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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500690ezvthe.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Family of William Henry Atkinson</B></FONT><B>   |  </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Our Ancestors</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William Henry Atkinson"><U>William Henry Atkinson</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="046c8212ezvthe.gif"> <div> <B><U>Click here for:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>Home Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Our Family Name and Ancestors</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>William Henry Atkinson</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B><U>Our Ancestors</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> The information on the Atkinson family ancestors from Boston, Lincolnshire, England have been researched by a professional geneologist authorized by Harold Atkinson and Dale Atkinson.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="07e4ee70.gif" border=0 width="334" height="487" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>"We are not alone, for the spirits of our Ancestors are with us always"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="086a9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>The history of the name "ATKINSON"</U></div> <bR> <div>      The name ADKINS originated during the Thirteen and Fourteenth centuries in England.</div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" >Charles Bardsley states in his “English and Welsh Surnames” that</FONT></div> <div> “ . . . the surname ADKINS was derived from a combination of the surname Adam and the diminutive kin.” Following one tradition of the Anglo-Saxon people a well-loved child would have the first syllable of his name combined with the diminutive kin to form a new name.</div> <bR> <div>      In the case of the name “Adkins”, the first syllable of Adam [Ad] was combined with the diminutive kin to form Adkin. Adkin would be the child's pet or nickname and in many cases would become his legal name for life. In old English, the name was spelled ADEKYN, however in later centuries the name was sharpened to ADKIN. According to Bardsley, “all the other spellings were formed by misspelling.” This method of name forming was also used to identify a son named after his father much as we use Jr. today. A child named after his father, Adam, would be called Adkin to indicate “Little Adam” or son of Adam. </div> <bR> <div>      The earliest proven records of the Adkins family from 1716 had the name entered, most often, as Atkinson although Adkins, Adkinson, and Adkins were used.</div> <bR> <div>      The many spellings of the name [Adykyn, Adykyns, Adyknson, Atkyn, Atkynson, Adkinson, Attekson, Addykin, Akin, Akins, Adkins, Adkinson and Atkinson] came about during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.</div> <bR> <div>      Many people, because of their extremely primitive living conditions, did not learn to read or write, thus when some government official [census taker, court clerk, etc.] need to record the name they did it phonetically or simply as they thought it should be.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>This information on how the Atkinson name was formed was taken from the book written by:</I></div> <div> Ronnie Adkins ”ADKINS Land of York to Beech Fork.”</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="086a9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Our documented ancestral past starts in the mid 1700's in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Generation No. 1</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Name:</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" ><B> Thomas Atkinson</B></FONT></div> <div> <I>Born: </I>About 1731-1741</div> <div> <I>Died: </I>[unknown]</div> <div> <I>Father: </I>[unknown]</div> <div> <I>Mother:</I> [unknown</div> <div> <I>Marriage: </I>Sarah Hewison</div> <div> <I>Marriage Date and Place: </I>02 Oct. 1761, in Wainfleet All Saints Church</div> <bR> <div> Children:</div> <div>      <B>Thomas Atkinson</B>, born About 1767</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="07fa9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Generation No. 2</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Name:</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" ><B> Thomas Atkinson</B></FONT></div> <div> <I>Born: </I>About 1767</div> <div> <I>Died: </I>30 May, 1832, in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England</div> <bR> <div> <I>Father:</I> Thomas Atkinson</div> <div> <I>Mother:</I> Sarah Hewison</div> <bR> <div> <I>Marriage [1]: </I>Mary Rouse</div> <div> <I>Marriage Date and Place: </I>9 Dec. 1784, in Wainfleet All Saints Church</div> <bR> <div> Children:</div> <div>      Anne Atkinson, born 18 Nov. 1784, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Thomas Atkinson. born about 1786, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Mary Atkinson, born about 1787, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Sarah Atkinson, born about 1788, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Anne Atkinson, born about 1789, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      John Atkinson, born about 1790, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      William Atkinson, born about 1791, Wainfleet, England</div> <bR> <div> <I>Marriage [2]: </I>Mary Clough, daughter of William Clough and Mary [unknown]</div> <div> <I>Marriage Date and Place: </I>22 August, 1792, in Wainfleet All Saints Church</div> <bR> <div> Children:</div> <div>      Thomas Atkinson, born about 1793, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Elizabeth Atkinson, . born about 1794, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Anne Atkinson, born about 1796, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      John Atkinson, born about 1797, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire; died as infant</div> <div>      <B>John  Atkinson</B>, born about 1798, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Samuel Atkinson, born about 1799, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Susanna Atkinson, born about 1802, Wainfleet, England</div> <bR> <div> <I>Note: </I>Thomas Atkinson's will named as inheritors, his sons John and Samuel.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="08aa9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Generation No. 3</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Name:</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" ><B> John Atkinson</B></FONT>, farmer</div> <div> <I>Born: </I>About 1798 Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <div> <I>Father:</I> Thomas Atkinson</div> <div> <I>Mother:</I> Mary Clough</div> <bR> <div> <I>Marriage: </I>Lucy Maidens, daughter of Jacob Maidens and Lucy Thorndike</div> <div> <I>Marriage Date and Place: </I>12 Jan. 1826, in Thorpe St. Peter</div> <bR> <div> Children:</div> <div>      Mary Atkinson, born about 1826, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Sarah Atkinson. born about 1828, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      John Atkinson, born about 1830, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      <B>Jacob Maidens Atkinson</B>, born about 1832, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Thomas Atkinson, born about 1834, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>       Elizabeth Atkinson, born about 1835, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>       James Atkinson, born about 1838, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <div>       Anne Atkinson, born about 1838, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="07fa9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Generation No. 4</U></B></I></div> <div> <I>Name:</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" ><B> Jacob Maidens Atkinson</B></FONT>, brewer's assistant</div> <div> <I>Born: </I>About 1833 Wainfleet Lincs, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <div> <I>Father:</I> John Atkinson</div> <div> <I>Mother:</I> Lucy Maidens</div> <bR> <div> <I>Marriage: </I>Mary Ann Harlock, daughter of John Harlock and Martha Moore</div> <div> <I>Marriage Date and Place: </I>15 August, 1852, in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <div> Children:</div> <div>      Maria Atkinson, born 1853 in Frithville, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Elizabeth Atkinson, born about 1855</div> <div>      Frederick Atkinson, born about 1856, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Fred Atkinson, born about 1859</div> <div>      Martha Atkinson. born about 1859, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Jessie Atkinson, born about 1863, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      John Atkinson, born about 1865, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Mary Jane Atkinson, born about 1867, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Sarah Ann Atkinson, born about 1869, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Rose Ann  [Rosina] Atkinson, born about 1872, Boston, Lincolnshire</div> <div> <B>     William Henry Atkinson</B>, born 02 April, 1875, Leake, Lincolnshire</div> <div>      Kate Amy Atkinson, born April 1878, Leake, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <div> <I>Note:</I></div> <div>            Maria Atkinson married Henry Roberts [a brother to Rose Anne's</div> <div>             husband Alfred]. They emigrated to Toowoomba, Queensland,</div> <div>             Australia.</div> <div>                                          </div> <div> <I>           </I></div> <div> Rose Ann [Rosina] Atkinson married Alfred Roberts, 11 Oct. 1894. </div> <div> They are buried in the church cemetery in Wrangle, Lincolnshire.</div> <div> [No known children].</div> <bR> <div> Sarah Ann Atkinson married George Pickswell May 15, 1890.</div> <div> [No known children].</div> <bR> <div> Mary Jane  Atkinson married Robert Henry Needham on </div> <div> May 18, 1885.</div> <div> [No known children].</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07fa9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>