Yes, We know from previous conversations with Patrick that our Lewis is cited as being in Chesterfield Co., VA abt the same time. I believe these references are shown on our AKINS Timeline which is linked off of my personal website---see URL below. CAT Ted & Angie Strzelecki wrote: > 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} > > > > > > -- 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}