Hello,
You are indeed correct about the wife of Jonathan Fowler Perkins. I have a copy of the marriage record and it states that she is the widow of Joel Leet. Rhoda died 1 Dec 1838 and is buried in Claremont Hill Cemetery, Shipton, Quebec. The county for Shipton in 1820 was Buckinghamshire and not Richmond.
I have a copy of the Will for Jonathan and he lists only his son Joel and his grandson William Fowler Perkins. Will is dated 14 Nov 1859.
Joel Perkins married Mary/Polly Richardson, d/o Dexter & Anna (Perkins) Richardson.
I have "Jabez Guy Richardson", bc 1797 in US, married to Rachel Olney Nutting. He is listed as "Jabez" in the 1851 Shipton census. Jabez died 8 May 1853 and Rachel married 2) William Copeland. I do not have parents listed for either of these individuals.
I have done lots of research on most of the early families of Shipton & Melbourne area. I am sending you my email address so we can send messages driectly rather than this way. Hope you will agree to this.
Micki M.
mismicki@aol.com