Person:John Eakin (17)

Will Abstract

EAKIN, JOHN (C-26) July 23, 1818

to Jas. Patton with whom I have lived for sometime, furniture money; to his son John (till of age): to Sarah Patton, the dau. of Roger; to Margt. Patton, Wm., John, Matthew, Eliza Maryam ch. of the above named $20 each when 15 to Margt. McDowell, dau. of my fr.[iend] Caleb McDowell, $100, when 15) the rest to be div. among living children of my 2 sisters Keziah Houston & Margt. Moore and my bro. Wm. Eakins three ch. to John Eakin, son of my Sd. bro. ([a] watch).

Executors: Jas. & Andrew McCampbell

[Signed] John Eakin

Witnesses: Jas. Hervey & Andrew Wallace

[Jessamine County, Kentucky wills: Book A - 1799 to June 1813; Book B - 1813 to Mar. 1818; Book C - 1813 (June) to Nov. 1826]

[Note: this John Eakin did not name any children of his own in his will, likely indicating that he likely died without issue [descendants/children]].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Page 181.--12th March, 1793. William Lockridge's will--To wife, Agness; to son-in-law, John Eakin; to daughter, Elizabeth Eakin; to sons, William, John; to daughter, Eleanor Cunningham; to William Lockridge, son of John Lockridge; to son, Samuel, home plantation. Teste: John Montgomery, Wm. Youel, James Guy, Samuel Neil. Proved, September Court, 1795, by the affirmation of John Montgomery and William Youell. Samuel Lockridge qualifies.

Records in Kentucky

1801, Fayette Co., KY Wills: ROBERT LYLE - Will Book A, Page 270 - Names wife, Jane Lyle; son, John Lyle, his mother; daughter, Julia. Written October 29, 1804. Probated August, 1805. Executors - John Lyle, Sr., John Eakin. Witnesses - John Lyle, Sr., John Eakin. [Note: this also could have been John Eakin's father, additional research needed. The Lyle family also was close and intermarried with the Paxton family of Augusta County, VA].

1811, Jessamine Co., KY Wills, John Eakin witnessed the will of Roger Patton, written 10 Nov. 1811 and proved Feb. 1812.

1.   Find A Grave.

   John Akin
   BIRTH 1760
   DEATH 2 Nov 1818 (aged 57–58)
   Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
   BURIAL Patton Family Cemetery
   Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
   
   Inscription: Age 58
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134157214/john-akin

2.   Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015)
   pg. 72.

   Jessamine County Will Abstracts, Will Book C:
   JOHN EAKIN - Page 26 - date of will, 1818; date of probate 1818.

3.   Patton, Charles Lanphier. A chronicle of the American lineage of the Pattons. (Springfield? Illinois: s.n.], c1954)
   pg. 102.

   John Eakin, close friend of James Patton, with whom he made his home until the time of his death in 1818, was married in Augusta County, Virginia before 1783 to Elizabeth, daughter of William Lockridge and moved to Jessamine County with the Gays and Pattons.
   The Lockridges, mentioned above, were neighbors and relatives of the Pattons, in Augusta County. Members of the Lockridge family later moved to Kentucky and thence to Sangamon County, Illinois. One of this family married a Miss Moore, sister of Elizabeth Ann Moore, wife of William May Patton and mother of James William Patton. The Lockridges lived near Pawnee, Sangamon County, Illinois and many of their descendants now live in Springfield, Illinois.
   
   The following is an extract from the will of John Eakin, friend of James Pattons “July 23, 1818. Jessamine County, Kentucky. To my friend James Patton, with whom I have lived for sometime ... to John, the son of said James ... to Roger Patton’s children Sarah, Margaret, William, John, Matthew, Eliza and Mary Ann ...”

4.   Kentucky, United States. Tax Lists, 1799-1801. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).

   Name John Akins
   Residence County Jessamine
   Residence Year 1800
   Note: a James Akins also on the 1800 Jessamine County Tax List

5.   Jackson, Ron V. Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890.

   Name John Akins
   Residence Date 1800
   County Jessamine
   State Kentucky