Sgt. Jacob Perkins

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=Sgt. Jacob Perkins=

• BAPTIZED 12 Jul 1624 Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
• BIRTH 12 Sep 1624 Warwickshire, England
• EMIGRATION 1 DEC 1630 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
• IMMIGRATION 5 FEB 1631 Boston, Suffolk, MA - he traveled with his parents
• DEATH 27 Jan 1699 (aged 74) Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH January 29, 1699/1700
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6850243, Longitude: -70.84198
• MEMORIAL ID 157645767

Biography

Jacob Perkins was the youngest son of John, sen. He was born in England in 1624 and was consequently but seven years old when he landed in Boston with his parents in 1631. Two years after, when only nine years old, he removed with others of the family to "Agawam" or Ipswich, MA, which was to be his future home, and very probably assisted his father in building his house in this strange land. The earliest mention of him is found in his father's will made about the time of his death, 1654.

The military title of "Sargeant" was first prefixed to the name of Jacob Perkins in 1664, when he was chosen Sergeant of the military band of Ipswich, and he always bore it afterward. He lost his house to an accidental fire, started by a servant 7 AUG 1668 Ipswich, Essex. After the death of his father and mother Jacob Perkins, Sr. came in possession of the homestead, stated in his father's will as "dwelling-house, all the outhousing and landes of one kinde and another, together with all improvements thereupon." This house was located in the extreme eastern part of the town of Ipswich, very near the river side and also near to Manning and Jeffries' necks, where much of his farming land was situated.

This house he occupied until the seventh of August, 1668, when it was destroyed by fire through the carelessness of a servant girl. She was imprisoned and afterward brought up before the magistrate to answer for her deed. As it will be of interest to know the manner of the destruction of this house, we give the account of her examination at some length, as it is found upon the court files of 1668, from which it is copied.

The examination of Mehitable Brabrook aged about 16 years taken on the 15 day of August 1668.

"This examinate saith that on Thursday last was seaven-night her master Jacob Perkins and his wife being gon to Towne she was left at home alone, about 2 or 3 a clock in the afternoon she was taking tobacco in a pipe and went out of the house with her pipe and gott upon the owen on the outside and backside of the house to looke if there were any hogs in the corne and she layd her right hand upon the thatch of the house to stay herself and with her left hand knocked out her pipe over her right arme upon the thatch of the eaves of the house not thinking there had been any fire in the pipe and imediately went down into the corne field to drive out the hogs she saw in it, and as she was going toward the railes of the field toward Abraham Perkins house she looked back and saw a smoke upon her Mrs house in the place where she had knocked out her pipe by which she was much frighted and went into the sd Abraham Perkins house to intreat her to helpe me about a kettle of cloathes and goodwife Perkins sent her to the barne to call her mayd to come and look to the child whilst she went to help this examinate and when I came with the mayd the sd goodwife Perkins and this examinate went toward Mr. Jacob Perkins. in the way we saw the smoake from the house and then ran and coming to the house found the fire in the place above the owen where I had knocked out my pipe. I ran for a paile of water but before I could get out of the well the thatch flamed and for want of ladders and helpers being ready the house was burned down. being demanded why upon her first seeing the smoake she did not aquaint goodwife Perkins, she said she was loath to fright her, and asked why when first she saw it she did not go back to quench it. she answered she was so frighted she durst not. she further said as she was coming with goodwife Perkins towards the house she said to sd goodwife Perkins why do the woods look so blew beyond our house, and so there was a great smoake behind the house

   Mehitable mark X Brabrook.

This confession was taken made and signed the day and year above written before me Daniel Denison.
This examinate further addeth that about an hour before the fire kindled on the house the chimney was on fire a little above the wing at which she was frighted, but she quenched it with Lye she had upon the fire in a kittle of cloathes.
This addition was made the day above written before me-- Daniel Denison."
"Goodwife Perkins" (Hannah, the wife of Abraham Perkins) gives substantially the same facts. After some search she found the fire and attempted to quench it, but it gained upon them so rapidly that they ceased their efforts.
Several other witnesses were called, but only one could offer any testimony that the fire was set designedly. (This paper is in a very bad condition and some of the words are nearly illegible.)
"The deposition of John Williston aged 20 years or thereabouts saith that one morning a little a fore Jacob Perkins house was burnt Mehitable Brabrook, as I was Going into the meddow to make hay and Mehitable Brabrook toald me her dame was angry with her but she ( ) she had ( ) her now for she had put a Great toade into her kittle of milk, which she toald me the next morning after she had put the toade in the milk. it was about the latter end of last July, and further saith not.
Sworn in Court held at Ipswich the 29 of Sept. 1668.
attest Robert Lord cleric."
Such is the account which comes to us of the destruction of the house of John Perkins, sen.
After the destruction of this old mansion, Jacob Perkins, his son, built another house not far from the site of the first; this house was standing in 1885, but in a very dilapidated condition and not tenantable and was then taken down. The western half had been blown down some years before.
The house built by Jacob Perkins was of two stories, with two large-sized rooms and a bed-room upon each floor and a "lean-to" upon the back, as was the fashion of the time. In the middle of the house was an immense chimney, the bricks of which were laid in clay mortar as high as the roof. The portion above the roof, which was exposed to the weather, was laid in lime mortar; all the lime of those days was prepared by burning clam shells--some portion of these imperfectly burnt shells could be seen in the mortar. The frame of the house was of oak, the floor timbers were fourteen inches square. Just in front of the door and quite near it was a well of water; this has been known for many years as "Jacob's Well;" it is still to be seen, though choked with rubbish and soon all vestige of the old mansion will have disappeared.
Sgt. Jacob Perkins 1st married Elizabeth Whipple by 1649. She died February 12, 1684/85 in Ipswich, Massachusetts after having nine children together. Jacob had a 2nd married Damaris Robinson of Boston, widow of Nathaniel Robinson, mariner, with whom he lived until his death, Jan. 27, 1699-1700. After his death she returned to Boston, where she died in 1716. She left a will by which she gave her property to her children by her first husband. In his old age he gave his property to his two sons, Jacob and Matthew, who engaged to support their stepmother "as long as she should live," according to an agreement he had made previous to his second marriage.

He is a direct ancestor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt [3] We find but little upon the record concerning him. He, like all his neighbors, who were farmers, lived a quiet and uneventful life; his name is sometimes found upon the "Deeds" in the transfer or purchase of land or as witness to a will or deed, and, in one instance, as foreman of a jury of inquest. [5] "The elder Jacob Perkins had died on 5 Feb 1699." [6]

This is Atru inventory of the Estate of Jacob Perkins Senr of Ipswich Lat desed are as followeth

It. by his warrin cloths 5.00.00
It. by 27 bushils & half & half apeack of indgin corn 2.15.03
by 1 bushil of pease 0.03.00
by 60 wait of porke at ten per pound 12.06
by 60 wait of befe at 2 per pound 10.00
by 23 bushils and half of barly at 2 per bushil 2.07.00
by 1 kow at 2.15.07
by 1 swine at s10 and (??/100) barils sider at 18 1.08.00
by Old caske at 6 6.00 15.16 09

The prisers are
William Baker.
Thos Newmarch.
The acompt of funeral charge 11.01.10
by the Docter and nus 01.01.06
by Conl Wainwright 04.08.10
by Nathaniel Treadwell in 14.00
Thomas Treadwell 10.00
Sylvanus Tripe s6
Nicols Pola s4.6 al at 10.06
HenrySpiller s4. William Stevens s3 d6 at al 7.06
William backer 1.10 19.02.00
Jacob Perkins | Adms
Mathew Perkins |

Essex fs. Before ye Honble Jonathan Corwin Esqr Judge of Probate of Wills &c June 10, 1700.

