Hi Cat, I have info on Thomas Akin & his family. I was wondering what leads you to believe there is a relationship. By asking this, I am not saying they are not related, just wondering if your thoughts and mine are the same. Thanks, Angie At 07:13 PM 2/21/99 -0500, you wrote: >I believe our Lewis AKINS b. abt 1735 is somehow tied to this family. Can >anyone add anything???? > >Descendants of Thomas Akin > > 1 Thomas AKIN b: Abt 1695 in Chesterfield Co., VA Email: Angie ><atstrz@icok.net> >. +Elizabeth GOODE m: Abt 1717 Father: Mother: >....... 2 Peter AKIN b: 1718 >....... 2 Joseph AKIN b: 1720 >....... 2 Isham AKIN b: 1722 >....... 2 James AKIN b: 1724 >....... 2 Jean AKIN b: 1726 >....... 2 Mary AKIN b: 1728 >....... 2 Elizabeth AKIN b: 1730 >....... 2 William AKIN b: 1732 >....... 2 Margaret AKIN b: Abt 1735 >....... 2 Sarah AKIN b: 1739 > > >PATRICK GUDAITIS wrote: > >> By now, you have had time to view the Will I transcribed. Now I >> would like to concentrate on some specifics about it. >> Notice there is no daughter mentioned in the will. I don't believe >> he had a daughter who lived to that date, 1768. >> The son whose name would have appeared in the obliterated portion >> at the bottom of page 13 is likely Samuel Mann. I have found a couple of >> references to him and Jessie Mann in the Order Books. >> I wish to make a possible correction to my transcription. I think I >> may have been wrong on the lines pertaining to Mary when she was made >> executrix. That line may have read that she relinquished her portion of >> the will in favor of her "thirds." This may have given her a far greater >> advantage in under the law. >> You must notice that the portion of the estate allowed Mary would, >> at her death or widowhood, be divided up among the heirs. That is >> important! And, would require another inventory made at her death. Thus >> the 1785 inventory (recorded 1786). >> That poses a question. If it was Lewis' wife that held an interest >> in the estate of Francis Mann, why in heavens name did Lewis wait until >> 1789 to demand it? I differ. I believe that Lewis' interest in the >> estate of Francis Mann rested in Mary Mann. Those "certain promices" >> made by Page Mann to Lewis were in the event of the death of Mary. That >> occured in 1785. Promices broken by Page made Lewis take the steps he >> did in ensuring his rights as a son of Mary. I suppose there was the >> usual correspondence between two parties of the day which took several >> months to arrive. Letters unanswered may have led Lewis to take the >> steps he did. >> Please post your thoughts. >> Godspeed.....Patrick > > > >-- >Carol Ann "Cat" Tindell >Jacksonville Beach, FL >C.A.T.'s Southern Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/ >Reasearching: AKINS, BERRY, BOWERS, BROOKS, DANIEL, JOHNSON, > ROBERTS & WOOD{S} > > >