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15. Asia house merchant opium dealer Cushing John Perkins-8056 (Ann Maynard Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born on 22 Apr 1787 in Boston. He died on 12 Apr 1862. He was buried in Cambridge,Mass.
Code-US. I seem to have two Cushing with same date being 1787-1862 - (?). John Perkins Cushing (1787-1862) Beeching says he withdraws from opium in 1921, Olyphant and Co. of US never deal in opium. See email of 6-11-2000 from Linda Minor re her http etc. Gibson, Otter, pp. 26ff. See Biog Dictionary, US. He lived in Canton and Macao trading from 1803 to 1828 and developed a close relationship with leading Hong merchant Houqua II (or, Wu Ping-chien, 1769-1843 - said to be world's richest man as he died), investing large funds in international trade. See John Murray Forbes qv. See Dict Biog entry, of firm Perkins and Co trade to China, also yachtsman successful in 1832. he has cousin Caleb. Follows from wikipedia verbatim - John Perkins Cushing
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Jump to: navigation, searchJohn Perkins Cushing (b. April 22, 1787 - d.1862), called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a very wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist. His sixty-foot pilot schooner, the Sylph, won the first recorded American yacht race in 1832, and the town of Belmont, Massachusetts is named after his estate.
Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Robert and Ann Perkins (Maynard) Cushing. His sister Nancy later married Henry Higginson. When his mother died of smallpox, Cushing was raised by his uncle, Thomas Handasyd Perkins, and in 1803 at age 16 sailed for China to become clerk in his uncle's counting house. The head of the firm in China soon fell ill and died at sea. Cushing thus arrived in China to find himself Perkins & Company's sole agent. There he remained for nearly 30 years.
Cushing managed the affairs of the firm skillfully and was soon taken into partnership. Under Cushing, the firm of Perkins & Company was formally established in Canton in 1806. At one point he made a good profit during a famine in China by importing rice. During the War of 1812, the family loaned their money out--at 18 percent interest--to other merchants in Canton. But the fur trade paled and when hard cash grew harder to come by, a search began for a substitute for the furs and specie that had been foundations of Boston's China trade. Opium seemed the ideal commodity. By the 1820s Cushing was known as the most influential of all the foreigners in Canton, and had struck up a close relationship with the hong merchant Houqua, who at his death in 1843 was said to be the richest man in the world.
In 1820 Cushing brought on his cousin Thomas Tunno Forbes to train for the business. Forbes, however, died in 1827 before assuming control of the firm. Cushing, eager for retirement and lacking a suitable replacement, made arrangements to dissolve Perkins & Company by an 1827 consolidation with Russell & Co (created by China trader Samuel Russell in 1823).
He returned to Boston in 1830 with Eastern manners and manservants, and soon married the only daughter of the Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner of Trinity Church, Boston. It was rumored at the time that there was much disappointment among the young ladies of Boston, who, as some one expressed it, "beset him like bumblebees about a lump of sugar."
Cushing built himself a handsome mansion on Summer Street, acquired a splendid 200-acre estate in Watertown named "Bellmont" (now part of Belmont, which is named after his estate), and erected one of the finest conservatories in New England. His house was one of the finest and most comfortable of any in or near Boston. It was a double one-—a house within a house-—and thus warm in winter and cool in summer. Its spacious grounds and beautiful gardens were open to the public, and thousands of visitors went out there each year. Once when the assessors called upon him to question him as to his taxes, he asked, "What is the entire amount to be raised?" The sum was named by the assessors, whereupon Mr. Cushing said, "You can charge the whole amount to me."
Cushing was very fond of the Perkins family, and often brought to the house presents of large boxes of the finest white sugar. He spent much time at their house, and when one heard "deuce, ace, tray", it was safe to assume that either William Appleton or Cushing was engaged in a backgammon contest with Colonel Perkins.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perkins_Cushing" - Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txt
John married Gardiner Mary Louise-51436 daughter of Rev Gardiner John Sylvester John-51443 and GNotknown Miss-51444 in 1830 in Circa.
Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txt Dict American Biog for her husband.
John and Mary had the following children:
40 F i Cushing Mary Louisa-414805 died in 1894. She was buried in Paris.
She had four daughters who did not marry. Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txtMary married Lawyer Boit Edward Darley-414706 son of Lawyer of Boston Boit Edward Darley-414702 and Hubbard Jane Parkinson-414703. Edward was born in 1840 in Boston.
Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txt He or his firm dealt with Baring Bros by 1874 for southern cotton and ended up broke by doing so, as their new York agents, Duncan Sherman and Co.41 M ii Cushing John Gardiner-414806.
Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txtJohn married Dexter Susan-414814 daughter of Dexter Progenitor-340467 and DNotknown Miss-76482. + 42 M iii Cushing Robert Maynard-414807 was born in 1836. 43 M iv Cushing Thomas F.-414808.
Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txtThomas married Of New York Grinnell Frances Leslie-414809 daughter of Of New York Grinnell Moses H.-414810 and Irving Julia-414811.
Noted in http on Boit family history at: http://www.archive.org/stream/chroniclesofboit1915boit_djvu.txt
16. Cushing Ann (Nancy) Maynard-177455 (Ann Maynard Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1782 in Boston. She died in 1847 in Mass.
Seen in Cabot genealogy per Linda Minor.
Ann married Higginson Henry-177456 son of Hon Higginson Stephen Jr.-177425 and wife1 Cleveland Susannah-197830. Henry was born in 1781 in Boston. He died in 1838.
They had the following children:
+ 44 M i Higginson John Cushing-471617 was born in 1813. He died in 1875.
17. Perkins Eliza-8044 (Thomas Handsyd , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1792. She died in 1884.
Email and http of Linda Minor of 6-11-2000. See L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Cabot Family, 1475-1927. In Two Volumes. Boston, Privately printed, Charles E. Goodspeed and Co., 1927. Additional information per a web treatment of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) by William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services - email to: wargs@wargs.com (with help from David Curtis Dearborn and Gary Boyd Roberts et al.
Eliza married Dr Cabot Samuel IV-116428 son of Cabot Samuel III-194167 and Barrett Sarah Sally-177714. Samuel was born in 1784. He died in 1863.
He is a Royal Arch Mason. L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Cabot Family, 1475-1927. In Two Volumes. Boston, Privately printed, Charles E. Goodspeed and Co., 1927. Email and http of Linda Minor of 6-11-2000. Additional information per a web treatment of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) by William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services - email to: wargs@wargs.com (with help from David Curtis Dearborn and Gary Boyd Roberts et al.
Samuel and Eliza had the following children:
+ 45 M i Cabot Walter Channing-95422 was born in 1829. He died in 1904. + 46 F ii Eliza Cabot Elizabeth Perkins-177709 was born in 1823. She died in 1909. + 47 M iii Dr, Abolitionist Cabot Samuel V-194181 was born in 1815. He died in 1885. + 48 M iv Cabot James Elliot-178167 was born in 1821. + 49 M v Chemist Cabot Godfrey Lowell-119499 was born in 1861. 50 M vi Cabot Thomas Handasyd-80657 was born in 1814. He died on 23 Apr 1835.
Code-US. At age 20 he is sent to work at Perkins and Co. at Canton.51 F vii Cabot Sarah-155879. 52 F viii Cabot Sarah Perkins-194262 was born in 1835.
Her dr is unmarried.Sarah married Lawyer, non-practicing Wheelwright Andrew Cunningham-194263 son of Wheelwright Josiah-194265 and Blanchard Caroline-194266. Andrew was born in 1827. He died in 1908 in Boston . + 53 M ix Lt-Col Cabot Edward Clarke-197298 was born in 1818. He died in 1901. + 54 M x Merchant, wholesaler Cabot Stephen-197299 was born in 1826. 55 F xi Cabot Susan Copley-197300 was born on 14 Nov 1830. She died on 15 Jan 1832. + 56 M xii Major Cabot Louis V-194264 was born in 1837.
