Henry Adams 1583–1646 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Henry Adams, 1583–1646 (aged 63 years)

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Henry Adams

Name: Henry /Adams/
Surname: Adams
Given names: Henry

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Family with Edith Squire
himself	Links Birth: 21 January 1583 — Somerset, England Marriage: 1609 — Somerset, England Death: 6 October 1646 — Somerset, England Unique identifier: 066598E33DD2AF4FB9BF2B1A57D18DE247F1 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edith Squire Henry Adams Jr Thomas Adams Samuel Adams Ursula Adams John Adams Joseph Adams Henry Adams 1583–1646 Birth: 21 January 1583 — Somerset, England Death: 6 October 1646 — Somerset, England
wife	Links Birth: 10 May 1587 — Somerset, England Marriage: 1609 — Somerset, England Unique identifier: 066598E33DD2AF4FB9BF2B1A57D18DE247F1 Marriage: about 1651 Death: 27 January 1672 — Massachusetts, USA Unique identifier: EAD1BFDB1850EA47A72080823567CC1A3900 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Adams Henry Adams Jr Thomas Adams Samuel Adams Ursula Adams John Adams Joseph Adams Family with spouse John Fussell Edith Squire 1587–1672 Birth: 10 May 1587 — Somerset, England Death: 27 January 1672 — Massachusetts, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 1609 — Somerset, England
2 years son	Links Birth: 1610 26 22 — Somerset, England Marriage: 17 November 1643 — Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 21 February 1676 — Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Unique identifier: A592C9CCE481884F99C428E82EB3D3A1CA3E Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Paine Henry Adams Jr 1610–1676 Birth: 1610 26 22 — Somerset, England Death: 21 February 1676 — Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
2 years son	Links Birth: 25 March 1612 29 24 Death: 20 July 1688 Unique identifier: 036D470B8A60924D8C05761615B40441B673 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Blackmore Thomas Adams 1612–1688 Birth: 25 March 1612 29 24 Death: 20 July 1688
5 years son	Links Birth: 1616 32 28 — Barton St. David, Somerset, England Marriage: 1646 Unique identifier: EC0AB7EB4B45724C96219542D7959141B2BF Marriage: 1651 — Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 24 January 1688 — Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: 7 May 1688 Unique identifier: 270F51D4B6019C4ABE35C472B5144C93C938 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Eglesfield Family with spouse Rebecca Graves Thomas Adams Rebecca Adams John Adams Katherine Adams Susannah Adams Nathaniel Adams Mary Graves Adams Family with spouse Esther Sparhawk Samuel Adams 1616–1688 Birth: 1616 32 28 — Barton St. David, Somerset, England Death: 24 January 1688 — Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
4 years daughter	Links Birth: 19 July 1619 36 32 Death: 20 February 1679 Unique identifier: 09D05731AF4F1C479D62C453BFD4778D6FEF Unique identifier: A47CFCBF186ED748A20C1F851FAFAFC5142A Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Stephen Streeter Family with spouse Griffin Craft Ursula Adams 1619–1679 Birth: 19 July 1619 36 32 Death: 20 February 1679
4 years son	Links Birth: 1622 38 34 Death: 1706 Unique identifier: B72F11FE7924504D824C50E2D055B0B2B6D1 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joan Close John Adams 1622–1706 Birth: 1622 38 34 Death: 1706
5 years son	Links Birth: 1626 42 38 — Kingweston, Somerset, England Marriage: 26 November 1650 — Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 6 December 1694 — Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Unique identifier: 18FA2CACD526194CAE70344B070B17F00018 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abigail Baxter Samuel Adams Hannah Adams Joseph Adams John Adams Bethia Adams Peter Adams Jonathan Adams Mehitable Adams Joseph Adams 1626–1694 Birth: 1626 42 38 — Kingweston, Somerset, England Death: 6 December 1694 — Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

John Fussell + Edith Squire
wife’s husband	Links Marriage: about 1651 Death: Unique identifier: EAD1BFDB1850EA47A72080823567CC1A3900 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edith Squire John Fussell …–… Death:
wife	Links Birth: 10 May 1587 — Somerset, England Marriage: 1609 — Somerset, England Unique identifier: 066598E33DD2AF4FB9BF2B1A57D18DE247F1 Marriage: about 1651 Death: 27 January 1672 — Massachusetts, USA Unique identifier: EAD1BFDB1850EA47A72080823567CC1A3900 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Adams Henry Adams Jr Thomas Adams Samuel Adams Ursula Adams John Adams Joseph Adams Family with spouse John Fussell Edith Squire 1587–1672 Birth: 10 May 1587 — Somerset, England Death: 27 January 1672 — Massachusetts, USA
Marriage	Marriage — about 1651 —

