Perkins Family Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains notes and information on the Perkins family gathered and compiled from around 1911 to 1913 by Enoch Perkins of Malden, Massachusetts. Also included are letters to various generations of the family written between 1772 and 1885 as well as legal documents, wills, deeds, receipts and other family papers dating from 1700 to 1901. Newspaper clippings about family members, poetry and various artifacts are also found as part of the collection. A folder of letters from 1846 to 1888 written to Nelson Bean and his son Byron Bean, both of New Sharon, Maine, is also included in the collection. The relationship of the Beans to the Perkins family is unknown.
Dates
- Creation: 1700-1945
Creator
- Perkins family (Family)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the Library.
Historical Note
Abraham Perkins, from whom the family members represented in this collection are descended, was born in England in 1613. He came to America sometime between 1630 and 1637 and was one of the founders of Hampton, New Hampshire. His descendants settled in Beverly and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Enoch Perkins, born in 1754, lived in Bridgewater until 1800 when he moved to Minot, Maine where he established a sawmill and worked as a blacksmith. His son Thomas was born in Auburn, Maine in 1810 and died in 1881. He succeeded his father in the mill business and also worked as a farmer, civil engineer and surveyor. Thomas's children, Enoch, born in 1845, Newell Marden, born in 1849, and Sarah, born in 1854, also have papers in this collection. Enoch, who appears to have compiled most of the family history found in the collection, was a soldier in the Maine 29th Infantry Regiment, Company B from 1865 to 1866. He was in the cigar business in Auburn and Lewiston until 1887, when he established a cigar manufacturing factory in Boston
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains notes and information on the Perkins family gathered and compiled from around 1911 to 1913 by Enoch Perkins of Malden, Massachusetts. Also included are letters to various generations of the family written between 1772 and 1885 as well as legal documents, wills, deeds, receipts and other family papers dating from 1700 to 1901.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ruth Emery, West Paris, Maine, circa 1970.
Subject
- Perkins, Enoch, 1845- (Person)
- Perkins, Thomas, 1810-1881 (Person)
- Bean, Byron (Person)
- Bean, Nelson (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Perkins Family Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
