Benjamin Perkins of Meredith, dated April 29, 1818, 57 years old, deposed. He enlisted in Epping, January, 1777, under Capt. Jason Wait, Col. Joseph Cilley, in 1st N. H. Regiment, for three years, served his time and was discharged at Danbury, Conn., January 25, 1780. He was in both battles at Saratoga or Stillwater, in 1777, and at Monmouth in 1778. The discharge certificate of Benjamin Perkins of Epping, Rockingham County, N. H., who served three years in the 1st N. H. Regiment, dated Camp Danbury, January 25, 1780, signed by Col. Joseph Cilley. Nothing on file to indicate that pensioner ever applied to have his name remain on the rolls in 1820.

August 23, 1832, Benjamin Franklin Perkins of Meredith, 72 years of age, applied under Act of 1832, and returned the certificate sent him under Act in 1818. He testified that he had lived in Meredith more than forty years, was formerly a pensioner but dropped under Act of 1820, and has not since been restored. Claim allowed and certificate No. 6320, N. H. Agency, was issued February 28, 1833. From memorandum on file it appears that in 1840 Benjamin Perkins, aged 79 years, was still living in Meredith. He is the only Revolutionary pensioner named Benjamin Perkins from a New England State, although there is one from Virginia.

Benjamin Perkins, 1760-1848, came from Epping. He married, about 1783, Betsey Swain, 1762-1847, a daughter of Elias Swain of Meredith and a half sister to Bennett Swain. Their children:
1. Mary (Polly), 1785-1848; m. Daniel Mead.
2. Philbrick, 1787-1863; m. Sarah - -, 1786-1866. They had a son, Charles, who was an Advent minister, 1819-1859.
3. Sally, 1789-1859.
4. Jacob, 1791-1875; m. Widow Nancy (Randlett) Crockett in 1819. They had children: Mary Frances, 1829- 1873; Benjamin, Jacob and Elizabeth.
5. John, 1796-1816.
6. Betsey, 1799-1816.
7. Nancy, 1801-1875.
8. Ruth, 1804-1897.
Source: Meredith, N. H. Annals and Genealogies arranged by Mary E. Neal Hanaford 1932.