Archelaus Adams

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Archelaus Adams

b.Abt 1673 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

d.Bef 27 Sep 1753

Parents and Siblings

F. Lieutenant John Adams Abt 1631 - 1703

M. Sarah Woodman Est 1637 - 1676

m. 1667 John Adams 1667/68 -

Mary Adams 1670 -

Archelaus Adams Abt 1673 - Bef 1753

Unknown Adams 1676 - 1676

Spouse and Children

H. Archelaus Adams Abt 1673 - Bef 1753

W. Sarah Coker 1676 - 1717/18

m. 18 Mar 1697/98

Stephen Adams 1712 - Bef 1753

Spouse and Children

H. Archelaus Adams Abt 1673 - Bef 1753

W. Sarah Unknown - 1740

m. 4 Mar 1718/19

Spouse and Children

H. Archelaus Adams Abt 1673 - Bef 1753

W. Dorothy Carr Abt 1679 - 1741

m. 26 Aug 1741 Spouse and Children

H. Archelaus Adams Abt 1673 - Bef 1753

W. Mary (add)

m. 20 Apr 1742

Name Archelaus Adams

Gender Male

Birth[1] Abt 1673 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Marriage 18 Mar 1697/98 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Sarah Coker

Marriage 4 Mar 1718/19 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Sarah Unknown

Marriage 26 Aug 1741 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Dorothy Carr

Marriage 20 Apr 1742 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Mary (add)

Death[1][2] Bef 27 Sep 1753

↑ 1.0 1.1 Bosworth, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lloyd). William Adams (1594-1661) of Ipswich Massachusetts, and some of his descendants: a history of the ancestral Adams lineage of Madeline (Adams) Whitehead and descendants of John Quincy Adams of Mound City, Kansas : with details of related families including: Dickinson, Knowlton, Leach, Locke, Burnap, Eliot, Wilson, Mapes,. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1996) 8. Archelaus Adams, s/o John Adams and Sarah Woodman, b. Ipswich, will dated 24 May 1753, proved 27 Sep 1753, m. (1) 18 Mar 1697/8 Sarah (Coker) March, m. (2) 4 Mar 1718/19 widow Sarah Green, m. (3) Dorothy (Carr) (Frees) Clement, m. (4) 20 Apr 1742 widow Mary Pearson.

↑ Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920) Case 196: "Adams, Archelaus, Newbury, 1753. Sept. 27". Will of "Archelaus Adams of Newbury ... Yeoman", dated 24 May 1753, proved 27 Sep 1753, names wife Mary Adams; sons John, Samuel, Archelaus; Mary & Elizabeth the Daughters of my Son Stephen deceased; daughters Sarah Wadley, Mary Morrill; sons Samuel and Archelaus to be executors.

 Note: Several older sources show incorrect marriages for Archelaus that are obviously wrong.

"Descendants of Robert Adams" by Joshua Coffin, NEHGR, p. 11:55-6, shows only marriage #1 and #2 for Archelaus and gives wives #3 (Dorothy) and #4 (Mary) to his son. Source:Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, p. 3:1389, gets marriage 1, 2, and 3 right, but gives wife 4 to the son.

First of all, the son can be ruled out as a potential husband for all these marriages. He was b. 1714, married in Salisbury in 1737 to Mercy Dow, who is explicitly recorded as the mother of his children born in 1738, 1739, 1742, 1743, 1745, 1747, 1749, 1752, 1755 (twins), 1759, and she survived him, dying in 1784 as his widow. The son's age at death, 69 in 1783, confirms he is the son born in 1714. (See VR Salisbury, p. 261 for the marriage, p. 11-12 for the births of children, p. 523 for death records of Mercy and Archelaus). So the son was married to a different woman before both marriages #3 and #4, and was married to the same wife his whole life, leaving no possibility that he married either of these women.

Second, all the later marriages of the father are recorded, and align neatly with the deaths of his previous wives, making him the best candidate husband to start with. His third wife Dorothy, in particular, can be shown to be a very poor match for the son, since her age at death suggests a birth in 1679, which matches the father (born about 1673) much better than the son (b. 1714).

Source:Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, p. 2:49, says Alice Piper m. 1726 Archelaus Adams of Newbury. This is repeated in a couple of Piper Genealogies (Genealogy of Solomon Piper, p. 8, and Genealogy of Elisha Piper, p. 93). Given the birth of his son in 1714, this could only be the father referred to here. However, investigation of the vital records of Ipswich clearly show it was John Adams who married Alice Piper and had children with her in Ipswich. Source:Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, p. 3:1389, says this John was the son of Archelaus, b. 1704, who married Alice Piper.

