Samuel Atkinson1

M, #1800, b. 17 July 1685, d. 21 February 1775
Last Edited: 18 Feb 2011
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Parents:

Father: Thomas Atkinson1 b. b 1660, d. 31 Oct 1687
Mother: Jane Bond1

Family:

Ruth Stacy b. 30 Sep 1680, d. 9 Jun 1755

Children:

Thomas Atkinson7
Samuel Atkinson7 d. Oct 1781
Rebecca Atkinson7
Ruth Atkinson+ 7 d. a Apr 1793

Notes

  • Note*: 5th of 6th mo 1714 first intentions declared.
    2nd of 7th mo 1714 "Samuel Atkinson and Ruth Beaks the second time declared their intentions...and having produced a certificate from Falls...signifying his clearness...they have liberty to proceed and also may accomplish their intended marriage at the house of Mahlon Stacy [the bride's brother]..."4
  • Note: Timeline for Samuel Atkinson:
    1685 born Bristol Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania.
    1688 living at father-in-law William Bile's plantations in Falls Township, Bucks Co.
    1714 married Ruth Beaks at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey
    1714 residing at wife's property, Nottingham Township, covered by Chesterfield MM.
    Prior to 1719 moved to Chester Township, Burlington Co., New Jersey.
    Was not active in Chesterfield MM besides intent to marry & request for certificate to Newtown mtg.
    1719 bought 238 acres in Chester Township, Burlington Co.
    1719 certificate from Chesterfield Monthly Meeting to Gloucester (Newton) Monthly Meeting, now Haddonfield, which then covered Chester Township.
    1720 or 1721 Chester Monthly Meeting established, "the advent of his family probably being the cause of establishing the new congregation".
    1720 to 1729 active member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, serving on committees.
    1722 bought an adjoining 200 acres of Robert & Benjamin Field of Mansfield Twp, part of 800 acres acquired by Benjamin senior.
    1760 Evesham Monthly Meeting established, divided from Haddonfield, & included Evesham & Chester particular meetings.
    1763 agreed to property lines.
    1764 conveyed 371 acres to son Samuel, leaving residual of 67 acres.
    1775 died, buried in Friends burying ground at Moorestown.5
  • Note: Will abstract: "1769, April 13. Atkinson, Samuel, of Chester Township, Burlington Co., yeoman; will of. Son, Thomas, 5 shillings. Son, Samuel, negro man called Adam. Daughter, Rebeckah, negro boy, called Lott, which is now bound to Thomas Stokes. Daughter, Ruth, negro boys, called Noah and Andrew. To my son Thomas's two sons, William and John, negro boy, called Uz. Whereas, Governor William Penn (as I have been very well informed) did promise my deceased father, if he would take up 500 acres of land within his Province, he would give him a lot in Philadelphia with Liberty land, and my father did take up 500 acres of land, as by the survey on record may appear, and he died soon after, and the Proprietor did lay out a lot, which I have seen in a map of the City, with my father's name thereon, which lot and Liberty lands belong to me. I give the same to my 2 above said daughters. Executors - son-in-law, Joshua Bispham, and Thomas Say. Witnesses - John Cox, William Cox, Jr., Abigail Cox. Proved April 13, 1775.
    "1775, March 27. Inventory, £113.11.10..."6
  • Note: "Samuel and Ruth (Stacy-Beakes) Atkinson had issue, (no meeting records of their births have been found, so their relative ages are uncertain, though Thomas was eldest son; also there may have been others who died young)".7

Citations

  1. [S210] Hough, Oliver, "Atkinson Families of Bucks County, Pennsylvania", Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 30(1906): 57-79, 220-237, 332-347, 479-502. [available on Google books]: p. 76.   Hough--Atkinson.pdf
  2. [S273] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685 - 1730. Certificates Recorded in the Minutes of the Chesterfield (N.J.) Monthly Meeting'. This article would be more correctly subtitled 'Marriage Intentions Proposed, 1685-1730', per Lewis D. Cook in note pref", Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885): 347-352: p. 349.   PMHB--09-347--Chesterfield-Marr.pdf
  3. [S210] Hough, Oliver, "Hough - Atkinson", p. 340-1.
  4. [S446] Society of Friends, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J. Filmed at Swarthmore. FHL microfilm 20,382. Originals. Item 1 - Mens Minutes 1684 - 1738, p. 145-146.
  5. [S210] Hough, Oliver, "Hough - Atkinson."
  6. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 34:23.
  7. [S210] Hough, Oliver, "Hough - Atkinson", p. 343.