James
Eakins
Born in Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rosannah (Unknown) Eakins
— married
1 Mar 1811 in Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Jane B. (Eakins) Kinder, Thomas Eakins, James Ervin Eakins Jr, William Eakins and Joseph Knox Eakins
Died about
at about age 81
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2018
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Biography
James Eakins Sr. born in the north of Ireland
James was a Scots-Irish weaver by trade. He met and married Rosannah also born in Ireland. She was born in 1788. They with other family members of his family came to America on the ship Ann whose Captain was Cpt. Alexander Howland, left Londonderry on June 8, 1811, arrived at New York40 days later, with 36 passengers of which were: JAMES EAKINS, ROSANNAH EAKINS, MARGARET EAKINS, MARGARET EAKINS JR. AND SARAH EAKINS. They settled outside the city limits of Philadelphia, PA. In 1823, James, his wife and one daughter and 3 sons moved to Cape Girardeau County, MO. All Eakins in this part of the County are direct descendants of this family.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
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~1.56%
Brenda Roberts
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