GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
350
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-388)
Name
Robert Atkins (Adkins)
Gender
Male
Denomination
Dissenter - Presbyterian
Lived
b. ca. 1628-03-25 d. 1685-03-28 (old)
Linked Sermons
Mr. Atkins his Farewell Sermon From East Peeters preached there the 23 of September 1660
(autograph: Uncertain )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Jeanne Shami
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 166); Calamy Revised 2:214
Other note
B.A. (1649), M.A. (1652) from Wadham College, Oxford, and fellow there (1650-1661). Rector of Theydon Garnon, Essex, 1654-1657. Briefly chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Preacher at East Peter's Church, Exeter beginning around 1657. He was ejected from East Peter's Church in 1660, and thereafter became a minister at St John's Church, Exeter, but was ejected again in 1662. Thereafter he continued preaching and was licensed as a Presbyterian in 1672, but he was repeatedly fined for holding conventicles at his house.
GEMMS record created
April 18, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024