Events of close relatives
Birth	21 January 1583 Somerset, England
Marriage	Edith Squire — View this family 1609 (aged 25 years) Somerset, England
Birth of a son	Henry Adams Jr 1610 Somerset, England
Birth of a son	Thomas Adams 25 March 1612
Birth of a son	Samuel Adams 1616 Barton St. David, Somerset, England
Birth of a daughter	Ursula Adams 19 July 1619
Birth of a son	John Adams 1622
Birth of a son	Joseph Adams 1626 Kingweston, Somerset, England
Marriage of a son	Henry Adams Jr — Elizabeth Paine — View this family 17 November 1643 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage of a son	Samuel Adams — Mary Eglesfield — View this family 1646
Death	6 October 1646 (aged 63 years) Somerset, England
Unique identifier	1BDA0BE81AE1A4459369EFD273F5F206E950
Last change	13 February 2007 – 14:28:13

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Note	Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts Henry Adams (b1583) was the first settler in this part of the country.He came from England to America about 1634 with his wife, 8 sons & 1daughter. He settled at Mount Wollaston, later called Braintree, nowQuincy, Massachusetts. On 24 Feb, 1639-40, the town of Boston grantedhim 40 acres of land for the ten persons then composing the family. Hisoccupations were yeoman & maltster. He continued living there until hisdeath-about 6 Oct 1646, according to town records. The inscription on acolulmn erected in memory by his gr-gr-grandson, John Adams, secondPresident of the US, reads: "In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flilght from the Dragonpersecution, in Devonshire in England, and alighted with eight sons nearMt Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England; and, after taking timeto explore the country, four removed to Medfield and neighboring towns,and two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand,remained here, who was an original proprietor in the township ofBraintree, incorporated 1639. This stone and several others have beenplaced in this yard by a great-great-grandson, from a veneration of thepiety, humility,simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality,industry, and perseverance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending animitation of their virtues to their posterity." A later opinion, also by John Quincy Adams, is that he came with otherfellow settlers, from Braintree, Essex co, England. It has been sincewritten & proven in numerous books & genealogies, the family was fromBarton St David, Somersetshire, England. He married Edith Squire in 1609at Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire, Eng. She was the daughter (b 1587)of Henry & Edith (?) Squire of Charlton Mackrell. Henry died in 1646 at63y, leaving a will, which was probated in Boston 8 Jun 1647 listing hiswife, 5 of his sons & daughter Ursula. In 1651, Edith Adams married JohnFussel in Medfield Mass. Ursula married 1) Stephen Streeter &subsequently 3 other husbands. Increase Nowell was the securitor.Increase was the husband of Parnell Gray, sister of Kathryn Gray, whomarried Thomas Graves (Rear Adm). Thomas & Kathryn were parents ofRebecca-the wife of Henry's 3rd child Samuel. Increase was a prominentperson in the Massachusetts Bay Company, also. This is surely afascinating family to be kin to. Much of the above information is from History of Our Branch of TheAdams Family by John Hamilton Adams/1886-from FT Wayne lib This family is listed in many books & publications-some are listed below: Colonial Families of the US edited by George Norbury MacKensie,LL.B./1966-vol VI p311 Findlay lib 1600 Lines to Pilgrims-lineage book III-edited by Mary E Mayo NSsons/daus of Pilgrims/1982 OGS English Origins of NE Fams-from the NE Historical & GenealogicalRegister/2nd Series in 3 Vols-vol 1 by Gary Boyd Roberts/1985 p3 this has English background & Braintreeinformation. Hayes Lib NE Marr prior 1700-Clarence Almon Torrey/GB Roberts/1985 Findlay lib Prominent Families in America with British Ancestry-The Landed Gentry-SirJohn Bernard Burke/1971 Tol lib Genealogical & Personal Memoirs-relating to fams ofMassachusetts/editorial supervision-Wm R Cutter & Wm F Adams/1910 vol III p533 Toledo lib Immigrants to America before 1750/edited by Frederick A Virkus (exerptedfrom Magazine of Am Gene)/ 1965 Findlay lib American Patriots-relatint to lineage of John Quincy Adams-R V Jackson &Mrs A Polson/1981 Findlay lib Burke's Presidential Fams of USA-Burke's Peerage, London, England 1stedition/1975 Americans of Royal Descent-7th edition-Chas H Browning/1986 Pioneers of Massachusetts-from records of colonies, towns, churches &other documents-Chas H Pope/1965 Hayes lib Famous Fams of Massachusetts-vol 1-Mary C Crawford/1930 Toledo lib Directory of Ancestral Heads of NE Fams-1620-1700 compiled by Frank RHolmes/1964 Findlay lib Henry Adams of Eng/Mass-His Eng ancestry & some of hisdescendants-compiled by J G Bartlett/1927 Toledo lib---A VERYcomprehensive genealogy on Henry Descendants of Robert Adams-vols 7, 9, 11, 35 or 36,48/1847-1853-1855-1857-1882-1894kin of Henry Ft Wayne lib

