Ignatious (or Ignatius) Perkins, my seventh great-grandfather,
was born 15 July 1720 at Plympton, Plymouth Co., Mass., the son of Luke and Ruth
(Cushman) Perkins. I wrote about Luke and Ruth here.
Ignatious married Keziah Davis
on 10 November 1743 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass.
Keziah was born in Freetown on
9 March 1724/25, the daughter of William and Keziah (Cudworth) Davis.
Assonet River in Freetown (source: Wikipedia) |
Freetown was settled by the English in April 1659 on the banks of the Assonet River. It remained part of Plymouth Colony until that colony merged with Mass Bay Colony in 1685.
David born 1 February 1743/44;
m. Zilpha Hathaway
Ignatious born 18 May
1746
Luke born 25 January 1747/48;
m. Margaret Pierce; served in the Revolutionary War and died from a wound to his
foot.
John born 3 June
1750
Ruth born 5 August
1752
William born 12 October
1754
I descend from Ruth who married
Jesse Pierce. I haven’t done much research on Ruth’s siblings and would love to hear from any of their descendants.
Ebenezer Peirce wrote that
Ignatious is said to have been lacking much of being a saint, but I haven’t
found exactly what he is referencing.
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source: Wikipedia |
Most of what I know about this
family is in thanks to Paul Bumpus’s article in the September 2006 Mayflower
Quarterly. He wrote that four of Ignatious’s children were born in Freetown.
He moved to Wrentham by 1752 when daughter Ruth was born there. The family
eventually returned to Freetown.
In 1762, Ignatious was listed as a blacksmith
living in Freetown. He came from a long line of blacksmiths, including his father, Luke Perkins.
From Plymouth
Court Records (12: 332-334):
David Stockbridge Esq. (Hanover)
attached Ignatius Perkins (Freetown
Blacksmith). Trespass on the Case, on 3-month note dated 21
October
1762 for 8 dollars (or 48s.) with interest. Pltf. said that
on 18 March
1763 Chase endorsed the note to pltf. or his order, and
pltf. notified
deft., who promised to pay but later refused to pay, to
pltf.'s damage of
£10. Default by deft. Judgment for £2.12s.1d. and £2.1s.9d.
costs.
Locations and dates of
Ignatious and Keziah’s deaths have not been discovered.
Sources Not Listed
Above:
Ebenezer W. Peirce, The
Posterity of William Davis of Freetown, NEHGR, Vol 20, July 1866
Ebenezer W. Pierce, The
Peirce Family, NEHGR, Vol 22, 1867
Paul Stanton Bumpus, Ruth
Perkins, Daughter of Ignatious Perkins of Freetown, Mass…, Mayflower Quarterly,
September 2006
I'm very happy to have found your site! I have a note written by a Tho. Gilbert to Mr. Tho. Richmond Aug. 26 1759. "Sr. Plesd to pay to or discompt with Ignatios Perkens Seven Shilling as this order shall be your discharge from your frind." I suspect it is payment for some blacksmith work done by Ignatious for Tho. Gilbert.
ReplyDeleteIgnatious and Keziah's oldest son, David, married Zilpha Hathaway who was also his first cousin. Zilpha's mother, Mary Davis Hathaway (Benjamin Hathawa), was Keziah's sister.
Ginny Lehner
Hi Ginny: Thanks for your comment. What a great, old note to have! Thank you, also, for David Perkins' marriage information. Chris
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