Samuel Adams

Notes:

THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST (T.A.G.), Whole Number 281, Vol. 71, No. 1, January 1996:

Pages 21-25, "The Children of John (3) Adams (1661-1702) of Braintree and Boston, Maltster" by Frank G. Lesure, Ph. D.

(Summarized as follows:)
Samuel (4), John (3), Joseph (2), Henry (1) of Braintree, Massachusetts.

John(3) and Hannah (Webb) Adams had five children, and then John and wife #2, Hannah (Checkley) also had five children:

Children of John(3) and Hannah (Webb) Adams: (Citations - Bartlett's HENRY ADAMS, 96; JEREMIAH ADAMS, 57; VINTON MEMORIAL, 99.)

i. Hannah(4) Adams, b. Braintree, 24 June 1684; m. Boston,
19 Sept. 1710, Samuel (4) Holbrook of Braintree.
ii. John Adams, b. Braintree, 28 Spet. 1687, d.y.
iii. SAMUEL ADAMS, b. Braintree or Boston, 6 May 1689,
d. Boston, 8 Mar 1747/48, m. Boston, 21 April 1713,
MARY (3) FIFIELD, (Richard(2), Giles(1).
iv. Abigail Adams, b. Boston, 6 Oct. 1691, d. Boston, 4 Jul 1712.
v. John Adams(again), b. Boston, 4 Nov. 1693; living 29 Aug
1712; his poss. later history is discussed here (see T.A.G.)

Children of John(3) and Hannah (Chechkley) Adams, all b. at Boston:

vi. Joseph Adams (twin), b. 20 Dec. 1695; living 9 Apr 1713;
no further record found.
vii. Mary Adams(twin), b. 20 Dec. 1695; m. Boston, 12 May
1715, Samuel Jones.
viii. Bethiah Adams, b. 20 Aug. 1697, d.y.
ix. Thomas Adams, b. 29 Mar 1701; living 9 April 1713;
no further record.
x. Abijah Adams, b. 11 May 1702; d. Boston, 9 Feb. 1768;
m. (1) Boston, 23 Dec. 1725, Deborah Cutler, dau. of Philip
and Deborah (Simpson) Cutler, (2) Braintree, 26 Sept. 1728
Hannah Cleverly; (3) Boston, 28 Sept. 1732, Margaret
Gallop.

Page 24: "The oldest surviving son, Samuel Adams, became a successful merchant, undoubtedly helped by the malt house and wharf inherited from his father. He married as Boston on 21 April 1713, Mary Fifield. Their son, Samuel Adams, was the well-known revolutionary."

Source: NEHGR Vol. 8, pages 283-4: Adams Family Bible - belonged to Samuel Adams, the son of John and Hannah Adams, born the 6th day of May 1689.

Mary Fifield, daughter to Richard & Mary Fifield, born on the 8th day of May 1694.

Samuel Adams and Mary Fifield were maryed on Tuesday in the forenoon, being the 21 day of April 1713, by ye Reverend Mr. Pemberton.

Mary Adams, their first daughter, born Tuesday morning at 4 of the clock, being the 30th day of July, 1717.

--- Samuel the Patriot recorded the death of his father as follows:

Samuel Adams aforesaid, dyed on Tuesday, the eighth day of March 1747, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon; having lived with his wife thirty four years and about ten months. By her he had twelve children, only three of which survived him.

Source: NEHGS CD-TH Inhabitants and Estates of Town of Boston 1630-1800 and The Crooked Narrow Streets of Boston 1630-1822 by Annie Haven Thwing:

Samuel Adams was a founder of the New South Church, November 21, 1715. He was a Lieutenant in the Artillery Company (Colonial Wars).

Resided on Purchase Street, Boston.

Samuel married Mary Fifield on 21 Apr 1713 in Boston,,MA. Mary (daughter of Richard Fifield and Mary Thurston) was born on 07 May 1694 in Boston,,MA; died in in Boston,,MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Adams was born on 30 Jul 1717 in Boston,,MA.
2. Patriot and Governor Samuel Adams was born on 22 Sep 1722 in Boston,,MA; died in 1803.

