Captain Jonathan Adams

1709 - 1804  (95 years)

• Name	Jonathan Adams
  Birth	15 Aug 1709	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Married	30 Apr 1732 (22 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Patience Clark, the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Adams) Clark. She was born on 3 May 1710 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 11 July 1801 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Rachel Adams (1733-1823) 2. Oliver Adams (1738-1816) 3. Sarah Adams (1740-____)
  Offices Held	1770 (60 years)  [4]
  He was a Selectman for 14 years and a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for 11 years.
  Will	2 Jul 1791 (81 years)  [4]
  In the will, he asked that his son, Oliver, maintain his wife, and a "negro man" named London.
  Probate/Proved	28 Oct 1804 (95 years)	Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 5]
  Death	28 Oct 1804	Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 5]
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  > 1. Tamezin Adams,   b. 21 Aug 1699, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 2 Sep 1777, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 78 years) ▻ Joseph Ellis,  m. 16 Jun 1719 ;   Captain Samuel Darling,  m. 7 Sep 1760 + 2. Hannah Adams,   b. 12 Feb 1701/02, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Jonathan Jones,  m. 25 Jan 1727 > 3. Ezekiel Adams,   b. 1 Jul 1705, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 7 Aug 1777, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years) ▻ Bethia Parker,  m. 8 May 1728 ;   Lydia Lovell,  m. 23 Jul 1740 > 4. Captain Jonathan Adams,   b. 15 Aug 1709, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 28 Oct 1804, Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 95 years) ▻ Patience Clark,  m. 30 Apr 1732
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Humility,   b. Abt 1588, England d. Nov 1687, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 99 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14897
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Spencer (2016) gives his death date as 28 October 1804

  
  

Father	Jonathan Adams,   b. 5 May 1679, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1744, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 64 years)
Mother	Thomezine Sheffield,   b. 25 May 1673, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 Jul 1743, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 70 years)
Family ID	F418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Patience Clark,   b. 3 May 1710, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 11 Jul 1801, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 91 years)
Marriage	30 Apr 1732	Medway, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [8]
Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 8 months - She : 21 years and 11 months.
Family ID	F9663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Jul 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Jonathan Adams(1709 – 1804) 2Jonathan Adams(1679 – 1744) 4Deacon Jonathan Adams(1619 – 1690) 8Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 16John Adams(Abt 1555 – 1604) 17Agnes Stone(1556 – 1616) 9Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 18Henry Squire(1558 – 1649) 19 5Mary Ellice 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Thomezine Sheffield(1673 – 1743) 6William Sheffield(1619 – 1700) 12Edmund Sheffield(1580 – ) 24Thomas Sheffield(Abt 1550 – 1598) 25 13Thamazine(1586 – ) 26 27 7Mary Webb(Abt 1636 – 1714) 14Christopher Webb(1599 – 1671) 28Thomas Alexander Webb(Abt 1564 – ) 29 15Humility(Abt 1588 – 1687) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Aug 1709 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Married - 30 Apr 1732 - Medway, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 30 Apr 1732 - Medway, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Probate/Proved - 28 Oct 1804 - Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 28 Oct 1804 - Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 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). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [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). [S93] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903). [S997] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). [S2597] Spencer, Austin W. and Beverly Spooner. " William Sheffield of Braintree and Sherborn, Massachusetts, with Further Notes on the Daniel(s) Family of Medfield" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170, Number 4, 2016).