Individual Details
Nicholas Richard "The Immigrant" Perkins I
(1614 - 31 Jul 1656)
later married Mary Burton and had 2 more children
Nicholas Perkins Born on 1614 in England. Died in 1656 or 1664 at Charles City Co. VA Transported on 1641 to VA by Bryant Smith. Merchant at Charles City Co. VA ’22
GRANTEE Perkins, Nicholas. grantee.
DATE 30 August 1650.
NOTE Location: Henrico County.
NOTE Description: 170 acres lying in Bermuda hundred. Begg. at a marked oak in Coles' Swamp.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 2, 1643-1651, p. 262 (Reel 2).
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GRANTEE Perkins, Nicholas. grantee.
DATE 26 September 1674.
NOTE Location: Henrico County.
NOTE Description: 537 acres 3r. 20po. on the north side of James River formerly surveyed for Richard Parke.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 530 (Reel 6).
’30 - Has him as son of Richard Perkyns III
’22 - Has list Richard Parkyns III as son of Aden Parkyns and Mary (Unknown).
Birth : ABT. 1608 England ’30
Death : 1656 Henrico Co., Va ’30
Marriage 1 MARY BURTON b: ABT. 1618 in England / Goochland Co., VA
Married: 1640 in Goochland Co., VA
Children:
William Perkins b: in Jamestown, Va
Owen Perkins b: in Jamestown, Va
Richard Perkins b: ABT. 1640 in Jamestown, VA
Thomas Perkins b: ABT. 1641 in Henrico Co., VA
Nicholas N PERKINS (11 Oct 1641/7/9 London, England - aft 13 Jun 1711 Varinia, Henrico Co, VA)
?Sarah Perkins (c.1649 Charles City, Va [or England])
Lydia PERKINS (1642 Henrico Co, VA - 1730 VA)
Elizabeth PERKINS (1643 Goochland County, Virginia - Henrico Co, VA)
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(Gen. 4. What is the evidence that Richard was named Nicholas Richard?)
Quoting from “The Curd and Allied Families,” by William B. Curd and Lucy Price Rayne Truog (1927)
“‘A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames,’ says: Parkin, Parkins, Parkinson, Parkisson, Perkin, Perkins, Perkinson, Parkyns, Bapt. ‘the son of Peter,’ from the pet Perkin or Parkyn. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What May be called the Flemish forms appear in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century, with Perkins and Parkins.
“In the Herold’s ‘Visitation’ for the Berkshire 1623, this family is said to have descended from a certain Peter or Petrus de Morely of Shropshire, a county on the border of Wales. Hence, the family is sometimes said to have been of Welsh origin.
“For three hundred years the Perkins ancestors were seneshals or wardens of de Spencers and Warwich Castle. The Ufton Book shows the Perkins line, eldest son to eldest son, etc., continued to the present time. Some of the family were distinguished in the history of England and were prominent in Stratford district, the home of Shakespeare and his wife, Mary Arden. ”
“Domesday Book, A. D. 1085,” lists a manor in Berkshire, England, called Offstone, belonging to William Fitz Anscuff, and Ufton Court was a beautiful old Manor house at the same place, the ancient home of the Perkins family.”
Generation 14. Peter De Morley was Servous to Hugh de Spencer and was living in 1380. He was married to Agnes Taylor.
Generation 13. Henry Parkyns was the son of Peter.
Generation 12. John Parkyns, son of Henry Parkyns, was Seneschal to Thomas de Spencer, Earl of Gloucester. in 1390, he was the first to acquire property in Madresfield. He was living in 1400.
Generation 11. William Parkyns (1), son of John Parkyns, was 1st “Lord of Ufton. ”(bailiff to Humphry Plantagent, Duke of Glouster) He married Margaret, and was living in 1447.
Generation 10. Thomas Parkyns (1), son of William and Margaret Parkyns, was living in 1452-1479. He was called “Thomas of Ufton and Madresfield,” and gave Madresfield Manor House to his second son, Thomas.
Generation 9. Thomas Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (1), was married to Ellen Tompkinson. They had four sons, William of Madresfield, James of Shropshire, and Richard and Lawrence, twins.
Generation 8. William Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (2), was married to Joan Reade, daughter of Reade near Coventry.
Generation 7. Richard Parkyns, Sr., son of William Parkyns (2) and Joan Reade, was married to Ann Twynborrowe, daughter of Walter Twynborrowe, of Woodmention, Herfordshire.
Generation 6. Richard Parkyns, Jr., the son of Richard Parkyns (1) and Ann Twynborrowe, was of Bunny Park. He married Elizabeth Beresford, daughter of Aden Beresford, of Fenney Bently of Derbyshire. There were eight children: Sir George Parkyns, Knight who died in 1626; Adrien; John; Aden; Francis; Annie; Eliza; and Margaret.
