John Perkins
1583 - 1654 (70 years)-
Name John Perkins Suffix Sr. Birth 21 Dec 1583 Warwickshire, England 
Christening 23 Dec 1583 Warwickshire, England Gender Male FSID LHLG-TS6 Death Mar 1654 Essex County, Massachusetts, United States Burial Aft 28 Mar 1654 Essex County, Massachusetts, United States Person ID I4730 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Henry Perkins, b. 1555, Warwickshire, England d. 11 Mar 1609, Warwickshire, England (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Nippin Sawbridge, b. 30 Oct 1564, Warwickshire, England d. Bef 4 Jul 1603, Warwickshire, England (Age < 38 years) Relationship natural Marriage 29 Nov 1579 Warwickshire, England Family ID F3390 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Judith Elizabeth Gater, b. 19 Mar 1588, Warwickshire, England d. 26 Sep 1654, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years) Marriage 6 Oct 1608 Warwickshire, England Children + 1. Jacob Perkins, b. 12 Sep 1624, Warwickshire, England d. 29 Jan 1700, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3388 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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John Perkins, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sawbridge) Perkins, born at H i l l m o rton, County Warwick, England and baptized there Dec 23 , 1583 , d i e d a t I p swich, Mass. in 1654. He married Oct 9, 1608, Judith Gater, d a u g h t er of Michael Gater.
He sailed from Bristol, England Dec 1, 1630, in the ship Lion, William P i e r c e , master, bound for Boston, Mass. Taking with him his entire fami l y , c o n sisting of his wife and five children. The boat arrived at Nant a s k e t F eb 5, 1631 and the next day anchored before Boston.
He settled first in Boston, where on May 18, 1631 he took the oath of f r e e m a n which admitted him to all rights of the colony. On Nov 7, 1632 t h e G e n e ral Court appointed Capt. Traske, William Cheesboro, Mr . Conant , a n d J o h n Perkins to set down the bounds between Roxbury and Dorcheste r, M a s s .
In 1633 he removed to Ipswich, Mass, the colony newly founded by John W i n t h r op, where he had several grants of land. His house was near the r i v e r , a t the entrance to Jeffries Neck, on what is now East Street. Her e h e e n g a ged in agriculture.