Atkinson, Theodore (1697-1779)

Name:

Atkinson, Theodore (1697-1779)

Title:

Graduate, Harvard College, Class of 1718.
Secretary of the Province of N.H., 1741 (a title which he passed to his son, Theodore Jr., in 1760, but which went back to Theodore IV after Jr.'s death)
Colonel, N.H. Militia.
NH House of Representatives
Chief Justice, (N.H.) Superior Court

Other Names:

Hon. Theodore Atkinson / Col.

Born:

12/20/1697

Birthplace:

New Castle, NH

Died:

09/22/1779

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

New Castle, NH
Portsmouth, NH -- by mid-1730s

Occupation:

Lawyer

Father:

Atkinson, Theodore III (Col) (1669-1719)

Mother:

Atkinson, Mary

Relations:

Siblings:
Atkinson, Elizabeth (1692-; b. Boston, MA; m. Robert Pike)
Atkinson, Mary (1695-; b. New Castle, NH; m. Rev. William Shurtleff)
Aunt: Abigail Atkinson (m. Dr. James Osborne; their daughter was Abigail Atkinson Osborne, who married Cpt. William King).
Father-in-Law: Lt. Gov. John Wentworth ( 1671-1730).
First Cousin, Once Removed: George King, who changed his surname to Atkinson in 1779. Inherited the Atkinson fortune from Theodore Atkinson.
Grandparents: Elizabeth Theodore Atkinson II (1644-1675).
Great-grandparents: Theodore Atkinson (1612-1701, from England)

Spouse:

Wentworth, Hannah (1700-1769). Hannah was the daughter of Lt. Gov. John Wentworth (1671-1730), and sister of Royal Gov. Benning Wentworth (1696-1770). Theodore Atkinson was Hannah's second husband; she was first married to Samuel Plaisted (1696-1731).

Children:

2 children, both pre-deceased Theodore:
Atkinson, Hannah (c.1734-; d.young)
Atkinson, Theodore Jr. (1737-1769; m. cousin, Frances Deering Wentworth, 1762)

Notes:

SILVER COLLECTION: Theodore Atkinson's silver collection, kept in a barred closet in his house, was famous throughout the province of New Hampshire. Most of Theodore IV's fortune was inherited from his father, Theodore III, in 1719; upon Theodore IV's death in 1779, the fortune was bequeathed to his cousin, George King, on the condition that George change his name to Atkinson.
Atkinson, NH -- town named for him, founded in 1767.
SEE ALSO (father-in-law): Wentworth, John (Lieut.-Gov.)
SEE ALSO (brother-in-law): Wentworth, Benning
SEE ALSO (brother-in-law): Wentworth, Hunking
SEE ALSO (first cousin, once removed): Atkinson, George King
SEE ALSO (first cousin, twice removed): Atkinson, William K.
SEE ALSO (son): Atkinson, Theodore (Jr)
SEE ALSO (nephew): Wentworth, John (Governor)
SEE ALSO (nephew): Wentworth, John (Major)