19. Perkins Mary Cushing-180352 (Thomas Handsyd , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ).
Named in Sparhawk genealogy. USA website on name Tuckerman.
Mary married Cary Thomas Graves-194252 son of Cary Samuel-478728 and Gray Sarah-196172. Thomas was born in 1791 in Chelsea Mass.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy. USA website on name Tuckerman.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.
Thomas and Mary had the following children:
57 F i Cary Mary Louisa-197284 was born in 1821.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.Mary married Felton Cornelius Conway-197290 son of Felton Senior-77725 and FNotknown Miss-77723.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.+ 58 F ii wife2 Cary Sarah Gray-197285 was born in 1783. She died in 1838. 59 F iii Cary Elizabeth Cabot-366260 was born in 1822 in Boston.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.Elizabeth married Agassiz Louis-366261 son of Agassiz Progenitor-366262 and ANotknown Miss-366263.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.60 M iv Captain Cary Richard-417061 died in 1862 in Battle Cedar Mountain.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.Richard married Shelton Helen Eugenua-417062 daughter of Shelton Progenitor-513096 and SNotknown Miss-513097.
Named in Sparhawk genealogy.
20. Perkins Caroline-194248 (Thomas Handsyd , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ).
Caroline married Lawyer Gardiner William Howard-194251 son of Gardiner Senior-196173 and GNotknown Miss-196174. William was born in 1798. He died in 1882.
L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Cabot Family, 1475-1927. In Two Volumes. Boston, Privately printed, Charles E. Goodspeed and Co., 1927.
William and Caroline had the following children:
+ 61 M i Gardiner Charles Perkins-200209.
23. Perkins Thomas Handasyd Jr.-197293 (Thomas Handsyd , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1796. He died in 1850.
source is?
Thomas married Dumaresq Jane Frances Rebecca-197294 daughter of Captain US-China trade Dumaresq Philip of Boston-241938 and wife? DeBlois Margaretta-241943. Jane was born in 1799 in Perkins, or Swan Island. She died in 1856.
Is her father - Capt Dumaresq employed by TH Perkins Snr?
Thomas and Jane had the following children:
62 M i Perkins Thomas Handasyd Perkins Jr.-197295. 63 M ii Perkins Augustus Thorndike-197296.
He is probably the A. T. P who is a family genealogist.64 M iii Perkins Philip Dumeresque-197297.
Is he named for the Capt Dumaresq that Perkins gives a bonus?+ 65 M iv Lawyer Perkins Augustus Thorndike-344526 was born in 1827. He died in 1891.
25. Of Boston Sturgis Anne Cushing-197292 (Elizabeth Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1797. She died in 1892.
Anne married Opium dealer for Perkins in Boston Paine Frederick William-177442 son of Dr, Loyalist Paine William-177440 and Orne Lois-364934. Frederick was born in 1788 in Salem. He was christened in 1817 in Active. He died in 1869 in Worcester Mass.
gapskey as son of a Loyalist. Code-China. Code-Red. Code-US. Perkins China merchant. He in 1806 made a supercargo voyage around the world, to N/w Coast America and China, home by 1809. Same voyage again in 1812, also to Isle of France and Philippines, home by 1816. In 1818 he went to London/Europe as agent for Perkins. Married,, then to London again for Perkins in 1825-1826. He must be the FW noted in Chaitkin at Leghorn, p. 126ff. Does he have brother William F - they are in trade about Mauritius Isle of France etc? He is father of the author of Item on www.archive.org/stream on A Sketch of the children of Dr William Paine, 1774-1869.
