SECOND GENERATION

5. Jonas Reynolds PERKINS Hon was born on 18 Feb 1822 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. ⁽⁴⁾ He was christened on 5 May 1822 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 19 Feb 1893 in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He has reference number RIN:479. !BIR-MAR-DEATH: History of Brockton; Pg 52; FHL Book.

!History of North Bridgewater; FHL Book # 974.48/B1 H2kb.

OCCUPATION: He became a Judge in Mass; he graduated Brown University in 1841.

PROBATE: Jonas Perkins of Braintree, clergyman, made his will 28 Sept 1863.
Therein he mentions his son Sidney, who is to have his library, and
his children Josiah, Jonas, and Rhoda and their Aunt Martha K. Reed,
his wife Rhoda K. Perkins, his son Josiah to have a staff transmitted
from my grandfather Josiah Perkins to my Uncle Mark Perkins and from
him to me, to be transmitted to some descendant of the name Perkins,
Jonas, son of my son Nahum Perkins. Proved 28 Dec. 1874. On that date
his heirs were JONAS R. PERKINS of Brockton, and Rhoda K. Perkins,
widow, and his children Martha B. Loud, widow, of Braintree, Josiah
Perkins of Weymouth, Nahum S. C. Perkins of Norwalk, Ohio, Rhoda K.
Porter, wife of Joseph W. of Burlington. Me., and Sidney K. B. Perkins
of Glover, VT.; Norfolk Probate, 14300.

He was married to Jane Avery HOLMES on 22 Jun 1854. Jane Avery HOLMES was born about 1825 in , Of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died in Jul 1858. She has reference number RIN:486. !MAR-DEATH: History of Brockton; Pg 52; FHL Book.

!History of N. Bridgewater, book # 974.48/B1 H2kb.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth SAWYER (daughter of Johnathan SAWYER and Mary C.) on 26 Oct 1859. Mary Elizabeth SAWYER was born about 1829 in of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She has reference number RIN:487. !History of N. Bridgewater, book # 974.48/B1 H2kb.

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