Harriet E. Adams

Brief Life History of Harriet E.

When Harriet E. Adams was born on 5 December 1818, in Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jonas Adams, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Wright, was 30. She married Solon Peabody Bingham on 28 January 1842, in Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Makanda, Jackson, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Midland Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died on 16 April 1890, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Malden Cemetery, Malden, Bureau, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solon Peabody Bingham
1820–1905
Harriet E. Adams
1818–1890
Marriage: 28 January 1842
Hiram Layton Bingham
1841–
Mary Ellen Bingham
1842–1916
Sarah Adams Bingham
1846–1934
Helen Emeline Bingham
1851–1863
Harriet Eveline Bingham
1851–1919

Sources (13)

  • Harriet Bingham in household of Solon Bingham, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Harriet E Adams Bingham, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Harriet Adams, "New Hampshire, Vital and Town Records Index, 1656-1938"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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