Brief Life History of William Britton
When William Britton Adams was born on 14 February 1814, in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Peter Adams, was 32 and his mother, Abigail Clark, was 42. He married Sarah Giles Bryant on 18 September 1834, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Brookline, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 6 January 1861, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Tooele's First Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- 1860 -- William B Adams, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Britton, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- William B Adams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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William Brittan Adams By Edward R. Tuttle William Brittan Adams was born August 4, 1814 at Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass., the son of Peter and Abigail (Clark) Adams, who were married 18th of Decemb …
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