Eleazer Adams

1687 - 1775  (88 years)

• Name	Eleazer Adams
  Birth	22 Sep 1687	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Religion	day 1707 (19 years)  [5]
  He was a Baptist.
  Married	Abt 1714 (26 years)  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  (1) Margaret ______. She died on Friday 13 January 1769 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Benjamin Adams (1715-____) 2. Margaret Adams (1717-1736) 3. Eleazer Adams (1720-1775) 4. Mary Adams (1722-____) 5. John Adams (1724-____) 6. Lydia Adams (1727-____) 7. Catherine Adams (1730 8. Seth Adams (1730-____) 9. Lois Adams (1732-____)
  History	1748 (60 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was one of the incorporates of the Town of West Medway.
  Offices Held	say 1750 (62 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was a Selectman for eight years.
  Legal	1753 (65 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was sent to the jail in Boston in 1753/54 for refusing to pay the parish tax.
  Married	1769 (81 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5, 8]
  (2) Lucy ______. Lucy, married (1) _____ Hayden, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Lucy and Eleazar filed marriage intentions on 3 December 1769 in Medway, Massachusetts.
  Will	8 Jul 1775 (87 years)	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He mentions his second wife, Lucy, and his children: Benjamin, Eleazer, Mary, John, Seth, and Lois.
  Death	8 Oct 1775	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  Probate/Proved	6 Feb 1776 (88 years)  [5]
  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	I19954
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2019

  
  

  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)
  Relationship	Birth
  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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Eleazer Adams(1687 – 1775) 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 - 22 Sep 1687 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1748 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - say 1750 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Legal - 1753 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 1769 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 8 Jul 1775 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 8 Oct 1775 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

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