Excerpt from The Descendants of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn Edward1 perkins. The immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Perkins family was probably born in England about the year 1625 or 1626. The date of his arrival in this country is unknown at present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.