William Adams

BIRTH 8 Jun 1634 St. Leonards Eastcheap, London, England
DEATH 18 Nov 1687 (aged 53) Wimborne-St. Giles, Dorset, England
BURIAL Wimborne St Giles Churchyard, Wimborne St Giles, North Dorset District, Dorset, England [3]
MEMORIAL ID 227233336

Biographical Summary

Sir William Adams, Baronet [1660], of Sprowston Hall, aforesaid, 3d and yst. but only surv. s. and h., b. 8 and bap. 15 June 1634, at St. Leonard's, Eastoheap ; was not improbably the "William Adams Esq.," who matric. at Oxford (Univ. College) 2 April 1653 ; suc. to the Baronetcy 24 Feb. 1667/8 ; was Sheriff of Norfolk, 1672-73 ; Sheriff of Essex 1678-79 He m. firstly, in or before 1658, Anne, sister of Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet, da. of John Rushout, of Northwiok, co. Worcester, Merchant of London, by Anne, da. of Joas Godschalch. He m. secondly (Lic. Vic Gen 25 Aug. 1679, he about 42, widower, she about 35), Jane, widow of William Alington, of Bury, Suffolk, and of London (d. 20 May 1678, in 60th year) da of (— ) Burnett, of Yarmouth. He d. 1687. Admon. 21 May 1690, and again 21 June 1691. His widow d. in Bedford Row, 10 and was bur. 26 Jan. 1726/7, at St. Andrew's, Holborn. Will dat. 26 July 1726, pr. 26 Jan. 1726/7, and again 12 Nov. 1730.

Parents
Thomas Adams 1586–1668
Anne Mapted Adams 1592–1642

Siblings
Margaret Adams Claggett 1616–1689
Thomas Adams 1618–1668
Joseph Adams 1623–1624
Anne Adams 1628–1706

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227233336/william-adams

Sources

[2] http://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524390#page/n57/mode/2up Complete baronetage]; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1903; Vol. III; page 38

[3] Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burial, 1538-1812, London England