 Abt 1627 - 1718 (91 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Adams, Elizabeth was born about 1627 in England (daughter of Adams, Robert and Eleanor); died on 4 May 1718 in Andover,Essex,MA. Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found. Elizabeth is identified in the will of her father, Robert Adams of Newbury, 7 Mar 1680/1, proved 28 Nov 1682, published verbatim in NEHGR, 9(1855):126 (FHL #974 B2ne). Date of birth is calculated from age 91 on death rec, below.
MAR: No mar rec found. Elizabeth is called the wife of Edward Phelps in her father's will, above.
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF ANDOVER, 2 vols. (Topsfield, MA, 1912), 2:524 (FHL #974.45/A2 V2t). Aged 91 yrs.
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BEPS: IGI
Family/Spouse: Phelps, Edward. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Adams, Robert was born about 1596 in England; died on 12 Oct 1682 in Newbury,Essex,MA; was buried in Oldtown Cemetery,Newbury,Essex,MA. Notes:
BIRTH: Date of birth is calculated from age 86 on gravestone inscription, below. Place of birth is an approximation. Sidney Perley, THE HISTORY OF SALEM, 3 vols. (Salem, MA, 1924-28), 2:47, indicates he was born in 1601. No sources are cited (FHL #974.45/S1 H2ps). Charles H. Pope, PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, 1900), 11, states he was 81 yrs old at death, contrary to published gravestone inscription (FHL #974.4 D3p). Andrew N. Adams, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF ROBERT ADAMS (Rutland, VT, 1900), 1, states that Robert was born in England in 1602. The tradition that he came from Devonshire, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Sharlon) Adams, is also recited (FHL #929.273 Ad17ad). No proof has been found. Another tradition is that he came from Holderness, Yorks.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. "Ellnar w. Robert Adams" died at Newbury, 12 Jun 1677 (VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911] 2:534 [FHL #974.45/N1 V28v]).
MAR #2: Ibid, 2:13. The wife is called Sarah "Short." She was apparently the widow of Henry Short who died at Newbury, 5 May 1673 (Ibid, 2:719). Henry Short and Sarah Glover were married at Newbury, 9 Oct 1648 (Ibid, 2:449).
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2:536. Also see the will of Robert Adams of Newbury, 7 Mar 1680/1, proved 28 Nov 1682, published verbatim in NEHGR, 9 (1855):126 (FHL #974 B2ne). Also see the inv of estate, 3 Nov 1682, Essex Co. Probate, (o.s.) 302:29 (FHL #860485).
BUR: VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2:536.
OCC: Tailor
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BES1,2: IGI
Robert married Eleanor. Eleanor was born about 1610 in England; died on 12 Jun 1677 in Newbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Eleanor was born about 1610 in England; died on 12 Jun 1677 in Newbury,Essex,MA. Notes:
BIRTH: The family tradition that Eleanor's maiden surname was "Wilmot" is recorded in Andrew N. Adams, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF ROBERT ADAMS (Rutland, VT, 1900), 1 (FHL #929.273 Ad17ad). No evidence has been found. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. "Ellnar w. Robert Adams," died at Newbury, 12 Jun 1677 (VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911], 2:534 [FHL #974.45/N1 V28v]).
DEATH: Ibid.
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BES: IGI
Children:
- 1. Adams, Elizabeth was born about 1627 in England; died on 4 May 1718 in Andover,Essex,MA.
- Adams, John was born about 1630 in England; died after 7 Mar 1680/1681.
- Adams, Joanna was born about 1634 in England; died after 1701.
- Adams, Abraham was born about 1641 in Salem,Essex,MA; died on 14 Jun 1714 in Newbury,Essex,MA; was buried in Oldtown Cemetery,Newbury,Essex,MA.
- Adams, Mary was born about 1643 in Salem,Essex,MA; died after 7 Mar 1680/1681.
- Adams, Isaac was born about 1646 in Salem,Essex,MA; died after 7 Mar 1680/1681.
- Adams, Jacob was born on 23 Apr 1649 in Newbury,Essex,MA; died on 12 Aug 1649 in Newbury,Essex,MA.
- Adams, Hannah was born on 25 Jun 1650 in Newbury,Essex,MA.
- Adams, Jacob was born on 13 Apr 1654 in Newbury,Essex,MA; died in Nov 1717 in Boston,Suffolk,MA.
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