Parents
John Perkins I 1583–1654
Judith Gater Perkins 1588–1654

Spouse
Elizabeth Whipple Perkins 1627–1685
Damaris (___) Robinson m. aft. 2/12/1685 widow of Nathaniel Robinson

Siblings
John Perkins II 1609–1686
Elizabeth Perkins Sargent 1611–1670
Mary Perkins Bradbury 1614–1700
Deacon Thomas Perkins 1616–1686
Lydia Perkins Bennett 1632–1672

Children 9x all with Elizabeth
Elizabeth Perkins Boardman 4/1/1649–1718
Sgt. John Perkins 1652–1716
Judith Perkins Brown 1658 – unknown
Mary Perkins
Jacob Perkins II 1662–1705
Capt. Matthew Perkins 1665–1738
Hannah Perkins
Dea. Joseph Perkins Sr 1674–1726
Dea. Jabez Perkins I unknown–1742

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157645767/jacob_perkins

2. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158320-00119?pid=6... The Great Migration begins]

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the USA

4. https://archive.org/details/jacobperkinsofwe00perk/page/n16/mode/1u... Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and his descendants, 1583-1936, pp 1-2

5. PERKINS OF IPSWICH:

6. SPARKS FAMILY QUARTERLY Feb. 9, 1699 Obituary

[7] http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_5.htm#81

Notes

According to the latest research there is no clue as to her maiden name or parents and no evidence she was a Whipple or Lovell. A Follow up article in The Genealogist (Not the American Genealogist) 20:191-217@213, Fall 2006 States that the evidence that Elizabeth Whipple was the wife of Jacob Perkins isn't found. Please don't add a maiden name or parents to her.

Additional Data

• PERKINS, Jacob
• b. 1624 England
• d. 29 JAN 1699/1700 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: PERKINS, John
• Mother: Judith,
• Family:
• Spouse:Damaris,
• Children:
  • PERKINS, Matthew
  • PERKINS, Hannah b. 11 OCT 1670 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
  • PERKINS, Joseph
  • PERKINS, Jabez
• Family:
• Marriage: 1648
• Spouse: WHIPPLE, Elizabeth
• b. ABT 1630 England
• d. 12 FEB 1664/5 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: WHIPPLE, Matthew
• Mother: HAWKINS, Ann [7]

He married Elizabeth (???) about 1635, and entered upon the duties of life with a vigor which made him a desirable citizen of this new settlement. We here give some account of a most important service which he rendered the infant colony, as this is related by Rev. Thomas Cobbet in a paper entitled "New England's Deliverances." He says:

"About 5 or 6 yeares after (an intended attack upon "Nahumkeick" by the Indians), in the first planting of Ipswich (as a credible man informs me, namely Quartermaster Perkins), the Tarratines or Easterly Indians had a design to cut them off at the first, when they had but between 20 or 30 men, old and young belonging to the place (and that instant most of the men had gone into bay about their occasions, not hearing thereof).

It was thus one Robin, a friendly Indian, came to this John Perkins, then a young man then living in a little hut upon his father's island on this side of Jeofrye's Neck, and told him that on such a Thursday morning, early, there would come four Indians to draw him to goe down the Hill to the water side, to truck with them, which if he did, he and all neare him would be cut off: for their were 40 burchen canoues, would lie out of sight, in the brow of the Hill, full of Armed Indians for that purpose: of this he forthwith acquaints Mr. John Winthrop, who then lived there, in a howse near the water, who advised him if such Indians came, to carry it ruggedly toward them, and threaten to shoot them if they would not be gone, and when their backs were turned to strike up the drum he had with him beside his two muskets, and then discharge them; that those 6 or 8 young men, who were in the marshes hard by a mowing, haveing theyr guns each of them ready charged, by them, might take the Alarme and the Indians would perceive theyr plot was discovered and haste away to sea againe: which was accordingly so acted and tooke like effect: for he told me that presently after he discovered 40 such canowes sheare off from under the Hill and make as fast as they could to sea. And no doubt many godly hearts were lifted up to heaven for deliverance, both in that deliverance at Salem and this at Ipswich."

He opened the first public house in Ipswich, and was chosen as Quartermaster of the military organization of the settlement, a title which he ever after retained. That he was one of the leading men of his day is evident by the frequency with which his name is mentioned in connection with the varied affairs of the colony. In deeds and other public documents and papers he styles himself, "I, John Perkins Quartermaster and ordinary keeper."

He acquired a large landed property, as numerous purchases and sales of real estate appear upon record. He made no will at his decease, having given to each of his sons a good farm or houselot "in some part of my estates." He also made provision, sometime before his death, for the maintenance and clothing of his wife, if she should outlive him, and also of his youngest son, Thomas, who seems to have been an invalid and incapable of supporting himself, thus administering upon his own estate.

The record of his death and that of his aged companion read upon the Town

Records thus:

"Elizabeth, wife to Quart. John Perkins died Sept. 27, 1684."

"Quart. John Perkins died Decr the 14, 1686."

The children of Quartr John Perkins and Elizabeth, his wife, were:

8 John, b. 1636; m. Lidi

His [John] son, Jacob Perkins, born in Hilmorton, Warwickshire, England in 1624, died in Ipswich January 27/29, 1700 at the age of 76. The earliest mention of Jacob in America was in his father's will in 1654. After the death of his father and mother, he came into possession of the homestead. This house was located in the extreme Eastern part of Ipswich, very near the riverside and also near to Manning and was occupied until August 7, 1668 when it was destroyed through carelessness of a servant girl. She was imprisoned for it. An account of the examination of her(Mehitable Brabrook) is recorded in FAMILY OF JOHN PERKINS BY George A. Perkins written in 1884. Jacob's new house was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671 while many people were gathered there to repeat the sermon. In 1647 or 1648, he married Elizabeth Lovell, their oldest child, Elizabeth was born April 1, 1649. Elizabeth Lovell died February 12, 1665. He then married Demnaris Robinson of Boston. He lived with her until his death, January 27, 1700. After his death, she returned to Boston and died in 1716. By her will, she left her property to her children by her first husband.

From The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts, page 18:

Jacob (John1) was born in England in 1624. He

married, first, Elizabeth ______; her father's name is not known. The time of their marriage was probably in

1648 ; she died Feb. 12, 1665, her age being fifty-six

years. He afterwards married for a second wife, Damaris

Robinson, widow of Nathaniel Robinson, mariner, of

Boston. She removed to Boston after the death of Jacob

Perkins, and died there, leaving property by will to several children by her first husband. The date of her death was in 1716, and her age at that time was eighty years. At the time of his marriage with the widow Robinson he made a promise to support her during her life ; later in life he gave all his property into the possession of his two sons, Jacob and Matthew, on condition that they support both himself and wife during their natural lives. This will appear evident from the following extract from the deed which he gave his sons Matthew and Jacob.

20 March, 1693.

I, Sargt. Jacob Perkins, sen.

"Having grown old & decrepid and not able to manage my farm, I give the other portions of my land to my two sons, Jacob and Mathew, provided they support me & my now wife, with whom I made an agreement when we were married," etc., etc. He mentions in his will the portions he had given each of his sons on their marriage.

He was the youngest son, and by his father's will was to come into possession of his homestead and lands after his mother's death. His lands lay at the eastern part of the town, near the river. He was chosen sergeant of the military company of the town in 1664, and was ever after known as sergeant, or as he wrote it, "Sargent Jacob Perkins, sr.," which distinguishes him from two others of the same name.

He was a farmer, and his name is often seen upon the records in the purchase and sale of farming lands. He appears also to have taken his share of the duties of a citizen. We this facsimile of his autograph as it is found as foreman of a jury of inquest, held upon the body of a girl who was found drowned. His house was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671, "while many people were gathered there to repeat the sermon, wdien he and many others were struck down, and had his waistcoat pierced with many small holes, like goose-shot, and was beaten down as if he had been dead for the present."

Sergeant Jacob Perkins died in Ipswich, Jan. 27, 1699-1700, aged seventy-six years.

