Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams

FemaleSeptember 1850–25 July 1852

Brief Life History of Martha Ann Elizabeth

When Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams was born in September 1850, in Harris Grove, Harrison, Iowa, United States, her father, William Britton Adams, was 36 and her mother, Martha Ann Utley, was 18. She died on 25 July 1852, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Loup Fork Election Precinct, Howard, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Britton Adams
1814–1861
Martha Ann Utley
1832–1852
Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams
1850–1852

Sources (7)

  • Martha A E Adams in the Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams - Company record: Transcript: birth-name: Martha Ann C. Adams
  • Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (1)

1851

Age 1

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Harrison, Iowa, United States

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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Norton Ray Tuttle: Crossing the Plains

July 8, 1852, I crossed the Missouri River with one wagon, one yoke of oxen, and one yoke of cows as leaders to the team, with my wife and a little one two weeks old, who was born in a wagon on the Io …

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