1. Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel" Sherrill was born in 1633 in Cornwood, Devon, England and died on 25 Apr 1719 in North Carolina at age 86.
General Notes: Sherrill Family Bibliography
Beatty, Marie. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BEATTY+MARIE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Through the years with Jane and John Robinson / written and compiled by Marie Beatty, Pauline Gilleland Drum, Shirley V. Beatty.
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON
Page 153 -- Thomas Alexander Sherrill (12-14-1852)
Page 154 -- Clyde Graham Sherrill (1-30-1881)
Page 155 -- Albert Clyde Sherrill, Danny Wayne Sherrill, Evelyn Rachel Sherrill, Hal Ray Sherrill, Herman David Sherrill, James Harry Sherrill, and Robert Franklin Sherrill.
Page 156 --Mary Faye Sherrill, Rome A. Sherrill, Joe C. Sherrill, Annie Mae Sherrill, Joseph Cephus Sherrill, Barbara Sherrill, and Edith Sherrill.
Beatty, Marie. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BEATTY+MARIE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Supplement to through the years with Jane and John Robinson
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON
Burgner, Goldene Fillers. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BURGNER+GOLDENE+FILLERS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Washington County, Tennessee wills, 1777-1872
Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1983.
Arch. 929.3768 BUR
Page 8 --Samuel Sherrill--June 4, 1800
Catawba Cousins, Journal
Published by the CATAWBA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
April 1992, Page 167-169
Sherrill Bible Records Transcribed (VF Mat.)
January 1988
Elisha Sherrill, Pioneer Catawban, and Neighbors Had Varied Experiences (VF Mat.)
Clark, Wanda L. (Wanda Laveta), 1917- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=CLARK+WANDA+L+WANDA+LAVETA+1917&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Sherrill saga: history of William Sherrill (Sherwill), the Conestoga fur trader, 16 ? to 1725, and his son, Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, 1699 to 1772, together with the genealogical records of Jacob Sherrill, the seventh son of Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, and of Jacob's wife, Hulda(h) Wilson
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
The Confederate veteran magazine <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5027133&FormId=-39033&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>, 1893-
Wendell, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., [c198-?].
Arch. 973.7 CON v.19
Page 547
An announcement of Miles O. Sherrill's (State Librarian) "A SOLDIER'S STORY" FOR THE YOUNG AS WELL AS THE OLD published originally as a pamphlet describing prison life and detailing general incidents in the Civil War. (Not the actual pamphlet--more information on the pamphlet is published in Stepping Back in Time, March 1989.)
Heritage Book of:
Catawba County <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5032355&FormId=-27550&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Jackson County <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5110499&FormId=-27660&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Hickory Daily Record
Adam Sherrill Family 1st to Arrive
Crossed Into Valley in 1747
By Pamela Whitener
Discusses the adventures of Adam Sherrill and family.
September 11, 1965
Adam Sherrill First to Cross Catawba River
Discusses the dedication of the boulder/monument.
September 11, 1965
Brave Bonnie Kate Sherrill Finds Love, Adventure Wed to Indian Fighter
The life of a brave, handsome woman who loved her family and thrived on the frontier of her day, her stand against the Tories and a listing of her children.
September 11, 1965
First Crossing Into Catawba
Adam Sherrill's 8 Sons Made Way Into Valley in 1747
*5 confederate generals were born in Lincoln county: Robert F. Hoke, Stephen Dodson, Ramseur, Robert D. Johnston, John Horace Forney and Daniel Henry Forney
June 6, 1970
Reasons Uncertain
Asks why Adam Sherrill forded the river to make his new home.
February 9, 1979
Weidner Among First County Settlers
Makes the claim that the Catawba River was named for the Catawba Indian Tribe.
Claims the Sherrill's arrived "by wagon from Virginia."
June 1, 1997, Page 8A
Wedding Unites Couple & Events Honor Bridal Couple &
Guests Attend Wedding
Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy
Nancy Sherrill Jones attends as guest.
Hickory News
125th Anniversary Issue
Page 3A
Where it all began, Adam Sherrill crossed the Catawba
This article discusses which sites were submerged with the Lake Norman development.
June 5, 1997
Conover's Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Murphy.
Hickory News, Hickory Heartbeat Edition
September 4, 1974
Photo of Commemorative boulder/monument for the Crossing of the Catawba River by Adam Sherrill.
November 13, 1997
Scene by Sylvia
Historian Gary Freeze...gives talk on Adam Sherrill's origins and life on the frontier.
Hodges, Frances Beal Smith. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=HODGES+FRANCES+BEAL+SMITH&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Sherrills and their history
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Ingmire, Frances Terry. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=INGMIRE+FRANCES+TERRY&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Abstracted wills of Catawba County, North Carolina, 1842-1870
St. Louis, MO (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136): F.T. Ingmire, c1984.
NC Ref 929.3756785 ING
Ivey, George Franks. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=IVEY+GEORGE+FRANKS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Ivey family in the United States
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 IVES
Lyon, Josephine E. Wood (Josephine Elizabeth Wood), 1901- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=LYON+JOSEPHINE+E+WOOD+JOSEPHINE+ELIZABETH+WOOD+1901&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford : the Wood, Sherrill & related families
Josephine E. Wood Lyon & Mary A. Browning.
NC Ref 929.2 WOOD
Photo of the Rankin-Sherrill home on page 80
Sherrill family history begins on page 81
Family charts throughout the text--including Sherrills in KY Chart #7
Indexed
Observer News Enterprise
January 26, 1977
Ancestor of Adam Sherrill: Man Helped Found Camp
Clarence White's story of his life and how Camp Dogwood began.
Reference to a "Pound Party" where each attendee brings a pound of candy or some other refreshments.
August 9, 1991
County native featured Reunion speaker
Army Captain Ernest Todd Sherrill, Persian Gulf war commander speaks during Reunion Day.
June 2, 1998
Couple wed at Newton's First Methodist
Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy
July 13, 2000
Local history lessons found in Sherrill Family Cemetery
By John Grindel, Jr. Staff Writer
Tells an interesting tale of Beauregard "Boots" Sherrill's meeting Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, Kansas.
Oliver, Rebekah Deal. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=OLIVER+REBEKAH+DEAL&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The genealogical record of the descendants of Enos Sherrill: son of Uriah Sherrill who was one of the eight sons of Adam Sherrill, the first white man to cross the Catawba River, N.C.
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Oliver, Duane, 1932- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=OLIVER+DUANE+1932&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Remembered lives: a narrative history of our family: including the Proctor, Welch, Jones, Marcus, Hoffman, Sherrill, Farley, Cook, Martin, Woodard and Oliver families, and a brief examination of the Hyde, Sawyer and Chambers families
NC Ref 929.2 PROCTOR
Philbeck, Miles S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=PHILBECK+MILES+S&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Caldwell County, North Carolina, will abstracts, 1841-1910
Wilson, NC: [Turner and Philbeck], c1983.
NC Ref 929.3756845 PHI
[260] David Sherrill 13 June 1869/January 1870
Philbeck, Miles S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=PHILBECK+MILES+S&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Lincoln County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779-1910 / compiled by Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. and Grace Turner.
Wilson, NC: G. Turner; Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.S. Philbeck, Jr., c1986.
NC Ref 929.375678 PHI
Wills of Aaron--1828, Adam-1804, Alexander-1831, Elisha-1831, Elizabeth-1834, Enos-1841, Jacob-1810, Joseph-1831, Joshua-1817, Logan W. -1842, M. A.-1874, Martha-1838, Moses-1811, Moses-1829, Susan E.-1902, Theophilus-1873
Powell, William S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5047581&FormId=-39062&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Dictionary of North Carolina biography
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1979-
NC Ref 920.0756 DIC v.5
Page 333
Miles Osborne Sherrill-- (26 July 1841-8 April 1919)
Elizabeth Bray Sherrill
Stepping back in Time--Journal
December 1992 (VF Mat.)
Pages 156-164
This article deals mostly with the life of Dr. Josephus Turner, who married an Epsie (Epas) Sherrill-- (her third marriage) who has caused great genealogical confusion through the records she left.
Rucker, Elizabeth Hoyle. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=RUCKER+ELIZABETH+HOYLE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The genealogy of Peiter Heyl and his descendents, 1100-1936
NC Ref 929.2 HOYLE
Sherrill, Harold C. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+HAROLD+C&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Descendants of Adam Sherrill
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Sherrill, Mary La Jean Davis <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+MARY+LA+JEAN+DAVIS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Samuel Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of his descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.1
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.2
Stepping Back in Time, Journal
March 1989, Page 32-37
Elizabeth Bray Sherrill
A Soldier's Story by Miles Osborne Sherrill
(VF Mat.)
Sherrill, William Andrew. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+WILLIAM+ANDREW&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Captain William Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth, and some of their descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Sherrill, William Andrew. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+WILLIAM+ANDREW&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Jacob Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of their descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Smokey Mountain Historical Society Newsletter
Summer, 1987
Littlepage Sims: The Tennessee Years
By Marilyn G. Rowan
Littlepage Sims married Mary Jane Sherrill. The article lists their children.
Pages 38-42
Williams Graveyard
(VF Mat.)
5 pages on the Williams Graveyard in Indian and a list of the known buried there, which includes Alice Sherrill Stipps
Samuel married Margarett Parsons in 1667 in Maryland. Margarett was born in 1642 in England and died on 11 Dec 1722 in North Carolina at age 80.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. William "The Conestoga Trader" Sherrill was born on 16 Nov 1666 in Ermington Parish, Devon, England and died about 1744 in Rowan, Lincoln Co., North Carolina about age 78.
William married Margaret Rudisil (b. Abt 1675, d. 1747) in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 3 M ii. Recompence Sherrill .
+ 4 M iii. Samuel Sherrill Jr.
+ 5 F iv. Elizabeth Sherrill .
Samuel next married Ann Hurst in 1655 in Plymouth, England.
2. William "The Conestoga Trader" Sherrill (Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 16 Nov 1666 in Ermington Parish, Devon, England and died about 1744 in Rowan, Lincoln Co., North Carolina about age 78. Another name for William was The Conestoga Trader.
