Amanuensis Monday -- 1646 Will of Henry Adams (1583-1646) of Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony

 This week's document for transcription is the 1646 Will of Henry Adams (1583-1646) of Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

*  Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records; Case 52, Henry Adams, 1646 (image 6 of 7):

The transcription of this document is:

                             This is the true Minde and Will of the Late Deceased

                               Henry Adams of Brantree                      A'o 1646

First my will is that sonne Peter and John and my daughter Ursula

shall have the ground in the Neck, both uploand and meddow, during

the terme I was to enjoy it, untill it returns into the towne lands

againe, from whom I had it. Also the Aker in the Mill feild.

Item my will is that my bookes shall be devided amongst  ^all^ my Children.

Item my will is that my wife shall have and enjoy all my other Goods

so longe as she liveth unmarried. And if she marry then my will is y't

Joseph and Edward, and my daughter Ursula should enjoy all my

ground in the feild that lyeth in the way to Waymouth ferry

and my house lott with all the houses and fruite trees, and all my

moveables at the Death or marriage of my wife Provided they and their

mother shall pay to my Sonne Samuel that w'ch is due him for the ground

I bought of him to be payd in convenient tyme. But in case God should

soe deale w'th my wife that shee be constray ned to make use of some

thing by way of Sale shee may.

Finally for moveables my will is that my Sonne Peter & John shall

have an equall share with my sonnes Joseph and Edward and my

daughter Ursula.

ss in Co'e to the 8th of the 4th in 1647  

Increase Nowell  rec     Beniamin Allbe

                                       Richard Brackett

The source citation for this Will is:

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, Henry Adams will, dated A'o 1646, proved 8 June 1647; imaged, American Ancestors(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/52-co6/69443733 : November 2 2025), "Suffolk Cases 1-1999," Case 52, image 6 of 7; original records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)

In this will, Henry Adams does not directly name his wife and names his sons Perter, John, Joseph and Edward, and daughter Ursula, with the estate going to his wife and after her death the estate to be equally divided among his children.

Henry Adams (1583-1646) was born in Barton St. David, Somerset, England, and died before 6 October 1646 when he was buried in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony.  He married Edith Squire (1587-1673) on 19 October 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England.  They had nine children, but only five were named in the will.

Henry Adams (1583-1646) and Edith Squire (1587-1673) are my 10th great-grandparents, and are the parents of my 9th great-grandfather Peter Adams (1622-1690) who married Rachel Newcomb (1631-1690) in 1648 in Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony; also of my 9th great-grandfather Jonathan Adams (1614-1690) who married Elizabeth Holman (1644-1719) in about 1664.

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Read other transcriptions of records of my relatives and ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1690 Death Record of Jonathan Adams, Sr.. (1614-1690).

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1690 death record of Jonathan Adams in the Medfield, Massachusetts Bay vital record book:

The bi rth record is in the middle of the page:

The transcript of this record is:

"[ADAMS] Jonathan Sr., July 28, 1690."

The source citation for the marriage record is:

Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Deaths, page 190, Jonathan Adams Sr. death entry, 28 July 1690.

This is a Derivative Source record (because it is compiled from an original town record) with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the death of Jonathan Adams, Sr. on 28 July 1690 in Medfield, Massachusetts Bay.

Jonathan Adams was born before 19 April 1614 in Barton St. David, Somerset, the son of Henry and Edith (Squire) Adams.  He married (1) Joan Close (1615-1664) on 7 February 1639 in Boltonsborough, Somerset, England, and they had 3 children.  Jonathan married (2) Elizabeth Holman (1644-1719) in about 1664, and they had 4 children. 

Jonathan and Elizabeth (Holman) Adams are my 9th great-grandparents, through their daughter, Elizabeth Adams (1666-1719) who married John Partridge (1656-1743) in about 1690.  

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Surname Saturday -- NEWCOMB (England to colonial Massachusetts)

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

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2219 who is Rachel NEWCOMB (1631-????). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this NEWCOMB 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 (1768-1841)
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)

1108.  John Fisher (1652-1727)
1109.  Hannah Adams (1656-1746)

2218.  Peter Adams, born before 01 March 1622 in Barton St David, Somerset, England; died 23 October 1690 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4436. Henry Adams and 4437. Edith Squire.  He married about 1648 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2219.  Rachel Newcomb, born before 13 November 1631 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

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 (1656-1746), married (1) 1674 John Fisher (1652-1727); (2) 1730 Joseph Metcalf (1658-1741)
*  Mary Adams (1661-1704).
*  Jonathan Adams (1663-1664).
*  Ruth Adams (1665-1665).
*  Joseph Adams (1668-1748), married 1694 Mary Davenport (1668-1737).
*  Samuel Adams (1671-1731), married 1703 Sarah Sabin (1679-1705).
*   Henry Adams (1674-1674).

4438.  Francis Newcomb, born about 1605 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died 27 May 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  13 November 1630 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
4439.  Rachel Brackett, born before 28 April 1614 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died after 05 January 1685 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 8878. Peter Brackett and 8879. Rachel LNU.

Children of Francis Newcomb and Rachel Brackett are:
*  Rachel Newcomb (1631-????), married 1648 Peter Adams (1622-1690).
*  John Newcomb (1634-1722), married (1) 1658 Ruth Marshall (1634-1697); (2) 1698 Elizabeth LNU (1640-1722).
*  Hannah Newcomb (1637-1710), married 1658 James Thorpe.
*  Mary Newcomb (1640-1678), married (1) 1657 Samuel Deering (1604-1671); (2) 1675 George Spear (1613-1688).
*  Judith Newcomb (1646-1723), married 1666 Samuel Jennison (1645-1701).
*  Peter Newcomb (1648-1725), married (1) 1672 Susanna Cutting (1652-17800); (2) 1701 Mary Phillips (1660-1738).
*  Abigail Newcomb (1651-????).
*  Leah Newcomb (1654-????), married 1688 William Price (1658-????).
*  Elizabeth Newcomb (1658-????), married (1) 1677 John Pidge (1640-1691); (2) 1695 James Emery (1631-1719).

Information about the Newcomb family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), pages 242-245.

I have done no original research on this family line.

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