page_title: Simeon Perkins
hierarchical_section_title: Simeon Perkins
caption_attribution_description: English: Col Simeon Perkins of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. New York Public Library
context_page_description: Colonel Simeon Perkins was a Nova Scotia militia leader, merchant, diarist and politician. Perkins led the defence of Liverpool from attacks during the American Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In the 1770s, Liverpool was the second-largest settlement in Nova Scotia, next to Halifax. He also funded privateer ships in defence of the colony. He wrote a diary for 46 years, which is an essential historic document of this time period in Nova Scotian history. His home is now the Perkins House Museum. He was the grandfather of Joshua Newton Perkins.
context_section_description: Colonel Simeon Perkins (February 24, 1735 – May 9, 1812) was a Nova Scotia militia leader, merchant, diarist and politician. Perkins led the defence of Liverpool from attacks during the American Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In the 1770s, Liverpool was the second-largest settlement in Nova Scotia, next to Halifax. He also funded privateer ships in defence of the colony. He wrote a diary for 46 years (1766–1812), which is an essential historic document of this time period in Nova Scotian history.  His home is now the Perkins House Museum. He was the grandfather of Joshua Newton Perkins.
caption: Col Simeon Perkins of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Original in the Elizabeth Bishop Perkins House Museum, York, Maine[1][2][3]
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