Nathaniel Atkins (1694)

Born 21 Nov 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Crowell — married 17 Oct 1716 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Nathaniel Atkins was born on 21 November 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] He was the son of Nathaniel Atkins and Winifred Chick.^[2]

He married Mary Crowell in Yarmouth on 17 October 1716.^[3]

Children

Children of Nathaniel Atkins and Mary Crowell include at least:

1. Bethia, b. 16 July 1717, in Truro^[4]
2. Nathaniel, b. abt 1722^[5]
3. Abigail, b. 18 Jun 1730, in Yarmouth^[6]
4. Mary, b. 29 Aug 1733, in Yarmouth^[7]

Research Notes

The birth year of abt 1722 for son Nathaniel is based on his gravestone. No clear record establishing the younger Nathaniel as the son of this Nathaniel and Mary has been found, but many researchers claim this connection and it appears likely given the repetition of the name Nathaniel in the previous and later generations of this family, the younger Nathaniel's birth in 1722, his marriage in Truro in 1748, and the gap between 1717-1730 in the other known children of the older Nathaniel and Mary.

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9XYZ : 3 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 153, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 92.
2. ↑ "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant 9 (1907): 7-14, at 7 ("Nathaniel Atkins the Son of Nathaniel and Winnie Atkins was borne the twentyfirst day of november In the year 1694").
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-HVM5 : 31 October 2019), Nathanil Adkins and Mary Crowel, 1 Oct 1716; citing Marriage, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009773. Note that the FamilySearch index record gives the date 1 Oct 1716, but the original record says "Nathanil adkins & mary Crowel were married October ye 17th : 1716: by david greenleaf").
4. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849," (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933), 15.
5. ↑ See Research Notes.
6. ↑ FamilySearch, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHX-4G7 : 14 January 2020).
7. ↑ FamilySearch, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCH6-2XT : 14 January 2020).