The names and ages of his children, the death of his

wife Elizabeth, and of himself, are taken from his family

bible, now in the possession of H. N. Perkins, Esq., of

Melrose.

The children of Sergeant Jacob Perkins, sen., and wife

Elizabeth were :

Elizabeth, b. Apr. 1, 1649; m. Thomas Borman, Jan. 1, 1667.

John, b. July 3, 1652; ra. Mary Fisk ; d. in 1718; set. 67.

Judith, b. July 11, 1655; m. Nath. Browne, Dec. 16, 1673.

Mary, b. May 14, 1658; m. Thomas Wells, Jan. 10, 1669.

Jacob, b. Aug. 8, 1662; m. 1st, Eliz. Sparks, Dec. 27, 1684; 2d, Sarah Treadwell.

Matthew, b. June 23, 1665; m. Esther Burnam.

Hannah, b. Oct. 11, 1670.

Joseph, b. June 21, 1674; m. Martha Morgan, May 22, 1700.

Jabez, b. May 15, 1677; m. 1st, Hannah Lathrop, June 30, 1698; 2d, Charity Leonard, in 1722.

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Was his wife Elizabeth Whipple or Elizabeth Lovell?

The Lovell hypothesis depends on two things 1) Land Transfer 2) An “Elizabeth Perkins” is named in Thomas Lovell’s will. Only the second would be strong evidence. But think about that. Thomas Lovell of Ipswich, MA in his will proved 2 Jan 1709/10 names wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth Perkins. The Elizabeth Perkins named in Thomas Lovell's will could *not* possibly be the one that married Jacob Perkins because that Elizabeth Perkins died in 1685. That was almost a quarter of a century before Thomas Lovell’s will was proved. In my mind that proves that Elizabeth who died in 1685 was not the daughter of Thomas Lovell. Could they have been related in some way? certainly. Notice also that she had a son Mathew who was possibly named after her father Matthew Whipple. She had no son Thomas.

In The Great Migration Begins

Jacob Perkins bp 12 Jul 1624 Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England m. by 1649 Elizabeth ___ (eldest child b. 1 Apr 1649 [EIHC 19:264])[EQC 1:389]; m. (2) after 12 Feb 1685 Damaris (___) Robinson, widow of Nathaniel Robinson [Dudley Wildes Anc 90 (evidence not supplied)].

Source The Great Migration begins

GEDCOM Note

Category: Puritan Great Migration Project Needs Relationship Check
Category:Hillmorton, Warwickshire
Category: Saint John the Baptist Church, Hillmorton, Warwickshire
Category: Bristol, Gloucestershire
Category:Lyon, sailed 1 Dec 1630
Category:Boston, Massachusetts
Category:Ipswich, Massachusetts
Category:King Philip's War

Disputed Associations==In 1947, Thomas Allen Perkins called Jacob's first wife, Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell.≤ref>Thomas Allen Perkins, Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936 (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing. Co., 1947). 2 (JacobPerkins); digital images, Open Library (borrow).≤/ref> This found its way to Edmund West's Family DataCollection (see references, Our Family History), and the claim became widely circulated. The Perkins-Lovell association has been disputed by WikiTree collaborators. Jacob's wife could not have beenthis Elizabeth Lovell, see Research Notes.

Biography

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Jacob Perkins was baptized at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, 12 September 1624.≤ref>Citing "M. L. Holman, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury [... (1938), p. 45]. Ipswich Mass., Vital Records (printed), 2-647," Donald Lines Jacobus, The GranberryFamily and Allied Families (Hartford 1945), 347 (Whipple); digital images, Hathi Trust.≤/ref>≤ref>Jacob Perkins 1624 baptism, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"; database with images, FamilySearch; image from FHL film 554,754, DGS 4,095,330 image 12 of 33, citing Warwick County Record Office, England; "Jacob yesonne of John Perkins bapti ye 12 of [_____] [1624]."≤/ref> He was the son of John Perkins and Judith Gater.

