Brief Life History of Martin
When Martin Adams was born in 1724, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, William Adams, was 48 and his mother, Christina Crace, was 49. He married Elizabeth Stubbs on 15 April 1757, in Tent, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in West Fallowfield Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Martin Adams, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Martin Adams in entry for Elizabeth Stabs, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Martin Adams, "Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1683-1894"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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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