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