Born in Henry County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Adkins
and Mary (Unknown) Adkins
Husband of
Rachel (Emmerson) Adkins
— married
9 Apr 1780 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Frederick Adkins, Hezekiah Adkins, Jeptah G Atkinson, Milton Howard Adkins, Lucas Adkins, Nathan Adkins and Henry Adkins
Died
at about age 55
in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Joel (Adkins) Atkinson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003615.
Joel was born in 1753. He was the son of Richard Adkins and Mary Thacker. He passed away in 1808.
Sources
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 May 2023), "Record of Joel Atkinson", Ancestor # A003615.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #156861431
- Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15668154&pid=95
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Rick Webb
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #B73026 - William Mullins :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #AM39533
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~3.12%
Barry Atkinson :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Sheila (Adkins) Burks :
23andMe, GEDmatch MP4154832 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A742882 [compare], Ancestry member sburksrus
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~1.56%
Arthur Gibson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 8762920 [compare], Ancestry member artieg
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~1.56%
Janet (Henson) Adams :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JAN2ee10d3f, Ancestry member S_paw_1
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~1.56%
Sharon Mullins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Gary Coleman :
Autosomal DNA Test
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H447796 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sabrina Robinson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Pat Davis :
23andMe, GEDmatch M181730 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZD9696575 [compare], Ancestry member patdavis47
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~0.78%
Addison Walker :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Angie (Gilliam) McCall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member angie65459
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~0.78%
Polly (Stumbo) Mead :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
David Adkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dbadkins1
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~0.78%
Gary Coleman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YD1994170 [compare], yourDNAportal GAR4a3cfcdc
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~0.78%
Jenna (Jarrell) Bates :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kathy (Justice) Jewell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Claris (Cole) Aller :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QU7211740 [compare], FTDNA kit #898895
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~0.78%
Gerri (Litton) Dotson :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H849432 [compare]
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~0.39%
Amy Brickey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A633177 [compare], Ancestry member amybrickey
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~0.39%
Dawn (Bacon) Trybjorn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A813337 [compare], FTDNA kit #B421203
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Categories: NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
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I am not sure that the two Joel's are the same person.
The marriage record to Rachel can be found here:
What's interesting about this marriage bond is that a Joseph Akin posts the bond. Joel doesn't have a brother named Joseph, so who is this guy that knows Joel so well he is willing to post a bond for his marriage? Generally someone is a close family member to do this and often a father or brother. In 1780, Joel's father Richard is still alive. He would've been about 63 years old so maybe he is infirm and unable to post the bond himself. Then that usually falls to a brother or the groom posts his own bond but here we have a Joseph Akin (Jos. is an abbreviation for Joseph and the name of Akin could just be a mis-spelling of Atkin/Adkin). Further on the page, however, we see the same Jos. Akin post bond for many other people- James Farmer, Moses Hutchings, Tobias Kingary, and many others. It could be possible that Jos. Akin was simply a bondsman for those that didn't have a family member to post bond and that he was paid for his services. Could be he was family to all these people but that is highly unlikely.
Also, the marriage bond is dated April 9th, 1780 so the marriage was after this date.
I am still searching for confirmation to prove/disprove that there are two Joel's and to confirm the records of the other wives as shown in recent genealogy books published on Richard's family line (Adkins Kith and Kin, Elliott County, Kentucky Research Group, Inc., "The Adkins Family of Kentucky, being a record of the family of William Adkins and Elizabeth Parker whose descendants settled in Kentucky," 24 Hour Books On-Demand Publishing, Kentucky: 2018.)
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