Nancy Adkins

Notes:

Her ancestry in English, with her grandparents being William V. Atkinson and Elizabeth Parker of Charles City, Henrico Co. VA. Her mother shortened the name to Adkins and was the common-law wife of Jacob Harley.

Nancy married Littleberry Adkins 29 May 1790, Franklin Co. VA. Littleberry (son of Parker Vincent Adkins and Mary) was born 10 May 1767, Pittsylvania Co. VA; died Bef 1849, Lick Springs, Sumner Co. VA (WV); was buried , Grave Hill Cemetery, Lick Creek, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Jesse Adkins was born ca 1791, Franklin Co. VA; died Aft 1860, Wayne Co. VA (now WV).
2. Isom Adkins was born ca 1795.
3. Hezekiah Adkins was born 16 Aug 1800, Kanawha Co. VA (now WV); died 02 Mar 1867, Wayne Co. WV.
4. Littleberry Adkins, Jr. was born ca 1801, Kanawha Co. VA (now WV); died 27 Mar 1853, Cabell Co. VA (now WV).
5. Christina Adkins was born ca 1804, Kanawha Co. WV; died Aft 1870, Wayne Co. WV.
6. Dicey Adkins was born ca 1806, Kanawha Co. VA (now WV); died Aft 1860.
7. Purcilla (Pressia) Adkins was born ca 1810, Cabell Co. VA (now WV); died 10 Jan 1891, Credo, Wayne Co. WV.
8. Vicy Adkins was born ca 1811, Cabell Co. VA (now WV); died 1895, Wayne Co. WV.

Notes:

Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for the statesman Robert Harley.

Lord Oxford and Mortimer was succeeded by his only son, Edward, the second Earl. Edward's only son, Henry Cavendish Harley, Lord Harley, died as an infant in 1725. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his first cousin, Edward Harley, the third Earl. He was the son of Edward Harley, brother of the first Earl. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, the fourth Earl.

So if Jacob was the son of the Earl of Oxford, it was the from the Third Earl, Edward Harley.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer

According to family stories, he was sent to America as a tax collector for the crown. Jacob and Mary had seven children. Mary's brothers did not like him and fought with him.

When the Revolutionary War arose, he was called back to England and he did not take Mary and their children with him. He never returned to America. When he died he left some money for Mary and the children, but they would have had to go to England and present their claim for it, so they never received anything. The children all took their mother's name ADKINS.


Name:
He was supposed to be the son of an English Earl - the Earl of Oxford. Some people called him Jacob Oxford, but that was not his name.

Jacob married Mary Adkins. Mary was born 12 Oct 1735, Richland, Goochland Co. VA; died Aft 1820, Beech Fork, Cabell Co. VA (now WV). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to family stories and oral history is that Mary lived common law with a descendant of the Earl of Oxford. According to the tradition, he deserted Mary and her children during the Revolutionary War and returned to England. Because the family name of the person that held the title 'Earl of Oxford' during the mid 1700s was Harley it was assumed by many researchers that this man's name was Jacob Harley.

If this is the case, her descendants through Lineberry have both Native American and European "royal" blood.