 1583 - Bef 1646
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| Name |
Henry Adams |
| Born |
21 Jan 1583 |
Barton St. David, Somerset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Bef 06 Oct 1646 |
Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Buried |
08 Oct 1646 |
Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Notes |
- Birth: 1580 (Adams 1898), 1576 (Fairbanks Courier) Imm: from Devonshire or Braintree, England, to Boston 1632-2 (Adams)
Res: one of earliest settlers of "Mt. Wollaston,"now Braintree (Adams) to Dedham 1636 (Fairbanks)
Occ: besides cultivating a farm, he was also a maltster. (Hill 1904) May also have daughter Mary Adams #79 (wife of George Fairbanks)
Henry Adams was the immigrant who came to New England in 1638 and was the ancestor of two U.S. Presidents, John Adams (1797-1801) & John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). The earliest record of Henry was in 1604, when he was the executor of his father's will, when he was at least 21. Except for the baptism of three of his children, only two records were found where he was mentioned. In 1609 he was co-executor of his brother John's will and his marriage bond in 1609, with his signature. Between 1614 and 1622, he moved from Barton St. David (which is seven miles SE of Glastonbury, Somerset, and the famous Abbey) to the adjoining parish of Kingweston, where his youngest children were baptized (1622-1629). Edith Squire had two sisters who married men who also went to New England, Anne, who married Aquila Purchase, and Margaret, who married John Shepherd. Anne came in 1633, and her husband Aquila Purchase, died during the crossing. There is speculation that Anne's letters to her sisters prompted them and their husbands to come to New England.
There is a mural memorial in the church of Barton St. John in honor of Henry Adams, placed there by Edward Dean Adams of New York in 1926: "To the glory of God in honour of St. David and in memory of HENRY ADAMS. Born in this parish about 1583 and a founder of New England 1638. Ancestor of two presidents of America John Adams and John Quincy Adams whose exalted services to their country evoke testimony of respect for their ancestral home. This memorial has been erected by Edward Dean Adams A.D. 1926." Henry was in Barton St. David 1612 and in near by Kingweston in 1622. He continued in Kingweston as a farmer and a malster until he left in 1638. Neither Rev. Thomas Higgins, vicar of Barton St. David, nor Rev. Paul Goodwin, rector of Kingweston (1619-1645) were Puritans, so it seems the influence of his sister-in-law, Ann (Squire) Purchase caused him to come to New England with his family in 1638, except for his son Jonathan. The year of his removal is fixed by a deposition in 1656 by his son, John Adams, who stated that he had known a certain field in Cambridge (MA) since 1638. The earliest record of Henry Adams in New England was 24 Feb 1639/40, when he was granted 40 acres of Braintree (now Quincy), for a family of ten; himself, wife Edith, sons Henry, Thomas, Samuel, Peter, John, Joseph, and Edward, and daughter Ursula. His son, Jonathan remained in England a dozen years or longer. There is another Adams memorial in the Stair Hall of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston: "A memorial to Henry Adams founder of Braintree the ancestor of two presidents also to his sixth son John Adams, baptized at Kingweston, England 4 Dec 1622 settled at Menotmy Cambridge where he died 1706. Created by their descendant Edward Dean Adams.
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| Person ID |
I10697 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
15 May 2006 |
| Father |
John Adams, b. Abt 1555, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. Mar 1604, Barton St. David, Somerset, England |
| Mother |
Agnes Stone, b. probably, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. Jan 1616, Barton St. David, Somerset, England |
| Married |
Abt 1576 |
Barton St. David, Somerset, England |
| Family ID |
F601 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Edith Squire, d. 21 Jan 1673, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
19 Oct 1609 |
Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Henry Adams, b. Abt 1610, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. 21 Feb 1676, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Thomas Adams, d. 20 Jul 1688, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
| | 3. Jonathan Adams, b. Abt 1614, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. 28 Jul 1690, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 4. Samuel Adams, Captain, b. Abt 1616, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. 24 Jan 1688/89, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
| | 5. Ursula Adams, b. 19 Jul 1619, Barton St. David, Somerset, England , d. 20 Feb 1679 |
| | 6. Peter Adams, b. 01 Mar 1621, Kingweston, Somerset, England , d. 1690 |
| | 7. John Adams, d. 1705/6, probably, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
| | 8. Joseph Adams, b. 09 Feb 1625, Kingweston, Somerset, England , d. 06 Dec 1694, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 9. Edward Adams, d. 12 Nov 1716, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Family ID |
F572 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S82] Search for Passengers M & J:25, Spear, Burton W., (The Mary & John Clearinghouse, Toledo, OH, 1996), p.7.
- [S360] Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Doherty, Frank J., (Author, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2001), 1:23.
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