Harriet Adams

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Adams was born on 22 May 1817, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Edmond Adams, was 25 and her mother, Rachel, was 23. She married James Wareham on 13 August 1835, in West Milton, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 1 September 1867, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wareham
1813–1898
Harriet Adams
1817–1867
Marriage: 13 August 1835
Philip Edmond Wareham
1837–1839
Mary Elizabeth Wareham
1838–1842
Susan Caroline Wareham
1842–1844
Seth Wareham
1845–1935

Sources (10)

  • Harriet Warehamd in household of Jas Wareham, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harriet Sovins, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Harriet Adams Wareham, "Find A Grave Index"

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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. 

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.

1831

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Isaac Voorhees BIRTH 1769 Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 1831 (aged 61–62) Ohio, USA BURIAL Manti Cemetery Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 37165632 · View Source

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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