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Col. Andrew Adams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Milton, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, United States
Death: April 14, 1833 (97)
Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Adams and Sarah Adams
Husband of Ruth Adams
Father of John Adams; Benjamin Adams and Stephen Wadsworth Adams
Brother of Rachel Babcock; Edward Adams; Seth Adams; Anna Baxter; Judith Adams and 7 others

Occupation: Colonel
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About Col. Andrew Adams

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of SERGEANT. DAR Ancestor # A000399

Suffolk Co coroner and Colonial Cavalry Lt. – resigned Commission, enlisted as Sgt. and marched to Lexington Apr 19 1775 - Palmer MA, Lancaster ca 1802 - said to have ascended Mt. Washington at over 80, and rode 8 miles horseback on the morning of his death at 97



Info added per the DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood published in 1895 stating he was "of Milton, Mass" and was "second lieutenant of the Second Company of Third Suffolk (Massachusetts) Regiment".

"Andrew Adams, at the beginning of hostilities at Lexington, volunteered for the service of his country and served until the British evacuated Boston."



DAR Ancestor # A000399
MASSACHUSETTS, SERGEANT
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Col. Andrew Adams's Timeline

1735
September 12, 1735
Milton, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, United States
1761
July 23, 1761
Milton, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial America
1771
March 26, 1771
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1780
February 25, 1780
Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1833
April 14, 1833
Age 97
Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
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Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States