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
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
1802–1865 Male
1816–1848 Female
Children (5)
1837– Female
1840– Female
1842–1909 Male
1847–1848 Male
1847–1876 Female
Parents and Siblings
1760–1820 Male
1763–1815 Female
Siblings (17)
1788– Female
1788–1873 Male
1789–1870 Female
1792–1873 Male
1794–1859 Male
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World Events (8)
1803
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1803
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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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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