Frances (Edwards) Adkins (abt. 1535 - bef. 1610)

Born about 1535 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of Henry Adkins — married 25 Oct 1583 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 25 Dec 1610 before about age 75 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England

Disputed Parents

There are internet claims, without evidence, that Frances was the daughter of Rev. Richard Edwardes and Margaret Babb. This would give Frances a medieval royal lineage that is not recognized by professional genealogists.

Biography

Frances Edwards married Henry Atkins at Sandy, Bedfordshire, England on 25 Oct 1583.^[1]

She appears to have had at least 6 children. For further details see her husband's profile.

She was buried at Sandy on Christmas Day 1610.^[2]

Research Notes

There seems to have been no Edwards family in Sandy at this time, but there was an Edwards family at Southoe, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), 9 miles north of Sandy on the Great North Road, at the other side of St Neots. A Frances, daughter of William Edwardes, was baptized there on 15 Apr 1561.^[3]

A William Edwardes was buried at Southoe on 13 Mar 1567/8. A widow Agnes Edwardes was buried there on 8 Oct 1572.

An Ancestry tree shows Francis Edwards (male) born 1535 Sandy dying in Bristol in Dec 1610 citing FindAGrave. A bit of a coincidence that Frances Atkyns née Edwards (female) who lived in Sandy should have been buried in Dec 1610 in Sandy.

Name

Name: Frances /Edwards/^[4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1535

Place: Sandy, Bedfordshire, England^[5]

Death

Looks wrong

Death:

Date: 1604

Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Parish Register of Sandy 1538-1812". Bedfordshire County Record Office 1933. https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari06bedf/page/60
2. ↑ "The Parish Register of Sandy 1538-1812". https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari06bedf/page/90
3. ↑ Southoe PR, on FreeReg.
4. ↑ Source: #S-529581373 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=18526003088&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Henry Adkins CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=64
5. ↑ Source: #S-529581373 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=18526003088&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Henry Adkins CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=64
6. ↑ Source: #S-529581373 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=18526003088&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Henry Adkins CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=64

Sandy PR: marriage and burial on FreeReg.

Doug Burgess's family tree at rootsweb, citing Adkins Land of York, Surrey County, England to Beech Fork, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA by Ronnie Adkins.

Jane Leavell's website.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Edwards-4042 created through the import of Wood, Giles, Miller Families.ged on Jan 11, 2013 by Mary Frances Wood. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Frances and others.

Thank you to Kelly Sinclair for creating Edwards-6354 on 7 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Kelly and others.

Thank you to Jerry Powers for creating WikiTree profile Edwards-5073 through the import of Powers-White-Beddo Lines_2013-03-17_01.ged on Mar 17, 2013.

Thank you to Janice Vaughn for creating WikiTree profile Edwards-6057 through the import of Stern_Vaughn Family Tree(1).ged on Oct 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Janice and others.

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