Henry Adams Family. Henry 1 Adams ( ) and Edith (Squire) Adams ( )

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1 Henry Adams Peter Adams John Adams John Adams Ruth Adams Abigail Parker Lucy Goodell Harriett E. Hall Charles Franklin Reed Marion Guendolen Stuart Dorothy Chandler Stuart Henry Adams Family HENRY 1 ADAMS ( ) m. (1609) EDITH SQUIRE ( ) PETER 2 ADAMS (C1622-C1690) M. RACHEL JOHN 3 ADAMS (C ) M. (1685) MICHAL BLOICE ( ) JOHN 4 ADAMS ( ) M. (1733) ABIGAIL (CLEVELAND) BROWN ( ) RUTH 5 ADAMS ( ) M. SAMUEL D. PARKER (C ) Henry 1 Adams ( ) and Edith (Squire) Adams ( ) HENRY 1 ADAMS was born on 21 Jan 1583 in Barton St. David, Somersetshire, England, 1 the son of JOHN A and AGNES (STONE) ADAMS. 2 EDITH SQUIRE was baptized on 29 May 1587 in Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire, the daughter of Henry Squire. 3 Henry Adams married Edith Squire in Charlton Mackrell on 19 Oct The Adams family was living in Barton St. David in By 1622, they had moved to Kingweston, Somersetshire, where they remained until at least Mount Wollaston was later renamed Braintree. The Adams family lived in that part of Braintree that became Quincy in Henry and Edith (Squire) Adams were in New England by 24 Feb 1639/40 when Henry received a grant of 40 acres of land at Mount Wollaston, Massachusetts. 6 Henry Adams was buried in Braintree on 8 Oct In his will, proved on 8 Jun 1647, he mentions his sons Peter, John, Joseph, Edward, and Samuel; his daughter Ursula; and his wife, who is not named. 8 His estate was inventoried on the same day his will was proved and showed a modest estate of 75.13s.0d. 9 Edith Adams married, as her second husband, John Fussell. 10 She died in Medfield, Mass. on 21 Jan 1672/ John Fussell died in Medfield on 21 Feb 1675/ Henry and Edith (Squire) Adams had the following children, all born in England: i. Lieutenant Henry Adams, born in He married Elizabeth Paine in Braintree on 17 Nov She was the daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Paine, baptized in Tenderden, county Kent on 23 Jul Henry Adams was killed by Indians during King Philip s War on 21 Feb 1675/ Elizabeth was accidentally shot the same day and died on 22 Feb 1675/ ii. Lieutenant Thomas Adams, born about He married Mary (Blackmore?) in Braintree about He died in Chelmsford, Mass. on 20 Jul 1688, age Mary died in Charlestown, Mass. on 23 Mar 1694/ 95, age iii. Jonathan Adams, born about He married (1) Joane Close on 7 Feb 1638/39 in Baltonsborough, Somersetshire. 23 They remained in Enmgland until about 1651, when they came to New England. 24 He married (2) Elizabeth Holman, about She was born in Cambridge on 19 May 1644, the daughter of William and Winnifred Holman. 26 Jonathan died in Prepared by Stuart Bloom, PO Box 487, Earlville, IL sbloom@earlvilleport.com. Copyright 2005 by Stuart Bloom. All rights reserved. Medfield, Mass. on 28 Jul 1690, 27 age iv. Captain Samuel Adams, 29 born about He married (1) Mary Eglesfield about She was the daughter of Emmanuel and Susanna (Gray) Eglesfield of London. 32 He married (2) Rebecca Graves. 33 She was the daughter of Thomas and Katherine (Gray) Graves, and a cousin of his first wife. 34 Rebecca died in Chelmsford, Mass. on 8 Sep or 8 Oct Samuel married (3) Esther Sparhawk in Chelmsford on 7 May She was born in 1636, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Angier) Sparhawk of Cambridge. 37 Samuel died in Chelmsford on 24 Jan 1688/ Esther died in v. Ursula Adams, 39 born about She married (1) Stephen Streeter of Charlestown about She married (2) Samuel Hosier of Watertown on 13 Oct She married (3) William Robinson of Dorchester about She married (4) Griffin Craft of Roxbury in Dorchester on 15 Jul

