Ensign Thomas Adams

1726 - 1773  (47 years)

• Name	Thomas Adams
  Birth	15 Apr 1726	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Adams (1898), Partridge (1903), and Morse (1855) give his birth date as 5 April 1726.
  Death	5 Dec 1773	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Benjamin Adams,   b. Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Sarah Adams,   b. 17 Nov 1714, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Apr 1716, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 1 year)   3. Deborah Adams,   b. 12 Mar 1717, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Sarah Adams,   b. 17 Mar 1718/19, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Jan 1793, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years)   5. Elizabeth Adams,   b. 12 May 1721, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Daniel Adams,   b. 18 Jan 1724, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 May 1736, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 12 years) + 7. Ensign Thomas Adams,   b. 15 Apr 1726, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1773, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 47 years) ▻ Abigail,  m. say 1746 ;   Mary Partridge,  m. 27 Dec 1748   8. Ruth Adams,   b. 6 Mar 1728, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Captain Moses Adams,   b. 4 Aug 1731, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Sep 1815, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 84 years)   10. Abigail Adams,   b. 23 Jun 1736, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 May 1810, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years)   11. Tabitha Adams,   b. 12 Nov 1738, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Apr 1819, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Christian,   b. Abt 1670  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I24	Roy Line
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Sarah Sanford,   b. 13 Oct 1694, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Nov 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Abigail
  Marriage	say 1746  [1, 4, 5, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 19 years and 8 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Mary Partridge,   b. 19 Jul 1726, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Marriage	27 Dec 1748	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Adams (1898) gives a marriage date of 2 March 1750.
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 8 months - She : 22 years and 5 months.
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  1. Daniel Adams,   b. 20 Apr 1750, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Dec 1832, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Molly Adams,   b. 13 Jul 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Sybil Adams,   b. 28 Jan 1753, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1813, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 60 years) ▻ Captain Abijah Harding  m. 12 Jul 1770     4. Captain Thomas Adams,   b. 13 Dec 1754, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Jul 1840, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 85 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Asa Adams,   b. 26 Mar 1757, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Feb 1828, Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont, U.S.A. (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2018

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ensign Thomas Adams(1726 – 1773) 2Daniel Adams(1686 – 1772) 4John Adams(18 Feb 1657/58 – 1751) 8Ensign Edward Adams(1629 – 1716) 16Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 17Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 9Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 18Richard Rockwood( – 1660) 19possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell 5Deborah Partridge(1662 – 1751) 10John Partridge(Abt 1620 – 1706) 20 21 11Magdalen Bullard(1635 – 1677) 22John Bullard(Abt 1596 – 1678) 23Magdalen Martyn(1608 – 1661) 3Sarah Sanford(1694 – 1772) 6Deacon Thomas Sanford(1673 – ) 12Robert Sanford(Abt 1626 – ) 24 25 13Elizabeth Skelton(1631 – 1640) 26 27 7Christian(Abt 1670 – ) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Apr 1726 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 27 Dec 1748 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 5 Dec 1773 - 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

  [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). [S997] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [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). [S996] Partridge, George Homer. "John Partridge, of Medfield, Mass., and His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LVII, 1903). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857).