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James Adams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: January 14, 1728 (34)
Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Moses Adams, Twin; Moses Twin Adams; Lydia Adams and Lydia Adams
Husband of Abigail [Adams] White and Abigail Adams
Father of James Adams; Abigail Warfield; Elizabeth Rockwood; Hannah Adams; Moses Adams and 1 other
Brother of Lydia (Adams) Fisk(e); Elizabeth Rider; Moses Adams; Isaac Perkins; Hannah Fiske and 2 others
Half brother of Benoni Adams

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About James Adams

James and Abigail Adams had 6 children.
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James Adams (1693 - 1728)

James Adams
Born 7 Jul 1693 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Moses Adams and Lydia (Whitney) Adams
Brother of Benoni Adams [half], Lydia (Adams) Fiske, Mary Adams, Elizabeth Adams I., Hannah (Adams) Fiske, Elizabeth Adams, Moses Adams, Isaac Adams, Abigail (Adams) Perry and Mary (Adams) Sheffield
Husband of Abigail (Hill) Adams — married 1 Jan 1713 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of James Adams Jr., Abigail Adams, Elizabeth (Adams) Rockwood, Hannah Adams, Moses Adams and John Adams
Died 14 Jan 1728 at age 34 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

James Adams was born 7 Jul 1693, Sherborn, MA, and died 14 Jan 1728, Sherborn, MA. He married, 1 Jan 1712/3, Sherborn, MA Abigail Hill, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ellice) Hill. She was born 10 Jun 1694, Sherborn, MA, and died 17 Sep 1736, Sherborn, MA.

He was a selectman in 1725, Sherborn, MA.

Children of James and Abigail (Hill) Adams, all born Sherborn, MA:

i. James Adams, b. 13 Mar 1714/5; m. Rebecca Fairbanks.

ii. Abigail Adams, b. 3 Mar 1716/7; m. Samuel Warfield.

iii. Elizabeth Adams, b. 4 Sep 1719; m. Elisha Rockwood.

iv. Hannah Adams, b. 21 Jan 1723/4; m. Caleb Hill.

v. Moses Adams, b. 27 Apr 1726; m.(1) Hepsebath Death; m.(2) Mary Russell.

vi. John Adams, b. 8 Sep 1728; d. 21 Jun 1744, Sherborn, MA.

Source

A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-18 Author: Original data - Adams, Andrew N.. A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. unknown: Adams, 1 Note: Includes index.

Town Records of Sherborn, 1781-1783; Births, Marriages & Deaths. Births from 1665 to 1845, Marriages from 1679 to 1810, Deaths from 1680 to 1843. Transcribed by Albert H. Blanchard, M.D., In the year 1855. Page 238.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-B7FF : 10 November 2020), James Adams, 7 Jul 1693; citing Birth, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.

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James Adams's Timeline

1693
July 7, 1693
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1714
March 13, 1714
1716
March 3, 1716
Sherborne, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1719
September 4, 1719
Sherbourne, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1724
January 21, 1724
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
1726
April 27, 1726
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1728
January 14, 1728
Age 34
Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
September 8, 1728
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts