Person:William Atkins (18)

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William (John?) ATKINS
  • HWilliam (John?) ATKINSAbt 1730 -
  1. John ATKINS1752 - 1821
  2. Lewis Atkins1756 - Aft 1840
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Name William (John?) ATKINS
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1730 Scotland or Wales
Marriage to Unknown
Death? Virginia

Originally settled in Jamestown, VA. A newspaper clipping says "A branch of the family went to Alabama and settled at Greensborough. Another of the family moved from Virginia to Kentucky and Tennessee. There were two of the family at Yorktown, one of them killed there.

A profile of his g-grandson JDC Atkins syas "Gen. Atkins' great-grandfather John Atkins was a native born Welshman."

References
  1.   Atkins, Melanie. Atkins Family.