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Joseph Adams

Male 1626 - 1694  (68 years)


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  • Name Joseph Adams 
    Born 1626  in England, remained at Braintree,,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 06 Dec 1694  Braintree,, MA, ae 68 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I202  B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 

    Father Henry Adams,   b. Abt 1583, Barton St. David, Somersetshire, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1646, Braintree,, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Edith Squire,   b. 29 May 1587, (bpt) Charlton Mackrell,Somersetshire,ENG Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1673, Braintree,, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 19 Oct 1609  Charlton Mackrell(adjoining par to B.St. S) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Baxter,   b. Sep 1634, Roxbury,,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1692, Braintree,, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1650  Braintree,, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Capt John Adams,   b. 03 Dec 1661, Braintree,, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Nov 1702, Braintree or Boston,,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)  [natural]
     2. Henry Adams,   d. 13 Nov 1652, Braintree, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ITEMS OF ANCESTRY BY A DESCENDANT, IMR, PRIVATELY PRINTED, BOSTON, 1894. --- Includes this information on ADAMS LINEAGE. (pages 34-39).

      (page35):

      2. JOSEPH (2) ADAMS, b. 1626; m. 2 Nov 1650, ABIGAIL BAXTER,
      b. at Roxbury, Sept. 1634, daughter of GREGORY and MARGARET
      (PADDY) BAXTER. Her father, doubtless from a family long established in the county of Norfolk,
      was among the earliest comers to the Bay colony, arriving in 1630 and settling in Roxbury. In 1640,
      he removed to the point in the present city of Quincy, where he
      continued as a landholder till his death, 21 Jun 1659. Her mother
      was a sister to William Paddy, Treasurer of Plymouth colony 1640-
      53. She d. 13 Feb 1662. Joseph Adams was a maltster, in which
      business his posterity continued to the end of the provincial era. In
      his will he bequeathed to Peter, his property; to Joseph, only a
      single acre of salt marsh; to John, a Boston merchant, forty pounds
      and ten bushels of apples every year that he should send for them.
      The furniture was divided among his daughters. Mr. Adams often
      filled town offices, such as highway surveyor and selectman. His
      wife d. 27 Aug 1692, and he d. 6 Dec 1694. Children:

      i. Hannah(3), b. 13 Nov. 1752; m. Samuel Savil.
      ii. Joseph, b. 24 Dec. 1654.
      iii. John, b. 12 Jan. 1656; d. 27 Jan. 1656.
      iv. Abigail, b. 27 Feb. 1659; m. John Bass; d. 1696.
      v. JOHN, b. 3 Dec 1661; m. HANNAH WEBB *******
      (******* they were grandparents of Samuel Adams,
      the Massachusetts patriot.)
      vi. Bethia, b. 3 Dec 1661;
      vii. Mary, b. 3 Oct 1663; d. an infant.
      viii. Samuel, b. 16 Sept. 1665; d. an infant.
      ix. Mary, b. 12 Feb. 1668; m. Samuel Webb
      x. Peter, b. 7 Feb. 1670; m. Mary Webb
      xi. Jonathan, b. 16 Jan. 1671.
      xii. Mehitable, b. 23 Nov 1693; m. Thomas White.