Eighth Generation

162. Thomas ADKINS (*) was born in 1740 in Martin, Lincolnshire, England.
He appeared in the census in 1800 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His household consisted of 1 Free White Male, age under 10; 2 FWM, age 10 to 16; 1 FWM age 45 and above; and 1 Free White Female, age 45 and above. The identity of the 3 young males is not known.

(He cannot be located in the 1790 Census.) He lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1800. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $600, his Personal Property at $36, and his Taxes were $1.09. His occupation was "Farmer." Thomas lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1802. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $40, his Personal Property at $0, and his Taxes were $0.04. His occupation was "Farmer." He lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1804. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $608, his Personal Property at $0, the total value at $608, and his Taxes at $0.67. His occupation was "Farmer." He died before probably 1810 at the age of 70 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. (He cannot be located in the 1810 Census, so he may have died before then. His grave cannot be located.) Thomas has Ancestral File Number LK1M-ZXH. He has Ancestral File Number M7BG-NBW. (This is a map of Lincolnshire, England.) Susanna SANDERSON (*) and Thomas ADKINS (*) were married about 1761 in New York Colony, British Colonial America. (His and his wife's gravestones cannot be located in either cemetery in the area of Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. The property tax records of Springfield Township list a Thomas Adkins as owning property there in 1799, 1800, 1801 and 1802, so it is possible that Thomas and his wife had moved there with their son and daughter.)

163. Susanna SANDERSON (*) was born about 1740 in England, United Kingdom. She has Ancestral File Number LK1M-ZNF. She died in New York.

Children were:

	i.	William ADKINS Sr. was born on 9 March 1762 in Rensselaer, Renneslear County, New York Colony, British Colonial America. (His surname was listed as "Adkins" in the 1830 Census and on his gravestone, but other documents list it as "Atkins.") Between 1785 and 1800 he was a farmer in Canojoxharrie Township, Montgomery County, NY. near Lake Summit, commonly known as "Mud Lake." He had come to the area with his sister Experience and her husband, Josiah Root. In about 1795, he sold the land to Jedediah Bennet and the farm has been in the Bennet family ever since. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Canojoxharrie Township, Montgomery County, NY. His household consisted of only himself. He lived five households away from his sister, Experience, and her husband, Josiah Root. His surname was spelled "Atkins." William appeared in the census in 1800 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His household consisted of 1 Free White Male, age to 10; 1 FWM, age 26 to 45; 2 Free White Females, age Under 10; and 1 FWF, age 16-26. He lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1800. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $144, his Personal Property at $76, and his Taxes at $0.39. His occupation was "Farmer." He lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1802. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $144, his Personal Property at $200, and his Taxes at $0.38. His occupation was "Farmer." William lived in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY in 1803. The Tax Assessment record valued his Real Estate at $144, his Personal Property at $166, the total value at $310, and his Taxes at $0.34. His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1810 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His household consisted of 1 Free White Male, age 10-16; 1 FWM, age 45 and upwards; 3 Free White Females, age under 10; 1 FWF, age 10-16; 1 FWF, age 16-26; and 1 FWF, age 26 to 45. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His surname was spelled "Atkins" and he lived 3 households from his sister, Experience Root. William appeared in the census in 1830 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His household consisted of 1 male, 15-20; 1 male, 60-70 (William); 1 female, 10-15; and 1 female, 60-70 (Catherine). It is not known who the younger male and female were. He was baptized in February 1832 in Springfield Center, Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. in the First Baptist Church. He appeared in the census in 1840 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY. His household consisted of 1 male, 80-90 (William), and 1 female, 70-80 (his wife, Catherine). William died on 5 April 1844 at the age of 82 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY.
81	ii.	*Experience ADKINS ().**