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Adams, Eliashib

Male 1699 - Aft 1768  (> 70 years)


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  • Name Adams, Eliashib  
    Born 9 May 1699  Bristol,Bristol,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 12 May 1700  Church of Christ,Bristol,Bristol,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1768  Chilmark,Dukes,MA(?) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Transcript of the Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in theTown of Bristol" (unpublished ms, n.d.; Town Hall, Bristol, RI), 1:135 (FHL #912787 item 2).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: VITAL RECORDS OF CHILMARK (Boston, 1904; repr with addenda by Catherine Merwin Mayhew, Bowie, MD, 1991), 123 (FHL #974.494/C1 V2v). This mar was found in the addenda to the 1991 edition and came from notes made by William J. Rotch in the Dukes County Historical Society. Rotch wrote that he found the information in old documents but does not specify which document for this mar. However, Chilmark town vital recs show that Elishib and Reliance Adams had a son Mayhew born on 22 Dec 1729 (VITAL RECORDS OF CHILMARK, 9).
      DEATH: No death rec found. Eliashib was said to be living in Chilmark as late as 1768, according to Charles E. Banks, HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, 3 vols. (Boston 1911-25; repr Edgartown, MA, 1966), 3:1 (FHL #974.494 H2b).
      NOTE: Eliashib is called "Elisha" on birth rec, "Eliashim" on chr rec, and "Eliashib" on mar rec.

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS: IGI
    Person ID I6499  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2003 

    Father Adams, Edward,   b. 28 Jun 1668, Medfield,Norfolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1710, Bristol,Bristol,RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 43 years) 
    Mother Walley, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1670, of Sandwich,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 4 Jan 1711  (Age > 41 years) 
    Married 19 May 1692  Bristol,Bristol,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mayhew, Reliance 
    Married 18 Feb 1729  Chilmark,Dukes,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart