Individual Details
William Perkins
(Abt 1730 - 1813)
Married the widow of Thomas Massie. Surety: Benjamin Mitchell. Wit: Valentine Wood. Marriage bond dated 23 Feb 1756.
Douglas: Will Perkins, in New Kent & Susannah Massie, widow in this parish.
William and Susannah lived in Goochland Co VA; the first four children baptized at St. James Northam Church. On 26 Oct 1761 Gideon Moss deeded 200 acres to William Perkins. It had been part of 500 acres granted to Thomas Massie, dec'd [Susannah's first husband] and since vested in Gideon Moss.
The family moved to Henry Co Virginia soon after 1765. On 10 Apr 1781, William patented 492 acros of Poular Camp Creek adjacent Charles Thomas VA Patent Book D, p.928. He paid personal taxes 1782-1790 and real estate taxes on the 492 acres the same years. This parcel became part of new Patrick Co VA in 1791, where William Perkins can be found on the tax rools from 1791 through 1813. After his death the land was sold to Pleasant Thomas.
William wrote his will on 12 Feb 1831, naming sons Christian, Thomas, William & David, and daughters Sarah Reynolds, Susannah, Elizabeth, Nanney [Nancy Boyd] and Mary Ann Moss. Executors were John Hall & Samuel Houston.
Patrick County, Book 4 pages 111, 112, 160, 161, & 395.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1730 | New Kent County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 24 Feb 1756 | Goochland County, Virginia - Susannah Holland |  | ||
| Death | 1813 | Patrick County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Susannah Holland (1728 - 1775) |
| Child | Christian Perkins (1757 - 1836) |
| Child | William Perkins (1759 - ) |
| Child | Sally Perkins (1763 - ) |
| Child | Mary Perkins (1765 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Perkins (1767 - ) |
| Child | David Perkins (1769 - ) |
| Child | Susannah Perkins (1771 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Perkins (1773 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Perkins (1775 - ) |
| Father | WILLIAM PERKINS (1706 - 1755) |
| Mother | Isabella Christian ( - 1735) |
| Sibling | David Perkins ( - 1787) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Perkins ( - 1770) |
| Sibling | Mary Perkins ( - 1734) |
| Sibling | Christian Perkins (1733 - ) |
Endnotes
1. William Hall, Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia; (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1957.) Microfiche #6101214, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, p.552.
2. Compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia 1733-1815 (Kathleen Booth Williams c1960), p.76 (Marriage record p.265).
3. Edited by W. Mac Jones, The Douglas Register. Detailed record of Births, Marriages, Deaths.....as kept by the Rev. William Douglas, from 1750 to 1797. [Note: Douglas went to Goochland in 1750 but did not start the Registter until 1756.] An Index of Goochland Wills. Notes on the French-Huguenot Refugees who lived in Manakin-Town. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore Reprinted 1985; Original, 1928. c1966) Available online at Ancestry.com by subscription., p.39.
4. William Hall, Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia; (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1957.) Microfiche #6101214, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, p.552.
5. Robert E. Juch