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Benjamin Adkins 1755-circa 1821 Mary Baker 1767-1814 Henry Adkins 1798-1830 Maria circa 1790-1857

Henry James Adkins general dealer (1903) 1 of Gonubie District 2 born 8 March 1827, Ash, Kent 3 baptized 8 April 1827, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent 4 died 15 August 1914, Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape 5 buried St. Stephen's, Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape

married 16 February 1852 at Holy Trinity, King Williams Town 6 Sarah Spalding 1836-1917

Henry James 1854 - 1938 children Benjamin John 1856 - bef.1937 children Charles William 1860 - 1930 children Robert Edward 1862 - 1938 children Amelia Alice Elizabeth 1865 - 1962 children George Walter 1867 - 1869 Florence Henrietta 1869 - 1962 Clement Herbert Walter 1871 - 1902 Ethel Isabella Mildred 1874 - 1898 children Mabel Evelina May 1876 - c1953 children Harold Percy Coltman 1879 - 1934

children of Henry James and Sarah Adkins Henry James Adkins 1854-1938 born 3 March 1854, King William's Town baptized 19 March 1854, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony died 23 March 1938, 'Portarlington', Fort Jackson buried Fort Jackson  married 29 February 1876 Holy Trinity, King Williams Town Mary Ann Stevenson 1856-1937 Benjamin John Adkins 1856-before 1937 born 27 April 1856 baptized 18 May 1856, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony died before 1937  married Minnie  7 born 1862 Charles William Adkins 1860-1930 born 4 May 1860 baptized 7 June 1860, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony died 1930  married (1) Jane Fenton McCormick 1864-1913  married (2) Unknown Robert Edward Adkins 1862-1938 born 12 August 1862, Fort Jackson baptized 1 September 1862, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony died 27 September 1938, 86, Ebdon Street, Queenstown, Cape  married Queenstown Harriet Jessie Scandrett 8 Amelia Alice Elizabeth Adkins 1865-1962 born 23 March 1865, King William's Town, Cape Colony baptized 14 May 1865, Holy Trinity, King William's Town died 19 November 1962, Fish Hoek  married 10 February 1886 Newlands Herbert Saddleton Ball 1861-1935 goods superintendent, Cape Town, South African Railways of Southfield Road, Plumstead, Cape George Walter Adkins 1867-1869 born 22 May 1867 baptized 2 June 1867, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony 9 died 24 May 1869 10 buried 25 May 1869, Holy Trinity, King William's Town Florence Henrietta Adkins 1869-1962 born 28 June 1869 11 baptized 20 July 1869, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony 12 died 4 July 1962 13 buried Fort Jackson Notes: Mrs Adkins' chutney continued to be manufactured at Fort Jackson by her youngest son Harold, and after his death, by his sister, Mrs Florence Perks. In the 1950s, when she was in her mid-eighties, Mrs Perks sold the recipe to the Weare brothers of Premier Bakery who, in turn, sold it to Iona Products" (Daily Dispatch 10.04.2000). Information from Stephanie Pienaar, Curator of History, Amathole Museum, King William's Town  married 3 July 1922 St. Stephens, Fort Jackson 15 Thomas Perks 14 1855-1925 born 1855 died 1925 buried Fort Jackson Clement Herbert Walter Adkins 1871-1902 born 6 October 1871 16 baptized 4 November 1871, Holy Trinity, King William's Town, Cape Colony 17 died 15 July 1902, at his parents' house, Fort Jackson 18 buried Fort Jackson Ethel Isabella Mildred Adkins 1874-1898 born 27 June 1874 died 11 January 1898, Walmer, Port Elizabeth buried St. Stephens Church, Fort Jackson  married John Durno 1865-1931 minister Mabel Evelina May Adkins 1876-circa 1953 born 6 October 1876 died circa 1953, Natal  married 2 December 1902 (the date is from a dated photograph of the wedding party) Walter Shanks born 1875 doctor Harold Percy Coltman Adkins 19 1879-1934 farmer 20 of Fort Jackson 21 born 10 January 1879 died 16 April 1934, Frere Hospital, East London (of typhus) 22 buried Fort Jackson Notes: Mrs Adkins' chutney continued to be manufactured at Fort Jackson by her youngest son Harold, and after his death, by his sister, Mrs Florence Perks. (Daily Dispatch 10.04.2000). Information from Stephanie Pienaar, Curator of History, Amathole Museum, King William's Town  married late in life - no children Amy Eva Shepperson 23 1881-1939 born 17 December 1881 24 died 2 February 1939 25 buried Fort Jackson

