William Henry Adams Sr.

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 29. 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 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881. 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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Family Time Line

William Henry Adams Sr.
1817–1898
Martha Jennings
1808–1852
Marriage: 3 November 1839
Mary Adams
1841–1841
Martha Adams
1843–1843
William Henry Adams Jr
1845–1921
Eliza Adams
1847–1913
John Alma Adams
1850–1935
Adams
1852–1852

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  • William H C Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • William Henry Adams, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Henry Adams, "England Marriages, 1839"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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