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James Adams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
Death: March 1722 (50)
Chester, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. John Adams and Elizabeth Adams
Husband of Esther Adams
Father of Jedediah Adams; John Adams; Thomas Adams; Elizabeth Hollingshead; Joseph Adams and 7 others
Brother of Mary Adams; Elizabeth Hollingshead; Sarah Cowperthwaite; Susannah Buzby; Hannah Adams and 7 others
Half brother of Jane Adams; Martha Fitzrandolph; Rebecca Clifton and Margaret Adams

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About James Adams

This James Adams, born in NY, could not be the son of John Adams, Jr., of Plymouth Colony. Note also that the compendium for New England Marriages prior to 1700 lists marriages 6 separate James Adams, none of which list this man and his wife. (Steven Ferry, February 17, 2019.)

http://records.ancestry.com/james_adams_records.ashx?pid=35347126

This entry lists ten children, the youngest of whom is Margery, 1711-1760. It also lists wife, Esther Allen, and mother Elizabeth Adams.

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James Adams's Timeline

1671
August 4, 1671
Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
1696
July 4, 1696
Chester, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
1698
January 2, 1698
New Jersey, USA
February 12, 1698
Evesham Township, Burlington County, NJ, United States
1700
1700
1701
1701
Burlington, Burlington County, NJ, United States
1702
1702
1703
1703
Burlington, Burlington County, NJ, United States
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1705