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Thomas Handasyd Perkins
b.15 Dec 1764
m. 29 Dec 1755
  1. Elizabeth Perkins1756 - 1843
  2. Thomas Handasyd Perkins1764 - 1854
  3. Ann Perkins
  • HThomas Handasyd Perkins1764 - 1854
  • WSarah Elliott1768 - 1852
m. 25 Mar 1788
  1. Elizabeth Perkins1791 - 1885
  2. Caroline Perkins1800 - 1867
  3. Thomas Handasyd Perkins1800 - 1850
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Name Thomas Handasyd Perkins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Dec 1764
Marriage 25 Mar 1788 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Elliott
Death[1][2] 11 Jan 1854 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q15505091?


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Thomas Handasyd Perkins, also known as T. H. Perkins (December 15, 1764 – January 11, 1854), was an American merchant, slave trader, smuggler and philanthropist from a wealthy Boston Brahmin family. Starting with bequests from his grandfather and father-in-law, he amassed a huge fortune. As a young man, he traded slaves in Saint-Domingue, worked as a maritime fur trader trading furs from the American Northwest to China, and then turned to smuggling Turkish opium into China. His philanthropic contributions include the Perkins School for the Blind, renamed in his honor; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; McLean Hospital; along with having a hand in founding the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Thomas Handasyd Perkins, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
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    age 89-0-27, s/o James & Elizabeth