2 vi. PETER 2 ADAMS, 45 born in 1621, 46 q. v. vii. John Adams, 47 baptized in Kingweston on 10 Dec He married Anne about He died in Cambridge in Anne was living in October viii. Joseph Adams, 52 born in Kingweston on 9 Feb He married Abigail Baxter on 26 Nov 1650 in Braintree. 54 She was born in Roxbury, Mass. in September 1634, the daughter of Gregory and Margaret (Puddy) Baxter. 55 She died in Braintree on 27 Aug Joseph died there on 6 Dec 1694, aged about 68 years. 57 viii. Ensign Edward Adams, 58 baptized in Kingweston on 19 Apr He married (1) Lydia Penniman about She was baptized in Boston on 22 Feb 1634/35, the daughter of James and Lydia (Eliot) Penniman. 61 She died in Medfield on 3 Mar 1675/ Edward married (2) the widow Abigail (Craft) Ruggles-Day of Roxbury. 63 She was the daughter of Griffith and Alice Craft and the widow of John Ruggles and Ralph Day. 64 She died in Medfield on 19 Jan 1706/ He married (3) Sarah Taylor on 6 Jan 1709/ Edward Adams died in Medfield on 12 Nov 1716, 67 the last of the original settlers. 68 Peter 2 Adams (c1622-c1690) and Rachel ( ) Adams PETER 2 ADAMS (HENRY 1 ) was born in England about He probably came to New England with his father and mother. Peter Adams married RACHEL, 70 probably about They lived first in Braintree, Mass., where Peter was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on 22 May They moved to Medfield, Mass. in Their home in Medfield was burned by the Indians in 1675 during King Philip s War. 73 Peter Adams died in Medfield in 1690, aged His estate was inventoried on 23 Oct His estate was divided on 1 Apr Participating in the division were his eldest son, Peter; Hannah, wife of John Fisher; his sons John, Joseph, and Samuel; and his daughters Mary and Ruth. George Fairbank, husband of Peter s deceased daughter Rachel is also mentioned. 76 Peter and Rachel ( ) Adams had the following children: i. Rachel Adams, 77 born in Braintree. 78 She married George Fairbanks in Medfield on 1 Dec He was born in 1650, the son of George and Mary (Adams) Fairbanks. 80 Rachel died in Medfield on 12 May ii. Dr. Peter Adams, 82 born in Medfield in April He married Experience Cook in Medfield on 27 May He died on 8 Dec iii. Hannah Adams, 86 born in Medfield on 16 Jan 1655/ She married (1) John Fisher in Medfield on 6 Mar 1673/ He was born in Dedham, Mass. in 1652, the son of Joshua Fisher. 89 He died in Medfield on 15 Oct Hannah married (2) as his second wife, Joseph Metcalf, in He was born in Medfield on 22 Nov 1658, the son of John and Mary Metcalf. 92 He died in Medfield on 18 Dec Hannah died there on 1 Nov iv. JOHN 3 ADAMS, 95 born in Medfield, 96 q. v. v. Mary Adams, 97 born in Medfield on 1 Mar 1661, 98 died unmarried on 19 Mar 1703/04 99 vi. Jonathan Adams, born in Medfield on 11 Jul 1663, 100 died on 15 May vii. Jonathan Adams, born in Medfield on 15 May viii. Ruth Adams, 103 born in Medfield on 20 Jun 1665, 104 living unmarried in ix. Joseph Adams, 106 born on Medfield on 25 Aug He married Mary Davenport. 108 She was the daughter of Charles Davenport of Dorchester, Mass. 109 They moved to Canterbury, Conn. about 1721, where he died on 9 Dec x. Samuel Adams, 111 born in Medfield on 2 Apr He married Sarah Sabin on 11 Nov She died in Medfield on 6 Jan 1704/ He died in Medfield on 15 Feb 1730/ xi. Henry Adams, born in Medfield on 6 Jan 1673/74, 116 died young 117 4

