Patience M. (Ballard) Atkins (1798 - 1872)

Born 24 Nov 1798 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Nye Atkins — married 6 Jan 1824 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1872 at age 73 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Patience was born to Thankful (Godfrey) and Augustus Ballard on 24 Nov 1798^[1] in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, which was thought of as Massachusetts at that time.

Patience lost her husband shortly, it has been believed, after 21 May 1837, the day his will was written. This will clearly lays out that Thomas and Patience had three daughters, with no mention of lost children or sons, living or dead. All three daughters were under the age of 21, as their bequests would not be paid until they reached that age.

1. Harriet Ann Atkins
2. Hannah Thankful Atkins
3. Eliza Ballard Atkins

Thomas Atkins will:^[2] This will does not show a probate date. It was drawn on 21 May 1837, being of of sound mind but weak of body, suggesting that Mr, Atkins felt his time was drawing nigh. However, scanning a will entered before and another entered after his will, one notes that dates in the 1850s and 1860s were mentioned, suggesting that he recovered what ailed him in 1837, and died later -- 1861, according to FindAGrave Maine Tombstone Inscriptions.^[3] In any case, he appeared in the 1860 census^[4] living with his wife Patience and their daughter Eliza B.

Patience died on 31 Jul 1872^[5] and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch, Patience Ballard, 24 Nov 1798; citing Hallowell, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ Will of Thomas Nye Atkins: "Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014"
   Ancestry Record 61910 #450006353 (accessed 25 April 2022)
   Will of Thomas N, granted probate.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014," database, FamilySearch, Thomas N Atkins in entry for Patience Ballard Atkins, 1872; citing Death, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 101180682.
4. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: M653_439; Page: 464; Family History Library Film: 803439
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #44818263 (accessed 25 April 2022)
   Thos N Atkins (66), Farmer, in Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine. Born in Maine.
5. ↑ Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, U.S., Birth & Death records 1800-: "Gardiner, Kennebec County Maine, U.S., Birth & Death records 1800-1892"
   Flint, James, comp.. Vital Records of Gardiner, Kennebec County, ME. Vol. 1. Henry Sewall Webster of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3087), 1914
   Ancestry Record 5529 #5377 (accessed 13 July 2022)
   Patience Atkins death.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #86770765