Jane Adams

Female25 May 1757–28 February 1783

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Adams was born on 25 May 1757, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Adams Jr, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Kilbourne, was 25. She married John Sawyer Blaisdel on 24 November 1781, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 28 February 1783, at the age of 25.

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John Sawyer Blaisdel
1753–1832
Jane Adams
1757–1783
Marriage: 24 November 1781
Blaisdell
1782–1782

Sources (13)

  • Jane, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Jane Adams in entry for John Sawyer Blaisdel, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Adams - Published information: Death record or certificate: death: 28 February 1783; Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 November 1781Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (1)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (4)

    1776

    Age 19

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 19

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Age 24

    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    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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