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Michael PERKINS

Michael PERKINS[1]

Male 1751 - 1823  (72 years)

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  • Name Michael PERKINS 
    Born 1751  Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID K27G-335 
    LifeSketch   [2
    Children named in the will of John Perkins in 1799 are: Jesse Perkins, deceased, Nancy Wilkerson, Michael Perkins, John Perkins, Molly Farr, Anthony Perkins, William Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Sukey Johnson, Sally Pulliam and Betsy Seargeant (Louisa, Virgin 
    Residence 30 Oct 1807  Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _UID A4C303D8B92445B086784D1897A13DA69206 
    Died 1 Dec 1823  Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I112680500  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2022 

    Father John B. PERKINS,   b. 1690, Hanover, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1799, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 109 years) 
    Mother Mary ANTHONY,   b. 1730, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1824, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Family ID F50573376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Winnifred RAE,   b. 1760, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1781  Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dabney PERKINS,   b. 8 Jun 1781, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     2. Mary PERKINS,   b. 27 Jan 1783, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1830, Howard, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. William PERKINS,   b. 4 Feb 1785, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860  (Age 74 years)
     4. Pleasant PERKINS,   b. 30 Mar 1788, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1854, Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Thomas Wright PERKINS,   b. 15 Feb 1789, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1836, Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     6. Winnifred PERKINS,   b. 1793, Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F50573375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Children named in the will of John Perkins in 1799 are: Jesse Perkins, deceased, Nancy Wilkerson, Michael Perkins, John Perkins, Molly Farr, Anthony Perkins, William Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Sukey Johnson, Sally Pulliam and Betsy Seargeant (Louisa, Virginia will book 4, pages 97-99).

      THE APPOINTMENT DESCRIBED BELOW GIVES US MEMBERS FROM THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY:
      Louisa, Virginia deed book L, page 85
      On 30 October 1807, Michael Perkins of Madison, Kentucky appoints his son, Jesse Perkins of the same county and state as his attorney-in-fact to receive all money due to him in the State of Virginia and County of Louisa "on account of my legacy in my mother's estate, Mary Perkins" and to "make good and lawful deeds to any person who may purchase my part of two tracts of land of my said mother".

      THE DEED DESCRIBED BELOW GIVES US FATHER-TO-SON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JOHN PERKINS AND MICHAEL PERKINS, AND BETWEEN MICHAEL PERKINS AND JESSE PERKINS:
      Louisa, Virginia deed book L, page 87
      On 8 February 1808, "Jesse Perkins, attorney in fact for his father, Michael Perkins of the County of Madison of the State of Kentucky" sells to William G. Poindexter of Louisa, Virginia, for $100, "one eleventh part of a tract of land whereof John Perkins, dec'd, died seized, whereon he lived at the time of his death" containing 386 acres of land in Louisa County on both sides of the South Anna River "being the share of the said Michael as one of the sons of said John Perkins, dec'd" to have and hold "except the dower of Mary Perkins in one third of the same".



  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2022), entry for Michael PERKINS, person ID K27G-335. (Reliability: 3).