Immigration===Together with his family Jacob went to Bristol, Bristol County, England where they sailed for New England on 1 December 1630 aboard the Lyon, William Pierce- master. They arrived in Nantucket, Massachusettson 5 Feb 1631 and went from there to Boston where the family stayed for about 2 years until they moved to Ipswich.

At Massachusetts Bay

About 1648, he married first Elizabeth _____.≤ref>Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 1431-1433 (John Perkins), at 1432; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors≤/ref> Elizabeth is seen as Elizabeth Whipple, the daughter of Matthew Whipple; Thomas A. Perkins (1947) calls her Elizabeth Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell, but Anderson did not follow either of these claims. Elizabeth (_____) Perkins died at Ipswich, 12 February 1685/6,≤ref>_____ Perkins 1685 death, Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1910-19), 2:647 (Perkins); digital images, Hathi Trust; _____, w. Sergt. Jacob, Feb. 12, 1685."≤/ref> age "fifty-six years."≤ref>Samuel Drake [ed.], and Horatio N. Perkins, "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10 (1856):211-216, at 215; digital images, Hathi Trust. ≤/ref>≤ref>Citing a "family bible, now in the possession of H. N. Perkins, Esq., of Melrose," George A. Perkins, "The Familyof John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 262, 264; digital images, Hathi Trust.≤/ref>
Jacob had nine children with his first wife Elizabeth,≤ref>Citing a "family bible, now in the possession of H. N. Perkins, Esq., of Melrose," for the dates of children's births, George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 264; digital images, Hathi Trust.
≤/ref> # Elizabeth Perkins, born 1 April 1649; married 1 January 1667, Thomas Borman.# John Perkins, born 3 July 1652, died in 1718; married (1) Mary Fisk; married (2) Elizabeth Prythatch; married (3) Mary (White) Hooper.# Judith Perkins, born 11 July 1655; married 16 December 1674, Nathaniel Browne.

1. Mary Perkins, born 14 May 1658.
2. Jacob Perkins, born 3 August 1662.# Matthew Perkins, born 23 June 1665; married Esther Burnham of Ipswich.
3. Hannah Perkins, born 11 October 1670.# Joseph Perkins, of Norwich Connecticut, born 21 June1674; married 22 May 1700, Martha Morgan.# Jabez Perkins, of Norwich Connecticut, born 15 May 1677; married (1) 30 June 1698, Hannah Lathrop; married (2) 17 December1722, Charity Leonard.

After 1685, he married second Damaris UNKNOWN, the widow of Nathaniel Robinson, mariner of Boston. Damaris died in 1716.
After the death of his mother, his father left him his house near Mannings Neck, close to the river, in Ipswich.
Jacob Perkins is on a 19 December 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. He was a commoner in Ipswich on 16 December 1648. He was on the grandjury at the 25 March 1656 court in Ipswich. He was chosen sergeant ofthe military company in Ipswich in 1664.
Jacob and Elizabeth went to town one summer afternoon in 1668, leavingtheir 16-year-old maid Mehitable Brabrooke in charge of their house. The Essex County Court records say::About 2 or 3 aclocke in the afternoone she was taking tobacco in a pipe and went out of the house with her pipe and gott upon the oven on he outside & backside of the houe (to looke if there were any hogs in the corne) and she layed her right hand upon the thatch of the house (to stay herselfe) and with her left hand knocked out her pipe over right arme upon the thatch on the eaves of the house (not thinking there had been any fire in the pipe) and imediately went downe into the cornefeild to drive out the hogs she saw in it, and as she was going toward the railes of the feild ... she looked back, and saw a smoke upon her Mistress' house in the place where she had knocked out her pipe at which shee was much frighted.
The wife of a neighbor testified that she came running over; looked into both fireplaces in the house and saw no fire, only a few brands nearly out under a great kettle hanging in the chimney. Mehitable was brought to court on suspicion of wilfully setting the house on fire. A young man, testifying against her at her trial, said that Mehitable had told him that her mistress was angry with her but that she had "fittedher now" by putting a great toad into her mistress' kettle of milk. The court ordered Mehitable to be severely whipped and ordered her to pay Jacob £40 in damages.
Jacob rebuilt his house and the new one was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671.
On 20 March 1693, having grown "old & decrepit" and unable to manage his farm, Jacob gave land to his sons Jacob and Matthew on the condition that they support him and his wife.

