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« on: Monday 25 January 10 07:16 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gang,
You might be right there Perks, I didn't realize John Milford (or Melford) PERKINS became a political figure. His Grave shows "Milford" as does the Tassie archives.
Can't find much about him on the internet.
I had a sniff around on the weekend looking for possible family connections for John PERKINS (b1812) eligibility at being a Huntingdon PERKINS, I'm running into doubts, most Johns seem to be accounted for.
Back to Huntingdon again....I think our PERKINS from there did have influencial connections, I seem to recall Bingley being an Esquire, & certainly his daughters married into families with higher class connections....not that I'm into that sort of thing myself....but Eliza's son Henry John CHAPMAN married Sarah Christiana LEADER.....who herself was descended from Royal lineages via Anglo-Irish landed gentry.
The RIGNALLS who Frances PERKINS, (Elijah's sister) married made mention in the Gentlemans magazine from where I found their death dates. Hubby John RIGNALL was a Sexton & Bellman in Godmanchester. It seems some of the immediate family drifted to Godmanchester, where the name & even Elijah himself (in Huntingdon & St Neots) are quite often recorded as PARKINS.
Will keep searching.
Cheers.
Milton