Welcome
to the Atkinson's of Botany, Howard Township, Kent
County, Province of Ontario, Canada, descendants of
William Atkinson of Buckden, the West Riding of
Yorkshire, England.
Sarah & William
Botany, a small
community in Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Upper Canada or
Canada West as it was known once), became the home to many
immigrants from the British Isles and one of them was
William Atkinson. William and his wife Sarah came because of
the promise of cheap land and a new life. A bleak future in
the Dales of Yorkshire led them to look to Canada to start a
new life. He became one of the original members of the Talbot Settlement
in Kent County and
held title to 100 acres, arriving in 1831 with his wife and
three children. Originally granted these acres on Concession
Two of Howard Township, he came to own 80 acres in the Block
Concession. Our family farmed this land for four generations
from 1831 to 2003 and many branches of our genealogical tree have
settled throughout North America.
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