3 John 3 Adams (c ) and Michal (Bloice) Adams ( ) Henry Adams Family JOHN 3 ADAMS (PETER 2 HENRY 1 ) was born in Medfield, Mass., probably between 1657 and MICHAL 3 BLOICE (RICHARD 2 EDMUND 1 ) was born in Watertown, Mass. on 3 Apr John Adams married Michal Bloice in Medfield, Mass. on 2 Apr John Adams moved to Canterbury, Conn. after 1 Mar 1706/ On 8 Dec 1708, he bought 400 acres of land there. 122 John Adams of Canterbury made his will on 14 Feb He mentions his wife Michal; his sons Samuel, Richard, and Michael; and his daughters, Mary Adams and Ruth Paine. 123 He died there on 26 Feb 1724/ Michal died there on 4 Apr John and Michal (Bloice) Adams had the following children, all born in Medfield: i. Samuel Adams, born on 25 Feb 1685/ He married (1) Mary Plimpton in Medfield on 22 Dec She was born in Medfield in July 1692, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Morse) Plimpton. 128 She died in Canterbury on 28 Mar He married (2) Margaret. 130 He died on 24 Apr Margaret died on 19 Mar 1652/53 [sic]. 132 ii. Mary Adams, born on 11 Mar 1686/ iii. Patience Adams, born on 21 Mar 1689/90, 134 died on 28 May iv. Ruth Adams, born on 10 Dec She married Abraham Paine on 19 Dec 1717/ He was the son of ELISHA and REBECCA (DOANE) PAINE, q. v. v. Josiah Adams, born on 4 Oct 1693, 138 died in Medfield on 9 Jan 1693/ vi. Captain JOHN 4 ADAMS, born on 14 Dec 1695, 140 q. v. vii. Isaac Adams, born on 30 Jan 1697/ John 4 Adams ( ) and Abigail (Cleveland) Adams ( ) He married Zerviah Brown in Canterbury on 17 Feb 1728/ He died in Salisbury, Conn. on 24 Nov Zerviah died there on 20 Jul 1787, age 75 years. 144 viii. Richard Adams, born on 28 Sep He married Mary Cleveland in Canterbury on 30 Mar Richard died on 17 Apr Mary married (2) Samuel Butts of Canterbury on 8 Jan 1735/ ix. Joshua Adams, born on 22 Jul 1701, 149 died in Medfield on 1 Apr x. Abigail Adams, born on 23 Apr 1703, 151 died in Medfield on 14 May xi. Bethia Adams, born on 8 Feb 1704/ 05, 153 died in Medfield on 1 Apr xii. Michael Adams, born on 1 Mar 1706/ He married Sarah Shuttlesworth in Medfield. 156 Sarah died on 27 Jan He died in Thompson, Conn. on 26 Aug JOHN 4 ADAMS (JOHN 3 PETER 2 HENRY 1 ) was born in Medfield, Mass. on 14 Dec ABIGAIL 4 CLEVELAND (JOSIAH 2-3 MOSES 1 ) was born on 3 Jun 1715 in Canterbury, Conn. 160 She married Benjamin Brown, 161 with whom she had one son. 162 John Adams married Abigail (Cleveland) Brown in They lived in the North Society of Canterbury, west of Buck Hill. 164 John Adams of Canterbury made his will on 4 May He mentions his wife Abigail. 165 John Adams died in Canterbury on 16 Jan 1762 and is buried there in the Cleveland Cemetery

4 Abigail Adams died in Canterbury on 15 Dec Her estate was administered on 19 Feb 1782/83, and the papers mention her eldest son Benjamin Brown. 168 John and Abigail Adams are both buried in a small graveyard in the northern part of Canterbury. 169 John and Abigail (Cleveland) (Brown) Adams had the following children, all born in Canterbury: i. Lois Adams, born on 17 Nov She was living, unmarried, when her mother s estate was divided on 19 Feb ii. Mary Adams, born on 23 Jun She married Joshua Parker 173 and probably removed to Putney, Vt. 174 iii. Captain John Adams, born on 12 Feb 1744/ He married (1) Mary Parker on 5 Oct 1769 in Putney, Vt. 176 She was born in Needham, Mass. on 23 Sep 1747, the daughter of Joshua and Jemima (Davenport) Parker. 177 She died of a cancer in Canterbury on 11 Oct He married (2) the widow Hannah Faucet (or Fassett) of Brooklyn, Conn. on 2 Nov John Adams died on 10 Dec 1818 in Canterbury and is buried in Cleveland Cemetery in Canterbury. 180 Hannah died on 9 Feb 1821, age iv. Lydia Adams, born on 12 Jun She married John Wheeler in Canterbury on 15 Nov v. Cornelius Adams, born on 21 Mar He married (1) Esther Steadman in Canterbury on 14 Apr She was born on 25 Sep and died on 21 Aug He married (2) Mrs. Olive (Chaffee) Sanger. 188 She died on 31 Oct 1809, age He married (3) Mrs. Abigail Call of Sterling, Conn. 190 Cornelius died in Canterbury on 30 Aug Abigail died on 21 May 1838, age vi. Ebeneezer Adams, born on 6 Oct He married (1) Mary Morse on 8 Apr She was born on 9 Mar and died on 17 Sep He married (2) Molly Merritt on 13 Mar She was the daughter of Joseph Merritt, born about Ebeneezer died in Canterbury on 31 Jan Molly died on 29 Dec 1843, age vii. Abigail Adams, born on 13 Jun She married Rev. John Cleveland in Canterbury on 2 Feb viii. Samuel Adams, born on 16 Mar He married Betsy Littlefield in Canterbury on 11 May She died on 4 Aug 1820, age He died at Williamstown, Vt. on 23 Nov ix. RUTH 5 ADAMS, born on 12 Mar She married SAMUEL D. PARKER, q. v. Notes for Henry Adams Family 1 Gary Boyd Roberts, compiler, Ancestors of American Presidents: First Authoritative Edition (Santa Clarita, Cal., 1995), 4 2 J. Gardner Bartlett, Henry Adams of Somertsetshire, England and Braintree, Massachusetts, His English Ancestry and Some of His Descendants (New York, 1927), 59 3 Bartlett, op. cit., , 49 6 Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants, also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., (Rutland, Vt., 1898), 1 7 Bartlett, op. cit., Roberts, loc. cit. 11 Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, 1903), 213, hereafter cited as Medfield VR 12 Medfield VR, Bartlett, op. cit., Bates, Samuel A., editor, Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 (Randolph, Mass., 1886), 629, hereafter cited as Braintree VR 15 Bartlett, op. cit., Bartlett, op. cit., Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass., 1914), 359, hereafter cited as Chelmsford VR 21 Adams, op. cit., 6 22 Bartlett, op. cit, ; not in Cambridge VR Bartlett, op. cit., Chelmsford VR, Chelmsford VR, Chelmsford VR, Named in the will of her father, 6

5 40 Bartlett, op. cit., A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, 1890), 1:22; Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, two volumes (Salem, Mass., 1925, 1926), 2: Bartlett, op. cit., Bartlett, op. cit., 51, citing Kingweston PR 49, Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, 4 54 Braintree VR, Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, 4 56 Braintree VR, Braintree VR, Bartlett, op. cit., 51 60, ; A Report of the Record Commissioners Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, (Boston, 1908), ; Adams, op. cit., Bartlett, op. cit.,, Emily Wilder Leavitt, Rev. William Adams of Madison Square Church, New York City, with his Adams and Bradford Lines of Descent, NEHGR, 48: , citing Suffolk Co. PR 8: , citing Suffolk Co. PR II: 3: Mentioned (as deceased) in the division of her father s estate, 78 Adams, op. cit., Medfield VR, his father s estate, Adams, loc. cty. 86 his father s estate, 87 Medfield VR, Medfield VR, ; Adams, loc. cit. His first wife was Sarah Bowers, who died in Medfield VR, 71; Adams, loc. cit. 93 Medfield VR, Medfield VR, his father s estate, 96, says he was born in Braintree; but Peter is called the eldest son in the division of their father s estate, and he was born after the move to Medfield. 97 his father s estate, his father s estate, his father s estate, Lorraine Cook White, compiler, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Volume 5: Canaan , Canterbury (Baltimore, 1966), 104, from Canterbury VR 1:66, hereafter cited as Canaan VR or Canterbury VR 111 his father s estate, Medfield VR, Medfield VR, Adams, op. cit He is listed first among the sons of Peter Adams in the division of Peter s estate, save for Peter 3 who is called the eldest son. There is a gap in Peter 2 s recorded children from 1655 to 1661, and I think it likely that John was born in this time frame. 