Lucinda Atkins was born on 28 October 1815 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. Her birth, although recorded in Mt. Vernon, may have taken place elsewhere.1
Marriage*
She married Moses J. Gove in March? 1838 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. There were two conflicting marriage notices in two separate issues of the Maine Farmer, the first giving the groom's name as Johnson Gove and the second Moses J. Gove. The second has been used here on the assumption that it was a correction and that the J. stands for Johnson. The first notice was dated 13 March so the marriage took place at some point before that date. More research is necessary.2
Death*
Lucinda died by May 1865. "Heirs of Lucinda Gove" were mentioned in her father's 1865 probate records.3
Citations
Mt. Vernon, Maine, Vital Records,.
Elizabeth Keene Young and Benjamin Lewis Keene, Marriage Notices from the Maine Farmer, 1833-1852 (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1995), p.11.
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, Kennebec County, Charles Atkins of Mt. Vernon, Maine).
Charles Atkins
M, b. 12 March 1818, d. 19 November 1819
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Charles died on 19 November 1819 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. His birth and death, although recorded in Mt. Vernon, may have taken place elsewhere.2
Burial*
He was buried in the East Readfield Cemetery in Readfield, Kennebec County, MaineG. His tombstone reads: "Two sons of Rev. Charles & Rebecca ATKINS both Charles. The former Died Nov 19, 1819 AE 1 yr. 8 mos. The latter Died Feb 8, 1826 AE 10 mos. 17 days."3
Citations
Mt. Vernon, Maine, Vital Records,.
Gravestone for date.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of two sons of Rev. Charles & Rebecca Atkins, both Charles.
Melissa Atkins
F, b. 29 March 1820, d. 28 December 1842
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Melissa Atkins was born on 29 March 1820 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. Her birth, although recorded in the Mt. Vernon records, may have taken place elsewhere.1
Charles died on 8 February 1826 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. His birth and death, although recorded in Mt. Vernon, may have taken place elsewhere.2
Burial*
He was buried in the East Readfield Cemetery in Readfield, Kennebec County, MaineG. His tombstone reads: "Two sons of Rev. Charles & Rebecca ATKINS both Charles. The former Died Nov 19, 1819 AE 1 yr. 8 mos. The latter Died Feb 8, 1826 AE 10 mos. 17 days."3
Citations
Mt. Vernon, Maine, Vital Records,.
Gravestone for date.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of two sons of Rev. Charles & Rebecca Atkins, both Charles.
Mary Manter
F, b. 16 December 1792, d. 26 January 1850
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Mt. Vernon, Maine, Vital Records, for date only, recorded long after the event.
Her daughter Eliza's death record in 1914 confirms her mother's place of birth as being Wayne, Maine, although her daughter Ruth's 1908 death record specifies North Wayne.
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554 (Gives the year as 1793).
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Gravestone.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of Mary wife of Rev. Charles Atkins aged 56 years.
David Manter
M, b. 12 November 1763, d. 5 June 1820
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Charles Wesley Atkins
M, b. 29 May 1827, d. 27 May 1863
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Charles Wesley Atkins was born on 29 May 1827 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. His birth, although recorded in Mt. Vernon, may have taken place elsewhere.1
He and Mary were living in Canaan, Maine at the time of the 1850 census with their 2-year-old daughter Fanny. He was a farmer who owned real estate worth $200. By the time of the 1860 census he was back in Mount Vernon living with his parents and his wife and daughter were not with him. His occupation was physician.
When the 1865 Mass. state census was taken they were living in Roxbury, Mass. In 1870 they were living in Boston with two children as well as Ruth's niece Fanny J. Atkins and two other people named Franklin Merritt and Mary Finley. John was a boot and shoe dealer at the time living in a house worth $12,000 with personal estate worth $10,000.
Catherine Keziah Atkins was born on 20 June 1831 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, MaineG. Her birth, although recorded in Mt. Vernon, may have taken place elsewhere.1
Her gravestone includes this "Also her infant dau JUSTINA Died Feb 26, 1861," which makes it sound like the mother died from complications of childbirth. They had three children.
Citations
Mt. Vernon, Maine, Vital Records,.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of Catharine K. Wife of Geo W. Gilkey & dau of Rev. Charles & Mary Atkins.
Samuel was a lawyer by profession, but later in life gave most of his attention to his property interests. He was also a prominent Mason for more than 35 years.
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of Deborah wife of Rev. Charles Atkins, aged 99 years, 7 mos. 15 days, which calculates to 12 Jul 1792.
Gravestone.
East Readfield Cemetery, Readfield, Maine, Gravestone of Deborah wife of Rev. Charles Atkins aged 99 years, 7 months, 15 days..
Jabez Hall
M
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Mary died on 22 December 1943 in Deaconess Hospita in Lincoln, Logan County, IllinoisG. She had been a patient for 10 weeks after breaking her hip in a fall.2
Mary graduated from Lincoln High School in 1886. She never married.2,1
Citations
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Samuel Thomas Atkins Jr. was born on 23 December 1867 in Lincoln, Logan County, IllinoisG. Find-a-Grave says he was born in Lyons, Cook Co., Illinois.1
Samuel Thomas Atkins Jr. married second Margaret Thrall, daughter of Phillip Thrall and Laura Edson, on 31 July 1915 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, MichiganG. She had been married twice before, the last to a man by the last name of Lathrop.3,4
According to the Cleveland Genealogy, published in 1897 he was unmarried and living in Chicago. He was employed as a lumber estimator and was a member of the Odd Fellows. He apparently got married right about the time when the book was published. In the 1900 census he and his wife were living at 1702 Briar Place or Belmont Avenue, it's unclear which. His occupation was recorded as lumber estimator. Ten years later the 1910 census of Chicago recorded them at 4845 Washington Boulevard and Samuel worked as a building contractor. This was also the address they lived at a few months later when Mate died. In 1920 they he and his new wife Margaret were at 4807 Washington Boulevard and Samuel was a real estate agent.
