Rachel Adams

Rachel Newcome

• Female, #5769
• In 1650 Rachel, married Peter Adams, son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.1,2
• Rachel Newcome and Peter Adams moved in 1652 to Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.2 (Medfield was not settled until 1649, mostly by people from Dedham. Until incorporation in May 1651, it was known as New Dedham. Rachel and Peter would have been one of the first settlers, having moved into town a year after incorporation. The town remained a part of colonial Suffolk County until after the War of Independence. It became part of the newly formed Norfolk County on March 26, 1793.)

Children of Rachel Newcome and Peter Adams

• 1. John Adams2 ( - 26 Feb 1724)
• 2. Rachel Adams+3,2,4 ( - 12 May 1678)
• 3. Deacon Peter Adams+5,2 (20 Jul 1653 - 8 Dec 1723)
• 4. Hannah Adams5,6,2 (6 Jun 1655 - 1746)
• 5. Mary Adams5,2 (1 Mar 1661 - 1704)
• 6. Jonathan Adams5,2 (11 Jul 1663 - 1664)
• 7. Jonathan Adams2 (15 May 1664 - )
• 8. Ruth Adams5,2 (20 Jun 1665 - )
• 9. Joseph Adams5,2 (25 Aug 1668 - 9 Dec 1748)
• 10. Samuel Adams5,2 (2 Apr 1671 - 1731)
• 11. Henry Adams5,2 (6 Jan 1673 - )

Citations

• 1. Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.
• 2. Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.
• 3. Lawson, Stephen M.. "Fairbanks Ancestory of Stephen Lawson. Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/fairbank.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998.
• 4. Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886. 1887. Reprint Medfield, Massachusetts: Medfield Historical Society, 1975.
• 5. Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855.
• 6. Trask, William B.. "Boston Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XIII (1859).

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Biography

Rachel Newcome was baptized in All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk, England on 13 Nov 1631, the daughter of Francis and Rachel (Brackett) Newcome; sailed for New England in 1635 on the ship Planter with her parents and her brother John.[1]

Rachel _____ , perhaps this woman, married Peter Adams likely in Braintree, Massachusetts about 1650.[2]. Research in progress to see whether she is the one; little support found so far.

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Research Note

The suggestion that Peter Adams' wife Rachel was perhaps Rachel Newcomb/Newcome arises in Clarence Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700. The sources cited in the 2015 edition of that volume are:[3] {NYGBR 12:10; Reg. 48:191, 85:383; Brainerd Anc. 7; McIntire Anc. 282; Bartlett: H. Adams 79; Adams (1898) 7; Sv. 1:14; Hill (,1) 40, 43; Vinton Mem. 297, 299; W. Cooke Gen. (ms) 14; Reg. 57:52, 59:156} Torrey Key

Reviewing all of Torrey's web-accessible[4] sources, this researcher found only one that suggests the Newcomb connection. That source, [www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/19887/?offset=38#page=44&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= Bartlett, J. Gardner, John Hill of Dorchester . . ., (Boston, 1904, Lew C. Hill), p. 43,] viewable on familysearch.org], says Peter Adams "married Rachel ____. She was perhaps the Rachel born in 1632, daughter of Francis and Rachel Newcomb of Braintree." He does not cite a source for that. Halsey Bullen, November 2022.

Anderson's monumental study lists Rachel Newcomb and gives that birthdate and sources for her emigration to New England in 1635 as a child, but indicates that he found no further record of here in New England.,[1] Peter Adams might have married her, or might instead have married some other woman named Rachel who was of marriageable age and happened to be in or near Braintree in 1650. Further research into early Braintree records might narrow that down to Rachel Newcomb. However, another sometimes helpful guide, the names that Peter and Rachel chose for their children, don't support that, having little in common with the names of Rachel Newcomb's parents and siblings..

Rachel (Newcome) Adams (bef. 1631 - bef. 1690)

Rachel Adams [uncertain] formerly Newcome aka Newcomb, Newcombe

Born before 13 Nov 1631 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England

Daughter of Francis Newcomb and Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb

Sister of John Newcomb, Hannah (Newcomb) Thorp, Mary (Newcomb) Spear, Sarah Newcomb, Judith (Newcomb) Jennison, Peter Newcomb, Abigail Newcomb, Leah (Newcomb) Price and Elizabeth (Newcomb) Emery

Wife of Peter Adams — married 1650 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mother of John Adams, Rachel (Adams) Fairbanks, Peter Adams, Hannah (Adams) Metcalf, Mary Adams, Jonathan Adams, Ruth (Adams) Fisher, Joseph Adams, Samuel Adams and Henry Adams

Died before 23 Oct 1690 at about age 58 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Rachel (Newcome) Adams migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Migration, Vol 5, M-P, pp 242-245
↑ Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
↑ one cited source, "W. Cooke Gen. (ms)", is a manuscript the location of which is not listed)
Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

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Rachel (Newcome) Adams (bef. 1631 - bef. 1690)

Rachel Adams [uncertain] formerly Newcome aka Newcomb, Newcombe
Born before 13 Nov 1631 in Sudbury, Suffolk, Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Francis Newcomb and Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb
Sister of John Newcomb, Hannah (Newcomb) Thorp, Mary (Newcomb) Spear, Sarah Newcomb, Judith (Newcomb) Jennison, Peter Newcomb, Abigail Newcomb, Leah (Newcomb) Price and Elizabeth (Newcomb) Emery
Wife of Peter Adams — married 1650 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of John Adams, Rachel (Adams) Fairbanks, Peter Adams, Hannah (Adams) Metcalf, Mary Adams, Jonathan Adams, Ruth (Adams) Fisher, Joseph Adams, Samuel Adams and Henry Adams
Died before 23 Oct 1690 at about age 58 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Rachel Newcome was baptized in All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk, England on 13 Nov 1631, the daughter of Francis and Rachel (Brackett) Newcome; sailed for New England in 1635 on the ship Planter with her parents and her brother John.[1]

Rachel _____ , perhaps this woman, married Peter Adams likely in Braintree, Massachusetts about 1650.[2]. Research in progress to see whether she is the one; little support found so far.

[IN PROGRESS - MORE TO COME]

Research Note

The suggestion that Peter Adams' wife Rachel was perhaps Rachel Newcomb/Newcome arises in Clarence Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700. The sources cited in the 2015 edition of that volume are:[3] {NYGBR 12:10; Reg. 48:191, 85:383; Brainerd Anc. 7; McIntire Anc. 282; Bartlett: H. Adams 79; Adams (1898) 7; Sv. 1:14; Hill (,1) 40, 43; Vinton Mem. 297, 299; W. Cooke Gen. (ms) 14; Reg. 57:52, 59:156} Torrey Key

Reviewing all of Torrey's web-accessible[4] sources, this researcher found only one that suggests the Newcomb connection. That source, [www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/19887/?offset=38#page=44&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= Bartlett, J. Gardner, John Hill of Dorchester . . ., (Boston, 1904, Lew C. Hill), p. 43,] viewable on familysearch.org], says Peter Adams "married Rachel ____. She was perhaps the Rachel born in 1632, daughter of Francis and Rachel Newcomb of Braintree." He does not cite a source for that. Halsey Bullen, November 2022.

Anderson's monumental study lists Rachel Newcomb and gives that birthdate and sources for her emigration to New England in 1635 as a child, but indicates that he found no further record of here in New England.,[1] Peter Adams might have married her, or might instead have married some other woman named Rachel who was of marriageable age and happened to be in or near Braintree in 1650. Further research into early Braintree records might narrow that down to Rachel Newcomb. However, another sometimes helpful guide, the names that Peter and Rachel chose for their children, don't support that, having little in common with the names of Rachel Newcomb's parents and siblings..

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Migration, Vol 5, M-P, pp 242-245
↑ Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
↑ one cited source, "W. Cooke Gen. (ms)", is a manuscript the location of which is not listed)
Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000