Daniel Adams

1686 - 1772  (86 years)

• Name	Daniel Adams
  Birth	12 Jan 1686	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  History	1710 (23 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
  He is said to have been the first white settler of Medway.
  Will	5 Sep 1772 (86 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
  Death	12 Sep 1772	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6, 8]
  Probate/Proved	23 Oct 1772 (86 years)	Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
  Complier's Note	1997 (310 years)
  There is much confusion as to the birth's of Daniel's early children. Jameson (1886) seems to have many of the dates wrong. Others have copied him to the confusion of the record. I have used Woods (1905) as the accurate source until the original record can be checked.
  Siblings	5 brothers
  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)
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of John Adams and Susanna Breck)
  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.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  unknown wife   d. Before 1629  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21	Roy Line
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

  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)
  Mother	Deborah Partridge,   b. 16 Aug 1662, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Mar 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah Sanford,   b. 13 Oct 1694, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Nov 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1711	Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years and 11 months - She : ~ 16 years and 2 months.
  Children	4 sons and 7 daughters
  1. Benjamin Adams,   b. Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Sarah Adams,   b. 17 Nov 1714, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Apr 1716, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Deborah Adams,   b. 12 Mar 1717, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Sarah Adams,   b. 17 Mar 1718/19, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Jan 1793, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Elizabeth Adams,   b. 12 May 1721, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Daniel Adams,   b. 18 Jan 1724, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 May 1736, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 12 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   7. Ensign Thomas Adams,   b. 15 Apr 1726, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1773, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 47 years) ▻ Abigail  m. say 1746;   Mary Partridge  m. 27 Dec 1748     8. Ruth Adams,   b. 6 Mar 1728, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     9. Captain Moses Adams,   b. 4 Aug 1731, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Sep 1815, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 84 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Abigail Adams,   b. 23 Jun 1736, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 May 1810, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   11. Tabitha Adams,   b. 12 Nov 1738, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Apr 1819, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Daniel Adams(1686 – 1772) 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 3Deborah Partridge(1662 – 1751) 6John Partridge(Abt 1620 – 1706) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Magdalen Bullard(1635 – 1677) 14John Bullard(Abt 1596 – 1678) 28William Bullard(Abt 1562 – ) 29Grace Bignett(1567 – ) 15Magdalen Martyn(1608 – 1661) 30John Martyn(Abt 1576 – 1629/30) 31unknown wife( – 1629)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Jan 1686 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1710 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 1711 - Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 5 Sep 1772 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 12 Sep 1772 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 23 Oct 1772 - Norfolk 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). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [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). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857). [S997] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).