Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Adams Sr. was born on 4 June 1817, in Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Adams Sr, was 21 and his mother, Mary Nash, was 30. He married Martha Jennings on 3 November 1839, in Dover St Mary the Virgin, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in St Mary in the Marsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 6 October 1898, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (42)
- William Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William H in entry for Joseph Hyrum Adams and Althea Rogers Halliday, "Utah, County Marriages, 1935"
- Wm. Henry Adams in entry for Alice M. Whiteley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1924"
Spouse and Children
1817–1898 Male
1808–1852 Female
Children (5)
1841–1841 Female
1843–1843 Female
1845–1921 Male
1847–1913 Female
1850–1935 Male
Parents and Siblings
1796–1817 Male
1787–1864 Female
Siblings (1)
1817–1898 Male
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1830
Age 13
1843
Age 26
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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Adams, William Henry, Autobiography
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