Adams, Elizabeth

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BIRTH: "Transcript of the Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in the Town of Bristol" (unpublished ms, n.d.; Town Hall, Bristol, RI), 1:134 (FHL #912787 item 2).
CHR: "Bristol Records: Baptisms from the Records of the Church of Christ at Bristol, R.I.," NEHGR, 34(1880):135 (FHL #974 B2ne).
MAR: BOSTON MARRIAGES FROM 1700 TO 1751, 28th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1898; repr Baltimore, 1977), 97 (FHL #974.461 V2b). Intentions are found in "Transcript of the Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in the Town of Bristol," 1:162.
DEATH: No death rec found. Elizabeth was living in Easton, Mass. on 5 May 1762 when she made oath to the inv of her husband (Bristol Co. Probate Files [FHL #573220]).

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Elizabeth married Keyzer, George on 5 Jan 1718 in Boston,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1903), 9 (FHL #974.7/M2 V2m).
MAR: "Transcript of the Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in the Town of Bristol" (unpublished ms, n.d.; Town Hall, Bristol, RI), 1:1 (FHL #912787 item 2).
DEATH: No death/probate rec found. Edward is last mentioned in Bristol church recs when dau Abigail was baptized, 23 Jul 1710 ("Bristol Records: Baptisms from the Records of the Church of Christ at Bristol, R.I.,"NEHGR, 34[1880]:259 [FHL #974 B2ne]). He died in Bristol according to Andrew N. Adams, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF HENRY ADAMS (Rutland, VT, 1898), 502 (FHL #381788).

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Edward married Walley, Elizabeth on 19 May 1692 in Bristol,Bristol,RI. Elizabeth (daughter of Walley, Thomas and Bacon, Hannah) was born about 1670 in of Sandwich,Barnstable,MA; died after 4 Jan 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Elizabeth is identified in the will of her father, Thomas Walley, Jr, of Sandwich, 2 May 1672, proved 7 Jun 1672, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:1:48 (FHL #567794). She is also mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Rev. Thomas Walley of Barnstable, and in the will of her uncle, John Walley of Boston.
MAR: "Transcript of the Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in the Town of Bristol" (unpublished ms, n.d.; Town Hall, Bristol, RI), 1:1 (FHL #912787 item 2).
DEATH: No death rec found. Elizabeth is mentioned in the will of her uncle, John Walley of Boston, 4 Jan 1711, proved 25 Feb 1711, Suffolk Co. Probate, #3386, (o.s.) 17:401-404 (FHL #548133).

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CHR: Kingweston BTs (FHL #1470920 item 20). Edward is also identified in the will of his father, Henry Adams of Braintree, 1646, proved 8 Jun 1647, Suffolk Co. Probate, #52, (n.s.) 1:429 (FHL #594359).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Adams and his wife Lydia were born in Medfield, 1653-75. A dau Lydia Adams is identified in the will of Lydia Wight, "formerly the wife of James Penniman," 22 Dec 1673, proved 27 Apr 1676, Suffolk Co. Probate, #816, (o.s.) 6:160 (FHL #584128).
MAR #2: Don Gleason Hill, ed, THE RECORDS OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF THE TOWN OF DEDHAM (Dedham, MA, 1886), 17 (FHL #974.47/D2 N2d). Wife is called Abigail "Day." She was the widow of Ralph Day, who died at Dedham, 28 Nov 1677 (Ibid, 15). Ralph Day and Abigail Ruggles married at Dedham, 10 Nov 1659 (Ibid, 127). She was apparently the widow of John Ruggles, who died at Roxbury, 15 Sep 1658. John Ruggles and Abigail Crafts married at Roxbury, 24 Jan 1650 (VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1925-26], 2:92, 627 [FHL #974.46/R2 V2r]). Hence, Abigail Crafts married (1) John Ruggles, (2) Ralph Day, (3) Edward Adams.
MAR #3: VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1903), 111 (FHL #974.47/M2 V2m).
DEATH: Ibid, 189. Also see the will of Edward Adams of Medfield, 19 May 1715, proved 3 Dec 1716, Suffolk Co. Probate, #3797, (n.s.) 19:225-26 (FHL #594180).
OCC: Husbandman

