Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 20 - Martin-Atkins
Martin-Atkins. — A French Protestant, named Martin, came to Kngland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. One of his descendants married Miss Atkins; she had a brother Abraham Atkins, Esq., who, in 1746, purchased the manor of Kingston Lisle, near Wantage, Berkshire. He left this estate to his nephew, Mr. Martin, on condition of his assuming the additional surname of Atkins. There are no dates on record regarding this Mr. Martin-Atkins, but his widow, née Ellen Frances Halhed, died in 1831, aged seventy-nine. Her son, Atkins Edwin Martin-Atkins, Esq., was the father of Edwin Martin-Atkins, Esq., of Kingston Lisle, born 1808, and of William Hastings Martin-Atkins, Esq. of Farley Castle (also in Berkshire), born 1811. The squires of Kingston Lisle have since borne the name of Edwin; the present proprietor is a minor, born 1870, whose father was born in 1838, and died in 1875.