Akins

Akins, JAMES

one of the early Methodist ministers, was born in Ireland 1778, removed to America in 1792, and entered the itinerant ministry in 1801. He labored for over twenty years with success, chiefly in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and died at Haverstraw, Aug. 9,1823. — Minutes of Conferences, 1824, p. 439.