Ens. Edward Adams

EDWARD ADAMS (son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire) was born in 1629 in Kings Weston, Somerset, England. He died on 12 Nov 1716 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

He married

• (1) LYDIA PENNIMAN (daughter of James Penniman and Lydia Eliot) in 1652. She was born about 1632 in England. She died on 03 Mar 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA[s7].
• (2) AGIBAIL CRAFT date Unknown. She was born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She died in 1707
• (3) SARAH TAYLOR on 06 Jan 1710.

14 children of Ensign Edward and Lydia Adams born at Medfield:

1. Lydia b. 12 July 1653
2. Jonathan b. 4 April 1655
3. John b. 18 Feb 1657
4. Elishabed b. 18 Feb 1658/9
5. Sarah b. 29 May 1660
6. James b. 4 Jan 1661/2
7. Henry b. 29 Oct 1663
8. Mehitable b. 30 Mar 1665
9. Elisha b. 25 Aug 1666 dy
10. Edward b. 28 Jun 1668
11. Bethia b. 12 Apr 1660; d. 1672
12. Bethia b 18 Aug 1672; d. young
13. Abigail b. 25 June 1675 d. young
14. Miriam b. 26 Feb 1676 d. young (1675/6?)

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Notes for Edward Adams and Lydia Penniman:

In 1977 Benjamin Parker Richardson Jr. entered a caveat against the identification of Edward Adams as the husband of Lydia Penniman [TAG 53:37-38], since the will of her father does not name her at all and the will of her mother merely calls her Lydia Adams without naming her husband, and an alternate claim that the wife of Edward Adams was a Lydia Rockwood or Rockett had been made by Abner Morse. We do know from the mother's will that Lydia did marry an Adams, and a search of Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 reveals no other Adams this early with wife Lydia. The only evidence in favor of the Rockwood identification is the choice by two of the children of Nicholas Rockwood of Edward Adams as their guardian. This could happen for other reasons than an Adams-Rockwood marriage, and so Edward Adams is retained as the husband of Lydia Penniman. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Clifford L. Stott has discovered the origin of James Penniman in Chipping Ongar, Essex, and has also provided evidence and careful arguments for the identity of the spouses of James Penniman's daughters [TAG 71:12-18].

Representative to Massachusetts General Court 1692 & 1702, Original Settler of Medfield, MA, 1st marrige 1652 in Boston, Suffork, Massachusetts, 2nd marriage Dec 7, 1678, 3rd marriage Jan 6, 1708/09, Ensign

x. EDWARD (2) ADAMS, b. April 19, 1629, KINGS WESTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND; d. November 12, 1716, BRAINTREE, NORFOLK, MA (NOW QUINCY); m. LYDIA PENNIMAN, 1652, BOSTON, MA; b. WF#2-ABIGAIL CRAFT, 7 DEC 1678-DEDHAM; d. WF#3-SARAH TAYLOR, 6 JAN 1710, BRAINTREE.

From http://www.nscda.org/site3/ancestor_profiles.php#EDWARD_ADAMS

"Edward Adams was born in England. He was baptized at Kingweston, 19 April 1629. He immigrated to New England with his parents, Henry and Edith Adams in 1638. He went with them to Braintree, Massachsetts and there is first mention of him in the will of his father in 1646. On 3 May 1654, Edward Adams and his step father, John Fussell were admitted freemen of the Massachusetts Colony, their names being next to each other on the roll of that date, (Mass. Col. Records, vol. 4, part 1, page 460). About 1654 Edward Adams settled in Medfield, Massachusetts, where his brothers Henry and Peter had already located. In 1689 he was appointed Ensign of the Medfield Company. He served as representative to the Massachusetts General Court in the years 1689, 1692 and 1702. Edward Adams' first marriage was to Lydia Penniman (baptized in Boston, 22 February 1634/5), daughter of James and Lydia (Eliot) Penniman. Lydia had fourteen children and died in Medfield, 3 March 1675/6. His second marriage was to Mrs. Abigail (Craft) Ruggles-Day (born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 28 March 1634) on 7 December 1678 in Dedham, Massachusetts. There were no children by this marriage. The New England Historical Genealogical Society in Boston has established that Edward Adams was the Great, Great Uncle of President John Adams. "

References:

• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, births, link page 10. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903. image
• WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 22 2016, 4:24:47 UTC
• A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and ..., Volume 1 By Andrew Napoleon Adams. Page 7 GoogleBooks Page 500 GoogleBooks shows as Lydia Rockwood, since disproved.
• The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their ... By John William Linzee. Page 329. GoogleBooks
• http://henryadamsofbraintree.com/id3.html
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53768105
• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I10487&tre...

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Wife: Lydia Adams, Abigail Adams, Sarah Adams

Children: ..., Edward Adams, Mehitable Faxon, Henry Adams, James Adams, Sarah Turner, David Adams, Lydia Daniels, Capt. Jonathan Adams, Bethia Adams, ...

Siblings: ... Lt. Henry Adams, II, Captain Samuel Adams, Ursula Crafts, Lieutenant Thomas Adams, Deacon Jonathan Adams, Sr., Peter Adams, John Adams, Sr.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53768105/edward-adams

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GEDCOM Note

Ensign. Settled in Medfield, MA w/ 3 brothers.