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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northamptonshire => Topic started by: Mike the Bike on Saturday 17 July 10 10:06 BST (UK)
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I am trying to find the parents of Joseph Perkins who was born in Chiddingfold [correction: Towcester] abt. 1811. He married Elizabeth Pannell 11th April 1836 in Chiddingfold and died in Northampton in 1873.
Any help would be great. Thanks
Mike
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Hi
Welcome to Rootschat
Do you mean this Perkins family?
1841 census HO107 396/15 folio 11
Malt House Bramshot Hampshire
Joseph Perkins 30 Game keeper
Elizabeth Perkins 25
Thomas Perkins 4
Martha Perkins 1
none of the family born Hampshire
Adult ages, those over 15, usually rounded down to the nearest 5 on the 1841 census
1851 census HO107 1597 folio 49
Palshet Farm Elstead Surrey
Joseph Purkins 40 Head Married Game Keeper Northampton
Elizabeth Purkins 35 Wife Married Harting Sussex
Thomas Purkins 11 Son Chiddingfold Sussex
Martha E Purkins 10 Daughter Hurley Yorkshire
Augustus Joseph Purkins 6 Son Headley Hants
Ann Angelena Purkins 4 Daughter Headley Hants
plus 1 lodger
1861 census RG9 950 folio 111
Old Northamptonshire
Joseph Perkins 52 Head Married Brewers Clerk Towcester Northamptonshire
Elizabeth Perkins 46 Wife Married Harting Sussex
Ann A Perkins 14 Daughter Headley Hampshire
Louisa F Perkins 8 Daughter Elstead Surrey
James S Perkins 6 Son Wold Northamptonshire
plus 1 lodger
1871 census RG10 1484 folio 23
25 Broad Street West St Sepulchre Northampton Northamptonshire
Joseph Perkins 65 Head Married Ale and Porter Agent Towcester Northamptonshire
Elizabeth Perkins 58 Wife Married Harting Sussex
Louisa Perkins 19 Daughter Machinist Elstead Surrey
James S Perkins 17 Son Clicker Wold Northamptonshire
plus 1 lodger
Regards
Valda
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Hi Mike,
Welcome :)
There is this on FreeREG;
www.freereg.org.uk
Joseph PERKINS,
Baptised 26 January 1806, St Lawrence, Towcester, Northamptonshire
Parents THOMAS and SARAH
May have lied about his age a bit as Elizabeth was younger ;)
But by 1871 Census he is born c 1806.
Thomas and Sarah seem to have LOTS of children baptised between 1797-1815;
( Just dates you can check details for yourself)
WILLIAM STEWARD 1787
SARAH ANN 1798
JOHN 1800
JOHN STEWARD 1802
MARTHA 1803
JOSEPH 1806
JAMES STEWARD 1808
MARY 1809
CATHERINE REBECCA 1815
Catherines entry has Fathers Occp as a Miller
By the second name of some of the children one would think Sarah was nee Steward but I cant find a Marriage.
Either that or it is Thomas's Mothers maiden name.
Trish :)
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Hi All.
Welcome from me also Mike.
It could be this marriage from the Northants Marriage Indexes Trish.
Just up the road from Towcester.
Tiffield By License
07 Apr 1796
Thomas PERKINS of Paulerspury to Sarah STEWARD otp, spinster
Mary Taylor has a brilliant site on Towcester on my links below this reply.
Sandy
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Also Mike do you have the death details for Joseph
dying in 1873 in case we can help.
Sandy
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Hi
If this proves to be the Perkins family you are interested in I can move your post to the Northamptonshire board if you wish.
Regards
Valda
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Thanks for that Sandy :)
What an AMAZING Site Mary has put on the Net.
Hopefully Mike will come on here again soon as the info on his Family there is incredible.
Cheers,
Trish :)
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Firstly thanks for all the information.
Yes, this is the correct Perkins family. I have been trying to link them to the Saxon Mill (Guys Cliff) to prove a family story.
All the information provided is pointing to prove it to be true. Thomas Perkins was the miller in 1782.
Joseph b.1806 Towcester seems to be the son of his son Thomas b.1764 in Leek Wootton.
Valda, it would probably be best to move this to the Northants board as the Surrey section of the family was only brief. Prior to Joseph we head to Warwickshire.
Sandy, I do have the Joseph dying in 1873. Are you the same Sandy that helped me several years ago with the Smith section of my family from Little Harrowden? If so, it's great to meet up again.
I am so impressed with this forum and the information I got from the chatroom at the weekend.
I will have a look at Mary's site when I get some more time.
Brilliant ;D
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Hi Mike.
You couldn't have chosen a better forum espeically for your
"Northamptonshire Roots" as we have Alan Clarke's web site,
Mary Taylor's (already mentioned), Steve Garton, and all the
ones noted on my Useful Northants Links. :)
Sandy
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Hi Mike,
Joseph Perkins is my great, great, great grandfather. His parents were Thomas Perkins b.1764 who married Sarah Flesher b.1760 (sister of Gilbert Flesher of Towcester). I'm unsure of the exact date of the marriage but Thomas was a minor and had to gain the consent of his parents. Sarah, being four years older was of lawful age. Bear in mind that the age of consent for marriage in the 1870's was about 14, I think. Sarah Flesher died aged 30 in 1790. Thomas Perkins married again on 7th April, 1796 in Tiffield. His second wife was Sarah Steward b. 1776 in Towcester and d.1854. They worked the mill in Towcester. Their children have been listed in a previous post.
When Thomas died in 1829, Sarah "declined business" and an auction was held at the mill on April 19th , 1831. The lots included "nag and draught horses, stout iron-arm wagons, carts, excellent dairy cows, a quantity of household furniture etc." The auctioneer was John Martin.
In 1837 the mill was advertised to let by Sarah Perkins. By 1842 Samuel Perkins had succeeded his father Thomas as the miller.
By 1851 Sarah was living off an annuity and resided at Mount Pleasant, Yardley Gobion with her servant, 18 year-old Elizabeth Dunkley. On her death she left a considerable sum of money, over £1000 to relatives and to a trust fund.
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Hi Chris,
Mike has not been on here since 2010 so you may not get a reply.
Hopefully they are still around and have the same email address so will get notification of your reply.
The Marriage date was 12 Aug 1784 for Thomas Perkins and Sarah Flesher
Trish :)
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Hello
I am just getting back into the family history after a long time away. It's going to take some time to catch up and refresh.
Unfortunately the email address I was using is no more so I've created a new account to be able to reply and hopefully catch up. Sorry it's been so long.
It seems we are distant relatives Chris so thank you for that information.
My father who is now 96 has been getting much information in my absence but is sadly no longer actively researching.
Anyway, please bare with me while I try and get my head around what I've missed out on.
Mike
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Hi Mike,
You can update your email on your old profile to your new address, then you will get all your replies to your other topics.
Sarah :)
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Thank you Sarah
Unfortunately, I can't remember what my password is to be able to log in to the old account and the password reset sends an email to my old address that doesn't exist any more. Never mind, there weren't too may chats with that account anyway.