Bio: |
Sarah only daughter of Simon and Sarah Wilson Elliot
Cary, Memoir. Perkins named for grandfather maternal dealer in furs and importer of hats Thomas Handasyd Peck
mother quite the business woman owned Ship shares, father died at middle age, mom continued bus
educated by clergy man at Middleborough, 30 from Boston and then in Boston,, , educated for Cambridge bu decided not to go and entered a counting house Messrs. Shattuck, remained there till he was 21 in 1785, then visited his elder brother in St Domingo and then to Charleston SC. attended to bro business in states the climate in St Domingo not agreeing with him, then due to wife connection went to China on the Astrea with Magee" |