He died at Ipswich, Essex County, 29 January 1699/1700

Research notes==Anderson reference to EQC 1:389. See EQC 1:389, for "Joanah, wife of Thomas Smith, Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Perkins, and Jane, wife of Francis Jordon, testified that widow Alice Ward, uponher death bed, committed her daughter-in-law, Sarah Ward, to John Barker and his wife Elizabeth, to bring up the child in the fear of God. She gave Elizabeth Baker her keys and asked her to take everything anddischarge the debts. Sworn in Ipswich court, 27 : 1 : 1655."

New England Marriages prior to 1700. *PERKINS, Jacob (1624-1700) & 1/wf Elizabeth [WHlPPLE] (ca 1629-1686);ca 1648; Ipswich; works consulted as, "Woodbury (1904) 150; Bigelow-Howe 102; EIHC 1:48, 13:104, 19:266; Converse (1905) 832; Cushing (ms) 186, 362, 450; Putnam's Mag. 2:7; Dodge Anc. (1896) 28; Pillsbury 45, 347; Dawes-Gates 1:486; F.D Roosevelt's Ancestry 98; Granberry 293; Reg 10:213, [ 215; 60:49; Wildes Anc 90; Perkins (#1) 18; Perkins (#3)5; Essex Ant. 6:107, 11:25; Hyde 1:32; Avery Pedigree 80; Cary Anc. 56; Salisbury Fam. 282; Ferrin-Preston 12; Woolsey 172; Paul Anc. 72; Treadwell (196) 4; Perkins (1947) 2; Williams (#16) 116, 144; Bradbury 60."≤ref>Perkins-[Whipple] 1648 marriage, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, multiple vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1167 (Perkins); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.≤/ref>

• PERKINS, Jacob (1624-1700, ae 76) & 2/wf Damaris (____) [ROBINSON] (-1716, ae 80), w Nathaniel; aft 2 Feb 1685/6, aft 12 Feb, aft Feb 1685;Salisbury; works consulted as "Salisbury Fam. 283; Perkins (,1) 18; Perkins (,3) 5; Paul Anc. 72; Cushing (ms) 362; Williams (,16) 144; Wildes Anc. 98; Woodbury (1904) 150; EIHC 19:262; Dawes-Gates 1:486; Granberry 293; Perkins (1947) 2."≤ref>Perkins-[_____] 1685 marriage, NewEngland Marriages Prior to 1700, multiple vols. (Boston, Mass.: NewEngland Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1167 (Perkins); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.≤/ref>

Parish register Search, for surname Perkins, date range 1580-1640 in "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"; database (with links to images), FHL film 554,754, DGS 4,095,330, FamilySearch.
Wife not Elizabeth Lovell. Jacob's first wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1685/6, could not have been the daughter of Thomas Lovell. Thomas Lovell's daughter Elizabeth Perkins is referred to in his 10 January1697/8 will;≤ref>Thomas Lovell 1710 probate (case 17086, 6 pp.), proved 2 January 1709/10, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.≤/ref> it is apparent she then survives. Thomas says she and her sister, Margaret Edwards, "have had their portions all Ready."
Moreover, her father, Thomas Lovell was too young to have been Jacob Perkins' father-in-law. Jacob's first wife was born about 1630 (she wasage 56 when she died in 1685/6). Thomas Lovell is noticed as born about 1620. He testified 25 December 1694, then about age 74,≤ref>O. P. Dexter, as "VII. Salem Land Records, vol. 10," in "New England Gleanings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 39 (1885):28; digital images, Hathi Trust.≤/ref>
:Thomas Lovell Sr of Ipswich about 74 yrs of age, swears that he livedin Dublin in Ireland in 1639 in the same house with Mr. William Baconand Rebecca his wife who owned Humphrey Potter as her only brother, the only son of her father, Thomas Potter, sometimes Mayor of Coventry,Warwickshire, England. Mrs. Rebecca Bacon came to N.E. with Thomas Lovell, and they lived in Salem. Humphrey Potter was killed in the Masscre in Ireland, left one child, a daughter Ann, who was taken to Coventry, and thence to Salem, where she married Anthony Needham. Anthony and Ann were present when this testimony was given 25 Dec 1694.
He is quite likely the same Thomas Lovell who testified in 1685, then age 65.≤ref>Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Ages from Court Records, 1636-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2003), 133 (Thomas Lovell); digital images by subscription, b32cd6, for "Thomas Lovell" aged 65 in 1685, citing "EQC WPA 46-67-1."≤/ref>

