Adams, Jacob

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BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1911), 1:14 (FHL #974.45/N1 V28v). Duplicate entry: "14" Apr 1650.
MAR: Ibid, 2:11. It is thought by some that the wife's surname was "Allen," but the name on her mar rec is Anna "Ellen." Furthermore, probate recs of Jacob Adams, below, indicate that he died at the home of widow Mary Ellen in Boston, perhaps his mother-in-law.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Jacob Adams of Suffield [now in Conn.], 20 Nov 1717, proved 22 Nov 1717, Hampshire Co. Probate, 4:1 (FHL #879184). "[He] was representative for the said Suffield in the General Court now sitting and fell sick of a milignant fever [while] lodging in the house of the widow Mary Ellen in Boston and there made his will..." Also see "Suffield Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1674-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 3 (FHL #002980). "d. while at Boston, being a member of the General Court."

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NOTE: Robert Adams is given a son Robert in Sidney Perley, HISTORY OF SALEM, 3 vols. (Salem, MA, 1924-28), 2:47 (FHL #974.45/S1 H2ps). The same claim is also made in other accounts. No proof of this son has been found.

Jacob married Ellen, Anna on 7 Apr 1677 in Newbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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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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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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