Brief Life History of Asaph
When Asaph Adams was born on 30 June 1759, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Noah Adams, was 35 and his mother, Meriam Adams, was 31. He married Orinda Abbott on 20 October 1785, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1778. He died on 25 March 1808, in Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States.
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- Asaph Adams, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Asaph Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
- Asaph Adams, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
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1776
New York is the 11th state.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
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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