Deed Research.
(a) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantees Had-Pix 1640-1799; FHL film 862,801 DGS 7.462.602, Perkins begins at image 499 of 545, FamilySearch. (Jacob at 501 of 545.)≤br /> (b) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantors Nob-Zac 1640-1799, FHL film 866,005 DGS 7,462,643, Perkins begins at image 126 of 808, FamilySearch. (Jacob at 129 of 808.)≤br />

See especially, ≤br /> (1) Jacob et al. Attnys et al., agreement, Essex County Deeds 7:16 dated 18 : 9ber : 1684, recorded 27 : 9 [Sept] : 1684. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, FHL film 866,017 DGS 7,462,655, image 524-525 of 839.≤br />(2) Jacob to Jacob Perkins Jr,. Essex County Deeds 8:51, dated 23 March 1685/6, recorded 7 March 1687, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, FHL film 866,018 DGS 7.462.656, image 117 of 721.≤br />(3) Jacob to Mathew Perkins Essex County Deeds 7:147, dated 23 March 1685, recorded 25 October 1687, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch. FHL film 866,017 DGS 7,462,655, image 821 of 839.≤br />
(4) Jacob to Jacob Perkins et al. 9:271, recorded 6 April 1693.≤br />
(5) Jacob, Jr. to Nathaniel Wells, 16:192, recorded 22 June 1703.
(c) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantees Pla-Zac 1640-1799; FHL film 862,802 DGS 7.462.603, Whipple begins at image 391 of 457, FamilySearch. ≤br /> (d) Essex County, Index to deeds - grantors Nob-Zac 1640-1799, FHL film 866,005 DGS 7,462,643, Whipple begins at image 713 of 808, FamilySearch.≤br />

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:See also--* Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants toNew England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 1431-1433 (John Perkins), at 1432; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.* Thomas Allen Perkins, Jacob Perkins of Wells, Maine and His Descendants, 1583-1936 (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing. Co., 1947). 2(Jacob Perkins); digital images, OpenLibrary (borrow).*Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ... (Anthoensen Press, Portland, Me., 1959), 90; digital images, Hathi Trust.*Samuel Drake [ed.], and Horatio N. Perkins, "Some Notices of the Family of Perkins in America," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10 (1856):211-216, at 215; digital images, Hathi Trust. *George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 19 (1883):213-225, 254-268+, at 263; digital images, Hathi Trust.*George A. Perkins, "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich ... in three parts" (Salem : Printed for the author by the Salem press publishing& printing co., 1889), (1) 18-20 (Jacob Perkins); digital images, Hathi Trust.*Jacob Perkins 1700 probate (case 21321, 5 pp.), Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.* Elijah B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family (Ridgefield, Conn. : J.M. Huntington, 1884). 57 (#93 Hannah); digital images, InternetArhive.*Melindi Lutz Sanborn, Essex County, Massachusetts Probate RecordsPart 1; Ancestry.com.*Hillmorton, Warwickshire Parish Register Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1143; Document Reference: DR 256. Publication: Ancestry.com. Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.