Alexander Sears

M
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Child of Alexander Sears and Rebecca Staines

Rebecca Staines

F, b. 1662
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Birth*Rebecca Staines was born in 1662. 

Child of Rebecca Staines and Alexander Sears

John Crowell

M, b. 1642, d. 1731
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Marriage*John Crowell married Hannah Hathaway. 
Birth*John Crowell was born in 1642. 
Death*He died in 1731. 

Child of John Crowell and Hannah Hathaway

Hannah Hathaway

F, b. 1662, d. 1753
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Marriage*Hannah Hathaway married John Crowell. 
Birth*Hannah Hathaway was born in 1662. 
Death*She died in 1753. 

Child of Hannah Hathaway and John Crowell

Deliverance Atkins

F, b. 24 October 1725, d. 7 October 1728
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Deliverance Atkins was born on 24 October 1725 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Death*She died on 7 October 1728 in Boston.2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.168.
  2. Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Deaths in Boston 1700 to 1799 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), [Referenced by this web page: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Deliverance_Atkins_%282%29, original source not viewed]. Hereinafter cited as Deaths in Boston 1700-1799.

Rebecca Atkins

F, b. 24 October 1727
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Rebecca Atkins was born on 24 October 1727 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.179.

Deliverance Atkins

F, b. 19 July 1729
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Deliverance Atkins was born on 19 July 1729 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.190.

Eleanor Atkins

F, b. 5 December 1731
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Eleanor Atkins was born on 5 December 1731 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.200.

Sarah Atkins

F, b. 3 December 1733
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited28 Mar 2021
Birth*Sarah Atkins was born on 3 December 1733 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
She may be the Sarah Atkins who married John Archer in the New North Church in Boston on 10 Jan 1754.2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.210.
  2. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.

Mary Atkins

F, b. 18 September 1735, d. before 1740
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Mary Atkins was born on 18 September 1735 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Death*She probably died before 1740.2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.220.
  2. Death estimate of before 1740 is based on the birth of a second daughter named Mary on 18 Sep 1739. The coincidence of the two birth dates is notable, but there are two separate baptisms recorded, 21 Sep 1735 and 23 Sep 1739, indicating these are distinct births.

Alexander Atkins

M, b. 14 February 1737
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Alexander Atkins was born on 14 February 1737 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Nothing further is known about Alexander. 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.228.

Mary Atkins

F, b. 18 September 1739
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Mary Atkins was born on 18 September 1739 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.235.

Ann Atkins

F, b. 28 June 1741
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Ann Atkins was born on 28 June 1741 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.242.

Hannah Atkins

F, b. 8 November 1742
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Hannah Atkins was born on 8 November 1742 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*She married John Boid on 17 June 1762 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.245.
  2. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.420.

Nathaniel Atkins

M, b. 21 January 1743/44
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Nathaniel Atkins was born on 21 January 1743/44 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Is he the Nathaniel Atkins "of Boston" who married Sarah Nichols "of Readen" [presumably Reading] in Boston on 4 Sep 1766?2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.248 [The record gives the year simply as 1743, but since he had a sister born in Nov 1742 his birth must have been in 1744].
  2. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.425.

Samuel Atkins

M, b. 23 March 1746
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FatherHenry Atkins b. 2 Aug 1696
MotherDeliverance Sears b. 23 Oct 1703
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Birth*Samuel Atkins was born on 23 March 1746 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.259.

John Boid

M
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Marriage*John Boid married Hannah Atkins, daughter of Henry Atkins and Deliverance Sears, on 17 June 1762 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.420.

Mary Atkins

F, b. 1 February 1742/43
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited29 Mar 2021
Birth*Mary Atkins was born on 1 February 1742/43 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
She never married. During the siege of Boston in the Revolutionary War she remained in the city and took charge of the family home while her parents and siblings were absent in the country. She was there during the Battle of Bunker Hill. A British officer, with his wife and two children, had been staying there for some time. She saw carts pass her house with wounded soldiers being brought from the scene of the battle. During the night she could heard the balls whistling over the house, sometimes finding them in the garden in the morning.2 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.245 [Source just has 1742 as the year but as her parents were married in Mar 1742 the birth probably took place the next year].
  2. John Adams Vinton, The Giles Memorial: Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwell, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb (Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, 1864), p.135. Hereinafter cited as Giles Memorial.

Sarah Atkins

F, b. 5 October 1745
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited28 Mar 2021
Birth*Sarah Atkins was born on 5 October 1745 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*She married Nathaniel Howland, son of Nathaniel Howland and Abigail Burt, on 10 August 1767 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2 
Sarah and Nathaniel had three children.3 

Citations

  1. Boston Births 1700-1800. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p.255.
  2. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.
  3. John Adams Vinton, The Giles Memorial: Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwell, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb (Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, 1864), p.146. Hereinafter cited as Giles Memorial.

Silas Atkins

M, b. 21 October 1747, d. 9 December 1835
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited28 Mar 2021
Birth*Silas Atkins was born on 21 October 1747 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*He married Martha Howland, daughter of Nathaniel Howland and Abigail Burt, on 21 June 1770 in Boston.2 
Death*Silas Atkins died of old age on 9 December 1835 in Boston.3 
Burial*He was buried on 11 December 1835 in Copps Hill Burying Ground in Boston.3,4 
Information on some of the vital records of his children come from the Farwell genealogy, and that book states that some of the information came from Farwell family records in possession of Oliver A. Farwell of Detroit, Michigan in 1927, family Bible records of Oliver Farwell, and from the personal knowledge of Miss Olive Farwell of Spokane, Washington in 1915. The dates of birth of many of his children, for example, don't appear to be found elsewhere, so this Farwell genealogy may be the only source for such information that exists.

Silas was a coast trader, owning and commanding his own vessel. His route was between New England and Brazil.5 

Children of Silas Atkins and Martha Howland

Citations

  1. Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson, The Farwell Family, volume I, A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927, With Twelve Generations of their Descendants, also Lineages of Many Allied Families (n.p.: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929), p.279. Hereinafter cited as Farwell Family.
  2. Ann S. Lainhart and Jane Fletcher Fiske, Family of John Howland, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620 (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2012), v.23, part 3, The Fifth and Sixth Generations of his Sons Joseph and Jabez, p.239. Hereinafter cited as Family of John Howland.
  3. Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, "Deaths Registered in the City of Boston (Listed Alphabetically) From 1801 to 1848 Inclusive", scan of original typescript, p.40 of scanned images).
  4. Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/, (Silas Atkins, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8434347/silas-atkins>, includes photo of gravestone).
  5. Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson, The Farwell Family, volume I, A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927, With Twelve Generations of their Descendants, also Lineages of Many Allied Families (n.p.: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929), p.279-80. Hereinafter cited as Farwell Family.

Alice (?)

F
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Child of Alice (?) and Richard Chick

Charles Atkins

M, b. 10 September 1749
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited29 Mar 2021
Baptism*Charles Atkins was baptized on 10 September 1749 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
A Charles Atkins married Hannah Daley of Charlestown on 15 Aug 1779 in Boston. Another Charles Atkins marriage in Boston was to Joanna Potts on 11 Sep 1791.2 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.
  2. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), pp.389, 462.

Henry Atkins

M, b. 23 September 1750
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Death*Henry Atkins died young. 
Baptism*He was baptized on 23 September 1750 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.

Henry Atkins

M, b. 16 February 1752
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Baptism*Henry Atkins was baptized on 16 February 1752 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.

Nathaniel Atkins

M, b. 5 August 1753
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Death*Nathaniel Atkins died young. 
Baptism*He was baptized on 5 August 1753 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.

Winnett Atkins

F, b. 9 November 1755, d. 1817
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited29 Mar 2021
Baptism*Winnett Atkins was baptized on 9 November 1755 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*She married John Otis, son of Joseph Otis and Mercy Little, on 22 August 1779 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2 
Death*Winnett Atkins died in 1817.3 
John was a large landowner in Scituate, Mass. Published genealogies record ten children for this couple, but one of those genealogies (Giles) states that a niece of theirs, when at the age of 88 in 1860, claimed that they had seventeen children.4,5 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.
  2. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.56.
  3. William A. Otis, A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America (Chicago: Schulkins, 1929), p.108. Hereinafter cited as Otis Family in America.
  4. William A. Otis, A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America (Chicago: Schulkins, 1929), p.149. Hereinafter cited as Otis Family in America.
  5. John Adams Vinton, The Giles Memorial: Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwell, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb (Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, 1864), p.135. Hereinafter cited as Giles Memorial.

Joshua Atkins

M, b. 17 July 1757, d. 8 August 1832
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited29 Mar 2021
Baptism*Joshua Atkins was baptized on 17 July 1757 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Death*He died of old age on 8 August 1832 in Boston.2 
Burial*He was buried on 9 August 1832 in the South Boston Farm Cemetery in South Boston.2 
The 1832 death attributed to him here is not proven to be him, but the record did say he was age 75 at the time. It also said his occupation was a Captain, followed by "House of Industry," whatever that means.

Is he the Joshua Atkins who married Maria Johnson/Mirna Johnston (two different spellings) in Boston on 16 Aug 1788? Five weeks earlier the same minister had married an Edward Atkins who might be his brother.3 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.
  2. Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com, (Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Boston Deaths From 1801-1848 Inclusive, scan of original typescript, p.17007 of scanned images).
  3. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.67.

Edward Atkins

M, b. 19 November 1758
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited29 Mar 2021
Baptism*Edward Atkins was baptized on 19 November 1758 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 
Is he the Edward Atkins who married Mary Floyd in Boston on 10 Jul 1788? Five weeks later the same minister married a Joshua Atkins who might be his brother.2

There is another Edward Atkins marriage in Boston to Sally Browne on 9 Sep 1779.3

It seems likely that one or both of these are our Edward, but in a city as large as Boston there were some unrelated families living there at the time. 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.
  2. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.67.
  3. A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903), p.444.

Isaiah Atkins

M, b. 19 September 1762
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Baptism*Isaiah Atkins was baptized on 19 September 1762 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.

John Atkins

M, b. 16 December 1764
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FatherSilas Atkins b. s 1720, d. b 18 Dec 1778
MotherMary Gyles b. 26 Mar 1720
Last Edited27 Mar 2021
Baptism*John Atkins was baptized on 16 December 1764 in the New North Church in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Records of the New North Church in Boston (Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1995), p.13. Hereinafter cited as Boston New North Church Records.