Jim,
Ute was b. ca 1723 in Baltimore, MD to Elisha Perkins
and Margery Sherill. He was probably named after
Margery's brother Ute. Quite an colorful family unit:
Elisha was a horse thief and jailed in 1721 in Baltimore,
MD. They moved to Spotsylvania Co. VA. In 1735 his
brother-in-law Adam Sherill charged him with trespass
and he was jailed again. While Elisha was in prison, Margery
had a child by Christopher Holmes which she named after
her father, William Sherrill. Christopher Holmes raised the
boy and he ended up in Burke Co, NC. In November 1737
in Orange Co. VA the grand jury ruled that Christopher
Hoomes/Holmes "doth live in adultery with the wife of
Elisha Perkins, in the Parish of St. Marks." In April 1738
Elisha
was again jailed, this time for beating Margery. From time
to time, from 1737 until 1746, she was charged (an sometimes
Christopher Hoomes was charged, too) with various "crimes
of the flesh." In June 1738 Margery sued for separate alimony,
but inexplicably claimed she never married Elisha. The suit was
dropped.
Their son Ute is an example of "the apple doesn't fall far
from the tree." He was the head of the notorious Perkins
gang widely known in VA and MD. He frequently used aliases,
included John Bland and John and James Anderson. In 1747
he married Elizabeth Skeleron (Skillern), widow of "William
Skeleron late of Augusta Co. VA"; they were married by
Reverend John Hindman, but without a license, and in 1756
she denied the marriage based on that, although she was
calling herself "Elizabeth Perkins" on May 20, 1752 when
she was bound to peace towards James Carr along with
two sons, George and William Skillern.
Check out
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marcie/american/anderson1.html and
there is a great deal on the Andersons and Skillerns at
http://www.mindspring.com/~jogt/surnames/skillern.htm
I found this whole family fascinating, in a perverse sort of way!
Vickie Elam White
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Subject: Utes Perkins - Augusta County, VA
Hi folks
In the quest to write the Montgomery County, VA History, I have
run across
reference to a fellow named Utes Perkins, who was said to be a
highwayman in the
1750s in Augusta County. Would anyone out there have more
particulars on
this fellow or his "band" of highwaymen.
Many thanks
Jeff Weaver
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