Notes:

Source: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997, page 4:
Adams, John (1661-1702) & 1/wf Hannah Webb ( - 1694); ca 1683-4, first child b. 1683?; lived in Bramton/Boston.

Source: NEHGS CD-TH Inhabitants and Estates of Town of Boston 1630-1800 and The Crooked Narrow Streets of Boston 1630-1822 by Annie Haven Thwing:

John Adams died November 2, 1702 of small pox. He was a very good man. (taken from Sewall's Diary 2:68).

Capt married Hannah Webb about 1684 in Braintree,,MA,Boston. Hannah (daughter of Ensign Christopher Webb and Hannah Scott) was born on 05 Sep 1665; died after Jun 1694 in Braintree or Boston,,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

ITEMS OF ANCESTRY BY A DESCENDANT, IMR, PRIVATELY PRINTED, BOSTON, 1894. --- Includes this information on ADAMS LINEAGE. (pages 34-39).

(page35):

2. JOSEPH (2) ADAMS, b. 1626; m. 2 Nov 1650, ABIGAIL BAXTER,
b. at Roxbury, Sept. 1634, daughter of GREGORY and MARGARET
(PADDY) BAXTER. Her father, doubtless from a family long established in the county of Norfolk,
was among the earliest comers to the Bay colony, arriving in 1630 and settling in Roxbury. In 1640,
he removed to the point in the present city of Quincy, where he
continued as a landholder till his death, 21 Jun 1659. Her mother
was a sister to William Paddy, Treasurer of Plymouth colony 1640-
53. She d. 13 Feb 1662. Joseph Adams was a maltster, in which
business his posterity continued to the end of the provincial era. In
his will he bequeathed to Peter, his property; to Joseph, only a
single acre of salt marsh; to John, a Boston merchant, forty pounds
and ten bushels of apples every year that he should send for them.
The furniture was divided among his daughters. Mr. Adams often
filled town offices, such as highway surveyor and selectman. His
wife d. 27 Aug 1692, and he d. 6 Dec 1694. Children:

i. Hannah(3), b. 13 Nov. 1752; m. Samuel Savil.
ii. Joseph, b. 24 Dec. 1654.
iii. John, b. 12 Jan. 1656; d. 27 Jan. 1656.
iv. Abigail, b. 27 Feb. 1659; m. John Bass; d. 1696.
v. JOHN, b. 3 Dec 1661; m. HANNAH WEBB *******
(******* they were grandparents of Samuel Adams,
the Massachusetts patriot.)
vi. Bethia, b. 3 Dec 1661;
vii. Mary, b. 3 Oct 1663; d. an infant.
viii. Samuel, b. 16 Sept. 1665; d. an infant.
ix. Mary, b. 12 Feb. 1668; m. Samuel Webb
x. Peter, b. 7 Feb. 1670; m. Mary Webb
xi. Jonathan, b. 16 Jan. 1671.
xii. Mehitable, b. 23 Nov 1693; m. Thomas White.

Joseph married Abigail Baxter on 29 Nov 1650 in Braintree,, MA. Abigail (daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy) was born in Sep 1634 in Roxbury,,MA; died on 27 Aug 1692 in Braintree,, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree:

[5374R] Ensign Christopher-(2) Webb, (Christopher-1), born 1630, died May 30, 1694, aged 64.

Married Jan. 18, 1654/5, Hannah Scott, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah ( ), born about 1636, died Dec. 30, 1718 in 83rd year.

Lived near Fort Square, Qincy, north of the brook probably near School & Fort Streets, was in King Philip's War 1675 (Reg. Vol. 43).

He was elected Town Clerk 1673 and in March of that year was appointed by the town to lay out the 6000 acre grant given by the General Court to the town of Braintree. He deposed Oct. 31, 1682 aged 52, Court Rec. # 2126.
He was granted land in Billerica in 1659, resided there for a time until 1665. He was selectman in 1683.

