Benjamin Adams Sr

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Adams Sr was born on 13 April 1724, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Adams, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Pierce, was 22. He married Abigail Kendrick on 19 May 1747, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1778, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 54.

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Benjamin Adams Sr
1724–1778
Sarah Burrage
1722–
Marriage: 23 January 1755
Daniel Adams
1756–1838
Samuel Adams
1759–1796
Isaac Walker Adams
1761–
Eunice Adams
1763–

Sources (15)

  • Benjamin Adams, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Benjamin Adams, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Benjamin Adams, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (2)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

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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