When Joseph Smith Adams was born on 14 December 1846, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 42 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 34. He married Karen Caroline Hansen on 8 March 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 July 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWhen Joseph Smith Adams was born on 14 December 1846, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 42 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 34. He married Karen Caroline Han …
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