IN
MEMORY OF
JOHN PERKINS
WHO DIED SEP 6TH 1868
AGED 67 YEARS
AND OF ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
WHO DIED JULY 18TH 1869
AGED 65 YEARS
ALSO OF ELIZA ANN CLARKE
DAUGHTER OF
CHARLES AND REBECCA CLARKE
AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANRY 29TH 1861
AGED 3 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS
ALSO OF NAOMI GINNS
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGST 22ND 1868
AGED 40 YEARS
AND OF THOMAS GINNS HER HUSBAND
WHO DIED SEPBR 22ND 1870
AGED 45 YEARS
John Perkins
was baptised at Desborough on 1st Feb 1801, the second child of
William Perkins
and his wife Rebecca. John was a tailor and later also a draper and post
master at Desborough.
He married
Elizabeth Yeomans
of Desborough. She was baptised on 10th Apr 1804, the fourth child of
Joseph Yeomans and
Rebecca Moore.
Elizabeth and John had four (known) children. The
second, Rebecca,
married Charles Clarke
of Desborough. They had at least seven children, including Eliza Ann. At
some time after the 1861 census and before the 1871 census, the Clarke
family moved to Lincoln.
Naomi was the
youngest child of John and Elizabeth Perkins. She was born on 24th Apr 1828
and baptised on 18th May at the Wesleyan Chapel. She married
Thomas Ginns,
another Desborough man, in 1852