General Notes: Elisha Perkins was born 9 June 1697 at the head of Swan Creek, St. George's Parish, Baltimore, MD. Elisha was cited by the court for failing to record his marriage and the birth of a child in St. George's Parish. The 1720 March Court of Baltimore Co. indicted him for stealing a grey horse from the widow Macnemarra of Annapolis; he was found guilty and sentenced to the pillory for one hour and to the whipping post for 25 lashes. Mary Belcher, his mother, petitioned the court in April 1721 to remit the corporal punishments, contending her son was so well assured of his innocence that he took little care to obtain proper counsel and that evidence was unjustly sworn against him. The punishment was remitted. In 1719, Elisha and Margery Sherrill, whom he apparently married 1 Dec. 1718, obtained a deed to Lapidium, 50 acres in York Co. PA but they seem to have traveled back and forth between there and Baltimore. In 1729, Elisha gave Power of Attorney to Margery to collect monies owed him in Pennsylvania. She issued that power to her brother-in-law William Perkins and said she was living in Spotsylvania Co. VA. Certainly Elisha and Margery bought land there in St. Mark's Parish 6 April 1731, but they sold it 7 October 1734. Elisha sold two slaves 6 August 1736 in Baltimore Co. MD. In July, 1737, he bought land in Orange Co. Virginia from Cornelius Cohorine and appears to have remained there until his death. His brother-in-law Adam Sherrill in 1735 brought charges against Elisha for trespass; presumably Margery was with Adam at that time. In November of 1737 in Orange Co. VA the grand jury ruled that Christopher Hoomes/Holmes "doth live in adultery with the wife of Elisha Perkins, in the Parish of St. Marks." In April 1738 Elisha was brought into court for "barbarously using his wife Margery." In June 1738 Margery sued for separate alimony, but inexplicably claimed she never married Elisha, and the suit was dropped. Up until 1746 she was charged, and sometimes Christopher Hoomes was, with various "crimes of the flesh." Elisha's will was written in September of 1740 and probated in May, 1742. He left nothing to Margery; a shilling to son Joshua; his pacing horse to a "loving friend" Mary Swearingen; 400 acres to son Gentleman John Perkins; the manor place to son Elisha Perkins Jr.; he named Christopher Hoomes as executor! Hoomes refused to do it, so Elisha's daughter Elizabeth was appointed. Margery sued for dower rights. In 1789, Christopher Holmes died, leaving as an heir his reputed son by Margaret Sherrill, alias Margery
Research Notes: From: <mmathis@cei.net>
To: <SHERRILL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Margaret Rudisil and Sherrill Family
Message Board Post:
My Grandfather James Wesley Sherrill born 3-7-1861 deceased in 1929 had this info in the Family Bible my sister has the Bible it is so fragil we do not handle it. It came into our possesion about 2 years ago at the death of Grandpa youngest son James Odell Sherrill. There is a book on the Sherrill family in the Independce county Library at Batesville, Arkansas. Margaret's Husband was William (Indian Trader) Sherrill his Father was Samual Sherrill who married Margrett Parsons in 1667.
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"Samuel Sherrill, Son of Adam and Elizabeth" by Mary Davis Sherrill reports: shows his christening date as 11/17/1666 in Ermington Parish, Devon, England. It also lists now wife and shows his parents as William Sherwill and Margery Upright. "William Sherwill and Margery Upright had a son Adam, b in 1672, Ermington Parish. William was probably the son of Adam and Marye of early 1600s in Ermington Parish...The names are identical to those of William Sherrill the Conestoga Indian Trader, and would be too much of a coincidence for there not to be a relationship." This book also reports to other children: John and Samuel Sherrill which notes these children have not been proven.
Charles Mitchell's Sherrill family tree shows him b in 1670 and migrated to VA.
FTM WFT Vol 3 5422: Shows William as the father of Adam, Margaret, William and Mary. It also shows him b in Ermington Parish, Devon, England.
From Donna Sherrell's webpage: www.abraxis.com/tuckahoe/shersher/shersher.html:
SHERRILL/SHERRELL in AMERICA
William Sherrill, Sr., known as "The Indian Trader" or "The Conestoga Trader," was born sometime between 1670 to 1680. William Sherrill, Sr. and his sons, William, Jr. and Adam are credited with the opening of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia in the 1740s. It is claimed that he accompanied his sons to the Catawba River in North Carolina in 1747. He may have went on to Tennessee with them, but he would have been getting up in years by then. William's known children where: Adam (The Pioneer), William, Jr., Margaret and Mary Sherrill. The following have been closely associated with William Sherrill, Sr., but their relationship unknown at this time: John, Samuel, Rudil and Avington.
QUOTED FROM: "Captain William Sherrill Son of Adam and Elizabeth and Some of Their Descendants," by William Andrew Sherrill, 1979.
Samuel Sherrill, b. ca 1633, Cornwood, Devonshire, England, was shipwrecked off East Hampton, NY. He had the following children: Recompense and Elizabeth Sherrill.
It is reported that William Sherwell of Devon came to America because he had committed a crime in England. He was originally headed for Barbados to harvest tobacco but the ship captain put him, and several other of his fellow prisoners, off in the Maryland Colony.
1 Mar 1686. Western Circuit prisoners reprieved to be transported to Barbados. Devon: Nathaniel Baker of Shute; Charles Twist of Plymouth; John Thorne of Rewe; Henry Wyatt of Ottery, tanner; William Sherwell of Modbury, weaver; Richard Doe of Plymouth; James Baker of Halwell... (Source: Peter Wilson Coldham, Complete Book of Immigrants 1661-1699, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990, Pg 568.)
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Deed. William Price, Sr of Cecil Co, planter, and Margarett his wife, for 3,000 lbs. of tobacco, to William Sherwell of the same place, planter, land called Price's Forest on the east side of the Elk River. Made 8 Mar 1702. Wit: Edward Bonwicke, Thomas Cox, Robert Money. Ackn: 10 Mar 1702. Rec: 19 Mar 1702. John Dowdall, Clerk. (Source: Abstract of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 by June D Brown, 1998, Family Line Publications, Pg 255.)
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Inhabitants of Cecil County 1649-1774 by Henry C Peden, 1993, Family Line Publications
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Debit Books of Cecil Co. 1734-1776, Adam Sherwell, Three Partners - 1734, 1760, William Sherwell, Jr, Three Partners - 1734, 1755-1761 (Source, Maryland State Archives, Index card file 58)
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Index to Cecil County Historical Resources by Gary Griffith, Pg 122, rent rolls of Cecil County 1658-1707
Prices Forest surveyed 14 Nov 1685 for William Price on the east side of Elk River possessed by William Sherwell.
Prices Forest - 150a surveyed 14th November ______ for William Price on east Side of Elk River. Rent as assessed. 150 to William Sherwell pays rent as assessed.
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William Sherrell's (Conestoga) land was located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was on the east side of Pequea (pronounced peck-way) Creek.
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PART I
I have been trying to connect the English Sherrills to those who settled in the early American colonies and to further connect them to, especially, Adam Sherrill, the Pioneer. There have been a variety of senarios put forth which serve to connect the early Sherrill colonists to common roots. The two major views currently held are that:
A Samuel Sherrill, born in England (abt. 1639) near the Welsh border, was shipwrecked off of Long Island, NY about 1670; one of his sons was William who moved south to Maryland; his other sons remained in New York and produced the northern branches of the Sherrill family; William was the father of Adam, who moved further south into Virgina and then to North Carolina around 1747.
A variation of this story is that Samuel's father was in fact a merchant from Plymouth named Thomas Sherwell.
The other prevailing story ignores Shipwrecked Samuel and generally goes as follows:
A William Sherrill was born in Devon, England (abt. 1667) came to the Maryland Colony as an early settler; his son Adam led a number of family members from the Maryland/Pennsylvania area where they lived, into Virgina and later, on to North Carolina.
Based on my investigation and reading, I have developed my own opinion which includes elements of both stories but essentially favors story no. 2 as the more favorable of the two senarios leading to Adam, the Pioneer.
That being said, I do reserve the right to change my mind, given convincing and verifiable evidence.
PART II
I have discovered the following facts from the English records of the 1600s.
1. In Devon, Ermington Parish, 16 July 1632, Adam Sherwill married Marye. I have seen the microfiche of this original record in the Devon Record Office.
2. Adam and Marye had three children: William (christened 7 July 1635), Honor (christened 30 June 1639), and Mary (christened 9 July 1643). I have seen the microfiche of these original records in the Devon Record Office.
3. Thomas Sherwell of Plymouth wrote a will dated 17 March 1629. I have read the transcript of this will in the Devon Record Office.
4. There exist several sources which report the relationship and activities of Thomas and Nicholas Sherwell in Plymouth at the beginning of the 1620s and afterward. This is well documented as both men served as mayors of Plymouth for three terms each and were well known at that time.
5. This establishes yet another fact: at least two Sherwell families lived in Devon at this time. They lived less than 20 miles apart yet there is no apparent connection between the two families.
6. The place, and village named Sherwill, is in North Devon, more than 80 miles from Plymouth.
7. There are many reports from various sources which report that people named Sherwell lived in the towns of Ivybridge, Cornwood, Milton Abbot, Buckfastleigh, and Holbeton as well as Ermington and Plymouth. I don't know how any of these people were related if at all, but it does indicate that the name Sherwell (and spelling variants) was relatively common in the 1600s. I accept this fact as fundamental to the formulation of my opinion.
PART III
Considering the apparent difficulty in connecting Samuel to William as either father/son or brother, with factual evidence (not just family lore), I believe it is entirely reasonable to assume that the two were not related, and came to the colonies independently - Samuel in 1670 and William, about twenty years later around 1690. It is completely within the realm of possibility that two non-related people with the same common surname came to the colonies as early settlers. Why must they be related? I don't believe that they are, and the American Sherrills are in fact, two distinct family lines: one from Samuel and one from William. It is a fact that many people named Sherwell lived in Devon in the 1600s and probably they were not all, closely, related.
(Note: In the following summary, I have used the designation "William1" to refer to William, the Conestoga trader; "William0" being his father.)
PART IV - SUMMARY AND OBSERVATIONS
I believe that Samuel (b. abt 1639 near the Welsh border) set out for the colonies, perhaps Virginia, but was shipwrecked off of Long Island about 1670. He married Margaret Parsons and had two children: Recompence and Elizabeth. This branch formed the basis of the families of the northern colonies/states and is an entirely different group of Sherrills from the ones who established themselves in Maryland and Pennsylvania. William1 Sherwell, a weaver by trade, (b. abt 1667 in Devon) was a prisoner headed for the cotton fields Barbados but was put ashore in the Maryland colony about 1690 or a little later. He settled at first in Cecil County and later in Lancaster/Chester County, Pennsylvania, a little further up the Susquehanna River. This is William, the Conestoga Trader whose son was Adam, the Pioneer.
PART V
1. Going back to the earliest ancestor, Adam, who married Marye in 1632; if he married in his twenties, he would have been born between 1603 and 1613. That means that he was 20-30 years of age when his son William0 was born in 1635.
2. William0 married Margery Upright in 1658 in Ermington Parish, she was from Modbury, about 3 miles away. William0 was 23 when they were married and was 32 years of age when his son William1 was born. (Herein lies the major assumption of my belief: if this William1 is not William the Conestoga Trader, this story ends here; and that implies that there is yet another, undiscovered William Sherwell, born in Ermington at about this same time - that seems unlikely, still not out of the question.)
3. William1 was about 23 years of age when he reached Maryland and about 30 years of age when his son, Adam (the Pioneer) was born.
4. William1 had a son also named William (William2). The other brothers and sisters of the family were: Adam, Samuel, Mary, Uriah, John, and Margaret. Notice, William1 had one son named Samuel, born abt. 1699 (possible fly in the ointment); the only person by that name in this family line at that time.
5. The names Adam and William are very prevalent in this family line with only one person named Samuel over four generations before 1700.
6. In 1670, Samuel Sherwell was about 31 years of age when he was shipwrecked at Long Island.
7. If Shipwreck Samuel was a son of Thomas Sherwell of Plymouth, he would have been born after the will was made in 1629. It is not likely since Thomas, at this time (1635-39), had several grown children and a number of grandchildren and his wife was well beyond childbearing age - Thomas was over 50.
8. The report that Samuel had a son, William, born about 1670 in Ermington, is in error. I found no evidence in any of the records I examined, of anyone named Samuel Sherwell living in Ermington at this time. I believe that this information was contrived in order to connect William with Samuel. I accept the report that Samuel was from near the Welsh border; that is over 150 miles, at the very minimum, from Ermington. -- All of the above material was extracted from the web site of Steven Sherrill, 2001
Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
Repository:
Call Number: ISBN 0--8063-1282-3
Media: Book
Page: Pg 568
Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
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Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
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I have found information with his father as Samuel Sherrill and Margaret Parsons also parents as William Sherril and Margery Upright. This is with Samuel. I have included the William and Margery (Upright) Sherrill also.
William Sherrill was known as "The Conestoga Trader" and was an early settler and Indiam quide of some repute in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is credited with helping to open the Sussquehanna Valley to early settlers. In 1702 he purchased 150 acres known as Price's Forest in Cecil County, Maryland. In 1720 he was granted 200 acres of land called Three Partners; deed book 5, pages 228-231. In December of 1725 he sold 100 acres of this land to his son Adam.
<dvanhuss@gte.net> 12/21/01:
William Sherrill was known as "The Conestoga Fur Trader" and was an early settler and Indian guide of some repute in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is credited with helping to open the Susquehanna Valley to early settlers. In 1702 he purchased 150 acres known as Price's Forest in Cecil County, Maryland. In 1720 he was granted 200 acres of land called Three Partners; deed book 5, pages 228-231. In December of 1725 he sold 100 acres of this land to his son Adam.
This Indenture made ye Eighth day of March Anno Dom. 1702 and in ye first year of ye Reign of our sovereign Lady Anne by ye grace of god Queen of England vs Between Wm Price Senr. of Cecil County in ye province of Maryland planter and Margaret his wife of the one part and Wm Sherwell of ye same County and Province planter of ye other part witnesseth that ye said William Price and Margaret his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand pounds of Tob'o to them in hand paid by ye said William Sherwell ye receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and theof do acquit and discharge ye said William Sherwell his heirs Ex's & Adm's forever by these presents have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto ye said Wm Sherwell his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land called Price Forrest Lying in ye aforesaid County & upon ye East side of Elk River as by ye patent hereof Relation being therunto had ye meets and bounds thereof do fully and at large appears with all rights profits comoditious appurtenances to ye same belonging or in anywise appertaining and ye Reversion & reversions remainder and remainders therof To have and to hole ye before bargained land & premises with ye appurtenances unto ye said Wm. Sherwell his heirs and assigns forever to and for ye only use and behoof of ye said Wm Sherwell and of his heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof ye parties to these presents interchangeably throu hands and seals have set ye day & years first above written. Sealed and Delivered} Wm (his X mark) Price (seal) In Ye Presence of } Margarett (her X mark) } Price (seal) Edw'd Bonwicks, Thomas (T) Coe, Robert Moxey In ye back of which deed was this endorsed bond March ye 10th 1702 Then came into open Court ye within named Wm Price & acknowledged ye within deed to and for ye reas therein specified likewise came Margaret Price wife to ye said William Price and acknowledged ye said deed to ye said Wm Sherwell according to act of asembly in such cases made & provided John Dowdall Clk Com Cecil Recorded ye 19th day of March Anno Dom. 1702 Hn Jno Dowdall Clk.
William Sherrill left Cecil Co., MD and was in the Susquehanna Valley of PA as early as 1712, where he appears on the Lancaster, PA Assessments Lists as an Indian Trader. He was granted land on Pequa Creek, in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co., in 1715
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Name: my little hobby
Title: my little hobby
Author: Beth Hutchinson hutchgerm@aol.com
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Mt. Juliet, Wilson Co., TN
Title: Sherrill Ancestors
Author: Dickson, Gregory, Ragsdale, Sherrill, and Tant
Title: #91
Note:
RootsWeb World Connect, bluebonnet database
William married Margaret Rudisil in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC. Margaret was born about 1675 in Cecil Co., MD and died in 1747 in Tennessee about age 72.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 6 F i. Mary Sherrill was born about 1693 in Cecil Co., MD and died after 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolina.
Mary married Richard Perkins Jr. (b. 9 Jul 1689, d. 2 Aug 1772).
+ 7 M ii. Adam "The Pioneer" Sherrill was born in 1697 in Cecil Co., MD, died on 4 May 1774 in Sherrill's Ford, Catawba, North Carolina at age 77, and was buried in Yadkin River, Rowan Co., North Carolina.
Adam married Elizabeth Corzine (b. Abt 1700) about 1722 in Cecil Co., MD.
+ 8 M iii. David Sherrill was born about 1700 in Charles Co., Maryland.
+ 9 M iv. William Sherrill Jr. was born about 1701 in Charles Co., Maryland and died in 1774 in Catabwa River, NC about age 73.
William married Margaret Wilson.
+ 10 F v. Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill was born about 1701 in St. george Parish, Frederick, Virginia and died in Orange County, Viginia.
Margaret married Christopher Hoomes.
Margaret next married.
Margaret next married Elisha John Perkins Sr. (b. 9 Jun 1697, d. After 10 Sep 1741) on 1 Dec 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
+ 11 M vi. Rueben Sherrill was born about 1725.
3. Recompence Sherrill (Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1).
4. Samuel Sherrill Jr. (Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1).
5. Elizabeth Sherrill (Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1).
6. Mary Sherrill (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1693 in Cecil Co., MD and died after 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolina.
Research Notes: Saint George Parish Registers, 1689-1793
Pg 60
Mary married Richard Perkins Jr., son of Richard Perkins and Mary Ute. Richard was born on 9 Jul 1689 in Mosquito Creek. St. Georges County Maryland and died on 2 Aug 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolina at age 83.
Noted events in his life were:
• 1739 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 12 M i. Richard Perkins was born on 18 Dec 1713 in Swan Creek, St. George Parish, MD, died on 9 Jul 1789 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 75, and was buried in Emanuel Cemetery.
Richard married Elizabeth Mc Cutcheon (b. Abt 1717) on 5 Jan 1735 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
+ 13 M ii. Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock" was born about 1715 in Accomoc Co., VA and died on 10 Apr 1801 in Washington Co., TN. about age 86.
Wm married Mary "Polly" Black (b. Abt 1730) about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC.
+ 14 M iii. Isaac Perkins was born about 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Isaac married Mary Lee in May 1739 in St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Md.
+ 15 M iv. Rueben Perkins was born on 12 Feb 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Rueben married Averilla Durbin (b. Abt 1725) on 5 Nov 1748 in Baltimore, MD.
+ 16 M v. Adam Perkins was born about 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Adam married Mary Waters on 23 May 1743 in Baltimore, MD.
+ 17 F vi. Avarilla Perkins was born on 31 Mar 1721 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1790 about age 69.
Avarilla married William Simpson (b. 31 Mar 1721) on 18 Aug 1742 in Baltimore, MD.
+ 18 M vii. John J Perkins was born about 1723 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died in 1788 in Burke County, North Carolina about age 65.
John married Mary Harris on 13 Jan 1744.
+ 19 M viii. Moses Perkins was born about 1726 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1778 in Wilkes Co., Georgia about age 52.
Moses married Mrs Sabret about 1760 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
+ 20 M ix. Benjamin Perkins was born on 6 Jan 1732 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
Benjamin married Elizabeth Moore about 1759.
Benjamin next married Susannah Unknown.
+ 21 F x. Mary Perkins was born on 1 Dec 1739 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
+ 22 M xi. Avington Perkins was born on 23 Apr 1741 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 4 Mar 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
Avington married Elizabeth Unknown.
7. Adam "The Pioneer" Sherrill (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born in 1697 in Cecil Co., MD, died on 4 May 1774 in Sherrill's Ford, Catawba, North Carolina at age 77, and was buried in Yadkin River, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Another name for Adam was The Pioneer.
Research Notes: Information from Donna Sherrell at tuckahoe@alltell.net and FTM WFT Vol 5 0082: Adam arrived in NC abt 1747.
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Ed Teer edteer@bellsouth.net
Adam Sherrill's Will:
" In the name of God, Amen, I, Adam Sherrill of the County of Rowan and the province of North Carolina being in perfect health and memory, praised be God, do make this my last will and testament as followth:
I, give and bequest unto my son Adam, one Negro fellow, called and known by the name of 'Vail' to him and his heirs forever after my decease.
I give and bequeath unto my son Quillar one Negro after my decease if either one, besides Vail, and in case I should have no others after my decease I give my son Quillar thirty pounds in lieu therefore to be
raised out of my estate after my decease to him and his heirs.
I give and bequeath unto my son William Sherrill one of the best horses or mares that I posses at my decease to him and his heirs forever.
The true intent and meaning of this, my last will is that no other will made by me or any other in my name shall disannul this my last will.
I do appoint my two sons, Adam and Quillar executors of this my last will and Testament.
5 March 1772
his
Adam "A" Sherrill
mark
Witnesses:
James Clark, Junior
Abraham Roberson, Junior
William Berry
"Samuel Sherrill, Son of Adam and Elizabeth" by Mary Davis Sherrill reports: His birth 1690-1700 possibly Cecil Co, MD and his death between 3/1772 and 5/4/1774 in Catawba Co, NC. Also a daughter, Catherine is listed as not proven - "Enos Sherrill indicated he had an Aunt Catherine in the old manuscript where the 1736 birthdate for Jacob, seventh son, was found."
Adam married Elizabeth Corzine about 1722 in Cecil Co., MD. Elizabeth was born about 1700 in Cecil Co., MD.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 23 M i. William "Captain" Sherrill was born on 1 May 1723 in Cecil Co., MD and died on 31 Dec 1786 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 63.
William married Agnes White (b. 26 Feb 1725) on 12 Apr 1743 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
+ 24 M ii. Samuel Sherrill was born on 1 Oct 1725 in Cecil Co., MD.
Samuel married Wilson Margaret.
+ 25 M iii. Uriah "Ute" Sherrill was born on 1 Mar 1728 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
+ 26 M iv. Adam Sherill Sherrill Jr was born on 1 Nov 1731 in Charles, Cecil Co., MD.
+ 27 M v. Aquilla Sherrill was born on 30 Nov 1733 in Cecil Co., MD.
+ 28 M vi. Isaac Sherrill was born on 20 Jun 1733 in Cecil Co., MD.
+ 29 M vii. Jacob Sherrill was born on 21 Aug 1739 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
+ 30 M viii. Moses Sherrill was born on 8 Aug 1742 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
8. David Sherrill (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1700 in Charles Co., Maryland.
9. William Sherrill Jr. (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1701 in Charles Co., Maryland and died in 1774 in Catabwa River, NC about age 73. Another name for William was Captain.
General Notes: 6/24/99
From Donna Sherrell
Tacahoe@alltell.net
FTM
WFT Vol 5 0082:
William Jr. , moved to NC about 1747. William was killed in a Fort near Sherrill's Ford on the Catawba River, NC while fighting indians in 1774, along with his daughter, Margaret. "
Sherrill Family History
William married Margaret Wilson.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 31 F i. Margaret Sherrill died in 1774 in Catabwa River, NC.
William next married.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 32 F i. Margaret Sherrill .
Margaret married Elisha Perkins Jr. (b. Bef 31 Aug 1725).
10. Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1701 in St. george Parish, Frederick, Virginia and died in Orange County, Viginia.
Margaret married Christopher Hoomes.
Margaret next married.
