Monday, October 16, 2017

#10 Genealogy is what I do: The Adams Family-I found my connection back to Plymouth but not to the Mayflower

I actually have two different connections to the Adams family. ( I am humming the tune as I write)
My first connection is When my Great Great Grandfather Philip Price married Mary Adams around 1851 in Macomb County, Michigan. I am stuck on that line about two more generations back.
My other connection is when my Great Great Great Grandfather Timothy Banister married Susan Adams in the state of New York around 1815. (I have not found the record for that marriage yet). They moved to Macomb County, Michigan in the 1830s and Susan Banister purchased Government Land there in 1837. (I admit that I am curious about why she bought the land instead of her husband).
Anyway, Susan's parents were Alden Adams and Mary Wilcox who married in West Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1785. Susan was born in Vermont in 1790, (this family really gets around) They moved to Ontario County, New York before the 1810 census.
Alden Adams was the son of Timothy Adams and Susannah Adams (Yes, her maiden name was also Adams) . They were married in Pomfret, Connecticut in 1764. This was after Timothy served in the military during the French and Indian War and before he again served in the military during the Revolutionary War. Alden was born in 1766 in Canterbury, Connecticut.
Timothy's parents were Isaac Adams and Eleanor (no known maiden name) around 1719. ( no record found so far) Timothy was born in Pomfret, Connecticut in 1742 having about 14 siblings.
Isaac was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1694 and died in 1757 after fathering 15 children, while his wife remarried after his death and had one more child.
Isaac's parents were Richard Adams and Rebecca Davis who were married in Sudbury in 1679. Richard fought in King Philip's Indian War and was wounded at the Swamp Fort Battle on December 19, 1675..
Richard's parents were James Adams and Francis Vassall. Richard was born in Scituate, Massachusetts in1651.
James Adams was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1626. His parents were John Adams Sr. and Eleanor Newton. John Adams Sr. came to Plymouth on the Ship Francis in 1621 a year after the Mayflower. He was probably born in London, England in 1695 and he was a carpenter by trade. He died in 1633. I am still looking for the circumstances of his death because I have read that his body was lost and never buried. his wife, Eleanor, came to Plymouth on the Ship Ann in 1623. She was born in England in 1598.
There you have it;not the Mayflower but pretty close. What do I do next? Dig around a bit more online, before I take any trips to New England or across the pond.

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