Joseph Atkins, Sr.

Joseph Atkins, b. Mch. 4, 1669-70; m.(z) Martha Pease, dau. of James Pease, of Edgartown; lived in the N. part of Eastham, now Wel!fleet. Their children are given In 8 Mf. 245.

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Joseph Atkins was born at Eastham, Mass., on 4 May 1669, the son of Henry Atkins and his second wife Bethia (Linnell).

About 1709 Joseph married Martha Pease, the daughter of James Pease and Elizabeth Norton of Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard. Some early genealogies don’t have Joseph’s wife identified, but she is shown to be Martha through her father’s 1711 will (Edgartown Prob. Recs. 85). Joseph died at Eastham on 25 March 1726. Martha’s death date is unknown.

Joseph and Martha had eight children:

1. Joseph born 9 December 1710
2. Martha born 9 November 1711
3. Anna born 12 December 1713
4. Paul born 11 August 1716
5. James born 25 December 1718
6. John born 18 January 1720/21
7. Uriah born 7 September 1722
8. Hannah born 4 April 1726

References

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHDY-HPW
• Eastham and Orleans Vital Records Volume 1, page 70b and 71, published in Volume 7, page 238-9 of The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants; Publication date 1899; Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, which states ... Joseph Atkins the Sonne of Henery adkins was borne the 4th Day of march in the yeare 1669
• http://gsmall.us/Family/Small/getperson.php?personID=I01911&tree=Small
• http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/07/joseph-atkins-1669...