Margaret next married Elisha John Perkins Sr., son of Richard Perkins and Mary Ute, on 1 Dec 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Elisha was born on 9 Jun 1697 in Swan Creek, St. George Parish, MD and died after 10 Sep 1741 in Orange or Frederick County, Viginia.
Marriage Notes: names Mary as SERVILL
Noted events in his life were:
• He signed a will on 10 Sep 1741 in Orange County, Colony of Viginia. In the name of God Amen, this 10th day of Sept in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred forty and one. I Elisha Perkins of Orange COunty, in the Colony of Virginia Weoman being very sick and week of body, but of perfect mind understanding and memory. Thanks be given to God, therefore calling the mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men wants to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testoment in ye manner and form following that.....my soul into the hands of all mighty God that is "Sic and my body tho the earth it to be buried in a Christian like and descent manner to the descretion exr. here after named, and ask for such goods and chattles wherewith it please God bless in this life bequethas follow" (after my debts and funeral charges is paid and discharged)
IMPREMES I leave and bequeth to my well beloved son John Perkins four hundred acres of entry land lieing and being in this county, called Swan Pond.....in sd......county containing 150 acres which plantation one George Williamson of Prince George's County and providence of Maryland blacksmith is obligated to make a firm title to.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Perkins my home manner plantation
ITEM I give and bequeath to my loving friend Mary Swearingin daughter of Van Swearingin, one packing stone coult to be by her freely popossed (Sic and enjoyned, and residue and remander of goods and chaddles after my debts be and is paid discharged to be equally divided betwixt my six children, (vixt te, Jno, Elisha, Eliza, Phillis, Margaret)
ITEMS I give and bequeath to my son Joshua Perkins the sum of one shilling to be levied and raised out of my estate and also do constiute and appoint Christopher Holms of Orange Co. and the Colony of Virginia gent my sole and whole exr of that (Sic last will and testiment end testimont where of I have unto set my hand and seal in this seal of this day and year above written
Elisha Perkins----(Seal)
Sign Sealed and produced by Elisha Perkins on his last will and testoment in presents of John Bebber, and John Williams and Charles Hyatt at a county held for Orange County 27th day of May 1742 the last will and testoment of Elisha Perkins dec'd presented into court and proved by the oath of Peter Van Bebber one of the evidence there to Christopher Homes the exer. name being called and refused to take upon him the burden of the execturship and the widow relic of the sd refused to stand by and abide by the will devised to her insisted and claimed her 1/3 at law Elizabeth Perkins the daughter of Sd and prayed that Admon with the will and annexed might be granted to her certificate therefore obtaining letters of administration of the estates of the Sd Elisha Perkins descedent with the will annexed is granted to the Sd Elisha Perkins she having taking the adm. oath and entered into bond according to the law with Richard Morgan and Wm Roberts her securities the said will is admitted to record.
Test Johnathn Gibson CL Cor
KNOWN all men by these presents that we Elisha Perkins, Richard Morgan & Wm. Roberts of Prange County are held and firmly bond to Robert Estham Morgan (Sic. Goerge Tayleo and James Warm Gent. Justice of Orange County their heirs and sucessors in ye penal sum of 100 pounds curt money to the which will and truely be made we bind ourselves and each of us, our, and each of our heirs exec and adm jointly and severly firmly but these present seals with out these seals dated XXVII day of May MDCCXLII (27 May 1742)
The condition of this obligation that if the abond Eliza. Perkins ADMx which the will anexxed of Eilza Perkins desced do make and cause to make a true and perfect invintory of all and singular and goods and chattles, rights and credits of the desd which have & shall come to the hands possesions or knowledge of ye sd Eliza. or into the handsd or possesion of any other person or persons for her and the same for her and made the exibited and cause to be exhibited in the court of Orange as she shall be hear into and the same goods chattles and the credits and other goods and chattles and credits of the desc at the time of his death which anytime after shall come to the hands possesions or knowledge of the sd Eliza. or into the hands and possesion of any other person or persons for her do well and truely administrator according to the law and further do make and just and truew account of her acting and doings therin when there to required by the said court and also do well and truely pay and deliver all the lagacys containing and specify in the Sd testoment as far as the Sd goods chattles and credits will therunto extend according to the value therof and the law shall change her then this obligation to be void and non of effect or or else to remain in full force or virtiue Eliza. Perkins
Eliza Perkins (her mark)
In the presence of Richard D. Morgan
John Willis and William Roberts
Test
Johjn Gibson Clclor this document are to be found in the Virginia State Library Orange County Will ect., #1 1735-1743,pp.207-210
pre family tree maker WFT 2 5375: information from this family tree buried 5/29/1742 and Will produced 9/1742
Robert Fletcher and Malory Smith Fletchers Family Tree
Robtmarj@springmail.com
indicates Elisha was borned in St. Georges, Spectutia Parish, Hartford, Ma.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 33 F i. Elizabeth Perkins was born on 18 Nov 1719 in Baltimore, MD..
+ 34 F ii. Margaret Perkins was born about 1720 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 5 Oct 1802 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 82.
Margaret married John Bridges (b. Abt 1719, d. Bef Apr 1791) about 1740.
+ 35 M iii. Uriah "Ute" Perkins was born about 1724 in Baltimore, MD..
+ 36 F iv. Phillis Perkins was born about 1725 in Baltimore, MD..
+ 37 M v. Elisha Perkins Jr. was born before 31 Aug 1725 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Elisha married Margaret Sherrill.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 32)
+ 38 M vi. Joshua Perkins was born in 1728 in Baltimore, MD..
+ 39 M vii. William Sherrill Perkins was born in 1730 in Orange County, Colony of Viginia.
+ 40 M viii. John "Gentleman John" Perkins was born on 15 Sep 1733 in Spotsylvania County, VA. and died on 13 Apr 1804 in Catawba County, North Carolina at age 70.
John married Catherine Lowrance (b. 13 Aug 1742, d. Abt 1820) about 1760.
11. Rueben Sherrill (William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1725.
12. Richard Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 18 Dec 1713 in Swan Creek, St. George Parish, MD, died on 9 Jul 1789 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 75, and was buried in Emanuel Cemetery.
General Notes:
His nick name was Tomahawk Dick. for his pratice of carring a tomahawk in his belt. Richard moved his family to North Carolina some time after 1754. An inquisiton held on July 11 1789 at Lincolnton, Lincoln County North Carolina by Justice John Moore Sr. the jury found that Richard Perkins at age of 76, was killed and murdered by Ezekial Polk Jr. of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina and John Hunter, son of Edward Hunter late of Lincoln county, North Carolina. On the night of the ninth of July by force and arms they assaulted Richard Perkins They violently threw him to the floor of the courthouse and then there threw him out a second story window. He was killed by the drop of over seventeen feet. The jury found Polk and Hunter had no property in Lincoln County. Richard Perkins was the the first person burried at the Old White Church Cemetery now the Emanuel Cemetery.
Ancestor & Desc of Micajah and Martha Perkins Southard, by Ralph Potter
Maryland Marriages: 1634-1777
Pg 138 (1 BA-288)
Pg 138 (1 BA-288)
Descendancy Chart LDS-Robert Biggan Perkins 22 Mar 1997
Church Record
Research Notes: b: Abt 1754 in Lincoln County North Carolina
18 DEC 1713 in Swan Creek St. George's Parish Harford,Maryland Death: 9 JUL 1789 in Lincoln Co.,Abgail,North Carolina Burial: 12 JUL 1789 Emanuel Cemetery
Richard Perkins (Rd, Rd) was born 18 December 1713 St. George's Parish, Baltimore, MD, possibly to Richard's first wife Ann (if she existed). He married Elizabeth CUTCHEN 5 January 1735 there; she was born ca. 1717 Baltimore Co. MD to Robert CUTCHIN/CUTCHEN/GUDGEON, whose estate records are dated 1728 there. Richard seems to have been quite a handful. "At a Superior Court of Justice held for the District of Salisbury at the Court House in Salisbury on the twenty second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five before the honorable Maurice Moore, Esquire assistant Justice for the District aforesaid. The Juriors for our Soverign Lord the King upon their Oath present that John Bridges late of the County of Rowan in the Province of North Carolina planter and Richard Perkins late of the same Planter on the twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four with force and arms at Rowan County aforesaid one Stone Horse of a bay colour and one Stone Horse of a gray Colour of the price of forty shillings lawful money of Great Britain each the property of a person unknown then and there being found did take and lead away against the peace of our soverign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity." This escapade nearly led to a reinactment of the earlier Indian Wars. North Carolina State Records show that they were turned over to the Indians for reprisal. Patent Book 18, p. 144, 6 April 1765, Richard Perkins has 300 acres in Mecklenburgh on the S. fork called Andersons Fork of Mountain Creek near Andersons line. Rowan Co. NC Deeds include one for 28 November 1769 in which Richard Perkins gave son William Perkins power of attorney to recover from Rubin Perkins and Jacob Giles of Baltimore Co. MD for tract of 32 acres-75 acres.In Burke County, North Carolina: "Whereas Joseph Cronkdton Informs me as one of the Justices to Keep the peace that Richard Pirkins, Sr did speak defacted words against the Independence of This State and against the peace and Dignity thereof. This are therefor authorizing--to command you to take the body of Richard Pirkins, Sr and him bring before me or some other Justice of the Peace to answer sd complaint and all other objections and matters which shall be laid against him fail not at your perril given under my hand and seal This 23rd day of July 1778. To James Martain Constable, Give Joseph Cronelton, Warning." Rowan Co. NC Court Minutes for the August Session 1774 has "King vs. William Perkins, Thomas Whitson, Robert Biggin Perkins, Henry Loller, Isaac Lollor, and others, Recog. Bond--condition that Richard Perkins be of good behavior toward Jan Work and all others this Majesty's subjects for 1 year and 1 day." Brigham Young Perkins, a descendant (1111173), refers to him: "He lived in the mountains of old Virginia. He was a large powerful man. He burned pitch and charcoal, and often carried a tomahawk in his belt, by which he earned the name 'Tomahawk Dick.' His ancestors came from England. He had some trouble with the Irish. He whipped thirteen of them one morning before breakfast, and afterwards a good many of them, in a drunken state, threw him out of an upstairs window in a large building and killed him." He was about 76 years old at his death on 9 July 1789 in Lincolnton, Lincoln Co. North Carolina. He was buried in Old White Church Cemetery there, but the church history has him down as "Thomas Perkins," and the court clerk has him as "Thomas Hawkditch," suggesting both misunderstood his nickname. Lincoln Co. NC records have "Inquision Indented Taken this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine at the Court House of the County of Lincoln before me John Moore, Esq'r one of the Justices of the peace for sd county upon view of and upon the oath of Robert Blackburn, David Falls, Robert Luckey, Henry Dellinger, Francis Cunningham, Arthur Graham, John McGanhey, James Bryson, Absolom Bonham, Andrew Hedrick, Michael Sommrow & William Ramsey, good and Lawful men of sd. County who being chaired and sworn to inquire How and in what manner the said Richard Perkins by his death came upon their oathes do say that on the night of the ninth instant in the year aforesaid & at the Court House aforesaid a certain Ezekiel Polk, Junr. of the County of Mecklenburg & State aforesaid and John Hunter son of Edward Hunter late of Lincoln County aforesaid by force and arms did assult the sd Richard Perkins being then and there in the peace of God & under the protection of sd state, and that the said Ezekiel Polk & John Hunter with force and violence did thrown down sd Perkins on the floor of the second story of said Court House and afterward throwed said Perkins out of the window of the second story of said Court house being seventeen foot nine inches high of which fall said Perkins died and so they said Ezekiel Polk & John Hunter him the sd Richard Perkins then & there feloniously killed & wilfully murdered contrary to the Laws & Peace of sd state and further adjourers on their oaths do say that sd Ezekiel Polk, Jr and John Hunter at the time of the murder committed how no goods or chattles lands or tenenants in the said County of Lincoln aforsd. In Testimony whereof I the said John Moor Esqr Justice of the Peace for said County as the juniors aforesaid. To this Inquision have severally put their hands and seals this day and year first above mentioned." This document appeared in the July/August/September 1980 issue of Bits and Pieces published by the Lincoln Co. Historical Association. In the same year in the Jan/Feb/March issue is an article on Old White Church (now Emanuel's Church) in Lincolnton, saying, "The first person ever buried there was killed by a fall from the old Court House window. A rude stone still marks the grave, but there seems to be some discrepency in the memory of parties as to his name. Mr. Casler thinks it was Thomas Perkins, while others say it was Thomas Hawkditch."
