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machine shop on the line of the Old Colony
railroad, now the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad, which has ever held an important
place in the maniifacturing establishments
of the town. Mr. Perkins possessed a
profound knowledge of the history and development
of the iron industry and with the eye
of an expert gave attention to every requirement
of his office and to the operations and products
of his foundry. For many years the large annual
production of pianoforte frames, the inventions
of the Chickerings and other manufacturers,
included much of the workmanship of
this foundry and established its reputation for
the production of work of the best quality of
American iron and illustrative of the perfection
of the art of casting. For many years also
Mr. Perkins was interested in the prosperity of
the Eagle Cotton Gin Company of Bridgewater,
which gave emplojrment to a large number
of men, and for a long period held the position
of president of the company. Interested
in public affairs, he did not seek or hold political
office, but devoted himself to the demands of
his occupation, and remained in active business
life- for more than sixty years.
As a man of untiring energy and honorable
business methods he was enabled to achieve success
in his undertakings and was respected and
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 649
omet Purchase or Shawomet Lands, which included
that part of Swansea which later became
the town of Somerset. Mr. Slade located
in Swansea as early as 1680, the year of the
beginning of the first record book, and the
meetings of the proprietors were held at his
house after their discontinuance at Plymouth,
in 1677. Mr. Slade was a large landholder,
his possessions including the ferry across
Taunton river which took his name, Slade's
ferry, and which remained in the family until
the river was bridged in 1876, and it was last
operated by William L. and Jonathan Slade.
Mr. Slade married Sarah, daughter of Rev.
Obadiah Holmes, of Rehoboth. He died March
30, 1729, aged sixty-seven years; Sarah, his
widow, died Sept. 10, 1761, aged ninety-seven,
and her descendants numbered 435 at that
time. Of their ten children three were sons:
Mary, born in May, 1689; William, born in
1692; Edward, born June 14, 1694; Elizabeth,
bom Dec. 3, 1695; Hannah, born July
15, 1697; Sarah; Martha, bora Feb. 27, 1699;
Phebe, born Sept. 25, 1701; Jonathan, born
Aug. 3, 1703 (died aged about eighteen) ;
Lydia, born Oct. 8, 1706.
(II) Edward Slade, son of William, born
June 14, 1694, married (first) in 1717 Elizabeth
Anthony, (second) Dec. 6, 1720, Phebe,
daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Sherman)
Chase, and (third) Deborah Buffum. They
were members of the Society of Friends. His
children were born as follows: By the first
marriage — William, Sept. 25, 1718; by the
second marriage— Samuel, Sept. 26, 1721 ;
esteemed by those who were in his employ, and
by the members of the community of which he
was a benefactor. He will long be remembered
for his spirit of benevolence and for the qualities
of heart which endeared him to his family
and associates. His death occurred March 24,
1901.
Mr. Perkins married July 16, 1848. Amelia
Bartlett Sherman, daughter of Aaron Simmons
aid Lydia (Whitney) Sherman, of Bridgewater.
Their children were: Ralph, born March 26,
1849 ; Katharine, Oct. 6, 1851 ; Henry, Nov. 24,
1853 (died Dec. 12, 1854) ; Annie, Jan. 24,
1855 (died July 2, 1858) ; Clara, May 11, 1856
(died May 24, 1888) ; Ebenezer, March 27,
1859; Charles, March 24, 1862; Amelia, June
16, 1864 ; Enoch, Oct. 24, 1866 ; Harry K., Aug.
11, 1868; Saba, Sept. 7, 1869.
SLADE. (I) William Slade, the first of
the line in this country, is said to have been
bom in Wales, Great Britain, the son of Edward,
of whom nothing seems to be known
more than that he died. This family is said
to have come from Somersetshire, England,
probably being of Wales Elizabeth, April 29, 1723; Joseph, Nov. 16,
1724; Sarah, in February, 1726; by the third
marriage—
Edward, Jr., Nov. 11, 1728; Philip,
April 19, 1730; Phebe, July 4, 1737: Mercy,
in 1744.
(III) Edward Slade, Jr., son of Edward
and Deborah (Buffum) Slade, bom Nov. 11,
1728, married June 4, 1756, Lydia Baker, his
cousin, daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia
(Slade)
only a short time.
William appears of record at Newport, R. I.,
in 1659. when admitted a freeman of the Colony.
He became an early settler in the Shaw-
Baker. Children: Baker, bom Sept.
20, 1759; John; Edward; Sarah; Phebe.
(IV) Baker Slade, son of Edward, Jr., born
Sept. 20, 1759, married March 18, 1784, Hannah,
daughter of Capt. Mial Pierce and his
wife Hepsibeth (Mason), of Swansea and
Somerset, Mass. They were farming people
of Somerset. Their ten children were born
as follows: Lydia, April 1, 1785; Edward, Jan.
8, 1787; JohiQ, Sept. 17, 1789; Jonathan, Oct.
27, 1791; Mial, April 13, 1793; Elizabeth,
March 8, 1795: Philip, March 17, 1797; Hannah,
Feb. 15, 1799; Sarah, April, 1801; Levi,
Aug. 29, 1804.