Obadiah Adams

1689 - 1765  (76 years)

• Name	Obadiah Adams
  Birth	20 Jan 1689	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Married	24 Apr 1716 (27 years)	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Christiana Sanford, the daughter of Deacon Thomas and Christain Sanford. She was born about 1697 in Mendon, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 21 July 1777 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Adams (1716-1801) 2. Abigail Adams (1718-1736) 3. Obadiah Adams (1721-1803) 4. Nathan Adams (1723-1800) 5. Jesse Adams (1727-1797) 6. Stephen Adams (1729-1795) 7. Christian Adams (1732-____) 8. Hephzibah Adams (1735-____) 9. Jemima Adams (1737-____) 10 Amos Adams
  Death	22 Nov 1765	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4, 6]
  Siblings	5 brothers
  1. Edward Adams,   b. 13 Jan 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1742, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   2. John Adams,   b. 22 Dec 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Nov 1759, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) + 3. Daniel Adams,   b. 12 Jan 1686, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Sep 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years) ▻ Sarah Sanford,  m. 1711   4. Eleazer Adams,   b. 22 Sep 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Oct 1775, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   5. Obadiah Adams,   b. 20 Jan 1689, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Nov 1765, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   6. Jonathan Adams,   b. 7 May 1696, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Apr 1776, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of John Adams and Susanna Breck)
  1. Thomas Adams,   b. 11 Feb 1695/96, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1743 to 1745, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 46 years)   2. Susanna Adams,   b. 30 Jul 1697, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Jeremiah Adams,   b. 13 Jul 1699, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Abraham Adams,   b. 1 Aug 1701, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1785, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years)   5. Bethia Adams,   b. 2 Jun 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1757, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 54 years)   6. Phineas Adams,   b. 19 May 1705, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Feb 1756, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 50 years)   7. Hannah Adams,   b. 29 Mar 1707, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jul 1756, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 49 years)   8. Esther Adams,   b. 15 Nov 1708, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  unknown wife   d. Before 1629  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19955
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Deborah Partridge,   b. 16 Aug 1662, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Mar 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Obadiah Adams(1689 – 1765) 2John Adams(18 Feb 1657/58 – 1751) 4Ensign Edward Adams(1629 – 1716) 8Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 16John Adams(Abt 1555 – 1604) 17Agnes Stone(1556 – 1616) 9Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 18Henry Squire(1558 – 1649) 19 5Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 10Richard Rockwood( – 1660) 20 21 11possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell 22 23 3Deborah Partridge(1662 – 1751) 6John Partridge(Abt 1620 – 1706) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Magdalen Bullard(1635 – 1677) 14John Bullard(Abt 1596 – 1678) 28William Bullard(Abt 1562 – ) 29Grace Bignett(1567 – ) 15Magdalen Martyn(1608 – 1661) 30John Martyn(Abt 1576 – 1629/30) 31unknown wife( – 1629)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Jan 1689 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 24 Apr 1716 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 22 Nov 1765 - Medway, 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

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