Belinda Adams

Female20 November 1808–30 October 1837

Brief Life History of Belinda

When Belinda Adams was born on 20 November 1808, in Skaneateles, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, John Adams, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Baker, was 29. She married Riley Wilson about 1829, in Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 30 October 1837, in Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Shepard Settlement Cemetery, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Riley Wilson
1805–1847
Belinda Adams
1808–1837
Marriage: about 1829
George Riley Wilson
1835–1904
Wilson
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  • Legacy NFS Source: Belinda Adams - birth: 20 November 1808; Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States
  • Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Belinda Adams - birth: 20 November 1808; Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York, United States

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1829Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States

    • Children (2)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (7)

    1812

    Age 4

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Age 4

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 11

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .

    Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.

    History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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