Lt. James Adams

1662 - 1733  (71 years)

• Name	James Adams
  Birth	4 Jan 1661/62	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Married	4 Jan 1689 (27 years)  [2, 4]
  Mary ______. Issue: 1. James Adams (1691-____) 2. James Adams (1693-1751) 3. Sarah Adams (1695-1696) 4. Mary Adams (1697-____) 5. Sarah Adams (1700-____) 6. Ebenezer Adams (1702-1778) 7. John Adams (1704-1772) 8. Christian Adams (1706-1713) 9. Elizabeth Adams (1708-1710) 10. Elizabeth Adams (1711-____)
  Moved To	1690 (27 years)	Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 6]
  Offices Held	1718 (55 years)  [4]
  He was a member of the committee appointed for the new town of Barrington to hire Mr. Samuel Perry as the their pastor. He served again on a like committee in 1728.
  Will	19 Mar 1732/33 (71 years)	Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.   [4]
  He mentions his wife, Mary, and his children: James, Ebenezer, John, and Sarah.
  Probate/Proved	18 Sep 1733 (71 years)	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  Death	13 Dec 1733	Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.   [4]
  Complier's Note	4 Jun 2019 (357 years)
  His will appears to have been proved before he died.
  Siblings	6 brothers and 7 sisters
  > 1. Lydia Adams,   b. 12 Jul 1653, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 26 Dec 1731, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 78 years) ▻ James Allen,  m. 12 Dec 1672 ;   Joseph Daniels,  m. 27 Jan 1697   2. Captain Jonathan Adams,   b. 4 Apr 1655, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Jan 1718, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years) + 3. John Adams,   b. 18 Feb 1657/58, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Mar 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years) ▻ Deborah Partridge,  m. 4 Apr 1681 ;   Susanna Breck   4. Eliashib Adams,   b. 18 Feb 1658/59, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before May 1717, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.  (Age 58 years)   5. Sarah Adams,   b. 29 May 1660, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1747, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   6. Lt. James Adams,   b. 4 Jan 1661/62, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Dec 1733, Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years)   7. Henry Adams,   b. 29 Oct 1663, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Jun 1749, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)   8. Mehitable Adams,   b. 20 Mar 1665, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Mar 1753, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   9. Elisha Adams,   b. 25 Aug 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   10. Edward Adams,   b. 28 Jun 1668, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.   11. Bethia Adams,   b. 12 Apr 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 1 year)   12. Bethia Adams,   b. 18 Aug 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Sep 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   13. Abigail Adams,   b. 25 Jan 1674/75, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1674/75, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   14. Miriam Adams,   b. 28 Feb 1675/76, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 May 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I11211
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Ensign Edward Adams,   c. 19 Apr 1629, Kingweston, Somersetshire, England d. 12 Nov 1716, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Lydia Rockwood,   b. 1634/35, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 Mar 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Lt. James Adams(4 Jan 1661/62 – 1733) 2Ensign Edward Adams(1629 – 1716) 4Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 8John Adams(Abt 1555 – 1604) 16Henry Adams(Abt 1531 – 1596) 17Rose(1536 – 1598) 9Agnes Stone(1556 – 1616) 18John Stone(1528 – 1597) 19Agnes(1533 – ) 5Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 10Henry Squire(1558 – 1649) 20Rev. William Squire(1520 – 1567) 21 11 22 23 3Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 6Richard Rockwood( – 1660) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Jan 1661/62 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 1690 - Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Will - 19 Mar 1732/33 - Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 18 Sep 1733 - Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 13 Dec 1733 - Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S68] Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886, (Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886). [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857). [S76] Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855).