Abraham Perkins

1611 - 1683  (72 years)

• Name	Abraham Perkins
  Born	1611	Hillmonton,Warwickshire,Eng
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1683	Hampton,Rockingham,NH ae 72
  Person ID	I976	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Family	Mary Wyeth,   b. 1618, Nacton,Suffolk,Eng ,   d. 29 May 1706, Hampton,Rockingham,NH ae 88  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Abt 1638
  Children	1. Mary Perkins,   b. 02 Sep 1639, Hampton,,NH ,   d. Bef 02 May 1672, Charlestown,,MA  (Age < 32 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, repub. by Genealogical Publishing, 1997: Perkins, Abraham (?1603-1683) & Mary [Wyeth] ( - 1706, ae 88); b 1639; Hampton, NH. Source: NEHGR Vol.50, page 34-35: AN ACCOUNT OF PART OF THE FAMILY OF ABRAHAM PERKINS OF HAMPTON, N.H., WHO LIVED IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS, by Hon. Joseph W. Porter, of Bangor, Maine. Abraham Perkins was one of the first settlers in Hampton, NH. He was made a Freeman May 13, 1640. He was a man of good education, an excellent penman, and much employed in town business. He died August 31, 1683, aged about 72. His widow, Mary, died May 29, 1706, aged 88. His will of August 22, 1683, was proved September 18, 1683. In it he names wife and sons Jonathan, Humphrey, James, Luke and David; to the last two he gave five shillings each, "as they have already their share," daughters Abigail and Sarah; granddaughter Mary Fifield "now dwelling with me," and grandson John (probably son of Luke). Children, perhaps not in order: 1. Mary(2), b. Sept 2, 1639; m. Giles Fifield of Charlestown, 7 June 1652. He probably lived in Hampton for several years and then returned to Charlestown. (Mary d. before May 2, 1672.) He m. (2) Judith, widow of Samuel Convers, and daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter of Woburn, May 2, 1672; b. Oct. 14, 1660; d. 1676. Children, all baptized at Charlestown, June 19, 1670, except the first Richard: i. Mary(3) Fifield, b. in Hampton, Nov. 28, 1653 ii. Abraham Fifield, d. in Woburn, Sept 11, 1711, aged 57 iii. Giles Fifield,Jr. He lived in Boston. Died and was buried Feb. 19, 1695. His widow Eliza d. June 18, 1742, aged 84 (date from Copp's Hill Epitaph). iv. Richard Fifield, b. in Charlestown, Dec. 23, 1663. Died soon. v. Richard Fifield, b. in Charlestown, Nov. 6, 1665, of Boston. Judge Sewall in his Diary under date of August 6, 1688 says: "Giles Fifield and wife Eliza at the wedding in our chamber of Richard Fifield and Mary Thurston." Their only daughter Mary Fifield was b. May 7-8, 1694, and m. Samuel Adams of Boston, April 21, 1713; their son Samuel Adams, Jr. was b. Sept. 22, 1722. Patriot and Governor. vi. John Fifield vii. Mary Fifield viii. Mary Fifield ix. Deoborh Fifield, by second wife, b. July 6, 1672, m. John Jackson of Cambridge. x. Thomas Fifield, by second wife, b. Jan. 9, 1676.