James and Ann Eakins, also Aikens, have now changed thrice depending on whom sends edits, so opting headstone, but know 3 different spellings for him! left their native Ireland (believed Glenann Village County Monaghan) in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township.In 1816 James and Ann Eakins emigrated from County Monaghan Ulster Province, Ireland (Republic of Ireland) to Philadelphia. After four years they moved to Toronto Township, where Eakins took up land about 13 miles west of York (Toronto). There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.)
John AIKINS m. Anne LEAVY 4th son
James son James Cox raised nephew William Cox Stratton after his parents died.
James Cox Aikins
James trusteeship
Born on March 30, 1823 in the township of Toronto, J.C. Aikins was the eldest son of James Aikins, an immigrant from Monoghan County, Ireland.
Although the Aikins family had originally been Presbyterian, in the wilds of Upper Canada they became enthusiastic exponents of Methodism. John Wesley
Amidst this evangelical spirit young Aikins received his early education and laboured on the family farm.
At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria College) in Cobourg where he made his first contact with such later notables as William McDougall and (Col.) J.S. Dennis.
After graduating in 1843 as a 'merit student', Aikins acquired a farm in Peel County. Two years later he married Mary Elizabeth Somerset, a local yeoman's daughter.
The couple soon had eight children and the 2nd son, Sir James Albert Manning Aikins, would also eventually become a lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
Three brothers, James, William, and Edward Aiken, were among a number of Scots-Irish colonists who established the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire, settling there in 1722. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster, where the Scottish immigrants settled in the 17th century; but here new variations in spelling began to be seen. Aicken in Co. Down; Aikins in Co. Tyrone; Akins in Co. Monaghan; Ekin in Co. Donegal; and Eakin in Co. Derry.
Relation? Alexander uncle father cousin that I helped others discover :)
Immigration:@ 1812 to Canada
Children
James Cox AIKINS b: 30 Mar 1823 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Henry Moses AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
John AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Aikens is my UE family
Various spellings and derivatives of Aikens exist. This branch decided to change that to remove themselves from the past.
John AIKINS m. Anne LEAVY 4th son
James son James Cox raised nephew William Cox Stratton after his parents died.
James Cox Aikins
James trusteeship
Born on March 30, 1823 in the township of Toronto, J.C. Aikins was the eldest son of James Aikins, an immigrant from Monoghan County, Ireland.
Although the Aikins family had originally been Presbyterian, in the wilds of Upper Canada they became enthusiastic exponents of Methodism. John Wesley
Amidst this evangelical spirit young Aikins received his early education and laboured on the family farm.
At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria College) in Cobourg where he made his first contact with such later notables as William McDougall and (Col.) J.S. Dennis.
After graduating in 1843 as a 'merit student', Aikins acquired a farm in Peel County. Two years later he married Mary Elizabeth Somerset, a local yeoman's daughter.
The couple soon had eight children and the 2nd son, Sir James Albert Manning Aikins, would also eventually become a lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
Three brothers, James, William, and Edward Aiken, were among a number of Scots-Irish colonists who established the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire, settling there in 1722. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster, where the Scottish immigrants settled in the 17th century; but here new variations in spelling began to be seen. Aicken in Co. Down; Aikins in Co. Tyrone; Akins in Co. Monaghan; Ekin in Co. Donegal; and Eakin in Co. Derry.
Relation? Alexander uncle father cousin that I helped others discover :)
Immigration:@ 1812 to Canada
Children
James Cox AIKINS b: 30 Mar 1823 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Henry Moses AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
John AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Aikens is my UE family
Various spellings and derivatives of Aikens exist. This branch decided to change that to remove themselves from the past.
James and Ann Eakins, also Aikens, have now changed thrice depending on whom sends edits, so opting headstone, but know 3 different spellings for him! left their native Ireland (believed Glenann Village County Monaghan) in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township.In 1816 James and Ann Eakins emigrated from County Monaghan Ulster Province, Ireland (Republic of Ireland) to Philadelphia. After four years they moved to Toronto Township, where Eakins took up land about 13 miles west of York (Toronto). There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.)
John AIKINS m. Anne LEAVY 4th son
James son James Cox raised nephew William Cox Stratton after his parents died.
James Cox Aikins
James trusteeship
Born on March 30, 1823 in the township of Toronto, J.C. Aikins was the eldest son of James Aikins, an immigrant from Monoghan County, Ireland.
Although the Aikins family had originally been Presbyterian, in the wilds of Upper Canada they became enthusiastic exponents of Methodism. John Wesley
Amidst this evangelical spirit young Aikins received his early education and laboured on the family farm.
At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria College) in Cobourg where he made his first contact with such later notables as William McDougall and (Col.) J.S. Dennis.
After graduating in 1843 as a 'merit student', Aikins acquired a farm in Peel County. Two years later he married Mary Elizabeth Somerset, a local yeoman's daughter.
The couple soon had eight children and the 2nd son, Sir James Albert Manning Aikins, would also eventually become a lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
Three brothers, James, William, and Edward Aiken, were among a number of Scots-Irish colonists who established the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire, settling there in 1722. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster, where the Scottish immigrants settled in the 17th century; but here new variations in spelling began to be seen. Aicken in Co. Down; Aikins in Co. Tyrone; Akins in Co. Monaghan; Ekin in Co. Donegal; and Eakin in Co. Derry.
Relation? Alexander uncle father cousin that I helped others discover :)
Immigration:@ 1812 to Canada
Children
James Cox AIKINS b: 30 Mar 1823 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Henry Moses AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
John AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Aikens is my UE family
Various spellings and derivatives of Aikens exist. This branch decided to change that to remove themselves from the past.
John AIKINS m. Anne LEAVY 4th son
James son James Cox raised nephew William Cox Stratton after his parents died.
James Cox Aikins
James trusteeship
Born on March 30, 1823 in the township of Toronto, J.C. Aikins was the eldest son of James Aikins, an immigrant from Monoghan County, Ireland.
Although the Aikins family had originally been Presbyterian, in the wilds of Upper Canada they became enthusiastic exponents of Methodism. John Wesley
Amidst this evangelical spirit young Aikins received his early education and laboured on the family farm.
At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria College) in Cobourg where he made his first contact with such later notables as William McDougall and (Col.) J.S. Dennis.
After graduating in 1843 as a 'merit student', Aikins acquired a farm in Peel County. Two years later he married Mary Elizabeth Somerset, a local yeoman's daughter.
The couple soon had eight children and the 2nd son, Sir James Albert Manning Aikins, would also eventually become a lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
Three brothers, James, William, and Edward Aiken, were among a number of Scots-Irish colonists who established the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire, settling there in 1722. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster, where the Scottish immigrants settled in the 17th century; but here new variations in spelling began to be seen. Aicken in Co. Down; Aikins in Co. Tyrone; Akins in Co. Monaghan; Ekin in Co. Donegal; and Eakin in Co. Derry.
Relation? Alexander uncle father cousin that I helped others discover :)
Immigration:@ 1812 to Canada
Children
James Cox AIKINS b: 30 Mar 1823 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Henry Moses AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
John AIKINS b: in County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Ireland
Aikens is my UE family
Various spellings and derivatives of Aikens exist. This branch decided to change that to remove themselves from the past.
Inscription
Sacred in the memory of James Aikins who departed this life Dec 15 1863 83 years
Also Ann July 10 1856
wife of the above 65yrs 8mos 10dys
Family Members
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