Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Adams was born on 1 August 1805, in Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Adams, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Mary Brindley, was 30. He married Elizabeth Mountford on 4 June 1832, in Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1860 and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 18 December 1887, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Samual Adams in household of Hyrum Adams, "United States Census, 1880"
- Samuel Adams, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Samuel Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built
In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
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A SKETCH OF THE PIONEER HISTORY OF SAMUEL ADAMS SR. AND FAMILY By Mary A. Beckstrand, Granddaughter My grandfather, Samuel Adams Sr., a navigator and stone mason, was the third child of John and Sar …
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