Person:Richard Perkins (20)

Information on Richard Perkins

In 1683 Richard purchased 100 acres "in the woods above the head of Swan Creek". On Dec 15, 1683 he purchased a 100 acre tract called Perkinson at the head of Mosquito creek bounded by tracts called The Grove, Mascalls Humor and Beaver Neck. In 1694 he took up a tract of land on Swan Creek called Paradise, containing 490 acres. On Aug 28, 1697 Richard I and William Lofton jointly purchased a 100 acre tract they called Brotherly Love, on the south side of the Susquehanna River, near what is now Susquehanna State Park. Several transactions are found concerning a tract of land called Eightrupp or Atrop or Airtop, which was surveyed 29 December 1664 for Thomas Griffith, who gave it to Henry Hazlewood. The executors of the latter sold it to Richard Perkins I and William Lofton. In 1700, 468 of the 500 acres were in possession of Richard Perkins, the remaining 32, in possession of Daniel Johnson.

Richard's estate was inventoried on 28 May 1706 by Thomas Brown and Henry Wright. His occupation was listed as Planter in the accounting of his estate. The estate was valued at 67 pounds and 5128 pounds of tabacco. His widow married John Belcher on 1 July 1708 and Mary died on 20 Feb 1735. All of Richard's land went to his sons at his death. Notes taken from the Harford Historical Society: Richard Perkins, the progenitor of the family in Harford County, Maryland is first found at the head of Mosquito creek, in Baltimore County (now Harford) Maryland in the year 1683.

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