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John Pelly Atkins

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 29th Sep 1872

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

London West India merchant, claimed unsuccessfully with his father John Atkins (q.v.) for two awards; his father was successful in a number of other claims.

  1. Son of John Atkins (1760-1838), the Lord Mayor 1818-9. Memorial in Halstead Churchyard describes him as 'founder of this cemetery'.

  2. Born 19/03/1790, son of John and Sarah Atkins. His father later married Anna Maria née Burnaby. Partner with his father from about 1815.  Married 1825 Anna (1799-1871), daughter of John George Children; she is in the ODNB as 'botanist and photographic artist'. Died without issue: John Pelly Atkins' property passed to his wife's family, two of whom were his executors. Left £160,000.


Sources

T71/889 Bermuda claim no. 905; T71/865 St Andrew no. 58.

  1. http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MlsHalstead/01.htm [accessed 11/09/2010].

  2. William Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1872/1; Ancestry.com, London England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1912 [database online]. Larry J. Schaaf, ‘Atkins , Anna (1799–1871)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004), http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37132 [accessed 12/09/2012].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Anna Children
Children
d.s.p.
Wealth at death
£160,000
Occupation
West India merchant
Rubinstein
1872/1

Associated Claims (4)

Bermuda 905
£37 10s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Jamaica St Andrew 58 (Constant Spring)
£5,489 5s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Jamaica St David 134 (Washington & Hibernia)
£1,281 10s 11d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Judgement creditor)
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Jamaica St David 3 (part) (Old England)
£2,240 14s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
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Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1839 [EA] - → Not known
Trafalgar [ Jamaica | St George ]

May have been joint owner with his father at an earlier date.

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
J & A Atkins
West India merchant  
 
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Physical (1)

Church
Halstead Church 
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description →
Memorial in Halstead Churchyard describes him as 'founder of this cemetery'. 'He rebuilt the church at Halstead on a new site across the road from, and a little further north than, its...

Relationships (1)

John Pelly Atkins
Son → Father
Alderman John Atkins
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Addresses (1)

Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, Kent, South-east England, England
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