Richard married Elizabeth Mc Cutcheon on 5 Jan 1735 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Elizabeth was born about 1717 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 41 M i. Robert Biggin Perkins Sr. was born on 16 Mar 1736 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died on 11 Jun 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 83.
Robert married Elizabeth Lollar (b. Abt 1740, d. Abt 1820) about 1760 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 42 M ii. Richard Perkins was born before 1738 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina.
Richard married Martha Bridges (b. Abt 1769, d. Abt 1838) in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 43 M iii. Reuben Perkins was born about 1742 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 44 F iv. Elizabeth Perkins was born on 12 Nov 1757 in Lincoln Co., NC.
13. Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock" (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1715 in Accomoc Co., VA and died on 10 Apr 1801 in Washington Co., TN. about age 86. Another name for Wm was Wm. Joshua Perkins Old Jock.
General Notes: The Perkins were part Indian and intermarried with the Indians and related families. They were sometimes listed as mulattos in census records. In the marriage record or bond of Jordan Perkins and Jenny Goin, it describes them as being free people of color. Possibly of Melugeon origin (Native American/Portugese). There is one site on the net that has a court case documented that has to do with someone calling one of them Black and they went to court over it.
William Perkins was born 15 March 1692 Mosquito Creek, St. George's Parish, Baltimore Co. MD. He went to Lapidum, York Co. PA with his brother Elisha. Around 1735, he was on the banks of the Susquehanna River; in 1737 where he ran a ferry there, until his death in 1760. He married Elizabeth Cottrell ca. 1717, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cottrell. John's will was dated 22 January 1721 and mentioned his daughter and his grand-daughter Mary Perkins. Elizabeth died about 1760 in Pennsylvania. In March of 1721 William was indicted for neglecting to register his marriage or the the birth of a child in St. George's Parish. In 1750 he owned 121 acres, part of "Eightrupp." Lapidum was on the Susquehanna at the northernmost point which was navigable for large boats, and several patentees bought up land along the river nearby, including "Paradise" and "Eitrop" which was bought by Thomas Griffith and later sold to the Perkins family. During the Revolution, Lapidum would become a center of trade and a shipping point. After the war, a land boom developed. The ferry owned by William Perkins would become known as Smith's Ferry in 1772.
Catharine ROLLER, age 80
p.2- Knew the PERKINS slightly. Old man was called Jock, large, tall, mixed blood and not white. His wife fair skinned & named Mary. I knew Isaac, Lewis and Polly, three of their children. I knew them at 12 year old. They had the same privileges as other folks. He looks half white.
David R. KENNICK, age 77
Has known the PERKINS family 49 years. Knew Johnson HAMPTON, Wm. LINDSY & Jacob PERKINS on Roan Creek. I taught school at Perkin’s school house. Johnson HAMPTON said they were Portugese & he had seen Jacob’s father & his mother a scotch woman. Jacob’s color and features described of little darker than Joshua. Jacob and his family asociated white peoples, clerked at elections & voted & had all privileges. I lived in 2 ½ miles, never heard them called anything else than Portugeuse.
Cross. Ex.
Never heard them called negros.
No. 2
Sarah KENNICK s and aged 75
Knew them in Carter 40 years ago. The people there said they were of the Portugeuse. Johnson HAMPTON said so. Jacob’s hair straight. His color darker than Joshua. Hair combed. Knew Lydia. Some of them had light hair. I knew the relationship of the PERKINS always called Portugeuse.
Cross Ex.
Never heard them called Mulattos or Portugeuse
No. 5
Thomas COOK, aged 75
I knew old Joshua PERKINS. He was a dark skinned man, darker than Joshua. Tall and spare. He resembled an Indian more than a negro. Was generally called a Portugese. Lived well. Knew him well on Roan’s Creek. Never saw him eating. Kept company with everybody. Kept race horses& John WILSON rode them.
I knew Jacob PERKINS, father of Joshua. He lived on PERKINS Mill Creek. John WILSON lived in Crab Orchard.
Cross Ex.
Saw him at my fathers& at the races. The first Indian I ever saw was at Shown’s Crossroads. I do not know the difference between an Indian and a Portuguese. Did not see old Joshua associate with white people. It was the general opinion amongst the people that old Joshua was a Portuguese. I never heard him or Jacob PERKINS or any of them called negros. Did not mean to say Portuguese and negros were the same & misunderstood the question.
File No. 5
Elizabeth COOK, about 71
Never saw old Joshua. I heard Joshua PERKINS’ uncle’s daughter say they were not known as negro to them, they were Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS very much complected like Joshua. They kept company with decent white people & had many visitors. Nancy GRAVES, wife of Jacob, had blue eyes and yellow hair. I knew her father -a dark man - a Constable. Nancy’s mother was a white woman.
Cross Ex.
Never heard them called mixed blood, except as a flont (?) , by David STOUT. Never heard them called anything but Portuguese. I heard my mother say George PERKINS’ wife told her when she went home & found Joshua a colored man she hated it. Did not say negro.
No. 7
Nancy YOUNG, aged 66
I knew George PERKINS. My father and mother knew the PERKINS in South Carolina and always said they were Portuguese & the mother a white woman. George dark. Father treated him as a white man. George’s color a little more bluish than Joshua PERKINS. His features about the same. Father talked about George’s brothers Isaac, Lewis & others.
Cross Ex.
Never heard anyone say they were negros.
No. 3
John J. WILSON, about 70
I knew the great grand father of plaintiff, old Jock, a dark skinned and complectioned man. Rather bald, hair bushy amd long, not kinky. Races.Associated with white people. His wife said to be a Scotch woman. He had a long roman nose. Associated with Richard WHITE, Landon CARTER, and the most respectable persons. I knew John GRAVES, the great grandfather of plaintiff on mother’s side. Hair Bushy, not as curly as SMITH’s -or BUTLER’s. Was a Constible. Sent to SC for certificate.
Cross Ex.
Some of Jock’s neighbors called him a negro. They called themselves Portuguese. Some would call them negro and some Portuguese. Old Jock’s wife did not buy him. Never heard of them drinking wive’s blood. Did not tell Lilburn BERRY he was a coal black negro. Or Lilburn RAY, or WILLIAMS. John GRAVES always considered a Portuguese. His color now called in question, but when he ran for constable. I knew Lewis PERKINS who was darker than any of them but had not kinky hair, or had negro smell. He was a dark skinned man with red complexion.
Re Ex.
Old Jock generally called a Portuguese untill they fell out with him. I was constable in his neighborhood for 11 years. Understood he went into service against the Indians & his color was thrown up to him.
No. 4 Mary WILSON
I was well acquainted with Joc PERKINS, father of Joshua. A yellow man _ said to be Portuguese. They did not look like negros. I have been about his house a great deal and nursed for his wife. She was a little yellow & called of the same race. Had blue eyes and black hair. Was visited by white folks. Old Mr. GRAVES was a dark skinned white man. Hair not curley. Mrs GRAVES a dark white woman. They were called Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS a little darker than Joshua.
3rd examin.
They were never were called negros, and Old (Jock) not favor them. But two negros then in the county, owned by my father. Jacob PERKINS hair not curlier than some white men. John GRAVES chunky, Mrs. GRAVES had long straight black hair. Never called a negro. She was not a white woman but called a Portuguese.
Re. Exam.
I have heard Jacob PERKINS and his wife and old Mrs. GRAVES say they were always called Portuguese.
No. 6 James G. TIPTON aged 65
Knew Joshua PERKINS & brother 40 or 50 years. He always associated with white people. Some 40 years ago, a contest in the C. H. In a suite, and Joseph PERKINS allowed his testimony.
Cross Exam.
Some called them Negro and some Portuguese.
No. 9 Samuel VANCE, age 54
Hannah PERKINS, a daughter of Joseph, examined as a witness in the Circuit Superior Court at Burnsmith (?), after a contest & the examination of witnesses. Wm. DUGGER said he had seen old Jock & his hair curly not kinky like WOODFIN’s, & said they were Portuguese & Old Jac had been sworn before his father. My Father-in-Law Johnson Hampton said they were not Negros,but Portuguese.
Cross Exam.
Hannah a very pretty woman. Wm. DUGGER examined after Hannah.
I do not believe they are pure white. I believe they are Portuguese.
No. 10 Peter SNYDER, age 88
I knew George PERKINS, uncle of Joshua, before I was grown & he lived on my father’s place. A little darker than Joshua. Do not look like a Negro. Hair straight. I knew George’s wife Keziah.
Hyla VANCE, age 57
I knew old Jacob, Plaintiff’s grandfather. He had thin visage- a high roman nose and was darker than Joshua. Hair curly- not kinky. I was there and saw corpse of Jacob. His wife said they were Portuguese. Non of them had hair as curly as Col. Mathis. Gives names of Jacob’s children and says they all married white people. They were said to be Portuguese. I knew Portuguese darker than Joshua.
Bedent BEARD, aged 88
I knew the paternal grandfather of plaintiff. A little darker than Joshua. He was not a negro. Form and features different. Hair resembled Moran not negro. By common report Jacob was a Portuguese. Lived not far above the mouth of Roane's Creek. Have known them 40, and by reputation, 60 years. Privileges. His wife a white woman. p.10 Anna GRAVES Taken in Missouri Knew Jock PERKINS, who came here from S.C. in 1785 and died in 1801, 10th April. He was known of the Portuguese race. His wife a white Scotch woman and her name Polly. Had blue eyes and long brown hair. Old Jock said her name was Polly Black and he married in 1793. He had six children. Four of his sons served in the Revolution. I saw one of them discharged by Marion. Jacob and George drafted against Indians. I heard Mrs. Black. They went against the Indians in 1792. They said they came from and kept a ferry in S.C.
p.17
Hardy GRAVES aged 64 in Kentucky.
I knew old Jock. He was always called a Portuguese and said he came from S.C. I knew 3 of his sons and he had others. Ferry in S.C. Jacob PERKINS in the battle at Sullivan's Island near Charleston. I saw the discharge of Jock PERKINS. They were not connected with the African race.
p.19
Elizabeth PERKINS
I lived 3 months in the family of George PERKINS 40 or 50 years ago and always understood they were from S.C. and kept a ferry there. They were mustered and drafted and always claimed to be Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS the grandfather of plaintiff dark skinned but not an African. I knew Susan and John GRAVES, great-grandparents of plaintiff. No rumor that they were Portuguese.
