Jabez PERKINS

1677 - 1742  (64 years)

• Name	Jabez PERKINS  [1, 2, 3]
  	He, with his brothers Matthew and Joseph, removed from Ipswich and in 1695 bought in Connecticut about two thousand acres in the town of Norwich (afterward Lisbon) on which Jabez settled. The new settlement was called Newent in remembrance of the English home of the Perkins family. Joseph and Jabez were leading men in the affairs of the town and the church, and Jabez became one of the wealthiest and most honored citizens of Norwich. He was admitted freeman in 1701; and in May, 1721, was appointed and commissioned by the General Court to be Captain of the Fourth Company in the North East Society of Norwich. He was Deputy to the General Court at Hartford in 170, 1722, 1723, 1728, and Justice of the Peace for New London County, 1732-1741. [1]
  Birth	15 May 1677	Ipswich, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1742	Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I89364	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Sergt. Jacob PERKINS,   b. 1624, Newent, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 Jan 1700, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsetts (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Damaris ?   d. 1716
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F37032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah LATHROP,   b. 6 Jan 1677, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut d. 14 Apr 1721, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1698	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Jabez PERKINS,   b. 3 Jun 1699, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut  [Birth] + 2. Hannah PERKINS,   b. 1701, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut d. 1788 (Age 87 years)  [Birth]   3. Judith PERKINS,   b. 2 Mar 1714, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut d. 4 Sep 1740, Mansfield, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 26 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Charity HODGES,   b. 5 Apr 1682, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 29 Feb 1739, Middleborough, Massachusetts
  Marriage	17 Dec 1722  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F37037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 May 1677 - Ipswich, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9403] Cornelia Bartow Williams, Ancestry of Lawrence Williams. [S10825] Rev. E.B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the LO-LATHROP Family in this Country, Embracing the Descendants as far as known. [S02355] Genealogical Record of The Hodges Family of New England Ending December 31, 1894.