Rev. William Adams1,2

#1552, b. 27 May 1650, d. 17 August 1685
FatherWilliam Adams b. c 1620, d. 1659
MotherElizabeth Stacey b. c 1625, d. c 1655

Spouse 1

Mary Manning b. c 1650, d. 24 Jun 1679

Spouse 2

Alice Bradford b. c 1659, d. 15 Mar 1745/46
Children

BMDB

     Rev. William Adams was born on 27 May 1650 at Ipswich, Essex, Mass.3,4 He married, first, in Dedham, Norfolk, Mass, on 15 October 1674 Mary Manning, daughter of William Manning and Dorothy (?).5,3,6 He married, second, in Dedham, Norfolk, Mass, on 29 March 1680 Alice Bradford, daughter of William Bradford Jr and Alice Richards.7,3,8 Rev. William Adams died on 17 August 1685 at Dedham, Norfolk, Mass, at age 35.9,3 He was buried on 19 August 1685 at Old Village Cemetery Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.10

Other Events

     William graduated from Harvard, class of 1671.4 He delivered the election sermon for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1680.11

Time Line

Birth1650, Ipswich, Essex, Mass3,4
Graduation1671, Harvard, Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass4
Marriage1674, Dedham, Norfolk, MassMary Manning5,3,6
Death of Wife1679, Dedham, Norfolk, MassMary Manning1,2,12
Milit-Beg168011
Marriage1680, Dedham, Norfolk, MassAlice Bradford7,3,8
Birth of Daughter1681, Dedham, Norfolk, MassElizabeth Adams7,13
Birth of Daughter1682, Dedham, Norfolk, MassAlice Adams14,15
Death1685, Dedham, Norfolk, Mass9,3
Burial1685, Old Village Cemetery Dedham, Norfolk, Mass10
ChartsDescendants of William Adams
Descendants of William Bradford
Descendants of Thomas Richards
Pedigree of Caspar Wever Collins
Pedigree of Edward Collins
Pedigree of Hannah Collins
Pedigree of William Collins Whitney

Flags

Member of AHAC
F-A-G Memorial Found

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 1:017.
  2. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 1:012.
  3. Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 22, Family of William Bradford. (Albany: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), 17.
  4. John Langdon Sibley, Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, 3 vols. (Cambridge: University Press: Welsh, Bigelow & Co., 1873-1885), 2:380.
  5. Don Gleason Hill, Ed., The Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Dedham, 1635-1845 (Dedham, Mass: Town of Dedham, 1886), 013.
  6. Sibley, Harvard Grads, 2:385.
  7. Hill, VR's of Dedham, 017.
  8. Sibley, Harvard Grads, 386.
  9. Hill, VR's of Dedham, 020.
  10. Find A Grave Memorial.
  11. Oliver Ayer Roberts, History of . . . the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, 4 vols. (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895), 1:264.
  12. Hill, VR's of Dedham, 015.
  13. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 055.
  14. Hill, VR's of Dedham, 018.
  15. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 57.