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25 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ADKINS, AMY died 1939 Feb 2, born 1881 Dec 17, BORN SHEPPERSON

24 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ADKINS, AMY died 1939 Feb 2, born 1881 Dec 17, BORN SHEPPERSON

23 Death notice - Harold P.C. Adkins - 1934

22 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ADKINS, HAROLD died 1934 April 16, born 1879 January 10, HUSBAND OF AMY Death notice - Harold P.C. Adkins - 1934

21 Death notice - Harold P.C. Adkins - 1934

20 Death notice - Harold P.C. Adkins - 1934

19 Death notice - Harold P.C. Adkins - 1934 Cape Town death notice no: MOOC 6/9/4435 filed: Ref no: 41639

18 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ADKINS, CLEMENT HERBERT WALKER died 1902 July 15, born 1871 Oct 6 Death notice - Clement H.W. Adkins Cape Town Death notice no: MppC 6/9/741 filed: 23/03/1903 Ref no: 1062

17 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 baptism no. 468 4 Nov 1871 - Clement Herbert Walter, son of Henry James and Sarah Adkins of Fort Jackson

16 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 baptisms #468 4 Nov 1871 - Clement Herbert Walter, son of Henry James and Sarah Adkins of Fort Jackson

14 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa PERKS, THOMAS died 1925, born 1855

15 Register - East London - St. John's (including St. Stephens, Fort Jackson), St. John's Anglican Church, East London Florence Henrietta Adkins - Married at St.Stephen's, Fort Jackson, on 3 July 1922

13 Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, Adkins family recorded by Richard Ball May 1970, whole cemetery recorded by Gill and Carl Vernon - checked by W. Jervois, Memorial inscriptions - Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape., Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa PERKS, FLORENCE HENRIETTA died 1962 Jul 4, born 1869 Jun 23, BORN ADKINS "AUNT FLO"

12 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 baptism no. 320 20 July 1869 - Florence Henrietta, daughter of Henry James and Sarah Adkins of Fort Jackson

11 Birthday book of Amy A. E. Ball, Amy A.E.Adkins, Collection - Richard Ball June 28th F. Adkins 1869

10 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 Cory MS 19 194/2 Holy Trinity, KWT, burials register, vol.2, #157 George Walter Adkins, aged 2 years, abode Fort Jackson Family Bible, Henry James and Sarah Adkins, In the possession of Keith Durno, East London Family Register pages George Walter Adkins died May 24th 1869

9 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 baptism no. 193 2 June 1867 - George Walter, son of Henry James and Sarah Adkins of Fort Jackson

8 Adkins, Donald - from personal knowledge - supplied by email

7 Death notice - Adkins, Percy Vivian - 1937 mother: Minnie Adkins c/o Mrs F M Brown, Mount Hope, PO Hackney, CP

6 Photograph of Mr and Mrs Adkins's golden wedding picnic dated 16 May 1902 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 marriages - cert no. 12 16 Feb 1852 - Henry James Adkins, of full age

5 Death notice - Adkins, Henry James - 1914 Birthday book of Amy A. E. Ball, Amy A.E.Adkins, Collection - Richard Ball 8 March entry for Henry J. Adkins Senr 1827 annotated much later in A.A.E Ball's hand: died 1 Aug 1914

4 Register - Ash next Sandwich baptisms 1827 April 8, no. 324 Henry James the son of Henry and Maria Adkins of Ash, Taylor

3 Birthday book of Amy A. E. Ball, Amy A.E.Adkins, Collection - Richard Ball Death notice - Adkins, Henry James - 1914 Birthplace: Ash, Kent, England

2 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 marriage 1852 and baptisms up to 1860

1 Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 marriage and baptismal entries Register - King William's Town - Holy Trinity, Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa, Cory MS 19 baptismal entry 1860 Death notice - Clement H.W. Adkins Cape Town Death notice no: MppC 6/9/741 filed: 23/03/1903 Ref no: 1062