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Richard Adams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barton St. David, Somerset, England
Death: March 19, 1603 (72)
Barton St. David, Somerset, England
Place of Burial: Barton Saint David, Somerset, England
Immediate Family:

Son of John Adams, III and Margery Adams
Husband of Alice Adams and Margaret Adams
Father of William Adams, of Trent & Somerton; Mary Adams; Margarett Adams; John Adams, of Trent; Thomasine Adams and 1 other
Brother of Robert Adams; Johanna Adams; Thomas Adams; William Adams; Mary Adams and 4 others

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About Richard Adams

Richard Adams

  • Birth: 1530 in Barton, Somersetshire, England
  • Death: 19 MAR 1601/02 in Barton St. David, Somersetshire, England
  • Burial: MAR 1601/02 Barton St. David, Somersetshire, England
  • Father: John Adams , III, * b: 1502 in Beverston, Somersetshire, England
  • Mother: Margery Squier , * b: ABT 1504 in Of, Barton, Somersetshire, England

Marriage

  1. Alice b: ABT 1535 in Of Barton, St. David, Somersetshire, England Married: 3 MAR 1548/49 in Thornbury, Gloucester, England
  2. after 1568 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England to Margaret Armager

Children

  1. William Adams b: 1555 in Of Trent, Somersetshire, England
  2. Mary Adams b: ABT 1558
  3. Margarett Adams b: ABT 1561 in Of Trent, Somersetshire, England
  4. Thomasine Adams b: ABT 1564 in Of Trent, Somersetshire, England
  5. John Adams b: 1566 in Of Trent, Somersetshire, England
  6. Robert Adams b: 1568 in Of Trent, Somersetshire, England

Note: Ref; AFN: 8WT2-BP

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  • ID: I456810
  • Name: Richard Adams
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1552 in Barton, St. David, Somersetshire, England
  • Death: 19 MAR 1602/03 in Barton, St. David, Somersetshire, England
  • Father: Henry Adams ,* b: 1531 in Barton-St. David, Somersetshire, England
  • Mother: Rose ,* b: ABT 1530 in Barton-St. David, Somerset, England

Supporting data

from NEHGR Vol. 11, p. 1 (Jan 1857) "Descendants of Robert Adams" by Joshua Coffin

Robert Adams was, according to uniform tradition, a native of Devonshire, England. The Adams family in that County claims, according to Burke's Commoners, to be lineally descended "from John Ap Adam of Charlton Adam in Somersetshire, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress to John Lord Gourney of Beverston and Tidenham, County of Gloucester, and who was summoned to Parliament, as a Baron of the Realm, from 1296 to 1307. After residing for several generations at Charlton they subsequently removed to Devonshire." From the above mentioned John Ap Adam descended Richard Adams, who married Margaret, a daughter of ___ Armager. This Richard had two sons, viz. Robert, who married Elizabeth Shirland, and William, who married a daughter of ___ ___, Barrington. Henry, one of the sons of William, came to New England in 1630, and died in Braintree in 1646. Henry was the ancestor of John Adams, the second President of the United States. Robert and Elizabeth Adams had a son ROBERT", who is supposed [This supposition, if not well founded, does not affect the following pedigree, as far as the descendants of Robert Adams are concerned -- Editor], but not certainly known, to be the ROBERT ADAMS who came to Ipswich, New England, in 1635, with his wife Eleanor, thence to Salem as early as 1638, and finally settled in Newbury in 1640, on land still [i.e., in 1857] in possession of his descendants of the same name. He died, 12 Oct 1682, aged 81. Eleanor his widow [first wife], died, 12 Jun 1677. His second wife, Sara, widow of Henry Short, and whose maiden name was Glover, he married 6 Feb 1678. She died 24 Oct 1697.


References

  • Source: SM63 Title: Adams Addenda; Editor: various; Location: NC State Library, Raleigh, NC
  • Source: SM424 Title: Adams Family Records Abbreviation: Adams Records Author: James Taylor Adams, 1929 Location: Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham, NC
  • Source: SM58Title: Genealogical History of Robert Adams & His Descendants 1635-1900; Author: Adams, Andrew N., 1900; Location: Allen Co. Public Library, Ft Wayne, IN.
  • Source: SM Title: Genealogy of Fourteen Families of the Early Settlers of New England, of the Names of Alden, Adams, A Abbreviation: 14 Families of Early Settlers Author: Elisha Thayer Location: Family History Library, Salt Lake, UT.
  • Source: SM400 Title: Burke's Visitation of Seats and Arms 'The Visitation of London 1568' Abbreviation: Burke's Visitation 1568 Author: Robert Cook Location: North Carolina State Library, Raleigh, NC .
  • Source: SM511 Title: Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England Abbreviation: 2885 English Emigrants Author: Charles E. Banks, 1957 Location: Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham, NC

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Richard Adams's Timeline

1530
June 17, 1530
Barton St. David, Somerset, England
1555
1555
Trent, Somerset , England
1558
1558
Barton St. David, Somersetshire, England (United Kingdom)
1561
1561
Trent, Somerset, England
1564
1564
Trent, Somersetshire, England
1566
1566
Trent, Somerset , England
1568
1568
Trent, Somerset, England