Robert ATKINSON
SOURCES: 1. Will on Probate Records, 21 March 1817, Gen. Soc. film #859,903 p. 136 to 144. 2. Film #5,332, Reel 1 - Sackville. 3. Registry of Deaths - Cumberland Co. M.B.D. 4. Old Methodist Cemetery, Middle Sackville. 5. (Preceding research by Ronda Teel in 1983 & 1984.) 6. Ancestral File - Submission by Elva Weaver of Ogden, Utah. NOTES: 1. Burial Site: Old Methodist Cemetery (also called Middle Sackville Cemetery). 2. Marriage Date and Place: International Genealogical Index (IGI). 3. Sealed to Spouse: IGI shows 20 Aug 1761 Ogden Temple. Fam. Grp. Records shows 22 May 1964 according to Family Genealogist's Research (Ronda Teel). 4. Death Age: Age 75 (seventy-five). 5. Birth Year: Robert was also shown as 28 in 1774, but 75 in 1817. 6. Re-Endowed: 16 May 1894.
BIRTH: Birth Year: Ann shown as 21 in 1774. NAME: Ann or Hannah BROWN
NAME: Jane or Polly ATKINSON BIRTH: Birth date was listed as "2nd" on Registry of Births.
NOTE: Thomas was a twin. SOURCES: 1. The Methodist Cemetery of Middle Sackville, New Brunswick - "Gravestone erected by Robert Atkinson in Memory of part of his family who lie near this stone - His son Thomas, died in June 1793, in his 15th year." [This would make Thomas's birth year 1777.]
NOTE: Ann was a twin.
John md. Eunice (no surname given).
Sarah md. Richard Shepherd Bowser.
BURIAL: Mt. Whatley Cemetery
Joseph md. Ann Campbell 18 Oct. 1808 and was sealed to her 12 May 1964 - IF. MARRIAGE DATE: On Peter Campbell Family Group Record - shown as 1809 On Robert Atkinson Family Group Record - shown as 1808 Film #5,332, Sackville, Reel 1.
DEATH RECORDS: This child was not found except in the death records - Reg. of Birth, Death & Marr. 1762-1788, Dist of Frank. Manor, Cumb., N.S., Museum Archives, Amherst, N.S.
He married Ann Brown 8 Jul 1761 at Chester le Street, Durham, England . Ann Brown was christened at Holy Trinity, Kingston, Yorkshire, England 27 Aug 1753 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Jane Atkinson
born 25 Jan 1775.
Thomas Atkinson
born 7 May 1777.
Ann Atkinson
born 7 May 1777.
John Atkinson
born 6 May 1779.
Sarah Atkinson
born 17 Feb 1781.
Christopher Atkinson
born 4 Dec 1782.
Joseph Atkinson
born 4 Jan 1785.
James Atkinson
born 1786.
Robert Atkinson died 5 Feb 1817 at Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick .
Ann Brown died 28 Jan 1787 at Franklin Manor, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada .