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Name Origin: Adams, Adamson, Addams,
Adam - Welsh and English - The son of Adam. Adam means man of red earth; red.
Fifth Great Grandparents
Bailey Adams
b in Connecticut
m to
Abigail _____
b abt 1762 in Connecticut
ch: 1. Walter Adams m Freelove
Golden (see below)
2. Ebenezer Adams b 3 Mar 1790 at Fort Plain,
Montgomery, New York d 9 Jan 1884 in Cromwell, Iowa m Bathseheba
Hutchinson in New York
3. Henry Adams b 16 Oct 1796 in Dutchess county,
New York d 6 Nov 1875 at Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York m Adelia
de Hash
4. Robert Adams b 1804 at Fort Plain, Montgomery,
New York m Maria _____
Fouth Great Grandfather
Walter Adams
b 1787 in Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York
d in Illinois
m 25 Feb 1818 in Yonge, Leeds, Ontario, Canada to
Freelove Golden
b 1797 in New York
d in Illinois
ch: 1. Orrin B Adams b Aug 1819 in
Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada d 10 Mar 1902 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa m Elizabeth
Mallory
2. James Adams b 20 Apr 1820 d 30 Sep 1895 in
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa m 1) Betsy Judd 2) Aseneth
Judd
3. Walter Adams Jr� m 1) Rhoda
Warner (see below) 2) Martha Adams
4. John Adams b in Canada m 1) Unknown 2) Julia
Slack
5. Charles Adams
6. Richard Adams
7. Sally Adams m William
Kelly
8. Polly Adams m George White
Third Great Grandfather
Walter Adams Jr
b 18 Nov 1823 in Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada
d 9 Mar 1908 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa
m 1 Jan 1843 to
Rhoda Warner
b 22 Feb 1824 in Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada
d 22 Oct 1855 in Burns Twp, Henry, Illinois
ch: 1. Nancy Adaline Adams m Henry
Princehouse (see below)
2. Charles Melvin Adams b 22 Jan 1849 in Kewanee,
Henry, IL d 16 Oct 1908 in Maple Grove, IA m Elizabeth
Albertha Adams
3. Sarah F Adams b Jul 1851 in IL d 20 Sep 1852 in
IL
4. Alma Delina Adams b 4 Dec 1853 in Kewanee,
Henry, IL d 26 Sep 1943 in Newton, Jasper, IA m Orin White
The Family of Walter
Adams Jr and Martha
Adams
Martha Adams - daughter of Ebenezer
Adams and Bathsheba Hutchinson (see above)
b 1 Jul 1828 in Minden, Montgomery, New York
d 9 Mar 1908 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
m 1 Nov 1854 in Kewanee, Henry, IL
ch: 1. Emeretta Adams b 29 Nov 1856 d 4 Apr
1915 m James Hughes
2. John Wesley Adams b 12 May 1857 d 23 Mar 1863
3. Richard Erwin Adams b 10 Oct 1860 in Henry
county, IL d 8 Nov 1942 in Newburg, Jasper, IA m Rosa
Permelia Sisco
4. William A Adams b 3 Aug 1868 d 15 Nov 1932 m Minnie
Dorothy Voss
5. Eva Lois Adams b 3 May 1872 d 9 Jun 1927 at Port
Byron, Rock Island, IL m Will George
Second Great Grandmother
Nancy Adaline Adams
b. 30 Apr 1845 in Mallorytown, Ontario,Canada
d. 11 Sep 1917 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
bur. at Newburg, Hazelwood Cemetery, Jasper, Iowa
m. Apr 1865 Henry County, Illinois to
Henry Princehouse
Nancy was a Methodist. Nancy and Henry lived for a while
in Henry County, Illinois as their daughter, Ada, was born in Illinois. Their last child,
Perley, was born in Newburg Township, Jasper County, Iowa. They were a farm family.
Query:
Richland Township, Jasper County, Iowa
William J. Adams, farmer, Sec 14; P.O. Grinnell, born
in Macomb County, Michigan in 1842; located in this county in 1856. Married Lavina Starr in 1866; she was born in Van Buren County, Iowa in
1854; their children are Laura J. Adams and Nancy A. Adams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is
a Republican in politics. Owns 120 acres of land valued at $40.00 per acre.
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