Caution Unless persuasive genealogical (primary source) evidence is located, with which to persuade otherwise, there appear to be several misconceptions about John Atkinson of Kirby Malham, Yorkshire, England.
Birth and Origins
John Atkinson was the son of Adam Atkinson and his wife Isabell (Frankland) Atkinson who was baptizes the 26th June 1636 at Kirkby Malham parish, Yorkshire, England.
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Web site Geni show's his baptism (without source citation) as 26th June 1636, at Keighley in West Yorkshire which is about twenty-one km (13 U.S. miles) from Kirkby Malham as the crow flies. It's unclear why Keighley village was chosen as no explanation is readily provided.
Marriage and Children
Many online family tree's show him married to Mary Canby (abt 1636 - aft 1657) of Fishlake, Yorkshire, England due to the presence of a marriage certificate between Mary and a John Atkinson dated 29 July 1651, at Fishlake. There are several reasons why the pairing of these two is probably inaccurate: In 1651 John Atkinson of Kirkby Malham would have been about fifteen years old making it much more likely that the wrong John has been identified. Additionally, Fishlake, which is a few kilometers from villages Thorne, Hatfield, Stainforth, Braithwaite, Wormley Hill and Moorends, all situated southeast of Pontefract, are, as the crow flies, over eighty-one km (50 U.S. miles) from Kirkby Malham which reduces the likelyhood the correct John Atkinson has been selected for Mary's marriage partner.
At this time (June 2023) John's WikiTree profile has been detached from Mary Canby's due to the reasons just explained. If the family of John Atkinson of Kirkby Malham is later identified, using persuasive genealogical evidence, these comments should be relocated to a Research Notes section of the profile in order to inform those whose family tree's are based upon the earlier online information.
Death
His death date at this time needs to be researched.
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