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Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts
Henry Adams (b1583) was the first settler in this part of the country.He came from England to America about 1634 with his wife, 8 sons & 1daughter. He settled at Mount Wollaston, later called Braintree, nowQuincy, Massachusetts. On 24 Feb, 1639-40, the town of Boston grantedhim 40 acres of land for the ten persons then composing the family. Hisoccupations were yeoman & maltster. He continued living there until hisdeath-about 6 Oct 1646, according to town records. The inscription on acolulmn erected in memory by his gr-gr-grandson, John Adams, secondPresident of the US, reads:
"In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flilght from the Dragonpersecution, in Devonshire in England, and alighted with eight sons nearMt Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England; and, after taking timeto explore the country, four removed to Medfield and neighboring towns,and two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand,remained here, who was an original proprietor in the township ofBraintree, incorporated 1639. This stone and several others have beenplaced in this yard by a great-great-grandson, from a veneration of thepiety, humility,simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality,industry, and perseverance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending animitation of their virtues to their posterity."
A later opinion, also by John Quincy Adams, is that he came with otherfellow settlers, from Braintree, Essex co, England. It has been sincewritten & proven in numerous books & genealogies, the family was fromBarton St David, Somersetshire, England. He married Edith Squire in 1609at Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire, Eng. She was the daughter (b 1587)of Henry & Edith (?) Squire of Charlton Mackrell. Henry died in 1646 at63y, leaving a will, which was probated in Boston 8 Jun 1647 listing hiswife, 5 of his sons & daughter Ursula. In 1651, Edith Adams married JohnFussel in Medfield Mass. Ursula married 1) Stephen Streeter &subsequently 3 other husbands. Increase Nowell was the securitor.Increase was the husband of Parnell Gray, sister of Kathryn Gray, whomarried Thomas Graves (Rear Adm). Thomas & Kathryn were parents ofRebecca-the wife of Henry's 3rd child Samuel. Increase was a prominentperson in the Massachusetts Bay Company, also. This is surely afascinating family to be kin to.
Much of the above information is from History of Our Branch of TheAdams Family by John Hamilton Adams/1886-from FT Wayne lib
This family is listed in many books & publications-some are listed below:
Colonial Families of the US edited by George Norbury MacKensie,LL.B./1966-vol VI p311 Findlay lib
1600 Lines to Pilgrims-lineage book III-edited by Mary E Mayo NSsons/daus of Pilgrims/1982 OGS
English Origins of NE Fams-from the NE Historical & GenealogicalRegister/2nd Series in 3 Vols-vol 1
by Gary Boyd Roberts/1985 p3 this has English background & Braintreeinformation. Hayes Lib
NE Marr prior 1700-Clarence Almon Torrey/GB Roberts/1985 Findlay lib
Prominent Families in America with British Ancestry-The Landed Gentry-SirJohn Bernard Burke/1971 Tol lib
Genealogical & Personal Memoirs-relating to fams ofMassachusetts/editorial supervision-Wm R Cutter
& Wm F Adams/1910 vol III p533 Toledo lib
Immigrants to America before 1750/edited by Frederick A Virkus (exerptedfrom Magazine of Am Gene)/
1965 Findlay lib
American Patriots-relatint to lineage of John Quincy Adams-R V Jackson &Mrs A Polson/1981 Findlay lib
Burke's Presidential Fams of USA-Burke's Peerage, London, England 1stedition/1975
Americans of Royal Descent-7th edition-Chas H Browning/1986
Pioneers of Massachusetts-from records of colonies, towns, churches &other documents-Chas H Pope/1965 Hayes lib
Famous Fams of Massachusetts-vol 1-Mary C Crawford/1930 Toledo lib
Directory of Ancestral Heads of NE Fams-1620-1700 compiled by Frank RHolmes/1964 Findlay lib
Henry Adams of Eng/Mass-His Eng ancestry & some of hisdescendants-compiled by J G Bartlett/1927 Toledo lib---A VERYcomprehensive genealogy on Henry
Descendants of Robert Adams-vols 7, 9, 11, 35 or 36,48/1847-1853-1855-1857-1882-1894kin of Henry Ft Wayne lib