When Elizabeth Adkins was born in June 1823, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Adkins, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsey Rosette, was 40. She married Jackson Adkins on 29 July 1839, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Virginia, United States in 1870. She died in 1903, in Callands District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin (a pet form of Adam formed with the suffix -kin) + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name was particularly common in the English Midlands. Compare Atkins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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