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Peter Perkins 1784–1858 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1784

Birth Location: Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA

Death Date: 18 JUL 1858

Death Location: Green Co, KY, USA

Father: Nicholas Perkins

Mother: Leah Pryor

Spouse(s): Nancy Chandler

Children(s): Martha Perkins, William Perkins, Mariah Perkins, Sarah Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, Claiborne Perkins, Nancy Perkins, Peter Perkins, James Perkins, John Perkins, George Perkins

Peter Perkins was born in 1784 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA, the child of Nicholas Perkins And Leah Pryor. Peter Perkins married Nancy Chandler, and had children including Claiborne Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, George Albert Perkins, James Thomas Perkins, John Bales Perkins, Mariah Perkins, Martha Jane Perkins, Nancy Ann Perkins, Peter Perkins, Sarah B Perkins, William Jackson Perkins. Peter Perkins passed away in 1858 in Green Co, KY, USA.

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Biography

  • Peter Perkins was born in 1784 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA, the child of Nicholas Perkins And Leah Pryor.
  • Peter Perkins married Nancy Chandler, and had children including Claiborne Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins, George Albert Perkins, James Thomas Perkins, John Bales Perkins, Mariah Perkins, Martha Jane Perkins, Nancy Ann Perkins, Peter Perkins, Sarah B Perkins, William Jackson Perkins.
  • Peter Perkins passed away in 1858 in Green Co, KY, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Perkins
1745–1800
Birth Location: Goochland Co, VA, USA
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Leah Pryor
1747–1810
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Chandler
1795–1880
Birth Location: VA, USA
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Children(s)

Martha Perkins
1832–1867
Birth Location: VA, USA
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William Perkins
1812–1853
Birth Location: KY, USA
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Mariah Perkins
1819–1902
Birth Location: Halifax Co, VA, USA
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Sarah Perkins
1821–1850
Birth Location: NC, USA
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Elizabeth Perkins
1821–1900
Birth Location: NC, USA
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Claiborne Perkins
1826–1866
Birth Location: Caswell, VA, USA
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Nancy Perkins
1828–
Birth Location: VA, USA
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Peter Perkins
1836–1893
Birth Location: KY, USA
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James Perkins
1837–1923
Birth Location: Green Co, KY, USA
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John Perkins
1838–1923
Birth Location: Green Co, KY, USA
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George Perkins
1846–
Birth Location: KY, USA
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Peter Perkins's Ancestors

Self
Peter Perkins
1784–1858
Birth Place: Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA
Parents
Nicholas Perkins
1745–1800
Goochland Co, VA, USA
Leah Pryor
1747–1810
Grandparents
Nicholas Perkins
1718–1762
Tuckahoe Creek Plantation, Goochland, VA, USA
Bethenia Harding
1717–1770
Henrico, VA, USA
John Pryor
1695–1771
Gloucester Co., VA, USA
Margaret Gaines
1706–1778
Gloucester Co., VA, USA
Great-Grandparents
Constantine Perkins
1682–1770
Anne Pollard
1684–1760
Thomas Harding
1685–1729
Mary Giles
1686–1769
Robert Pryor
1663–
Elizabeth Green
1667–1761
George Gaines
1674–1726
Eleanor Brooke
1685–1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Perkins
1647–1712
Sarah Childers
1652–1721
Joseph Pollard
1656–1767
Anne Hughes
1661–1760
Thomas Harding
1664–1691
Martha Haynie
1665–1697
William Giles
1640–1694
Bethenia Knowles
1669–1711
Robert Pryor
1635–1720
Margaret Lewis
1642–1689
Robert Green
1620–1693
Mary Pritchett
1630–1693
Bernard Gaines
1650–1747
Martha Taylor
1654–1747
Leonard Brooke
1666–1735
Anne Boarman
1675–1718

Peter Perkins's Descendants

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Peter Perkins (1784–18 JUL 1858) m. Nancy Chandler (1795–1880)
  1. 1. Martha (Jane) Perkins 1832–1867 m. John (Henry) Bennett 1823–1915
    1. 1. Delphia (Cordelia) Bennett 1862–1926 m. Fielding (Pierce) Bennett 1860–1914
      1. 1. Grace (Lee) Bennett 1892–1957 m. James Marr 1891–1975
        1. 1. Hallie Marr 1918–2015 m. Edwin (Pete) Cole 1913–2001
      2. 2. Nora (Leslie) Bennett 1884–1913 m. Mcclellen Parker 1884–1939
      3. 3. Ada (Wallace) Bennett 1882–1967 m. John (B.) Nunn 1879–1963
      4. 4. Lillie (May) Bennett 1889–1915 m. Henry (Granville) Marcum 1889–1930
      5. 5. Hallie Bennett 1895–1983 m. George (Taylor) Mays 1890–1952
      6. 6. Minnie (E.) Bennett 1898–1982 m. George (McKinley) Vance 1898–1966
      7. 7. Lewis (D.) Bennett 1886–1955 m. Ethel Ford 1893–
    2. 2. John (Edmond) Bennett 1851–1918 m. Sophire (Melvina) Beams 1855–1948
    3. 3. Mary (Ellen) Bennett 1854–1914 m. John (Thomas) Nunn 1850–1941
    4. 4. James (Madison) Bennett 1852–1905 m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Mccubbin 1855–1929
    5. 5. Virginia (Catherine) Bennett 1855–1923 m. Larkin Ray 1853–1931
    6. 6. W. (C.) Bennett 1855–
    7. 7. Alice (Breckenridge) Bennett 1857–1945 m. William (Edward) Reynolds 1854–1905
    8. 8. Peter (Bale) Bennett 1859–1953 m. Melissa (Victoria) Mccubbin 1867–1947 m. Sarah (Melvina) Reynolds 1861–1914
    9. 9. Clarthilda (Paradine) Bennett 1860–1928 m. Riley (Thomas) Mccubbin 1857–1930
    10. 10. Eliza (Worthington) Bennett 1864–1920 m. Fielding (G.) Whitlow 1860–1910
    11. 11. Joshua (Brent) Bennett 1865–1942 m. Mary (Susan) Akridge 1868–1936
    12. 12. Permelia (Wallace) Bennett 1867–1959 m. Rufus (Albert) Akridge 1864–1905
  2. 2. William (Jackson) Perkins 1812–1853 m. Elizabeth Despain 1825–1870
  3. 3. Mariah Perkins 1819–1902 m. John (Marshall) Despain 1793–1865
  4. 4. Sarah (B.) Perkins 1821–1850 m. John (Henry) Bennett 1823–1915
  5. 5. Elizabeth Perkins 1821–1900
  6. 6. Claiborne Perkins 1826–1866 m. Nancy Despain 1826–1857 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Hudson 1834–1921
  7. 7. Nancy (Ann) Perkins 1828–
  8. 8. Peter Perkins 1836–1893
  9. 9. James (Thomas) Perkins 1837–1923 m. Parthena Akridge 1853–1929
  10. 10. John (Bales) Perkins 1838–1923 m. Mary (Jane) Skaggs 1841–1918
  11. 11. George (Albert) Perkins 1846–

Peter Perkins's Timeline

2 Records

1784
1784
Birth of Peter Perkins in Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA
Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA
1858
18 JUL 1858
Age 74
Death of Peter Perkins in Green Co, KY, USA
Green Co, KY, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Pittsylvania Co., VA, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 JUL 1858
    Event Place: Green Co, KY, USA
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