Abraham Adams

1701 - 1785  (83 years)

• Name	Abraham Adams
  Birth	1 Aug 1701	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Married	Abt 1735 (33 years)  [5]
  Mary Cummings. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abraham Adams (1737-1809) 2. Eleazer Adams (1741-1823) 3. Mary Adams (1744-1812) 4. Josiah Adams (1746 5. Susanna Adams (1748 6. Patience Adams (1750 7. Obadiah Adams (c1751-1776) 8. Jesse Adams (1755-1827)
  History	1754 (52 years)  [5]
  Alexander Short kept a reading and writing school in Abraham's home.
  Military	9 Aug 1755 to 27 Dec 1755 (54 years)  [5]
  He was most likely a soldier in the Crown Point Expedition.
  Death	1785	Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Thomas Adams,   b. 11 Feb 1695/96, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1743 to 1745, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 46 years)   2. Susanna Adams,   b. 30 Jul 1697, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Jeremiah Adams,   b. 13 Jul 1699, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Abraham Adams,   b. 1 Aug 1701, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1785, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years)   5. Bethia Adams,   b. 2 Jun 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1757, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 54 years)   6. Phineas Adams,   b. 19 May 1705, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Feb 1756, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 50 years)   7. Hannah Adams,   b. 29 Mar 1707, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jul 1756, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 49 years)   8. Esther Adams,   b. 15 Nov 1708, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Half siblings	6 half brothers (family of John Adams and Deborah Partridge)
  1. Edward Adams,   b. 13 Jan 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1742, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   2. John Adams,   b. 22 Dec 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Nov 1759, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) + 3. 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) ▻ Sarah Sanford,  m. 1711   4. Eleazer Adams,   b. 22 Sep 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Oct 1775, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   5. Obadiah Adams,   b. 20 Jan 1689, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Nov 1765, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   6. Jonathan Adams,   b. 7 May 1696, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Apr 1776, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Susanna Breck,   b. 10 May 1667, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 May 1744, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19932
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	John Adams,   b. 18 Feb 1657/58, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Mar 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Susanna Breck,   b. 10 May 1667, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 May 1744, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F7065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Abraham Adams(1701 – 1785) 2John Adams(18 Feb 1657/58 – 1751) 4Ensign Edward Adams(1629 – 1716) 8Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 16John Adams(Abt 1555 – 1604) 17Agnes Stone(1556 – 1616) 9Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 18Henry Squire(1558 – 1649) 19 5Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 10Richard Rockwood( – 1660) 20 21 11possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell 22 23 3Susanna Breck(1667 – 1744) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Aug 1701 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1785 - Brookfield, Worcester 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

  [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [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). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [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). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857).