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About Abraham Adams
- Vital: (16 Jan 1642) Weymouth, Massachusetts
- Burial: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA "aged 60 years"
From Savage:
ADAMS, ABRAHAM, Boston, cooper, perhaps s. of Nathaniel of Weymouth, had liv. at Falmouth, where bef. 1667 he m. Sarah, d. of Arthur Macworth, and from his wid. had gift of an isl. in Casco Bay. Willis, I. 75. Later in life he was an innholder, and one of that band of volunteers wh. took, Oct. 1689, a piratic. vessel, in the Vineyard Sound, after some resist. and brot. her into B. His w. was Abigail, d. of Nicholas Wilmot, wh. in his will of 27 Sept. 1684, provides for her sh. of his est. From the will of Adams, made 6, pro. 18 Apr. 1700, we learn, that he had by a former w. i. e. Macworth's d. two ds. Sarah Grant and Jane Snelling, and by w. Abigail, made extrix. had Zechariah, Samuel, Abraham, Mary, Abigail, and Eliz.
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Biography
Abraham Adams was born at Weymouth, Mass., 16 January 1641/42.[1]
He married first, at Falmouth, Casco Bay, about 1665, Sarah Macworth, born in Falmouth, died at Boston before 1687, daughter of Arthur and Jane (___).[citation needed]
Abraham Adams, cooper and later innholder, came to Boston with his parents in 1652, was later in Maine, but returned to Boston about 1667 Children by Sarah, recorded at Boston: i. Sarah... ii. Abraham... iii. Jane, b. 22 Feb. 1669/70; d. at Boston, 20 May 1738, aged 68, bur. Copps Hill; m. (1) at Boston, about 1689, John 2 Snelling, blockmaker, b. at Boston, 17 Mar. 1664, d. at Boston, 27 Feb. 1699/1700, aged 38, will 16 Feb. 1699/1700, pro. 14 Mar. 1700, adm'n d. d. n. 1 Aug. 1738 to son Abrahm (Suffolk Prob. 2563), son of John and Sarah (__), John and Frances (Hele).....
Abraham Adams of Boston, innholder, made his will 6 April 1700, naming: daughters Sarah Grant and Jane Snelling 'which I had by my former wife'; wife Abigail; sons Zachariah, Samuel and Abraham; daughters Mary, Abigail and Elizabeth. Proven 18 April.[2]
He died at Boston 12 April 1700: 'Inventory of ye Esteat of Abraham Adams He disesed ye 12 of this Instant Aprill'[2]
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Profile last modified 9 Jan 2022 | Created 5 Jul 2011
Abraham Adams (1642 - 1700)
Abraham Adams
Born 16 Jan 1642 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Son of Nathaniel Adams and Sarah (Sumpter) Adams
Brother of Nathaniel Adams Jr., Isaac Adams, David Adams and Jonathan Adams
Husband of Sarah (Mackworth) Adams — married about Feb 1665 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
Father of Sarah (Adams) Grant, Abraham Adams, Jane (Adams) Snelling, Mackworth Adams, Isaac Adams and Zachariah Adams
Died 12 Apr 1700 at age 58 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sources
↑ Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Vol. I. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record fund. Page 11 ↑ 2.0 2.1 Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48703/2568-co1/69458618
WikiTree profile Adams-6031 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Volume 1, pages 58-89 - Attached Document (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/36247-genea...)
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4P8-289 : 15 January 2020), Abraham Adams, 1642.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13502150
- Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via Sarah Mackworth by SmartCopy: Mar 14 2015, 21:40:42 UTC
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013
- Updated from Find A Grave Memorial by SmartCopy: Mar 14 2015, 21:43:56 UTC
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Abraham Adams's Timeline
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November 16, 1642
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1670
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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April 6, 1700
Age 57
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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