Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Adams was born about 1713, in Ravolzhausen, Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire as the daughter of Joannes Henri Adam and Catharina. She married Johann Adam Klein Sr. on 11 January 1736, in Ravolzhausen, Hanau, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- Elisabetha in entry for Johannes Klein, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Elisab. Adam in entry for Joahnnes Klein, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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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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