Simeon Perkins

Born in Connecticut, Perkins moved to Nova Scotia in 1762 and became a leading entrepreneur of Liverpool township. As Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia he conducted himself during the American Revolution as a zealous Loyalist and took shares in some of the famed Liverpool privateers. A member of the legislature (1765-99), he was also a justice of the Peace and a judge of probate for more than thirty years. His diary, kept from 1766 until his death, is a valuable source for the study of the economic, social and political life of those years. He died at Liverpool.

Perkins naquit au Connecticut et vint en Nouvelle-Écosse en 1762. Homme d’affaires important du canton de Liverpool, lieutenant-colonel de la milice, il fut, au cours de la Révolution américaine, un ardent loyaliste, et aida à financer les célèbres corsaires de Liverpool. Il fut député à l’Assemblée législative (1765-1799), juge de paix et juge à la Probate Court pendant plus de trente ans. Le journal qu’il tint de 1766 à sa mort est un document précieux sur la vie sociale, économique et politique de l’époque. Il mourut à Liverpool.