Lydia Rockwood

1635 - 1676  (41 years)

• Name	Lydia Rockwood
  Birth	1634/35	Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Death	3 Mar 1676	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Nicholas Rockwood,   b. Abt 1628, England d. 26 Jan 1680/01, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) ▻ Jane Adams;   Margaret Holbrook,  m. 16 Jul 1656 ;   Silence Bowers,  m. 25 May 1675 + 2. Lydia Rockwood,   b. 1634/35, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 Mar 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 41 years) ▻ Ensign Edward Adams,  m. Mar 1652
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Richard Rockwood and Agnes )
  1. John Rockwood,   b. 1 Dec 1641, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Rockwood   d. 6 Sep 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Father)  possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19	Roy Line
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Rockwood   d. 6 Sep 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Mother	possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Ensign Edward Adams,   c. 19 Apr 1629, Kingweston, Somersetshire, England d. 12 Nov 1716, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 87 years)  Other Partners: Abigail Craft  m. 7 Oct 1678;   Sarah Taylor  m. 6 Jan 1709/10
  Marriage	Mar 1652	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 17 years and 3 months - He : 22 years and 11 months.
  Children	7 sons and 7 daughters
  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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ 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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     9. Elisha Adams,   b. 25 Aug 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Edward Adams,   b. 28 Jun 1668, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2015

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 2Richard Rockwood( – 1660) 3possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1634/35 - Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - Mar 1652 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 3 Mar 1676 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  = 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

  [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [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). [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). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857).