Display Patriot - P-105208 - Stanton ADKINS/ATKINS Jr
Stanton ADKINS/ATKINS Jr
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P-105208
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Husband of Hannah Holloway married 1755 in Worcester County, Maryland
It's believed he and his wife are buried here
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Author: George Allen Adkins
We could find no record that is a source for the date of birth of Stanton Adkins. He is listed as Stanton Atkins with rank of private in the Wicomico Battalion of the Worcester County Militia. This Battalion was classed July 15, 1780. Stanton married Hannah Holloway. Hannah was the daughter of Joseph and Priscilla Holloway as proven by a lease of land by Stanton to his father-in-law Joseph Holloway. Stanton was a farmer and miller. He was a miller because he willed his saw and gristmills in his will dated, August 14, 1790. He owned parcels of land named Forlorn Hope, Hog Quarter and Deer Harbour. Stanton’s grandfather, Stanton Adkins, owned Forlorn Hope, a 200 acre parcel of land on 5 November 1736. Stanton, himself patented 815 ¾ acres of land called Deer Harbour November 15, 1782. In his will in 1790 he named his ten children: Nimrod, Stanton, Joseph, Hannah, Milby, David, Levicea, Priscilla, Jennings and Elizabeth. In the list of members of the battalion he served in are other members with the surname Adkins. No doubt in my thoughts that they were relatives. There are descendants of his brother Nimrod that are members of SAR. Others are John Adkins, Middleton and Stephen. There are members of the Adkins family that are buried on the tract Forlorn Hope. Many of the graves are not marked. It would probably be right if one guessed that he is buried there. In Powellville, Maryland there is a pond named Adkins Pond. It is at or near the location where his Saw and Grist Mills were located.
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