Saturday, April 25, 2015

Surname Saturday - ADAMS (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1109 who is  Hannah ADAMS (1656-1746) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this ADAMS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277. Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

554.  John Fisher (1677-1727)
555.  Abigail Smith (1686-1726)

1008.  John Fisher, born 18 February 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 October 1727 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2016. Joshua Fisher and 2017. Mary Aldus.  He married 06 March 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1009.  Hannah Adams, born 16 January 1656 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 November 1746 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of John Fisher and Hannah Adams are:
*  Hannah Fisher (1674-????), married 1693 William Partridge (1670-1750).
*  John Fisher (1677-1727), married 1705 Abigail Smith (1686-1726)
*  Rachel Fisher (1680-1712), married 1698 Jonathan Boyden (1674-1719).
*  Mehitable Fisher (1682-1751), married 1715 John Bullen (1691-1740).
*  Joshua Fisher (1685-1749), married 1710 Mary (1690-1766).
*  Josiah Fisher (1692-1781), married 1716 Hannah Bullen (1697-1765).
*  Abigail Fisher (1698-1701).

2018.  Peter Adams, born before 01 March 1622 in Barton St David, Somerset, England; died 23 October 1690 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1648 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2019.  Rachel Newcomb, born before 13 November 1631 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. She was the daughter of 4038. Francis Newcomb and 4039. Rachel Brackett.

Children of Peter Adams and Rachel Newcomb are:
*  John Adams (1648-1724), married 1684 Michal Bloice (1664-1752).
*  Rachel Adams (1650-1678).
*  Peter Adams (1652-1723), married 1680 Experience Cook (1652-1725).
*  Hannah Adams (1656-1723), married (1) 1674 John Fisher (1652-1727); (2)  1730 Joseph Metcalf.
*  Mary Adams (1661-1704).
*  Jonathan Adams (1663-1664).
*  Ruth Adams (1665-????).
*  Joseph Adams (1668-1748), married 1694 Mary Davenport (1668-1737).
*  Samuel Adams (1671-1731), married 1703 Sarah Sabin (1679-1705).
*  Henry Adams (1674-1674).

4036.  Henry Adams, born before 21 January 1583 in Barton St David, Somerset, England; died 06 October 1646 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 19 October 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England.
4037.  Edith Squire, born before 29 May 1587 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England; died 21 January 1673 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Henry Adams and Edith Squire are:
*  Henry Adams (1610-1676), married 1643 Elizabeth Paine (1620-1676).
*  Thomas Adams (1612-1688), married 1642 (1623-1694).
*  Samuel Adams (1616-1689)
*  Jonathan Adams (1619-1690), married 1639 Joan Close (1615-1665).
*  Ursula Adams (1619-1679), married (1) 1640 Stephen Streeter (1600-1652); (2) 1657 Samuel Hosier (1614-1665); (3) 1666 William Robinson (1615-1668); (4) 1673 Griffin Craft (1600-1689).
*  Peter Adams (1622-1690), married 1648 Rachel Newcomb (1631-????).
*  John Adams (1622-1706), married 1648 Anna Howe (1627-1714).
*  Joseph Adams (1626-1694), married 1650 Abigail Baxter (1634-1672).
*  Edward Adams (1629-1716), married (1) 1652 Lydia Penniman (1635-1676); (2) 1678 Abigail Craft (1634-1706); (3) 1707 Sarah Taylor (1636-????).

Information about this Adams family line was obtained from:

*  Enid Eleanor Adams, Ancestors and Descendants of Jeremiah Adams, 1794-1883 (Victor, Idaho : Ancestor Hunters, 1974.

*  several Massachusetts town record books.

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Copyright (c) 23015, Randall J. Seaver


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