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Edward married Penniman, Lydia about 1652. Lydia (daughter of Pennyman, James and Eliot, Lydia) was christened on 22 Feb 1634/1635 in Boston,Suffolk,MA; died on 3 Mar 1675/1676 in Medfield,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: BOSTON BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1630-1699, 9th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1883), 3 (FHL #982237).
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Adams and his wife Lydia were born in Medfield, 1653-75. A dau Lydia Adams is identified in the will of Lydia Wight, "formerly the wife of James Penniman," 22 Dec 1673, proved 27 Apr 1676, Suffolk Co. Probate, #816, (o.s.) 6:160 (FHL #584128). Thomas Wight, 2nd husband of Lydia, resided in Medfield.
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1903), 190 (FHL #974.47/M2 V2m).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. He is called "my eldest son Thomas Walley deceased" in the will of his father, Rev. Thomas Walley of Barnstable, 10 Dec 1677, proved 5 Mar 1677/8, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:2:115 (FHL #567794). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Thomas's will, below, mentions his wife Hannah and his children's grandfather, Nathaniel Bacon.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Thomas Walley, Jr, of Sandwich, 2 May 1672, proved 7 Jun 1672, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:1:48 (FHL #567794).

Thomas married Bacon, Hannah. Hannah (daughter of Bacon, Nathaniel and Mayo, Hannah) was born on 4 Sep 1643 in Barnstable,Barnstable,MA; was christened on 8 Dec 1644 in West Parish,Barnstable,Barnstable,MA; died in Sep 1685 in Taunton,Bristol,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: "Barnstable, Mass. Vital Records," MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, 2(1900):214 (FHL #974.4 D25md).
CHR: Reg of Barnstable West Parish Congregational Church, 2 (FHL #022364).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. A wife Hannah and her father, Nathaniel Bacon, are mentioned in the will of Thomas Walley, Jr, of Sandwich, 2 May 1672, proved 7 Jun 1672, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:1:48 (FHL #567794).
MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF TAUNTON, 3 vols. (Boston, 1928-29), 3:495 (FHL #844826). The same source includes a duplicate entry of "18" Feb 1674/5 from Taunton proprietors' recs.

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BIRTH: Birth date is from "Streeter-Adams Records from Streeter Family Bible," NEHGR, 85(1931):383 (FHL #974 B2ne). Henry is also identified in the will of his father, John Adams of Barton St. David, 19 Mar 1603/4, proved 26 Jun 1609, Wells Probate Registry, verbatim copy in J. Gardner Bartlett, HENRY ADAMS OF SOMERSETSHIRE (New York, 1927), 41-42 (FHL #929.273 Ad17bj). Wills from this court were destroyed in 1942.
MAR: Charlton Mackrell par reg (FHL #1526463 item 34). Entry very faded and difficult to interpret.
DEATH: Samuel A. Bates, ed, RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, 1640-1793 (Randolph, MA, 1886), 731 (FHL #974.47/B3 N2b). Also see the will of Henry Adams of Braintree, 1646-8 Jun 1647, Suffolk Co. Probate, #52, (n.s.) 1:429 (FHL #594359).
BUR: Braintree vital recs, "Early Records of Boston" [Suffolk County Vital Records], NEHGR, 9 (1855):167 (FHL #974 B2ne).

