The son of John Perrins of Bristol, glassmaker (A).
| 1753 | 11 Apr. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1756 | 26 Jun. His apprenticeship was transferred to William Taylor (A). |
| 1765-69 | He stood sureties of £5 for John Fry and John Hill to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1768 | 19 Mar. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1774 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1781 | Potter, Bath, Somerset (P). |
| 1788 | 2 May. Possibly the ‘John Perkins, potter, Temple Backs’ who stood surety of ‘£20 for the appearance of Thomas Sayce to answer Articles of Peace exhibited against him by Elizabeth Hart’ (T). |
| 1812 | Potter, Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |