Sherman Thatcher Kent (8 Jan 1894 Chicago, Cook, Illinois -
                    12 Jan 1952 Marin, California)
                    12 Jan 1952 Marin, California)
                    George Stanleigh Arnold (3 Apr 1881 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut -
                    18 Jan 1942 Marin, California)(m. 26 Feb 1915 Washington, D.C.)
                    18 Jan 1942 Marin, California)(m. 26 Feb 1915 Washington, D.C.)
                       └─ Elizabeth Sherman "Bibba" Arnold (2 Dec 1915 San Francisco, San Francisco,
                        California - 18 Sep 1992 Los Altos, Santa Clara, California)
                        California - 18 Sep 1992 Los Altos, Santa Clara, California)
                        William Francis Whitmore (6 Jan 1916 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts -
                        6 Jan 1996)(m. 1 Nov 1946)
                        6 Jan 1996)(m. 1 Nov 1946)
                           └─ Thomas Sherman Whitmore (10 Feb 1953 Washington, D.C. - Living)