Generation 5. Aden Parkyns, the son of Richard Parkyns, Jr. and Elizabeth Beresford, was married to Mary ____. They came to Virginia in 1607, where he was registered as “Grocer. ” Whether he returned to England, or died in Virginia, is not known. They had four children: George; Richard (3); Annie; and Thomas.
Generation 4. Richard Parkyns (3), son of Aden and Mary Parkyns, owned land near Jamestown, or on the James River. Whom he married is not known.
Generation 3. Nicholas Perkins (1), the son of Richard Parkyns (3), was also married to a Mary, and there were 7 children. Records show that in 1641 Nicholas Perkins was transported to Hernia County, Virginia, by Brayant Smith, although it appears he was born in America, the grandson of the immigrant. On 30 August 1650, he was granted land in Bermuda Hundred, beginning in Cole’s Swamy, Henrico County, for the transportation of four persons into the colony, although only three are named: Mary Perkins, William Owen, and Richard Hues. The original document is almost illegible, and the names are given differently in several references. However, it is thought these persons were Mary Perkins, his wife, and his sons, William, Owen, Richard (4), and Thomas. He died about 1664, and his will mentions only his daughter, Lydia, and his two youngest children, Elizabeth and Nicholas (2). His widow married Richard Parker.
Generation 2. William Perkins, son of Nicholas and Mary Perkins, was born about 1633. His wife, was also named Mary. William and Mary, and their daughter, Mary, were passengers on the ship “Kent,” in 1667. Members of the Society of Friends, they joined the Burlington Monthly Meeting, in New Jersey.
Generation 1. Mary Perkins, daughter of William and Mary Perkins, was married 24 May 1683, at Burlington Monthly Meeting, to Henry Grubb
Came to America in 1635. Settled in Henrico County, Virginia.
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Came to America in 1635, and settled in Henrice Co., Va. Source: A.J. Crawford, "Crawford & Allied Families 1540-1971, pg. 159.
Nicholas Perkins Born on 1614 in England. Died in 1656 or 1664 at Charles City Co. VA Transported on 1641 to VA by Bryant Smith. Merchant at Charles City Co. VA ’22
GRANTEE Perkins, Nicholas. grantee.
DATE 30 August 1650.
NOTE Location: Henrico County.
NOTE Description: 170 acres lying in Bermuda hundred. Begg. at a marked oak in Coles' Swamp.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 2, 1643-1651, p. 262 (Reel 2).
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GRANTEE Perkins, Nicholas. grantee.
DATE 26 September 1674.
NOTE Location: Henrico County.
NOTE Description: 537 acres 3r. 20po. on the north side of James River formerly surveyed for Richard Parke.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 530 (Reel 6).
’30 - Has him as son of Richard Perkyns III
’22 - Has list Richard Parkyns III as son of Aden Parkyns and Mary (Unknown).
Birth : ABT. 1608 England ’30
Death : 1656 Henrico Co., Va ’30
Marriage 1 MARY BURTON b: ABT. 1618 in England / Goochland Co., VA
Married: 1640 in Goochland Co., VA
Children:
William Perkins b: in Jamestown, Va
Owen Perkins b: in Jamestown, Va
Richard Perkins b: ABT. 1640 in Jamestown, VA
Thomas Perkins b: ABT. 1641 in Henrico Co., VA
Nicholas N PERKINS (11 Oct 1641/7/9 London, England - aft 13 Jun 1711 Varinia, Henrico Co, VA)
?Sarah Perkins (c.1649 Charles City, Va [or England])
Lydia PERKINS (1642 Henrico Co, VA - 1730 VA)
Elizabeth PERKINS (1643 Goochland County, Virginia - Henrico Co, VA)
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(Gen. 4. What is the evidence that Richard was named Nicholas Richard?)
Quoting from “The Curd and Allied Families,” by William B. Curd and Lucy Price Rayne Truog (1927)
“‘A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames,’ says: Parkin, Parkins, Parkinson, Parkisson, Perkin, Perkins, Perkinson, Parkyns, Bapt. ‘the son of Peter,’ from the pet Perkin or Parkyn. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What May be called the Flemish forms appear in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century, with Perkins and Parkins.
“In the Herold’s ‘Visitation’ for the Berkshire 1623, this family is said to have descended from a certain Peter or Petrus de Morely of Shropshire, a county on the border of Wales. Hence, the family is sometimes said to have been of Welsh origin.
