Brief Life History of Philo
When Philo Adams was born on 22 March 1799, in South Salem, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, Abraham Adams, was 24 and his mother, Betsey Boughton, was 25. He married Mary Polly Holmes on 25 December 1822. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 March 1833, in Greene, Greene, Chenango, New York, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Barnes Cemetery, Greene, Greene, Chenango, New York, United States.
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- 1820 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com. Entry for Abraham Adams
- Philo Adams, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Philo Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1806
Current name adopted in 1806
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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