Children of Christopher & Hannah born at Braintree, 3 & 4th recorded also at Billerica:
i. John, Oct.23, 1655
ii. Peter, Dec. 10, 1657
iii. Samuel, Aug. 6, 1660 (Jul. 28, 1660 - Billerica V.R.)
iv. Christopher, Mar. 25, 1663 (also recorded at Billerica)
v. Hannah, Sep. 5, 1665, m. about 1684, Capt. John Adams.
vi. Benjamin, Feb. 2, 1667
vii. Mary, Sep. 6, 1669, m. Feb. 12, 1694/5, Capt. Peter Adams.
viii. Joseph, Mar. 15, 1671/2
ix. Abigail, Oct. 13, 1675, m. May 26, 1698 (Ch. Rec.) Samuel Adams

[5374] S.P. 13:440: Will dated Apr. 14, 1694, probed Jun. 29, 1694: To wife Hannah improvement of whole estate for life & all household goods & personal estate, 2 cows, 2 oxen, my white horse, etc. & all implements for husbandry, etc. at her disposal. To son John 20-pounds at wife's decease. To son Peter 20-pounds at wife's decease & the east end of my dwelling house which he livith in & the land it stands on & the gravelly or sandy bottom before it down to the fresh meadow. To son Samuel 20-pounds at wife's decease. To son Benjamin 20-pounds same. To son Joseph 40-pounds same. To dau. Hannah Adams 5-pounds same. To dau. Mary Webb 20-pounds same. To dau. Abigail Webb 20-pounds same. To son Christopher Webb's children, Hannah & Sarrah 24-pounds equally divided at age of 21 & 18. My three eldest sons executors. Witnesses: Hannah Savil Sr., Hannah Savil, Jr. & Samuel Thompson Sr.

13:442: Inventory: Lands & meadows in the mill field & west end of dwelling house, barn & shep house 200/10/pounds.
A piece of fresh meadow below the sandy bottom & a piece of upland on the back side of Peter Webb's house 40-pounds.
Salt marsh at ye farme 30-pounds, one dwelling house at Monaticot & an orchard about 1/2 acre 35-pounds
Totao 385/12/6 pounds.

Ensign married Hannah Scott on 18 Jan 1655 in Boston,(Braintree),,MA. Hannah (daughter of Benjamin Scott and Living) was born in 1636 in Braintree,Norfolk,MA; died on 30 Dec 1718 in Braintree,,MA ae 83 yrs. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree:

Notes:

ITEMS OF ANCESTRY BY A DESCENDANT, IMR, PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1894.
Includes ADAMS LINEAGE, pages 34-39.

Page 34: HENRY (1) ADAMS, the senior of this line in America, was among the early settlers. In 1641, he was granted by the town of Boston forty acres in what afterwards became Braintree. As the custom prevailed to grant four acres per head to a family, it is judged that Henry Adams had a wife and eight children. He was buried at Braintree, now Quincy, MA, 8 Oct. 1646. His will was probated in June, 1647, and names five sons and one daughter, vix.:
Peter, John, JOSEPH, Edward, Samuel and Ursula. The will is printed in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 7 Jan. 1853, vol. vii., p. 35. Three other sons, well known, were not mentioned in the will.
Children:

i. Henry(2), b. 1604 in England, settled in Medfield, d. 1676.
ii. Thomas, b. 1612 in England, settled at Chelmsford, d. 1688.
iii. Samuel, b. 1617 in England, settled at Chelmsford, d. 1666.
iv. Jonathan, b. 1619 in England, settled at Medfield, d. 1690.
v. Peter, b. 1622 in England, settled at Medfield, d. 1690.
vi. John, b. 1624 in England, setted at Cambridge, d. 1706.
vii. JOSEPH, b. 1626 in England, remained at Braintree, d. 1694.
viii. Edward, b. 1630; settled at Medfield, d. 1716.
ix. Ursula; unknown beyond her father's will.

