tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7196300139730727952..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Surname Saturday -- PERKINS (England to colonial New England)Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-36339762118312793722020-01-11T21:15:15.712-08:002020-01-11T21:15:15.712-08:00If anyone has any info that could help, please let...If anyone has any info that could help, please let me know.musiclistsareushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04347667138174260141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-72375635592183873212020-01-11T21:14:19.283-08:002020-01-11T21:14:19.283-08:00I have an anecdote concerning a Perkins from "...I have an anecdote concerning a Perkins from "England" (possibly Wales?). My family name is Arms, but the earliest Arms relative in my family wasn't born an Arms. As the story goes (and I don't have any real data to back it up, but it seems to be an accepted family story), a man named Perkins was a soldier for the British troops in or around colonial New England. He AWOLed (jumped ship?) and eventually married an American gal, having changed his name to Thomas Arms. We don't know if Thomas was an assumed name or his original Christian name. I have done a little looking to find Thomas Arms' parents (the Jenkins), but I've never found a satisfying resolution. Anyway, hello from perhaps a very distant cousin.musiclistsareushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04347667138174260141noreply@blogger.com