File no. 10 continued
Sarah STOUT p.21,
aged 70--Lee County Va. I have seen old Jock, the father of Joshua, who said they came from Peedee S.C. He was a dark skinned man with slim face, slim nose and dark colored hair. He was dark skinned as the blackest of the family. All the PERKINS had white wives and were reputed Portuguese. John GRAVES a white man and the main school teacher.
Cross exam. The PERKINS not called negroes: but called mulattoes by them that was mad at them. So of the GRAVES.
Daniel STOUT aged 77,
p.23 Knew George, Jacob, Joshua, & Lewis 65 years ago. They said they came from Peedee S.C. and called themselves Portuguese and were so called in the neighborhood. I lived near them 40 years. They married white women. I knew old John GRAVES. Never saw old Jock. Never heard him called a negro. People in those days said nothing about such things. One of the GRAVES called a mulatto. Nancy had black hair and blue eyes. Martha Shuffield aged 75 file no. 8 Saw Plaintiff's great grandfather. He looked dark. Always understood they were called Portuguese. Never heard them called negroes except in malice. Old Jacob PERKINS had nice features and none of them resembled negroes. Polly PERKINS about the color of Joshua. Associations and privileges. I have lived a neighbor to him for 50 years. Nancy GRAVES said to be a Portuguese. She was fair skinned. John GRAVES her father, rather a brown skinned man. His wife crazy and mixed with Portuguese.
X exam.
I saw old Jock through a crib and I thought he looked as black as a negro, but might be mistaken. I have often heard people call them negroes through malice.
Research Notes: Another passage from the thesis told of another interview:
"Mr. Eli Ashworth, eighty year old resident of DeRidder, Louisiana,
while seated on the porch of his shack-like home, stated that his
grandfather came from South Carolina. At that time, thirty men came
by boat. Included in this number were Tap and Jesse Ashworth, a
Perkins, and a Johnson. To indicate how closely these people stayed
together, Mr. Eli Ashworth married the great grand-daughter of the
other Ashworth who came on the same boat. He doesn't know why they
came, except that they were 'shipped over.' Did they come because
they wanted to come? 'They said they were shipped over,' he
insisted."
Yet another interview:
"Mr. Pete Maricle who lives at Westport, Louisiana, is eighty-four
years old, works his own farm, and plows in the field. His father,
Mr. Burrell Maricle, was born in the community and lived there until
his death at the age of one hundred and five years. His
grandfather, Joseph Maricle, had lived in the community, too. There
is a story in the family that the first Maricle came 'from across
the ocean.' He had started out to buy bread, had seen a ship docked
in the harbor, and boarded it with only the money he had in his
pocket. Mr. Maricle's daughter was a Mrs. Johnson. A neighbor,
Mrs. Lydia Perkins, had married at the age of fourteen and, now at
the age of seventy-four was living in the same house she had lived
in as a bride.
"There is a traditional story in the Perkins family that because of
some difficulty in the Carolinas and Georgia on the question of land
and timber, forty-five families were loaded on boats and sent to New
Orleans in 1804. Lewis Perkins is reported to have been the leader
of the group. They spread over Louisiana and Mississippi, many of
them settling near Big Woods. Big Woods is near Bear Head Creek,
which harbored the Redbone people when they kept themselves in
isolated communities for so long. Old women told stories of the
great body of water, which they could remember, but could not name,
presumably the Mississippi River. Mrs. Nancy Perkins, now deceased,
related to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that
she was close enough to New Orleans to remember hearing the guns at
the Battle of New Orleans. She claimed to be part Choctaw Indian."
Dear Stacy
ISAAC PERKINS is a Perkins family name and I am sure you must have come out of the line of JACOB (OLD JOCK) PERKINS - his father was RICHARD, I think?? (Anything I tell you requires your own proofs).
Old Jock operated a ferry between NC & SC. My JOSHUA PERKINS, son of Old Jock, was b. 1759 in SC, then the family went to NC (where you need to do a lot of looking) and then into TN where they are found in the Lost State of Franklin, TN (northeast corner).
My JOSHUA PERKINS was in Louisiana via MS by early 1800's, at least by 1810 Fed. Census. I have not pulled this info for some time but I think an ISAAC PERKINS also came with him . This would prob. not be yours but I would certainly think there could be a connection, especially since you state how dark-skinned they were. OLD JOCK PERKINS was Portuguese (which has somehow revolved into Melungeon thanks to Brent Kennedy!).
I have early maps showing ownership by Perkins in NC and I feel certain that an ISAAC is also there. I will try to pull these out in the next day or so and review what I have. In the meantime, I think you should concentrate your search in NC & TN.
Where do you find the HOLMAN family. REMEMBER, all real early records of NC are in VIRGINIA!!
Sincerely
Sandra Loridans
Sandra Loridans
Apdo. Postal 844
45900 Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico
Wm married Mary "Polly" Black about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC. Mary was born about 1730 in Scotland and died in South Carolina.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 45 M i. George Perkins was born on 12 Nov 1754 in South Carolina.
George married Martha Ashworth (b. Abt 1792) on 4 Dec 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
+ 46 M ii. Jacob Perkins was born about 1756 in South Carolina.
+ 47 M iii. Joshua Perkins was born in Nov 1759 in Pee Dee, SC and died in St. Laundry Parish, La..
Joshua married Mary Mixon (b. Abt 1760) about 1790.
+ 48 M iv. Isaac Perkins was born about 1760 in Little Pee Dee, SC.
Isaac married Hannah Sweat (b. Abt 1761).
+ 49 M v. Lewis Perkins was born about 1762 in Bladen Co., SC.
+ 50 F vi. Mary "Polly" Perkins was born about 1764 in Liberty, TN.
14. Isaac Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Research Notes:
Isaac married Mary Lee in May 1739 in St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Md.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 51 M i. William Perkins was born on 23 Oct 1741 in Baltimore, MD..
William married Olive Sweat (b. Abt 1798).
+ 52 M ii. Isaac Jr. Perkins .
Isaac married Mary M. Sweat (b. Abt 1791) about 1811.
+ 53 F iii. Olive Perkins was born about 1760 in Burke County, North Carolina and died in Rapides Parish, LA.
Olive married Ephraim Sweat (b. Abt 1750, d. May 1830).
15. Rueben Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 12 Feb 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Rueben married Averilla Durbin on 5 Nov 1748 in Baltimore, MD. Averilla was born about 1725.
16. Adam Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Research Notes: Parish Register Saint George's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland
Page 330
Adam married Mary Waters on 23 May 1743 in Baltimore, MD.
Marriage Notes: Mary WALTERS but this is wrong it was WATERS
17. Avarilla Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 31 Mar 1721 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1790 about age 69.
Avarilla married William Simpson on 18 Aug 1742 in Baltimore, MD. William was born on 31 Mar 1721 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Marriage Notes: list William as SYMPSON
18. John J Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1723 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died in 1788 in Burke County, North Carolina about age 65.
Research Notes: John A Young Jr johnjr@kc.rr.com
family records of Steve Wacker
BURKE COUNTY, NC - BIOGRAPHIES - Early Settlers of Burke County, Part 2
The PERKINS FAMILY
The PERKINS family, of Johns River, descended from a native of England, who came to the Colonies in 1732. Landing in Pennsylvania, he removed to Lincoln County, North Carolina (then Tryon), founded in 1779. By way of pre-eminence, he was known as "Gentleman John Perkins." Accompanying an exploring party led by a Moravian Bishop (from Salem, now Stokes County, the "United Brethren" having built a church there in 1763), before any grants had been issued for the rich alluvial lands of John's River and Lower Creek, which were then still untilled and unoccupied. Availing himself of this fact, he obtained grants from the State for large bodies of the best land in Western North Carolina, devising the same to his six sons, EPHRAIM PERKINS, JOSEPH PERKINS, JOHN PERKINS, ALEXANDER PERKINS, ELI PERKINS and ELISHA PERKINS, and a daughter, MARY PERKINS, whose offspring still own and live on them. (in 1894). The broad lowlands, having been cultivated in the various cereals for more than a century, without the use of fertilizers, show but little, if any, loss from the original productiveness. The name John's River was derived from "Gentleman John", perpetuating his name as long as the river flows the limpid water of this beautiful stream, from it's source near the eastern base of Grandfather Mountain, (said by distinguished geologists to be the oldest, visible, earthly formation as yet discovered.) (in 1894) JOSEPH PERKINS married MELISSA LAVENDER, a niece of Mrs. AVERY and protege of Col. WAIGHTSTILL AVERY, SR. She was of French descent, probably Huguenot. (the name La'Vender has possibly been anglicized FROM LA'VENDEE, a maritime department in the west of France), by whom JOSEPH had three sons, Dr. JAMES HERVEY PERKINS, OSBORNE PERKINS, and WILLIAM PERKINS; and five daughters, ELIZABETH who married ALLEN CONNELLY, MYRA, who married DAVID CORPENING. LEAH married WILLIAM LOCKE BAIRD and SALENA, wife of LEVI LAXTON. JAMES HERVY and WILLIAM died unmarried. JOHN PERKINS, JR. married NANCY ABERNETHY, who was a niece of the wife of General PETER FORNEY of Lincoln County, a soldier of the Revolution. The maiden name of his (Peter Forney's) wife was also NANCY ABERNETHY, Mrs. PERKINS being probably her name-sake. Mr. PERKINS died, leaving but one child, SUSAN PERKINS, heiress to a large fortune in land and slaves. She married R.V. MICHAUX , a lawyer, who came to Burke in 1834 from Virginia. He was a relative of the distinguished North Carolinian, NATHANIEL MACON. "ALEXANDER PERKINS married a Miss REBECCA MOORE (a connection of Dr. BOUCHELLE). By her he had three children, two sons, THEODORE PERKINS and THADDEUS PERKINS, and a daughter, CLARISSA PERKINS. The only surviving member of this branch of the PERKINS family is THADDEUS, JR. and his family, who are the sole owners of the splendid domain on Wilson's Creek and John's River. ALEXANDER and his brother JOHN were the first to introduce horses of good pedigree and blood in Burke County, breeding from celebrated stock in Virginia, belonging to WILLIAM AMIS and Col. JOHNSON. They took great pains in training them, and delighted in showing their superiority in fleetness and bottom at long distances on the Quaker Meadows and other race courses, over the scrubs of the country." "ELISHA PERKINS, the eldest son of "Gentleman John" inherited from his father the fine alluvial lowlands on the west side of John's River, about three miles from it's mouth. He died at an early age, leaving a widow and two sons, ALFRED and JOHN, also three daughters. The widow married Major HIGHLAND who had distinguished himself during the war of the