When Elias Adams was born on 18 February 1792, in Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Job Adams Sr, was 26 and his mother, Sabra Whitmore, was 22. He married Almira Cadwell on 4 March 1822, in Madison, Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 February 1886, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, 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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Possible Related NamesCopied from a clipping from the Salt Lake Telegram, Tuesday evening, February 20, 1934 FARMINGTON MAN RECALLS FIRST HANGING, INDIAN SURPRISE; OTHER UTAH EVENTS. Joshua Adams, 86 Married last tim …
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