“For three hundred years the Perkins ancestors were seneshals or wardens of de Spencers and Warwich Castle. The Ufton Book shows the Perkins line, eldest son to eldest son, etc., continued to the present time. Some of the family were distinguished in the history of England and were prominent in Stratford district, the home of Shakespeare and his wife, Mary Arden. ”
“Domesday Book, A. D. 1085,” lists a manor in Berkshire, England, called Offstone, belonging to William Fitz Anscuff, and Ufton Court was a beautiful old Manor house at the same place, the ancient home of the Perkins family.”
Generation 14. Peter De Morley was Servous to Hugh de Spencer and was living in 1380. He was married to Agnes Taylor.
Generation 13. Henry Parkyns was the son of Peter.
Generation 12. John Parkyns, son of Henry Parkyns, was Seneschal to Thomas de Spencer, Earl of Gloucester. in 1390, he was the first to acquire property in Madresfield. He was living in 1400.
Generation 11. William Parkyns (1), son of John Parkyns, was 1st “Lord of Ufton. ”(bailiff to Humphry Plantagent, Duke of Glouster) He married Margaret, and was living in 1447.
Generation 10. Thomas Parkyns (1), son of William and Margaret Parkyns, was living in 1452-1479. He was called “Thomas of Ufton and Madresfield,” and gave Madresfield Manor House to his second son, Thomas.
Generation 9. Thomas Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (1), was married to Ellen Tompkinson. They had four sons, William of Madresfield, James of Shropshire, and Richard and Lawrence, twins.
Generation 8. William Parkyns (2), son of Thomas Parkyns (2), was married to Joan Reade, daughter of Reade near Coventry.
Generation 7. Richard Parkyns, Sr., son of William Parkyns (2) and Joan Reade, was married to Ann Twynborrowe, daughter of Walter Twynborrowe, of Woodmention, Herfordshire.
Generation 6. Richard Parkyns, Jr., the son of Richard Parkyns (1) and Ann Twynborrowe, was of Bunny Park. He married Elizabeth Beresford, daughter of Aden Beresford, of Fenney Bently of Derbyshire. There were eight children: Sir George Parkyns, Knight who died in 1626; Adrien; John; Aden; Francis; Annie; Eliza; and Margaret.
Generation 5. Aden Parkyns, the son of Richard Parkyns, Jr. and Elizabeth Beresford, was married to Mary ____. They came to Virginia in 1607, where he was registered as “Grocer. ” Whether he returned to England, or died in Virginia, is not known. They had four children: George; Richard (3); Annie; and Thomas.
Generation 4. Richard Parkyns (3), son of Aden and Mary Parkyns, owned land near Jamestown, or on the James River. Whom he married is not known.
Generation 3. Nicholas Perkins (1), the son of Richard Parkyns (3), was also married to a Mary, and there were 7 children. Records show that in 1641 Nicholas Perkins was transported to Hernia County, Virginia, by Brayant Smith, although it appears he was born in America, the grandson of the immigrant. On 30 August 1650, he was granted land in Bermuda Hundred, beginning in Cole’s Swamy, Henrico County, for the transportation of four persons into the colony, although only three are named: Mary Perkins, William Owen, and Richard Hues. The original document is almost illegible, and the names are given differently in several references. However, it is thought these persons were Mary Perkins, his wife, and his sons, William, Owen, Richard (4), and Thomas. He died about 1664, and his will mentions only his daughter, Lydia, and his two youngest children, Elizabeth and Nicholas (2). His widow married Richard Parker.
Generation 2. William Perkins, son of Nicholas and Mary Perkins, was born about 1633. His wife, was also named Mary. William and Mary, and their daughter, Mary, were passengers on the ship “Kent,” in 1667. Members of the Society of Friends, they joined the Burlington Monthly Meeting, in New Jersey.
Generation 1. Mary Perkins, daughter of William and Mary Perkins, was married 24 May 1683, at Burlington Monthly Meeting, to Henry Grubb
Came to America in 1635. Settled in Henrico County, Virginia.
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Came to America in 1635, and settled in Henrice Co., Va. Source: A.J. Crawford, "Crawford & Allied Families 1540-1971, pg. 159.
Events
| Birth | 1614 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1640 | James City of Goochland, Va - Mary "Mary Burton Perkins" Burton | |||
| Death | 31 Jul 1656 | Charles City, Henrico Co, VA | |||
| Burial |
Families
| Spouse | Mary "Mary Burton Perkins" Burton (1618 - 1661) |
| Child | Nicholas Perkins (1647 - 1711) |
| Father | Arthur (Aden) Perkins / Parkyns Parkyns/ (1582 - 1633) |
| Mother | Mary Sylvester (1582 - 1633) |