Col. Nicholas Perkins

• BIRTH: 1718, Albemarle co, VA
• DEATH: 1762, Halifax co, VA

FATHER: Constantine Perkins   (abt 1682 - Dec 1770)
MOTHER: Anne Pollard   (abt 1696 - ? )

SPOUSE: Bethenia Hardin   (abt 1717 - ? )

dau of Thomas Hardin   (abt 1691 - ? )   &
Mary Giles   (abt 1695 - ? )

• MARRIAGE:   1738

issue:

1. Col. Peter Perkins ,   b.Jun 1739,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.1813,   SC
   
   
   marr: abt 1760
   Agnes Wilson   (abt 1742 - ? )
   
   dau of Peter Wilson   & Ailcy
   
   
2. Charles Perkins ,   b.6 Mar 1742,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.,   Guilford co,NC
   
   
   marr: 11 Aug 1760, Pittsylvania co,VA
   Mary Tate   (abt 1741 - ? )
   
   
3. Bethenia Perkins ,   b.3 Aug 1743,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.1809,   Stokes co, NC
   
   
   marr: 22 Jun 1762, Halifax co, VA
   Capt. Absalom Bostick   (abt 1740 - abt 1803)
   
   son of John Bostick   & Nancy Elizabeth Chesley
   
   
4. Nicholas Perkins Jr,   b.7 Jul 1745,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.8 Dec 1800,   Davidson co,TN
   
   
   marr: 26 Aug 1765
   Leah Pryor   (abt 1745 - ? )
   
   dau of John Pryor   & Margaret Gaines
   
   
5. Constantine Perkins ,   b.20 Nov 1747,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.abt 1790,   Pittsylvania co,VA
   
   
   marr: bef 1777, Pittsylvania co,VA
   Agatha Marr   (abt 1756 - ? )
   
   dau of Gideon Marr   & Sarah Miller
   
   
6. Susannah Perkins ,   b.20 May 1750,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.abt 1815,  
   
   
   marr.1: abt 1766
   Green Pryor   (abt 1747 - ? )
   
   son of John Pryor   & Margaret Gaines
   
   
   marr.2: abt 1785
   John Miller Marr   (abt 1750 - ? )
   
   son of Alexander Marr
   
   
   marr.3: aft 1798
   Thomas Hardeman   (abt 1750 - ? )
   
   son of John Hardeman   & Dorothy Edwards
   
   
7. Anna G Perkins ,   b.9 Aug 1752,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.20 May 1829,   Henry co,VA
   
   
   marr.1: 8 Jan 1771
   Joseph F Scales
   
   
   marr.2: abt 1800
   ---- Beck
   
   
8. Mary Hardin Perkins ,   b.6 Aug 1754,   Goochland co,VA
   
   d.24 May 1798,   Davidson co,TN
   
   
   marr: 17 Dec 1778
   Thomas Hardeman   (abt 1750 - ? )
   
   son of John Hardeman   & Dorothy Edwards
   
   
9. Lt. Thomas Hardin Perkins ,   b.3 May 1757,   Halifax co,VA
   
   d.15 Nov 1838,   Williamson co,TN
   
   
   marr: 17 Dec 1778
   Mary Magdalena O'Neal   (4 Mar 1763 - 28 Oct 1835)
   
   dau of William O'Neal   & Elizabeth Staver
   
   
10. Elizabeth Perkins ,   b.1 May 1759,   Halifax co,VA
    
    d.7 Jan 1818  
    
    
    marr.1: 20 Nov 1778, Pittsylvania co,VA
    Capt. William Letcher   (abt 1750 - abt 1780)
    
    son of Giles Letcher   & Hannah Hughes
    
    
    marr.2: 1 Jan 1781, Henry co,VA
    Col. George Hairston   (abt 1750 - ? )
    
    son of Robert Hairston   & Ruth Stovall
    
    

Notes

-Parentage, spouse, & marriage confirmed by Marriages of Some Virginia 
 Residents 1607-1800, Vol II; shows his birth as ca.1718, on Tuckahoe
 Creek, Henrico co,VA
-Will proved 17 Jun 1762, Halifax co,VA
-In 1751 he was one of the Processioners for St.James Northam parish,
 Goochland co,VA
-Service as Colonel, FRENCH & INDIAN WARS
-Resident in Goochland co,VA in 1754; in ca.1755 he moved westward on the
 Dan River in Halifax co,VA into the section which became Pittsylvania co,VA
 in 1767
-In 1759 Justice of Peace, Halifax co,VA
-Source: History of Pittsylvania co,VA, by Mary Carter Clement,1929

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