John
Adkins
Born about in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anne (Pew) Adkins
— married
18 Jul 1700 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Adkins, Thomas Adkins, John Francis Adkins, Joseph Adkins and Mary (Adkins) Langridge
Died after
after about age 48
in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
Profile managers:
Herbert Wolfe 
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Biography
1678/9 Feb 1: Henrico County Court - John Atkins aged 17 yeares or thereabouts Deposeth That he the said John Atkins carried the wheate to the mill at [?] [?] hill And that he did not meddle with any of the said wheate [?] & ye Miller tyed it up he brought it home to his masters house & further ye depondent saith not. Recorded 1 February 1678/9.[1]
On 1 February 1692/3, a John Adkins appears to have been a defendant in a case of trespass.[2]
John Adkins married Ann Childress at St John's Church, Henrico Parish, on 18 July 1700.[3] No further details are given.
In 1704, a John Adkins appears with 125 acres in a quit-rents list.[4]
On 5 May 1709, John Adkins witnessed the Will of Henry Pew.[5] The Will also names Henry's daughter (John's wife) Anne (Pew) Adkins, and Henry's grandson (John and Anne's son) Joseph Adkins. The Will also names Henry's grandson John Childers and granddaughter Jane Childers. We can infer that Henry's daughter Anne Pew was the widow of a Childers when she married John Adkins in 1700,
John Adkins or a namesake appraised the inventory of Sarah Mathews on 6 Jan 1710.[6]
On 15 December 1710, John Atkins witnessed the Will of John Price,[7]his brother-in-law. John Price was the husband of Jane Pew. Henry Pew names his daughters Jane (Pew) Price and Anne (Pew) Adkins in his Will.[5]
Research Notes
Vital Statistics
Birth
His birth is estimated from his 1 Feb 1678/9 deposition[1] where he stated he was "aged 17 yeares or thereabouts", (1 Feb 1679 - about 17 years) = about 1 Feb 1662.
Death
He died after 15 December 1710, based on him witnessing the Will of John Price on that date.
No later mention of John Adkins or his wife has yet been found.
More Than One John Adkins
It is not clear what research has been done to ensure there is only one John Adkins in Henrico County between 1679 and 1710, to therefore ensure all the records attached to this profile are the same person. This is a concern due to this profile previously conflated with at least one other John Adkins. See Possibly Conflated below. Spratlin-29 21:40, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Possibly Conflated
This was previously a conflated profile. But clearly a John Adkins who married the widow Anne (Pew) Childers at St John's in Henrico Co. in 1700 is not the same John Adkins who was already buried in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England.
Details of the English John have been moved to his own profile. This profile is the John Adkins who married Anne Pugh.
His wife's profile shows children named as Joseph and John Francis in one place, Joseph and James in another place. Henry's will mentions only Joseph, but doesn't try to list all grandchildren.
The will of a John Atkinson was presented at Henrico county court by Elizabeth Atkinson on 7th Aug 1721. She was a Quaker. A John Atkinson appears frequently in Quaker records.
That will is probably the one described by Henry Atkinson in 1739. Dated 11 April 1720. John Atkinson of Henrico Co held 65 acres in that county and left it to his son, the said Henry.
There was another John Atkinson, as the name appears twice in connection with the death of Thomas Atkinson (husband of Sarah) in 1727. Indications are that the Quaker Atkinsons probably lived in St Paul's Parish, ie. that part of New Kent Co that became Hanover Co, and later moved on to Goochland Co.[8]
The question is whether this John Adkins, like his wife, had a previous spouse, and perhaps children with her. He could be identical with some other known John Adkins.
It's possible he was the father of the William Atkinson who married Richard Parker's daughter at St John's in 1716.
Since he appears not to have left a will, evidence is lacking.
List of some early Adkinses in Virginia.
This statement below was previously listed, and exhibits conflation as it lists the incorrect birth date.
- John was born about 1635. He passed away in 1721.
Unsourced Marriage
The addition of an unsourced marriage (Mary Elizabeth (Davidson) Adkins (abt.1670-1738)) to this project managed profile was reversed pending proper sourcing. Spratlin-29 15:08, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 County Court, Henrico County, Virginia, Henrico County, Virginia, court records, Record book, Vol. 1-2 1677-1693; database with images, FamilySearch image 21.
- ↑ "Sheila-E-Powell", citing "Henrico County Record Book No. 2, 1678-1693 [Orders & Wills]", Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, (Winter 1996) 34:15
- ↑ Moore, J. Staunton (1904). History of Henrico Parish, p. 227.
- ↑ "Sheila-E-Powell", citing Annie Laurie Wright Smith, The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, p. 1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 County Court, Henrico County, Virginia, County Court records, deeds, wills, settlements of estates, etc., (Henrico County, Virginia), 1677-1787, 1697-1714.; database with images, FamilySearch (image 438).
- ↑ Weisiger, Benjamin B, ed. (1976). Colonial Wills of Henrico County, 1654-1737, p. 82 (citing Will book no. ? p. 49).
- ↑ County Court, Henrico County, Virginia, County Court records, deeds, wills, settlements of estates, etc., (Henrico County, Virginia), 1677-1787, 1697-1714.; database with images, FamilySearch (image 420, image 421).
- ↑ Hinshaw, W.W (1950). American Quaker Geneakogy, Vol. 6 (not 3), p. 154.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.
- WikiTree profile Adkins-835 created through the import of stobie.ged on Jul 2, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Cabell McKee
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23andMe
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~0.39%
Jean Atkins :
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How do we know that sufficient research has been done to ensure there is only one John Atkins referred to in this profile? If not, how do we know that the John Atkins that was 17 years old in 1678 is the same person as the rest of this profile?
That’s why I fixed it since that was last Sept. and has been way more than 3 days.
edited by Pattie (Breed) Plummer-Everett
Also, he was deposed in 1678 and stated his age as 17 which would give a birth about 1661, not 1670.
Is the marriage to Mary Elizabeth (Davidson) Adkins (abt.1670-1738) sourced? If not, it should be detached. At least the other marriage is in the biography.
Ken Spratlin Managed Profiles Coordinator US Southern Colonies Project
Cheers, Liz
Edit (addition):
P.S. The comment on the profile for son Thomas refers to a different John Adkins - the one who died in Sandy, England (left over from when profiles for this John and that John had been merged - see the facts about that John in Pattie's comment made yesterday [2 April? "20 hours ago"]).
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett