Sarah Adams

Not the same as Sarah Moody

Biography

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr12/rr12_280.html

Sarah Knight was the daughter of Joseph Knight (11473) & Deborah Coffin. Born on 3 Nov 1686 in Newbury, MA.25 Sarah died in Newbury, MA, on 29 Oct 1778; she was 91.

On 4 Apr 1707 when Sarah was 20, she married Dr. Matthew Adams (3137) , son of Capt. Abraham Adams (1280) (ca 1639-14 Jun 1714) & Mary Pettingell (11458) (6 Jul 1652-19 Sep 1705), in Newbury, MA. Born on 25 May 1686 in Newbury, MA.136 Matthew died in Newbury, MA, on 24 Nov 1755; he was 69.

Children of Matthew and Sarah (Knight)Adams, born at Newbury:

• i. Matthew Adams, b. 19 Jul 1707, d. 27 Jul 1707;
• ii. Matthew Adams, b. 19 May 1709, d. 2 Jan 1765, m. 1st at Newbury 2 May 1734 Sarah Bartlett (d. before 1744), m. 2nd at Newbury 17 May 1744 Hannah Rawlings;
• iii. Sarah Adams, b. 9 Sep 1711, d. 16 Feb 1744/5 at Newbury, m. there 5 Jan 1735/6 Joseph Bartlett (b. 1709, d. 1787);
• iv. Abraham Adams, b. 10 May 1713, d. 29 May 1795 at Newbury, m. there 14 Mar 1737/8 Mary Adams (b. 1718, d. 1789);
• v. Judith Adams, b. 2 Apr 1716, d. 7 Sep 1784, m. at Newbury 18 Mar 1735/6 Edmund Little;
• vi. Eunice Adams, b. 7 Apr 1719;
• vii. Joseph Adams, bp. 29 Jul 1722, m. Mary Greenleaf, resided at Stratham, NH; and
• viii. Elizabeth Adams, b. 28 Apr 1728, m. Jacob Freeze.

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References

1. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr12/rr12_280.html She is person 27845.
2. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_401.html#P62016 Matthew Adams is person 3137
3. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aBirthsK.shtml "(Knight) Sarah, d. Joseph and Deborah, Nov. 3, 1686."
4. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesK.shtml "(Knight) Sarah, and Matthew Adams, Apr. 4, 1707.*"
5. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/cDeathsA.shtml "(Adams) Sarah, wid. Oct. 29, 1778, a. 91 y. 11 m."