Joseph Adams

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: 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:

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]

Notes:

Notes from Gerhard Cook' gen file: "Mary Adams goes back to Charlemagne.")

Mary married James Allen in 1742 in Boston,,MA. James (son of Living) was born on 20 Oct 1712 in Sudbury,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet]