Robert Atkinson, son of William Atkinson and Jane Gibson, was born on May 10, 1742 in Chester Le Street, Durham, England and died on February 5, 1817 in Sackville, NB, Canada at the age of 74. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Mercy Killam in 1778. She was born on November 29, 1765 and died on November 27, 1809 in Sackville, NB, Canada at the age of 43. The second time he married Ann Brown, daughter of Edward Brown and Thomasine Johnson, on July 8, 1771 in Chester Le Street, Durham, England. She was born in 1750 in Chester Le Street, Durham, England and died on February 28, 1787 in Francklin Manor, Cumberland Co., NS, Canada at the age of 37.

Christopher Atkinson, son of Robert Atkinson and Ann Brown, was born on December 4, 1782 in Sackville, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada and died on October 5, 1849 in Tidnish, NB, Canada at the age of 66. He married 2 times. The first time he married Ann Smith, daughter of John Smith and Jane Chapman, on February 4, 1805. She was born on August 1, 1786 in Cumberland Township, NS, Canada and died on April 30, 1819 in Sackville, NB, Canada at the age of 32. The second time he married Catherine Goodwin on March 21, 1820. She was born in 1780 and died on November 12, 1875 at the age of 95.

Joseph Smith Atkinson, son of Christopher Atkinson and Ann Smith, was born on February 27, 1810 in Sackville, NB, Canada and died on April 5, 1873 in Bayfield, NB, Canada at the age of 63. He married Mary Thompson Allen, daughter of Ephraim Allen and Eliza Silliker, on June 15, 1837 in Westmorland Parish, NB, Canada. She was born on July 1, 1817 in Cape Tormentine, Westmorland, NB and died on March 16, 1892 in Bayfield, NB, Canada at the age of 74.