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David Adams (1699 - 1759)
David Adams
Born 29 Mar 1699 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Son of Jonathan Adams and Leah (Gould) Adams
Brother of John Adams, Edith (Adams) Powers, Margaret (Adams) Grout, Lydia (Adams) Robbins, Abigail (Adams) Parker, Jonathan Adams and Rachel (Adams) Hildreth
Husband of Dorcas (Paine) Adams — married 27 Aug 1723 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Father of Jonathan Adams, Levi Adams I, Abel Adams, Elisha Adams and Leah (Adams) Cain
Died 21 May 1759 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Adams-15066 created 6 Feb 2014 | Last modified 9 Dec 2021
Biography
David, a son of Jonathan Adams and Leah Gould, was born March 29, 1699 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and died May 21, 1759 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. He married Dorcas Paine, a daughter of Elisha Paine and Rebecca Doane. Dorcas was born in Eastham, Massachusetts on Feb. 20, 1699 and died in Canterbury on March 3, 1746.
They had seven children:[1]
Jonathan, b. in Canterbury, Conn., May 25, 1724; m. Dec. 27, 1745; Desire Ashcraft; she d. May 19, 1743. He d. before June 8, 1756.
May 6, 1756, he gave a receipt to Samuel Adams, executor of his father’s will, for £280, his full share of the estate. * * * June 8, 1756, letters of administration were granted to David Adams of Norwich, Conn., on the estate of Jonathan Adams, late of Canterbury.
Levi, b. in Canterbury; baptized at Lisbon. “Newent Society,” Nov. 18, 1728; he m. Dec. 26, 1751-2, Margaret Perkins; she was b. July, 1729, and d. in Hartford, Wash. Co. N.Y., from an accident. [He died] June 23, 1827, age 99 years, 11 months.
Levi and his four sons were carpenters by trade; with three of them, viz.: Levi, Jr., David, and John, he was a soldier in the Revolution. He was at New London, Conn., at the time of the capture of Fort Griswold, Sept. 7, 1781. He removed to Pawlet, Vt., in 1782, whither several of the family had gone. He removed thence in 1811, to Hardwick, Oswego Co., N.Y., where he died in 1816, at 88 years.
Dr. Abel, b. in Canterbury, Jan. 5, 1730; m. (1) about 1736, Abigail ─────. m. (2) Deborah Young.
He removed first, about the middle of the 18th century, to Canaan or Salisbury, Conn.; resided in Dutchess Co., N.Y., but removed later to Marlboro, Ulster Co., N.Y., and d. there 16 April, 1791. His will was made May 15, 1790, proved May 4, 1791. He was a Quaker, and one of his sons became a minister of the Friends. One of his descendants remembers having heard him spoken of as a physician of prominence in his county.
Elisha, b. in Canterbury, July 5, 1733.
Dorcas, b. in Canterbury, June 5, 1735.
Leah, b. in Canterbury, Aug 18, 1738; m. Isaiah Cain.
Rebecca, b. in Canterbury, Aug. 6, 1742.
Note
In 1688, during the Glorious Revolution, the Protestant king and queen,William and Mary, took the English throne from Catholic King James II. The bloodless revolution profoundly impacted the American colonies.
"April, 1770, the heirs of Dorcas received lands from her father’s estate, and they were Abel, called the 3d son, Elisha, called the 4th son; the 2d dau. was Leah, wife of Isaiah Cain; Rebecca was the 3d dau.; Jonathan was the eldest son, and Constance, the late wife of Robert Reynolds, is named; David d. in Canterbury 21, May, 1759."
Sources
↑ A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants, compiled and edited by Andrew N. Adams, (Self Published, 1898) pgs. 88, 91-92.
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David Adams, I's Timeline
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March 29, 1699
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Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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| 1724 |
May 25, 1724
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Canterbury, New London Co., CT
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1724
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Nashua (formerly Dunstable), Hillsborough, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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1726
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Canterbury, Windham County, CT, United States
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| 1728 |
November 18, 1728
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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January 5, 1730
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
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July 5, 1733
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Colony
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June 5, 1735
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Canterbury, Windham Co., CT
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August 18, 1738
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
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