Frederick and Anne had the following children:
66 M i Paine George Sturgis-415001 was born in 1833. He died in 1908 in England. + 67 M ii Paine James Perkins-383539 was born in 1827. He died in 1910. 68 F iii Unmarried Paine Betsy-425437. 69 F iv Paine Miss E or B. O. P.-511164.
find her identity 26-8-2010 She is the author of Item on www.archive.org/stream on A Sketch of the children of Dr William Paine, 1774-1869.Miss married Sturgis Mr-511165.
30. Sturgis Nathaniel Russell-345491 (Elizabeth Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1779. He died in 1856.
See an article at www.newenglandancestors.org/ by Gary Boyd Roberts on Notable Descendants of Rev John Lothropp/Lathrop the Founder of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Per www.wargs.com/ He has twelve children. See John McCormick, John Deleon et al, George Santayana, as a Google Books Result.
Nathaniel married Parkman Susannah-345461 daughter of Merchant Boston Parkman Samuel-360599 and wife2 Rogers Sarah-178267.
See John McCormick, John Deleon et al, George Santayana, as a Google Books Result. See an article at www.newenglandancestors.org/ by Gary Boyd Roberts on Notable Descendants of Rev John Lothropp/Lathrop the Founder of Barnstable, Massachusetts. She had 12 children. Per www.wargs.com/ She had 12 children.
Nathaniel and Susannah had the following children:
+ 70 M i parent recheck Sturgis Frederic Russell-360545. + 71 M ii Merchant Manila and Baring Bros London Sturgis Russell-360548 was born in 1805. He died in 1887. + 72 M iii Sturgis James-383558. + 73 F iv Sturgis Elizabeth Parkman-414563 was born in 1809. She died in 1848. + 74 M v Sturgis George-414650 was born in 1817. He died in 1857. + 75 F vi Sturgis Sarah Blake-345462 was born in 1815. + 76 M vii Lawyer Chairman Barings Bank London Sturgis Russell-359154 was born in 1805. He died in 1887. + 77 M viii Sturgis Robert Shaw-414696 was born in 1824. He died in 1876. 78 M ix Far East Merchant Sturgis Henry-436051 was born in 1806. He died in 1869.
His wife was buried in Manila, Philippines.
31. Perkins Stephen Higginson-200249 (Samuel G. , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ).
Stephen married Sullivan Sarah-200250 daughter of Sullivan Progenitor-463893 and SNotknown Miss-267380. Sarah was born in 1808 in Paris. She died in 1839 in Boston.
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Stephen and Sarah had the following children:
+ 79 M i Perkins Francis William-200247. 80 M ii Perkins Stephen-360174 died in Battle of Cedar Mountain. + 81 M iii Perkins Richard Sullivan-360175 was born in 1837. He died in 1872.
32. Rev Unitarian Perkins James Handasyd-345315 (Samuel G. , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born in 1810. He died in 1849.
James married Elliott Sarah Hart-345316 daughter of Elliott Progenitor-359902 and ENotknown Miss-359903.
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James and Sarah had the following children:
+ 82 M i Perkins Charles Eliot-344537 was born in 1840. He died in 1907. + 83 M ii Perkins Edward Cranch-197270. 84 M iii Perkins James Handsyd II-504470 was born in 1848. He died in 1889. James married Stettinius Mary Longworth-504471 daughter of Stettinius John L.-504472 and SNotknown Miss-504473.
36. Opium trader, US merchant, Railroads Forbes John Murray-8057 (Margaret Mitchell Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born on 23 Feb 1813 in Bordeaux,France,,Railways. He died on 12 Oct 1898.
