When Sarah Jane Adams was born on 31 August 1849, in Wantage Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Heinekin Adams, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Wilkinson, was 22. She married William Samuel Myers on 9 November 1867, in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States for about 20 years and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. She died on 20 January 1932, in Collingswood, Camden, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 82.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Stonetown, Haddon Township, Camden, New Jersey, United States 1888: Collingswood, Camden, New Jersey, United States
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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.
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