Joseph Atkinson lived in Portsmouth/Greenland during the 1650's thru the the 1670's. There was another Joseph Atkinson family in Exeter/Brentwood in the 1720's thru the 1760's. there was a Dr. Joseph Atkinson in Durham during the 1730's thru the 1780's and of course there were the Theodore Atkinsons of Portsmouth /New Castle from about 1690 thru the late 1700's. I am not really interested in the Theodore line, but please is there anyone out there who knows much about these other Atkinsons I would love to hear from them, I am a descendent of the Exeter/brentwood Atkinsons