Code-US. He is a US agent for Barings in Dope Inc p. 127, a post taken over from Stephen Girard qv. See Hodson lists. Per Linda Minor. He is brother-in-law of Samuel Cabot. He has a son who establishes Bell Telephone Co. See email of 6-11-2000 from Linda Minor re her http. This may be the Forbes that Maxine Darnell suggests had a link to W. S. Davidson or others in a Davidson-type circle. See Dict Biog entry, he becomes a railroad executive, had six children including William Hathaway Forbes, came to US in 1828, headed a group of financiers which purchased unfinished MC RR from state of Michigan, for $2 million, extended it to Lake Michigan and Chicago, then rail to Mississippi River, across Iowa, helped organise Massachusetts for Civil War, Republican party. See May and Thomson, this man lived in Canton 1830-1836 and became a "lord chief" of American opium trade, later involved in US railway business.
John married Hathaway Sarah Swain-8136 daughter of Hathaway Stephen-99578 and Swain Lydia-75126 on 8 Feb 1834. Sarah was born on 20 Jan 1813. She died on 4 Oct 1900.
She has uncle Wm H. Swain. http per Linda Minor.
John and Sarah had the following children:
+ 85 M i Telephone development Forbes William Hathaway-8137 was born on 1 Nov 1840. He died on 11 Oct 1897. 86 F ii Forbes Ellen Randolph-54808 was born on 15 Nov 1838. She died on 8 Oct 1860.
Per Linda Minor.+ 87 M iii Forbes John Malcolm-44732 was born in 1847. He died in 1904. + 88 M iv Forbes Senior-126205. 89 F v Forbes Alice Hathaway-216963 was born in 1838. She died in 1917.
No notes.+ 90 F vi Forbes Mary Hathaway-360558 was born on 16 Jan 1844. She died on 2 Apr 1916. 91 F vii Wife2 Forbes Sarah-126324 was born in 1853. She died in 1917.
Per Linda Minor.Sarah married Hughes William Hastings-129142 son of Hughes John-87431 and Wilkinson Margaret Elizabeth-136107. William was born in 1833. He died in 1909.
see descent of Hughes http by Milne.
37. US-China trader Forbes Robert Bennet I-8138 (Margaret Mitchell Perkins , James , Edmund , Edmund , Progenitor ) was born on 18 Sep 1804 in Milton Suffolk Mass. He died on 3 Nov 1889.
Code-US. He is child3. See Hodson lists. Per Linda Minor. See email from NZ of 3-2-2001. See email of 6-11-2000 and re http of Linda Minor. He is a nephew of William Sturgis qv. he first went to sea aged 12. This may be a Forbes connection of WS Davidson as mentioned by Maxine Darnell. See notes re Herries ideas US trade direct with India by 1781 in notes to Herries qv. See Dict Biog entry. Sailor for his uncle's trading, sailed around world in 1824-1827, received storeship from his uncle when their firm merged with another to form the most powerful US-China trading firm in US-China in 1830, almost ruined by panic of 1837, went to Canton, became involved in Opium War, sent ice to Orient, regained fortune in Opium War blockades, invented Forbes rig for sailing ships. An early advocate of screw propellor and iron hulls, carried supplies to Irish in famine of 1847, also served as US and French vice-consul, had 1844 article, Remarks on China and the China Trade; he wrote on ocean steam navigation in 1855. http on descendants of Surgeon John Green of Rhode Island. There is also a Thomas Tunno Forbes. He is with Russell Sturgis and Co. He is cousin of John Perkins Cushing. Email and http of 6-11-2000 from Linda Minor. Website by Ron Ulrich.
Robert married Smith Rose Greene-344541 daughter of Smith John-383633 and Greene Rebecca Rose-383632. Rose was born in 1802. She died in 1885.
Website by Ron Ulrich.
Robert and Rose had the following children:
+ 92 F i Forbes Edith-344538 was born in 1842. 93 M ii Spendthrift Forbes Robert Bennett II-344542 was born in 1836/1837. He died in 1891.
Website by Ron Ulrich.+ 94 M iii US-China merchant Forbes James Murray-344543 was born in 1845. He died in 1871.
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