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Henry married Squire, Edith on 19 Oct 1609 in Charlton Mackrell,Somerset,Eng. Edith (daughter of Squire, Henry) was christened on 29 May 1587 in Charlton Mackrell,Somerset,Eng; died on 21 Jan 1672 in Medfield,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: Charlton Mackrell par reg (FHL #1526463 item 34).
MAR #1: Ibid.
MAR #2: No mar rec found, but mar to John Fussell is implied by other recs. John Fussell's wife was called Edith, as indicated by her death rec, below. The Medfield home-lots of the Adamses and John Fussell in Medfield were adjacent. Furthermore, when the town of Medfield distributed copies of the "law book" of the colony in 1660, one copy was assigned to John Fussell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Adams, and Edward Adams, suggesting John Fussell was connected to Henry Adams' sons. See William S. Tilden, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1887), 48, 66 (FHL #014773).
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1903), 213 (FHL #974.47/M2 V2n).

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CHR: Chipping Ongar par reg (FHL #1472590 item 2).
MAR: High Laver par reg (FHL #1472531 item 7).
DEATH: Samuel A. Bates, ed, RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, 1640-1793 (Randolph, MA, 1886), 639 (FHL #974.47/B3 N2b). Also see the will of James Pennyman of Braintree, 18 Dec 1664, proved 31 Jan 1664, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:439-40 (FHL #584127).

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James married Eliot, Lydia on 26 Jul 1631 in High Laver,Essex,Eng. Lydia (daughter of Eliot, Bennet and Aggar, Lettice) was christened on 1 Jul 1610 in Nazeing,Essex,Eng; died in (inv) 19 Jul 1676 in Medfield,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: Nazeing par reg by corr, Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, 1 Apr 1996. Chr entry does not identify parents. However, Lydia is identified in the will of her father, Bennet Eliot of Nazeing, 5 Nov 1621, proved 28 Mar 1622, Commissary Court of the Bishop of London (Essex & Herts Div), reg wills, 24:85 (FHL #094106).
MAR #1: High Laver par reg (FHL #1472531 item 7).
MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD (Boston, 1903), 163 (FHL #974.47/M2 V2n).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Lydia Wight, 22 Dec 1673, proved 27 Jul 1676, Suffolk Co. Probate, #816, (o.s.) 6:160 (FHL #584128), inv 19 Jul 1676 (Ibid, 12:46 [FHL #584130]). No place of residence is stated in the will or estate documents. However, the death of her 2nd husband, Thomas Wight, is recorded in Medfield vital recs, and he was called "late of Medfield" on 24 Mar 1673/4, when his inv was taken (Suffolk Co. Probate, #680, [o.s.] 7:357-60 [FHL #584128]). It is most probable that Lydia died in Medfield.

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Cotton Mather states that Thomas Walley was about 61 yrs old when he died on 24 Mar 1678/9. Hence, he was born ca 1617 (Cotton Mather, MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, 2 vols. [London, 1702; repr Hartford, 1853], 1:599 [FHL #1688545]). Thomas's father is sometimes identified as Robert Walley of London. See Frederick Freeman, THE HISTORY OF CAPE COD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1869), 1:290-91 (FHL #974.49 H2f), also Frederick Lewis Weis, THE COLONIAL CLERGY AND THE COLONIAL CHURCHES OF NEW ENGLAND (Lancaster, MA, 1936), 213 (FHL #974 D3wf). Robert Walley of St. Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex, near London, made a will in 1651 naming a son Thomas. But the parish regs show that Robert Walley's son Thomas was baptized on 11 May 1607, making him ten yrs older than Rev. Thomas Walley of Barnstable, if we are to rely on the age assigned to him by Mather (St. Mary's Whitechapel par reg [FHL #094691]).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. The baptisms of three children of Thomas Walley and his wife Margery are found in the registers St. Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, 1647-1650 (FHL #094691). Margery may be a sister of George Smith of London, whose will, 10 Jan 1658, proved 11 Feb 1658, calls Rev.Thomas Walley "brother." P.C.C., 287:95 (FHL #092251). It is also possible that Smith married a sister of Thomas Walley.
MAR #2: No mar rec found. A wife Sarah is identified in his will, below. Also see the letter from Thomas Walley to John Cotton, 20 Sep 1675, announcing his recent mar to "Mrs. Clark" (Edmund S. Morgan, THE PURITAN FAMILY, rev edition [Westport, CT, 1980], 55 [FHL #974 H2me]). The original letter is in the Curwin Papers, 3:46, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
DEATH: Reg of the Barnstable West Parish Congregational Church, 7 (FHL #022364). Thomas was minister of this church at the time of his death. The month and year are given as Mar 1678, but the day is not legible. A transcription of the entry made before 1869 gives a complete date of 24 Mar 1678 (Frederick Freeman, THE HISTORY OF CAPE COD, [Boston, 1869], 1:290 [FHL #974.49 H2f]. The date is given as 24 Mar 1678/9 in Mather, MAGNALIA, 1:599. The same death date is given in Edmund Calamy, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINISTERS EJECTED OR SILENCED AFTER THE RESTORATION OF 1660, 2 vols. (London, 1713), 2:32 (FHL #974 F2dce). On 4 Apr 1702 Samuel Sewell remarked in his diary that he passed the "worn" grave marker of Thomas Walley, which recorded a death date of 21 Mar 1677[/8] ("Judge Sewall's Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard Memoranda, 1702," NEHGR, 14[1860]:13 [FHL #974 B2ne]). Simon Bradstreet noted the death in hisdiary on 9 May 1678, proving that the date was 1677/8, not 1678/9 ("Bradsteet's Journal," NEHGR, 9[1855]:49). However, the will of Thomas Walley of Barnstable, 10 Dec 1677, proved 5 Mar 1677/8, suggests that Thomas was dead by 5 Mar 1677/8 (Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:2:115 [FHL #567794]). In light of the church record, the gravestone inscription, and other contemporary accounts, the probate date of Thomas Walley's will must be questioned. The death date of 24 Mar 1677/8 is accepted here. Mather and Calamy clearly advanced the date by one year, probably confused by the Barnstable church rec, which appears to give the death date in new style.
OCC: Puritan minister

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Thomas married Margery about 1639. Margery was born about 1620 in England; died before 20 Sep 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Thomas Walley and his wife Marjery were baptized at St. Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex, 1647-50 (FHL #974.49 H2f). Other children were probably born as early as 1640.
DEATH: No death rec found. Margery was no doubt dead by 20 Sep 1675 when Thomas Walley wrote to John Cotton about his recent mar to Mrs. Clark (Edmund S. Morgan, THE PURITAN FAMILY, rev edition [Westport, CT, 1980], 55 [FHL #974 H2me]). The original letter is in the Curwin Papers, 3:46, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

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BIRTH: Nathaniel is identified as a son of William Bacon of Stretton in a deposition by John Ward and Mary (Ward) Fletcher of Milford, Conn., 17 Oct 1661 (Charles J. Hoadly, ed, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OR JURISDICTION OF NEW HAVEN, 2 vols. [Hartford, 1857-58], 2:427-28 [FHL #974.6 N2n]). For further information, see Jane Fletcher Fiske," Elizabeth, Nathaniel and Samuel Bacon of Barnstable, Mass.," TAG, 57(1981):103-108 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: "Barnstable, Mass. Vital Records," MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, 2(1900):214 (FHL #974.4 D25md).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Nathaniel Bacon of Barnstable, 29 Oct 1673, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:1:77-78 (FHL #567794).
OCC: Tanner, currier

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Nathaniel married Mayo, Hannah on 4 Dec 1642 in Barnstable,Barnstable,MA. Hannah (daughter of Mayo, John) was born about 1622 in England; died after 6 Aug 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Hannah is identified in the settlement of estate of her father, Rev. John Mayo of Yarmouth, 15 Jun 1676, Plymouth Colony Probate, 3:1:175 (FHL #567794). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: "Barnstable, Mass. Vital Records," MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, 2(1900):214 (FHL #974.4 D25md).
DEATH: No death rec found. Hannah is mentioned in the will of her son, Nathaniel Bacon of Barnstable, 6 Aug 1691, proved 20 Apr 1692, Barnstable Co. Probate, 1:65-66 (FHL #904598).

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