119 Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (Boston, 1860), 44, hereafter cited as Bond, Early Settlers of Watertown A John Adams married a Dorcas Dwight in Medfield on 8 Mar [2] This may be an earlier marriage for John. 121 Birthdate of his last child, in Medfield 122 Leavitt, op. cit., citing Canterbury TR 2: Canterbury VR, 102, from 125 Canterbury VR, 107, from Medfield VR, 83; Adams, Henry Adams of Braintree, Canterbury VR, 106, from 130 From her death record, Canterbury VR, Adams, op. cit., 314; Canterbury VR, 109, from Canterbury VR, ; Canterbury VR, 106, shows her death but gives no date, Medfield VR, John G. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Volume 6, Second Edition, Stephen Hopkins Family (Plymouth, Mass., 1995), 196, hereafter cited as MF Canterbury VR, 103, from Canterbury VR, 1:

6 144 Adams, loc cit Canterbury VR, 108, from Canterbury VR, 1: Canterbury VR, 108, from 148 Canterbury VR, 106, from Canterbury VR, 1: Medfield VR, Medfield VR, Adams, op. cit., 315. Her last name is given with the birth of their son Michael in [] Canterbury VR, 162, from Canterbury VR, 1: MF6, i. Benjamin Brown, living and called her eldest son when her estate was administered in [] He was mentioned in the 1750 will of his grandfather, Josiah Cleveland. [MF6, 193] 163 On 17 Apr 1752, John and Abigail Adams conveyed land that had been bequeathed to them by their father, Josiah Cleveland of Canterbury. [Leavitt, Rev. William Adams, citing an unspecified deed] Leavitt, op. cit. 166 NEHGR, 70:342, citing his gravestone 167 Canterbury VR, 97, with a question mark, from Canterbury VR, 1: Leavitt, op. cit Canterbury VR, 105, from Canterbury VR, 1: ; Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records shows a Deacon Cornelius Adams who died 30 Aug 1825 aged 75 years buried in Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury 172 Canterbury VR, 106, from Canterbury VR, 1: Cleveland, Edmund James, and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, three volumes (Hartford, Conn., 1899), Adams, op. cit., Canterbury VR, 103, from 176 Cleveland and Cleveland, op. cit., Needham VR, 52; Cleveland and Cleveland, loc. cit. 178 NEHGR, 70:342, citing her gravestone NEHGR, 70:342, citing his gravestone; Canterbury Rootsweb site, citing Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 181 NEHGR, 70:342, citing her gravestone 182 Canterbury VR, 105, from 183 Canterbury VR, 105, from Canterbury VR, 1: Canterbury VR, 99, from 185 Canterbury VR, 99, from Canterbury VR, 1: Adams, op. cit., ; Hale Collection of Canterbury ; Hale Collection of Canterbury 190 Adams, op. cit ; Hale Collection of Canterbury 193 Canterbury VR, 100, from 194 Canterbury VR, 100, from Canterbury VR, 1: ; Hale Collection of Canterbury, which gives her age at death as 40 years 197 ; Canterbury VR, 100, from Canterbury VR, 1:52, which gives the last digit of the year as unreadable ; Hale Collection of Canterbury, which identifies him with Lexington Alarm 200 ; Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records for Wheeler Cemetery, Canterbury 201 Canterbury VR, 97, from 202 Cleveland and Cleveland, op. cit., 162; Canterbury VR, 97, from Canterbury VR, 1: Canterbury VR, 109, from Canterbury VR, 1: Cleveland and Cleveland, op. cit., 347, which gives her last name as Littlefield; Canterbury VR, 109, from Canterbury VR, 1:52, which reports the last digit of the year as unreadable 205 Cleveland and Cleveland, loc. cit Canterbury VR, 108, from Canterbury VR, 1:57 8