Henry married Edith Squire on 19 Oct 1609 in Charlton Mackrell(adjoining par to B.St. S). Edith (daughter of Henry Squire) was born on 29 May 1587 in (bpt) Charlton Mackrell,Somersetshire,ENG; died in 1673 in Braintree,, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 1 pages 137-139.

Gregory married Margaret Paddy before Jun 1632 in Roxbury or Braintree,,MA. Margaret was born in in ENG; died on 13 Feb 1662 in Braintree,, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree:

[5373R] Christopher (1) Webb was made a freeman of the colony May 1645 and was one of the Braintree men who petitioned the General Court before Oct. 1645 for land for a new plantation. He died June 1671 according to the probate record.

He married Humility __ , who died Nov. 1687 aged 99 years according to Braintree records.

For a genealogy of Christopher-1 Webb's descendants see Webb Family in the Giles Memorial (1864) by John Adams Vinton. It has been asserted that Christopher Webb was born 1595 in Warwickshire, etc., but proof of such statements are entirely lacking. There was also a Christopher Webb at Rattlesden, Co. Suffolk (Reg. 57:332 from which town several New England settlers came. (C.F. Banks)

Children of Christopher & Humility born probably in England:
i. Christopher, about 1630
ii. Sarah, m. Mar. 7, 1655 at Boston, Zachariah Buckmaster.
iii. Mary, m. (before 1660) William (1) Sheffield of Dover, NH, Braintree, & Sherborn.

[5373]: S.P. 7:158: Will of Christopher Webb (noncupative) who died June 1671: First (1) he gave his son Christopher all his lands and full power to confirm the sale of part he had sold unto Joh Crosbore according to law as also to confirm the exchange of another part of it with Deacon Samuel Bass. He gave his wife Humility Webb all moveable goods & she was to be his executor & gave her the use of 4 acres meadow & a cow during life then to return to his son. He gave his dau. Mary Sheffield a cowe. He gave his dau. Sarah Buckmaster an iron kettle after her mother's decease. Attested by Samuel Thompson & Joseph Adams who swear to it 2nd of 9th mo. 1671.

Administration given to son Christopher 15/11/1671 (2).

7;159: Inventory: House & Land 90-pounds. Total 109/16/pounds, Oct. 30 1671.

A Christopher Webb m. Ann Shuttleworth 1626 at Faulkbourn (Boyd Index).

Christopher married Humility Cooper about 1615 in England. Humility was born in 1588 in England; died in Nov 1687 in Braintree (Boston),,MA, aged 99 yrs. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree:

[4225R] Benjamin Scott was in Braintree as early as 1640, probably, when his child John was born. He may have been related to Robert Scott who had a grant of land here but who remained in Boson where his children were born.

Benjamin Scott died before Sept 21, 1647 at which time his widow Hannah Scott married John Harbor Sr. who gave bonds for the payment of the portions of the estate beonging to the children of Benjamin Scott, and administration was given July 13, 1654 to John Harbor and wife Hannah, the eldest son Benjamin to have a double portion, the others equal portions and the widow on third of the estate. He probably lived where his son Benjamin (2) resided on south side of Granite St. east of Fort St., Quincy for in 1706 (S.D. 29:204) this land had an old house formerly that of Benjamin (2) Scott, now used as a barn.

Children of Benjamin & Hannah, last two at Braintree:
i. Benjamin, "eldest son" died single about April 1684 . Took the oath of allegiance about 1678
at Braintree. He was in King Philip's War (Reg. Vol. 37).
ii. Hannah, about 1636, m. Jan. 18, 1654 (5) Christopher Webb. She died Dec. 30, 1718 in 83rd yr.
iii. Stephen (probably)
iv. John, Dec. 25, 1640
v. Peter, Mar. 6, 1643.
probably one other child - living in 1654 as deducted from the sums due the children when of age in
the administration.

Benjamin married Living [Group Sheet]