"… extracts from a diary of Roger6 Perkins … which diary has since been destroyed by fire: April 5, 1790.
'Today I am twenty-one. Father gave me the powder horn which he carried during the war and which he had on when wounded at Bunker Hill. …
On the fly-leaf: 'This book belongs to Rogger Perkins.
I was born Apr. 5, 1769, in Derby, Connecticut. My father was Ithiel Perkins, he was born Jan. 10, 1734, came to Fair Haven in Dec. 1795. He was a Soldier in the Revolution and was wounded at Bunker Hill. He died in Feb. 1826. My mother was Esther Fox and was married to father on Oct. 26, 1767. Father died crazy. My brothers David and Joseph staid in Conn. My sister Hannah came here with me, and married with Joseph Tuttle of Castleton. My grandfather was Rogger Perkins and my grandmother was Ann Russell whose father was Deacon Ithiel Russell after whom father was named and who had trouble with his church but about which I know naught. Father had two sisters Anna and Mary and four 'haves' Damaris, Ann, Sarah, Eunice.
'Fair Haven, Vermont, December 7, 1832.
Roger Perkins, Aged 63 years.'"
