Captain Thomas Adams

1754 - 1840  (85 years)

• Name	Thomas Adams
  Birth	13 Dec 1754	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Morse (1857) and Jameson (1886) give his birth as 1759.
  Military	1775 (20 years)  [4]
  He was a member of Capt. Adams' Company, Col Fuller's Regiment in 1775, and spent three days in Lexington starting 30 April 1775. Later from 28 July 1780 to 7 August 1780, he marched to Tiverton as a part of Capt. Moses Adams' Company, Col. Seth Bullard's 4th Suffolk Regiment.
  Married	22 May 1777 (22 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Susanna Clark, the daughter of Amos and Hannah (Crage) Clark. She was born on 6 February 1760 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 6 October 1789 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Thomas Adams (1779-____) 2. Amos Adams (1779-1792) 3. Hannah Adams (1781-____) 4. Susanna Adams (1783-____) 5. Avery Adams (1785-____) 6. Sybel Adams (1787-____) 7. Polly Adams (1789-1789)
  Married	26 Aug 1790 (35 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Melatia Holbrook, the daughter of Deacon Joseph Holbrook. She was born on 28 February 1755 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She and Nathan Partridge filed marriage intentions on 16 February 1776 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Partridge Adams (1791-____) 2. Betsey Adams (1793-____) 3. Amos Adams (1794-____) 4. Nancy Adams (1797-____)
  Moved To	1803 (48 years)	Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4]
  Death	19 Jul 1840	Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Daniel Adams,   b. 20 Apr 1750, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Dec 1832, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)   2. Molly Adams,   b. 13 Jul 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 3. Sybil Adams,   b. 28 Jan 1753, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1813, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years) ▻ Captain Abijah Harding,  m. 12 Jul 1770   4. Captain Thomas Adams,   b. 13 Dec 1754, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Jul 1840, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)   5. Asa Adams,   b. 26 Mar 1757, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Feb 1828, Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Adams,   b. Abt 1474, England d. 1557, Somersetshire, England  (Age 83 years)  (7 x Great Grandfather)  Ann,   b. Abt 1571, England   (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15250
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Partridge,   b. 19 Jul 1726, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Thomas Adams(1754 – 1840) 2Ensign Thomas Adams(1726 – 1773) 4Daniel Adams(1686 – 1772) 8John Adams(18 Feb 1657/58 – 1751) 16Ensign Edward Adams(1629 – 1716) 17Lydia Rockwood(1634/35 – 1676) 9Deborah Partridge(1662 – 1751) 18John Partridge(Abt 1620 – 1706) 19Magdalen Bullard(1635 – 1677) 5Sarah Sanford(1694 – 1772) 10Deacon Thomas Sanford(1673 – ) 20Robert Sanford(Abt 1626 – ) 21Elizabeth Skelton(1631 – 1640) 11Christian(Abt 1670 – ) 22 23 3Mary Partridge(1726 – ) 6Jonathan Partridge(1693 – Abt 1758) 12Deacon John Partridge(1656 – 1743) 24John Partridge(Abt 1620 – 1706) 25Magdalen Bullard(1635 – 1677) 13Elizabeth Adams(1666 – 1719) 26Deacon Jonathan Adams(1619 – 1690) 27Elizabeth Fussell( – 1690) 7Elizabeth Learned(1696 – 1738) 14Isaac Learned(1655 – 1737) 28Isaac Learned(25 Feb 1623/24 – 1657) 29Mary Stearns(1626 – 1663) 15Sarah Bigelow(1659 – ) 30John Bigelow(1616 – 1703) 31Mary Warren(1624 – 1691)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Dec 1754 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 22 May 1777 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 26 Aug 1790 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 1803 - Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 19 Jul 1840 - Barre, 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

  [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). [S997] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [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).