His wives are apparently sisters, since Mate's death record and Margaret's marraige record both state that their father was Phillip Thrall. A quick look at census records for Phillip Thrall family didn't find one with either Mate or Margaret in it, however.1
Citations
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
1900 census of Chicago says they had been married for three years.
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 for scan of original marriage record).
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Herbert Rich Atkins
M, b. 5 February 1872
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1890 and later attended the University of Illinois for one term. In 1897 he was unmarried and managing a large farm near Lincoln.
Citations
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
John William Atkins
M, b. 24 April 1875
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1893 and taught school the following winter. The next summer he moved to Chicago where he worked as a bookkeeper until November 20, 1897, after which he moved back to Lincoln. In July 1897 he was made a Knight Templar, becoming the youngest person ever made a Mason in Illinois to that date.
Citations
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Walter Bates Atkins
M, b. 23 December 1878
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1895 and was residing in Chicago in 1897.
Citations
Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899), p.1554.
Rebecca Atwood
F, b. 3 August 1704, d. 25 November 1776
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Rebecca Atwood was born on 3 August 1704 in Barnstable County, MassachusettsG. While her birth is recorded some years later in the Truro town records, Truro was not a town until five years after she was born, so she was likely either born in Eastham where her parents were married, or in the area later known as Truro, which prior to that time was called Pawmett.1
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Truro Records, 1902-1770, scan of original record, p.42 of scanned images, p.45 of original record ).
George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, abstracted online by the Massachusetts Vital Records Project, <https://ma-vitalrecords.org/> (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933). Hereinafter cited as Truro VRs online.
John B. Dyer, Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass., from 1713 to 1840 (Provincetown, Mass.: Advocate Press, 1991), p.6. Hereinafter cited as Truro Old North Cemetery Inscriptions.
Isaiah Atkins
M, b. 3 August 1723, d. 17 April 1752
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Truro Records, 1902-1770, scan of original town records p.41).
George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, abstracted online by the Massachusetts Vital Records Project, <https://ma-vitalrecords.org/> (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933). Hereinafter cited as Truro VRs online.
John B. Dyer, Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass., from 1713 to 1840 (Provincetown, Mass.: Advocate Press, 1991), p.6. Hereinafter cited as Truro Old North Cemetery Inscriptions.
Joshua Atkins
M, b. 1 March 1725, d. 17 December 1798
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Joshua Atkins married third Lydia Hinckley on 20 May 1794 in Truro. Joshua was a 70 year-old widower on his third marriage while Lydia was a 38 year-old woman.4,2
Death*
Joshua died of mortification in one of his feet on 17 December 1798 in Truro.5
Joshua and Martha owned the covenant at Truro Churvch 10 Sep 1748. His second wife Abigail was received to full communion at Truro Church on 18 Mar 1770.6
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Truro Records, 1902-1770, scan of original town records p.41).
George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, abstracted online by the Massachusetts Vital Records Project, <https://ma-vitalrecords.org/> (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933). Hereinafter cited as Truro VRs online.
Maine Genealogist, (Farmington: Maine Genealogical Society), Sanders, Leslie Dow, "Lemuel Rich Family Letter, Standish Maine", August 2009, p.136 (from Truro VRs, 51).
Jude Damon, "Record of Marriages and Deaths in Truro from November 15th 1786," scanned on ancestry.com in collection Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, 1786-1828), Record refers to Joshua as a widower, age 70. [page is torn on original record and full date and name of wife come from other secondary source]. Hereinafter cited as "Truro Marriages and Deaths 1786-1828."
Jude Damon, "Record of Marriages and Deaths in Truro from November 15th 1786," scanned on ancestry.com in collection Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, 1786-1828), p.34. Hereinafter cited as "Truro Marriages and Deaths 1786-1828."
George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, abstracted online by the Massachusetts Vital Records Project, <https://ma-vitalrecords.org/> (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933). Hereinafter cited as Truro VRs online.
His last child by his first wife was born in Oct 1756 and his first child with Sarah was born in Apr 1759, so they were very likely married in 1757 or 1758. They were living in Truro at the time.
Jude Damon, "Record of Marriages and Deaths in Truro from November 15th 1786," scanned on ancestry.com in collection Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, 1786-1828), p.34. Hereinafter cited as "Truro Marriages and Deaths 1786-1828."
John B. Dyer, Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass., from 1713 to 1840 (Provincetown, Mass.: Advocate Press, 1991), p.5. Hereinafter cited as Truro Old North Cemetery Inscriptions.
They had seven children. Zaccheus remarried after Rebecca's death to Jemima Higgins in 1766 and had four more children.3
Citations
Ancestry, www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Truro Records, 1902-1770, scan of original town records p.41).
George Ernest Bowman, Vital Records of the Town of Truro Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, abstracted online by the Massachusetts Vital Records Project, <https://ma-vitalrecords.org/> (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933). Hereinafter cited as Truro VRs online.
Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and Some of His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v.83-84 in 5 parts (1929), Oct 1929, 83:396.
