Joel Adams III

Male18 October 1802–30 October 1865

Brief Life History of Joel

When Joel Adams III was born on 18 October 1802, in Whitehall, Whitehall, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Joel Griswold Adams II, was 41 and his mother, Louisa Tupper, was 39. He married Love Prudence Mellor on 17 June 1834, in Washington, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Watertown Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 30 October 1865, in Watertown, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Beverly, Washington, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Adams III
1802–1865
Love Prudence Mellor
1816–1848
Marriage: 17 June 1834
Jane Adams
1837–
Susannah A Adams
1840–
Demas Adams
1842–1909
Alonzo Adams
1847–1848
Mary Adams
1847–1876

Sources (10)

  • Joel Adams Jr, "United States Census, 1800"
  • Joel Adams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Joel Adams, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 June 1834Washington, Ohio, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (17)

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    World Events (8)

    1803

    Age 1

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1803

    Age 1

    Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 17

    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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