Brief Life History of Philo
When Philo Adams was born on 28 April 1783, in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Philamen Adams Sr, was 22 and his mother, Betsey Pond, was 18. He married Lydia Harris on 15 January 1832, in Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 15 December 1835, in Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Shrewsbury Center Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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- Philo Adams, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Philo Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
- Philo Adams, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1786
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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