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Robert Adams 1601 – 1682 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1601

Birth Location: Devon, England

Death Date: 12 Oct 1682

Death Location: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA

Father: Robert Adams

Mother: Elizabeth Shirland

Spouse(s): Eleanor Wilmot, Sarah Glover

Children(s): John Adams, Joanna Adams, Abraham Adams, Elizabeth Adams, Mary Adams, Isaac Adams, Jacob Adams, Hannah Adams, Jacob Adams, Archealaus Adams

Robert Adams was born in 1601 in Devon, England, the child of Robert Adams and Elizabeth Shirland. Robert Adams later married Eleanor Wilmot and Sarah Glover, and together they raised children including John Adams, Joanna Adams, Abraham Adams, Elizabeth Adams, Mary Adams, Isaac Adams, Jacob Adams, Hannah Adams, Jacob Adams and Archealaus Adams. In 1682, Robert Adams passed away in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

Robert Adams
Birth Location: –
RA
Elizabeth Shirland
1577 –
Birth Location: of Devons, England
ES

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Wilmot
– 1677
Birth Location: England
EW
Sarah Glover
– 1697
Birth Location: –
SG

Children(s)

John Adams
1632 –
Birth Location: –
JA
Joanna Adams
1634 – 1689
Birth Location: Devon, England
JA
Abraham Adams
1639 – 1714
Birth Location: Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
AA
Elizabeth Adams
1642 – 1718
Birth Location: –
EA
Mary Adams
1645 –
Birth Location: –
MA
Isaac Adams
1647 – 1706
Birth Location: Massachusetts, USA
IA
Jacob Adams
1649 – 1649
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JA
Hannah Adams
1650 –
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
HA
Jacob Adams
1654 – 1717
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JA
Archealaus Adams
1655 –
Birth Location: –
AA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1601
    Event Place: Devon, England
    Record Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 59, July 1905; p. 322; accessed 12 Aug. 2019

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 22 Dec 1602
    Event Place: Ottery St Mary, Devon, England
    Record Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Fairbanks, Rev. Hiram Francis; "English Ancestry of Henry Adams of Braintree"; v. 59; July 1905; p. 322

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Bet. 1602–1662
    Record Source: Genealogical History of Robert Adams & His Descendants 1635-1900, pp. 1-7

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Bet. 1602–1682
    Record Source: Genealogical History of Robert Adams & His Descendants 1635-1900, pp 1-7

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Bet. 1638–1673
    Event Place: Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Annals of Salem from its First Settlement Vol. 1, p. 167

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, v.1, p.21, 28, 89, 212, 282, 283, 300, 366

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: History of Newbury MA 1635-1845, p. 32

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Jun 1640
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, v.1, p.21, 28, 89, 212, 282, 283, 300, 366

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 Sep 1640
    Event Place: Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, v.8 p.64

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 30 Sep 1640
    Event Place: Iydd, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, v.7 p.279; Essex County Records

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 Jun 1641
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, 1866; v.8; p.64; 143; 190

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1645
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, v.1, p.21, 28, 89, 212, 282, 283, 300, 366

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 Apr 1646
    Event Place: Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, v.9 p.143

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Sep 1651
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, v.1, p.232-233

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Sep 1652
    Event Place: Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, v.1, p.300

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 02 Mar 1667/68
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: History of Newbury MA 1635-1845, p. 110

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 07 Mar 1680
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 9, #2; April, 1855; p. 126

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: Nov 1682
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, v.3 p.229

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Essex Antiquarian, The, Adams, Raymond M.; v. 2 #2; February 1898; p. 2

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v.11; January 1857; p53-55

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: Adams Addenda, Series: family newsletter, pp.1-5 of pedigree

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Founders of Early American Families - Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657, p.2

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Oct 1682
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Essex Institute Historical Collections, Find A Grave Website, Find a Grave Website, Founders of Early American Families - Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657, v.3 p.229, p.2, Robert Adams 1608-1682; contains detailed information on Robert Adams and his family.

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