Revolution, in battles fought against the British and Tories, and was wounded at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill." "ALFRED PERKINS, a man highly esteemed for his probity, was a leading elder in the Presbyterian church. His death in the meridian of life was deeply regretted by all who knew him. He, like all the older members of the PERKINS family, was of the bone and sinew of the land. He married MARY, the youngest daughter of ROBERT CALDWELL, SR., leaving at his death, three children, ELISHA ALEXANDER PERKINS, ROBERT C. PERKINS, and JANE ELIZABETH PERKINS. Alexander reminds me very much of his father in character, form and face." "So near approach we their celestial kind, By justice, truth, add probity of mind." Note: The PERKINS family history gives the following ten children: ELISHA 1760, MARY 1762, EPHRAIM 1764, JOHN 1767, JOSEPH 1768, ALEXANDER 1774, ELI 1766, BURWELL 1771, SARAH 1776, and ANN 1780 PARSON ROBERT MILLER "MARY PERKINS, daughter of JOHN PERKINS, SR., married the Rev. ROBERT JOHNSON MILLER, a native of Scotland, a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, a high- toned gentleman of the old school, dignified and blunt in manner like most Scotsmen I have known; yet benevolent and kind. He joined in marriage the descendants of the old pioneers, and baptised their children, and prayed that God's blessing might rest upon them. He married my father and mother in 1803. His dress at that time was knee breeches, black silk stockings, low shoes, with silver knee and shoe buckles. He had a rubicund complexion and powdered hair. Thus he stood, prayer book in hand, a fine specimen of an English parson, of Goldsmith's days." "A man he was to all the country dear And passing rich with forty pounds a year." "He lived on a plantation left to his wife, MARY PERKINS, on Lower Creek, (Caldwell County) his residence near the roadside named after his wife, "Mary's Grove." I remember his baptising a child of one of Burke's leading citizens, who prided himself in always redeeming his pledges. (In similar cases many I fear do not feel the responsibility resting upon them, in becoming sponsors for children and taking upon themselves the solemn vows and promises required in baptism). A large assemblage of persons were present, in what was then a part of the present ( in 1894) building of the Presbyterian Church. After the usual preliminary prayers, etc., preceding the promises to be made by the Godfather and mother, the question:"Dost thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world" and so on to the end. To the astonishment of the congregation the response came from the father, loud and distinct, "I do not sir." The parson looked at him sorrowfully in the face and said. "you will on the part of your child?" He replied, "I will on his part." "I wish you could say as much for yourself," said the parson. This is the only instance on record, so far as I know, where the matter had proceeded, as far as in this case, where the parent could not conscientiously, and therefore would not, make a promise which he did not intend to fulfill - to his credit be it said." "ALEXANDER PERKINS, brother-in-law of PARSON MILLER, was a profane man, and frequently sorely tried the patience of the good man. Illustrating this, on one occasion, he got the upper hand of the parson. He was on the way to market, with a heavily loaded wagon drawn by a team of spirited horses. The public road passed in front and near the parson's residence, near the summit of a hill. The horses, refusing to pull; PERKINS, irritated, beating the horses, cursing and swearing, brought the parson out. And rebuking him for his profanity, he said, "Brother ALEX, don't you see that all this abuse of the dumb brutes and the taking of the name of your Maker in vain, does no good? Why, then, do you persist in doing so?" "Well", he said,"Parson, that is so. I have tried cursing and beating them with no effect. Now you get down on your knees and pray and let us see if that will make the horses pull the wagon up the hill." Leaving in disgust, he said, "PERKINS, you are a depraved, incorrigible man." Mr. MILLER left 2 or 3 daughters, one of whom, MARGARET MILLER married JOHN S. SUDDERTH. The sons were ELISHA P. MILLER, WILLIAM S. MILLER, ROBERT J. MILLER, ELI W. MILLER, JNO. W. MILLER, GEORGE O. MILLER and NELSON MILLER. The oldest, ELISHA, married SYDNEY CALDWELL, the youngest daughter of ROBERT CALDWELL, SR. He was very popular and was elected to the State Legislature from Burke County in 1836-38, from Caldwell County in 1844-48."
John married Mary Harris on 13 Jan 1744.
19. Moses Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1726 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1778 in Wilkes Co., Georgia about age 52.
Research Notes: family records Steven Waker
Moses married Mrs Sabret about 1760 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 54 M i. Soloman Perkins was born about 1758 and died about 1777 about age 19.
+ 55 M ii. John Perkins was born before 1758 and died about 1777.
+ 56 M iii. Moses Perkins was born in 1768 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 57 M iv. William Perkins was born about 1770 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 58 F v. Elizabeth Perkins was born about 1775 in Rowan Co, NC.
20. Benjamin Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 6 Jan 1732 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
Benjamin married Elizabeth Moore about 1759.
Benjamin next married Susannah Unknown.
21. Mary Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 1 Dec 1739 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
22. Avington Perkins (Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 23 Apr 1741 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 4 Mar 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
Avington married Elizabeth Unknown.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 59 M i. Jesse C Perkins was born about 1768 and died about 1847 in Green Co., GA about age 79.
+ 60 F ii. Elizabeth Perkins .
23. William "Captain" Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 1 May 1723 in Cecil Co., MD and died on 31 Dec 1786 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 63.
William married Agnes White on 12 Apr 1743 in Augusta Co., Virginia. Agnes was born on 26 Feb 1725 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 61 F i. Mary Sherrill was born on 25 Mar 1744 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
+ 62 F ii. Sarah Sherrill was born on 24 Oct 1746 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
+ 63 M iii. Jacob Sherrill was born on 20 Mar 1748 in Anson Co., NC.
+ 64 M iv. William J Sherrill Jr. was born on 25 Sep 1750 in Anson Co., NC.
+ 65 M v. Joshua White Sherrill was born on 4 Jun 1752 in Anson Co., NC.
+ 66 F vi. Agnes Sherrill was born on 10 Dec 1754 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 67 M vii. Elisha Sherrill was born on 28 Feb 1758 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 68 M viii. Moses W. "Mode" Sherrill was born on 15 Oct 1759 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 69 F ix. Elizabeth Sherrill was born on 15 Apr 1763 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 70 F x. Ruth Sherrill was born on 9 Jan 1765 in Rowan Co, NC.
24. Samuel Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 1 Oct 1725 in Cecil Co., MD.
General Notes: "Samuel Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth" by Mary Davis Sherrill reports: William dies in Wilkes County Ga. and he married Margaret Wilson"
"He served under Captian Collins in th Tnnessee Militia as a Private".
Research Notes: Title: Genealogy "A Bridge to the Past" by LaRinda Middleton - LaRinda1@aol.com
Author: LaRinda Middleton 18760 Hwy. 72, Tuscumbia, AL 35674, LaRinda1@aol.com
Note: This is a well written genealogy with numerous photo's, lots of historical references and resonably well sourced.
Samuel married Wilson Margaret.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 71 F i. Catherine Sherrill .
Catherine married John Sevier.
25. Uriah "Ute" Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 1 Mar 1728 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
26. Adam Sherill Sherrill Jr (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 1 Nov 1731 in Charles, Cecil Co., MD.
27. Aquilla Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 30 Nov 1733 in Cecil Co., MD.
28. Isaac Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 20 Jun 1733 in Cecil Co., MD.
29. Jacob Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 21 Aug 1739 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
30. Moses Sherrill (Adam "The Pioneer"7, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 8 Aug 1742 in Augusta Co., Virginia.
31. Margaret Sherrill (William Jr.9, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) died in 1774 in Catabwa River, NC.
32. Margaret Sherrill (William Jr.9, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1).
Margaret married Elisha Perkins Jr., son of Elisha John Perkins Sr. and Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill. Elisha was born before 31 Aug 1725 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
33. Elizabeth Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 18 Nov 1719 in Baltimore, MD..
34. Margaret Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1720 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 5 Oct 1802 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 82.
Research Notes: Title: Ancestors of Burl Louis Leavell
Author: Jane Leavell littlecalamity@yahoo.com
Publication: littlecalamity.tripod.com/Leavell.html
Margaret married John Bridges about 1740. John was born about 1719 in Balls Creek, Catawaba, North Carolina and died before Apr 1791 in Lincoln Co., NC.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 72 F i. Martha Bridges was born about 1769 and died about 1838 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina about age 69.
Martha married Richard Perkins (b. Bef 1738) in Lincoln Co., NC.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 42)
+ 73 F ii. Elizabeth Bridges was born about 1740.
+ 74 F iii. Catherine Bridges was born about 1749.
+ 75 F iv. Nancy Ann Bridges was born about 1755.
+ 76 M v. David Bridges was born about 1757.
+ 77 M vi. John Bridges was born about 1759.
+ 78 F vii. Phillis Bridges was born about 1760.
+ 79 M viii. William Bridges was born about 1761.
+ 80 M ix. Elisha Bridges was born about 1763 in North Carolina.
+ 81 F x. Martha Bridges was born about 1769.
35. Uriah "Ute" Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1724 in Baltimore, MD..
36. Phillis Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1725 in Baltimore, MD..
37. Elisha Perkins Jr. (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born before 31 Aug 1725 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Elisha married Margaret Sherrill, daughter of William Sherrill Jr. and Unknown.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 32)
38. Joshua Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born in 1728 in Baltimore, MD..
39. William Sherrill Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born in 1730 in Orange County, Colony of Viginia.
40. John "Gentleman John" Perkins (Margaret "Margery" Amanda Sherrill10, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 15 Sep 1733 in Spotsylvania County, VA. and died on 13 Apr 1804 in Catawba County, North Carolina at age 70.
Research Notes: Genealogical Notes on "Gentleman" John Perkins John Perkins was known as "Gentleman John" Perkins. In 1752, Gentleman John Perkins' father-in-law emigrated as a guide to Bishop Spangenberg of the Moravian faith, with Adam Sherrill (whose son married Elizabeth Lowrance, John Perkins' sister-in-law). The Bishop said, "I especially recommend John Perkins as a diligent and trustworthy man and a friend of the brethern." In 1756, John was apparently accused of killing a Catawban Indian; when Governor Arthur Dobbs recommended turning him over to the Indians, he left for North Carolina. Some of his children were born at Island Ford, Lincoln Co. NC, in a tent erected on the site where a cabin was burned by Indians. Eventually, he owned 10,000 to 15,000 acres of land in western North Carolina, with 12 slaves in 1780, and 24 slaves by 1790; he devoted much of his time to his plantation, race horses, and handling his niece's property in Virginia for her until he purchased it for himself. His farms produced an apple known for several years as "Perkins Red." He did serve in the state legislature for a time and was frequently called to be executor of estates of various relatives. His loyalty was questioned by the Committee of Safety in September of 1775, but he passed inspection. In Lincoln Co. NC Deed Book 16, pp. 258-262, for 21 Nov. 1791 is a Lease & Release for Aquila Sherrill and Lucresy his wife of Green Co. NC to John Perkins 400 acres. "In the name of God: Amen I, John Perkins of the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina, being in a low state of health though in perfect mind and memory, Blessed by God, Therefore do this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form Following (That is to say) Imprimis, I commend my soul into the hands of God Almighty who gave it me and my body to the Earth from whence it came, to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors herein after named in hopes of a joyful resurrection through the merits of my Blessed Savior Jesus Christ and for that worldly estate wherewith it has been pleased God to Bless me with, I dispose of in the following manner (to wit) That all my just debts be first paid. Then I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Perkins one negro woman slave named Feby and my pilgram mair, her feather bead and furniture three cows and calves and all the spinning wheals, to her and her assigns for ever, and likewise all my household furniture...Item--I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Ephriam Perkins one hundred acres of land adjoining his own and Jacob Fulbrights lines, one negro boy named Henry and my Diamede Colt....Item--I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Perkins one negro boy named Bassel and likewise one negro girl named Ary and my Nebuchadnezzar mair one feather bead and furniture, pony race wagon...Item--I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Joseph Pirkins one negro boy named David....Item--I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Alexander Pirkins five negros (to wit) Primas, Judy, Sesar, Lewis & Fan and my Paymaster Stud, one feather bead and furniture...Item I guve and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Sarah Snody one tract of land four hundred acres that I bought of Samuel Brown...Item--I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Eli Perkins one tract of land that I now live on and rest and residue of my land that lays in the County of Lincoln except what is bequeathed to my son Ephriam, and five negroes, to wit, James, Easter, Eililah, Jacob & Dinah, one still and still tubs, one plantation wagon & two work horses...Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved granddaughter Sally Emly Miller, one negro girl named Eliza...Item--I give and bequeath unto my five grandchildren (to wit) Polly Pirkins, Alfred Perkins, John Pirkins, Elizabeth Perkins & Matilda Pirkins the sum of five shillings sterling each...And my further will is that all the rest residue of my stock of cattle, hogs & sheep, plantation tools to be equally divided between my three sons (to wit) John Perkins, Alexander Perkins and Eli Perkins And my further will is that all the Land I hold in Anson County and in South Carolina be sold at the descretion of my executors and to be equally divided between my beloved wife Catherine Perkins, Mary Miller, Ephriam Pirkins, Joseph Perkins, John Perkins, Alexander Perkins, Sarah Soody and Eli Perkins. And I do make constitute and appoint my beloved son Ephriam Perkins and Eli Perkins to be my hole and sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament...." Witnesses to the will were Jacob Sherrill, Isaac Lawrence, and Alex Lowrance. John died at 7:05 on 13 April 1804, aged 70 years and 7 months (lacking two days) in Burke Co. NC. He and his wife were buried in the Perkins Cemetery on their own land in what is now Catawba County, but descendants moved their graves to the Kent family plot in Belleview Cemetery, Lenoir, North Carolina. Source: Jane Leavell
John married Catherine Lowrance about 1760. Catherine was born on 13 Aug 1742 in Rowan Co., Kentucky and died about 1820 about age 78.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 82 M i. Elisha Perkins was born on 18 Oct 1760 in Burke, NC and died in 1794 in Burke County, North Carolina at age 34.
+ 83 F ii. Mary Perkins was born on 6 Oct 1762.
Mary married Robert Johnston Miller (b. 11 Jul 1758).
+ 84 M iii. Ephrain Perkins was born on 6 Nov 1764 in North Carolina.
Ephrain married Elizabeth Abernathy on 1 Feb 1796 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 85 M iv. John Perkins was born 11 Febt 1767 in Burke County, North Carolina.
John married Melissa Lavender.
+ 86 M v. Burwell Perkins was born on 21 May 1771 in South Carolina and died on 20 Jan 1773 in North Carolina at age 1.
+ 87 M vi. Joseph Perkins was born on 2 Dec 1772 in North Carolina.
Joseph married Melissa Lavender.
+ 88 M vii. Alexander Perkins was born on 6 Dec 1773 in Rowan Co, NC and died on 11 Nov 1856 in Caldwell County, North Carolina at age 82.
Alexander married Rebecca Moore (b. 1782, d. 8 Apr 1852).
Alexander next married Elizabeth Bollinger.
+ 89 F viii. Sarah Perkins was born on 8 Jan 1776 in Rowan Co, NC.
+ 90 M ix. Eli Perkins was born on 27 Dec 1777 in Rowan Co, NC and died about 1832 about age 55.
+ 91 F x. Ann Perkins was born on 27 Dec 1780 in Rowan Co, NC.
41. Robert Biggin Perkins Sr. (Richard Perkins12, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 16 Mar 1736 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died on 11 Jun 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 83.
Research Notes: The Shoe Cobbler's Kin: Genealogy of the Peter (Ecker) Eaker, Sr. Family, Volume 2, 1985, p 884.
Robert married Elizabeth Lollar about 1760 in Lincoln Co., NC. Elizabeth was born about 1740 in Lincoln Co., NC and died about 1820 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 80.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 92 F i. Hannah Perkins was born on 16 Jul 1761 in Lincoln Co., NC and died about 1820 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 59.
Hannah married John Gaunt (b. Abt 1758, d. 6 Jun 1845) on 17 Dec 1789 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 93 M ii. Ute Perkins was born on 15 Jul 1761 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 12 Mar 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL at age 82.
Ute married Sarah "Sally" Gant (b. 22 Apr 1760, d. 6 Jun 1845) on 15 Jul 1781 in Buncombe, Ashville, NC.
+ 94 M iii. Augustus Perkins was born in 1763 in Mountian Creek, Lincoln, North Carolina and died on 5 Sep 1834 in Rush Co., Indiana at age 71.
Augustus married Martha Patsy Lines.
Augustus next married Sarah Hackleman.
+ 95 M iv. Robert Biggen Perkins was born in 1765 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 54.
+ 96 F v. Elizabeth Perkins was born on 11 Dec 1767 in Lincoln Co., NC.
Elizabeth married Littleton Patillo.
Elizabeth next married Elisha Jones.
+ 97 M vi. Reuben Perkins was born in 1770 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 4 Mar 1834 in Lincoln co., Ky at age 64.
Reuben married Nancy Spellman.
Reuben next married Sarah Bonar.
+ 98 M vii. Jesse Perkins was born in 1772 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 13 Mar 1848 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 76.
+ 99 F viii. Martha Perkins was born on 22 May 1776 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in 1860 in White Co., Tn at age 84.
Martha married Micajah Southard.
+ 100 F ix. Sarah Perkins was born in 1778 in Lincoln Co., NC.
+ 101 M x. Levi Perkins was born on 21 Jun 1782 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in McMinn Co., Tn.
+ 102 M xi. Dempsey Edward Perkins was born 28 Auf 1787 in Mt. Creek, Lincoln Co., Nc and died on 2 Apr 1876 in Osage Twp., Benton Co., Ar.
42. Richard Perkins (Richard Perkins12, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born before 1738 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina.
Noted events in his life were:
• 1792 Tax List: Washington Co., Tenn. 200 acres 1 free pole and 0 slaves
Richard married Martha Bridges, daughter of John Bridges and Margaret Perkins, in Lincoln Co., NC. Martha was born about 1769 and died about 1838 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina about age 69.
43. Reuben Perkins (Richard Perkins12, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1742 in Lincoln Co., NC.
44. Elizabeth Perkins (Richard Perkins12, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 12 Nov 1757 in Lincoln Co., NC.
45. George Perkins (Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock"13, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born on 12 Nov 1754 in South Carolina.
George married Martha Ashworth on 4 Dec 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Martha was born about 1792 in South Carolina.
46. Jacob Perkins (Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock"13, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1756 in South Carolina.
General Notes: Evidence of Jacob Perkins' Revolutionary War Service under R8.105 when the heirs of Jacob Perkins filed on behalf of his widow Ann Graves. The Pension Papers include information about the marriage of Jacob and Nancy Ann GRAVES Perkins by early Tennessee Baptist pioneer preacher, Jonathan Mulkey. Jacob Perkins served in the Revolutionary War with his brothers, George, Isaac, Lewis, and Joshua. He also had a sister, Mary "Polly" Perkins. Jacob's service can be found in his Rev. War Pension Application File (R8.105). He served under General Francis "Swampfox" Marion, as did his brothers.
Ennumerated
1790 Burke County NC
Jacob married Nancy Graves.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 103 M i. Charles Fisk Hart was born on 19 Sep 1829 in Maine and died before 1929.
Charles married Lucy Ann Moor (b. 28 Feb 1845, d. 21 Nov 1929) on 23 Jun 1874 in Holden, Penobscot County, Maine.1
47. Joshua Perkins (Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock"13, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born in Nov 1759 in Pee Dee, SC and died in St. Laundry Parish, La..
Joshua married Mary Mixon, daughter of Michah Mixon and Unknown, about 1790. Mary was born about 1760 in Cheraws, SC.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 104 M i. Moses Perkins was born about 1790 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC.
+ 105 F ii. Lucy Perkins was born in 1791 in Indian Territory, SC.
+ 106 F iii. Sarah Perkins was born about 1791 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC.
Sarah married Jesse Ashworth (b. Abt 1790) on 3 Oct 1810 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
+ 107 M iv. Jordan Perkins was born about 1793 in Ninety Six District, SC.
Jordan married Jenny Goins (b. Abt 1795) on 12 Mar 1814 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
+ 108 M v. Nicholas "Cader" Perkins was born about 1795 in Indian Territory, , SC.
Nicholas married Angeline Breashers.
+ 109 F vi. Elizabeth "Betsy" Perkins was born about 1798 in Indian Territory, , SC.
Elizabeth married James Goins (b. Abt 1772).
+ 110 F vii. Edith "Ida" Perkins was born about 1802 in Louisiana.
Edith married Stephen Breckenridge Goyens (b. Abt 1804, d. After 1896) on 11 Nov 1826 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
48. Isaac Perkins (Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock"13, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1760 in Little Pee Dee, SC.
General Notes: Thanks so much for the info....Gosh I am having a ball reading all of this....I don't have near that much....I can tell you have really been working....There is a few things different than I have.....and a lot you have that I don't have....
I have nothing before Joshua (Old Jock) & Mary Black Perkins. Isaac Perkins Sr. (Joshua's son) was married to a Hannah Sweat...Isaac Perkins Jr was married to a Mary Sweat (cousin to Hannah) Isaac Perkins 111 was married to a Mary Ellen McDaniel..This was my great great grandparents....Olive (daug of Isaac and Mary Ellen) was my Great Grandmother she was Married to a Lafayette Hatch....
Thanks so much for this info, I will study this and try to fill you in with some more info on the Isaac's..lol
Tell me how you tie into this family?
Take care and God Bless,
Evelyn
becrafton@camtel.net
Noted events in his life were:
• 1820 Census: Unknown Township, St Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Isaac married Hannah Sweat, daughter of Robert Sweat and Unknown. Hannah was born about 1761 in Burke, NC.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 111 M i. Isaac Perkins was born about 1784 in Greenville, Pickens, Alabama.
Isaac married Mary Sweat (b. 5 May 1784) on 23 Sep 1811 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
+ 112 M ii. George Perkins was born about 1787 in Greenville, Pickens, Alabama.
+ 113 M iii. William Perkins was born about 1790 in South Carolina.
49. Lewis Perkins (Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock"13, Mary Sherrill6, William "The Conestoga Trader"2, Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel"1) was born about 1762 in Bladen Co., SC.
Research Notes: PERKINS, Joseph b. ca 1750 SC d. 1817 bef 12 Dec. Adams Co Natchez Dist. Miss Territory 1780 Sarah Elizabeth m John Elmore; Ezekiel m Elizabeth Harmon 9 Sept 1805 Adams Co.; Sylla (Priscilla?) m Francis Henderson 2 March 1796; Caleb m Sarah Adams; Charles m Elizabeth Harrison 11 Feb 1819; Joel never married; Sarah m James Cocks (Cox); Mary m Wm P. Thomas; Isaac m Edna Bullin 26 Dec 1814
- A History of Miss. Baptist by Mc Lemore page 7; Perkins Cemetery Adams Co.; Adams Co. Marriages