THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.

VOL. II.

SALEM, MASS., JUNE, 1898.

No. 6.

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM ADAMS OF IPSWICH.

WILLIAM3, b. May 27, 1650; grad. H. C., 1671; was a clergyman; and was ordained in Dedham Dec. 3, 1673. He was made a freeman Jan. 9, 1674. He m. Mary Manning of Cambridge Oct. 21, 1674. She d. June 24, 1679; and he m., second, Alice Bradford of Plymouth March 27, 1680. He d. in Dedham Aug. 17, 1685; and his wife m., second, James Fitch of Norwich, Conn. Mr. Adam's eldest son, Eliphalet, was a clergyman at New London, Conn. 10-II. JOHN3, was a minor in 1658-9; living on Nassau Island, Huntington, Suffolk county, N. Y., in 1717; carpenter. He probably left no descendants. SIMON3, b. about 1656. See below (11).

WILLIAM ADAMS', of Cambridge, Mass., 9-1. is supposed to have been a son of Henry Adams of that place. He was living in Cambridge in 1635; was made a freeman May 22, 1639; and removed to Ipswich before 1641. He resided in that part of the town which is now Hamilton on the river, the farm being that of the late Silsbee Adams. The frontispiece shows the old homestead as it now appears. The house is very old, but the time of its erection has not been ascertained. William Adams was one of the selectmen of Ipswich in 1646; and in 1647 was discharged from training on account of his age. He was called a miller in 1654. He died in 1661; and his widow was living in 1681. Her name has not been learned.

II-III.

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LT. JOHN ADAMS', born about 1631. He lived in Ipswich; and was a yeoman. He married, first, Rebecca

who

died in Ipswich 31: 10: 1666; and he married, second, Sarah (Woodman), widow of John Brocklebank of Rowley, in 1667. She died May 31, 1676; and he married, third, Dorcas D'Witt May 8, 1677. He died in Ipswich in 1703; and his widow died Nov. 9, 1707, aged sixtyeight.

Children, born in Ipswich :

12-I.

-3, d. 31: 10: 1666, in Ipswich. 13—11. JOHN3, b. March 11, 1667-8. See below (13).

14-III. MARY3, b. Dec. 26, 1670; m. Joseph Whipple of Ipswich about 1688.

He

was a carpenter; and d. Dec. 14, 1729. She d. June 16, 1734.

died in 1655. He died in Ipswich Jan. 15-IV. ARCHELAUS3. 18, 1658-9.

Children, born in Ipswich :

*Jacob Adams, a married man in 1667, may have been a son.

16-v.

See below (15).

(son)3, b. May —, 1676; d. June 24, 1676.

17-VI. DORCAS3, b. March 16, 1677-8; m. Daniel Warner of Ipswich in 1703; and d. May 13, 1749. He d. Jan. 20, 1754.

SARAH', m. Henry Russell of Ipswich
(pub. 11:8:1713); and was living
in 1723.

HANNAH', b. Jan. 18, 1691-2; m. John
Gammage of Ipswich May 23, 1728;
and d. March 10, 1753. He d.
April 25, 1753.

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32-III. SIMON', b. Oct. 20, 1694; d. of small
pox, in Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1721.
33-IV. DANIEL', b. Nov. 26, 1697; was
weaver and yeoman; lived in Ips-
wich; and d. Nov. 26, 1773, prob-
ably having never married.

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JOHN ADAMS3, born in Ipswich March 11, 1667-8, was a miller and yeoman; and lived in Ipswich. He married Hannah Treadwell of Ipswich May 22, 1690; and d. March, 1717-8. She died, his widow, in Ipswich Oct. 23, 1733*.

Children, born in Ipswich :34-1. HANNAH', b. April 25, 1691; m. Jonadab Waite of Ipswich (pub. Sept. 11, 1725). He d. July 6, 1761. 35-11. SARAH, m. Samuel Gardner of Salem (pub. March 21, 1719). 36-III. JOHN, b. about 1700. See below (36). 37-IV. ABIGAILA, m. Thomas Brown of Wenham (pub. June 25, 1727).

38-v. MARY, m. Daniel Choate of Ipswich Feb. 26, 1727-8. He was a cordwainer.

39-VI. PRISCILLA1, b. 23:9: 1712; m. Nathan Chapman of Ipswich Dec. 26, 1734.

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ARCHELAUS ADAMS3, born in Ipswich. He was a soldier at York, Me., in 1695. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury until 1721, when, having become a mariner, he removed to Salisbury. He is called "of Newbury" in 1718; "of Amesbury," 1719; "late of Newbury, now of Salisbury," 1721; "of Newbury," 1729-30 to 1744; and kept inns in both Newbury and Salisbury. He married, first, Sarah March March 18, 1697-8. She died in Newbury March 4, 1717-8, aged forty-two; and he married, second,

*Did she marry, secondly, Joseph Ayers before 1753?