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(1st) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesA.shtml "(ADAMS (Addams)) Archelaus, and Sarah March [ wid. int.], Mar. 18, 1697-8."

(2nd) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salisbury/aMarriagesA.shtml "(ADDIMES (Adams)) Arcolus [of Newbury. int.], and Sarah Green [ wid. int.], Mar. 4, 1718-19. NCTBK" (Per Old Norfolk Court Book)

(3rd) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesA.shtml "(ADAMS (Addams)) Archelaus, and Mrs. Dorothy Clement, Aug. 26, 1741."

(4th) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesA.shtml "(ADAMS (Addams)) Archelaus, and Mrs. Mary Pearson, Apr. 20, 1742."

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Archelaus Adams (abt. 1674 - abt. 1753)

Archelaus Adams

Born about 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of John Adams and Sarah (Woodman) Adams

Brother of Rebecca (Adams) Baxter [half], John Brocklebank [half], Elizabeth Brocklebank [half], Sarah (Brocklebank) Putnam [half], John Adams and Dorcas (Adams) Warner [half]

Husband of Sarah (Coker) Adams — married 10 Mar 1698 (to 4 Mar 1718) in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of John Ellis Adams

Died about 1753 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Archelaus Adams was born in 1674[1] in Ipswitch, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His second marriage was to Sarah Coker[2] on March 18, 1698, in Newbury[1][3][4][5][6], and they had one son together.

His wife Sarah died at Newbury on March 4, 1717/8, aged 42 years. [7]

He then married Dorothy Clement on August 26, 1741[1], in Newbury, Massachusetts[8] She died there on October 7, 1741, in her 63rd year. [7]

He married third, Mrs. Mary Pearson, on April 20, 1742 at Newbury. [7]

Archelaus died in 1753 in Salisbury, Massachusetts[9], having lived a long life of 79 years.

His will was written on May 24, 1753 and submitted to court on September 27, 1753. In it he left bequests to: [10]

wife Mary my three surviving sons John, Samuel and Archelaus Mary and Elizabeth, daughters of my son Stephen, deceased my daughter Sarah Wadley (Wadleigh) the children of my daughter Mary Morrill sons Samuel and Archelaus to be executors [10] On June 15, 1759, he was found to be insolvent, with an estate valued at L52: 8: 6 and debts owed L58:10:1 1/2. [10]

Children

by wife Sarah

Sarah born on January 22, 1698/9 [11]; married ___ Wadleigh. [10] Mary born on October 29, 1701 [11]; married ___ Morrill. [10] John born on October 11, 1704. [11] Elizabeth born on May 29, 1707. [11] Nathaniel born on June 29, 1717 [11] ; died on September 1, 1717. [7] Samuel born on April 29, 1710. [11] Stephen born on March 14, 1712. [11] Archelaus born on November 21, 1714. [11]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Pg 52, 53. and 54. http://www.amitycomputer.com/OldBuryingGround%20Headstones.pdf. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Ancestry Record 3824 #184528 ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Ancestry Record 3824 #37540 ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Ancestry Record 3824 #184528 ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Event Type: Marriage. Ancestry Record 2495 #5389751 ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, The Essex, Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 8: 537 ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Event Type: Marriage. Ancestry Record 2495 #4113456 ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts. Ancestry Record 9069 #579833 ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Case 196: p. 1-15: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13744/196-co13/30025142 ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I:Births, The Essex, Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 8: 12: 15-6: 18-19 New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the..., Volume 3, ed. by William Cutter, New York, 1914. pp 1389-1390.

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Archelaus Adams (abt. 1673)

Archelaus Adams

Born about 1673 [location unknown]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Sarah (Coker) Adams — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Sarah Adams, Mary Adams, Elizabeth (Adams) Swett, Samuel Adams, Stephen Adams and Nathaniel Adams

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Archelaus was born about 1673.

Sources

Sources for Archelaus Adams 1 Essex Antiquarian , 1898, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 87-89, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

2 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Newbury, Vol. 1, p. 12, Birth record for daughter Elizabeth Adams.

3 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 8, Marriage record for Archelaus Adams and widow Sarah March.

4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1857, Vol. 11, pp. 53, 55-56, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

5 Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 , Vol. 1, p. 5, Marriage record for Archelaus Adams and Sarah Coker, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

6 Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VII, T- Y , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011) , 514-515.