Elisha Adams (1699 - 1733)

Born 9 May 1699 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 15 May 1733 at age 34 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Eliashib married Reliance Mayhew in 1729. ^[1]

Eliashib died young and was buried at sea.^[2]

Research Notes

There is uncertainty as to who this Elisha Adams is. The Henry Adams of Braintree genealogy suggests 3 possibilities:

• Was he the son of Elisha 1666, { Edward. Henry} (Elisha Sr is currently not on wikitree)
• Was he the same man who is identified here as Elisha or Eliashib Adams Jr, , Adams-4113?
• Was he the same man who is identified here as Elisha or Eliashib Adams-11878, a son of Edward Jr {Edward, Henry)

Could these all be the same person? Further research required.

Elisha Adams was born on 9 May 1699 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Edward Adams and Elizabeth Walley. Elisha Adams was also known as Eliashib Adams. On 18 February 1729 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Elisha married Reliance Mayhew.

ELIASHIB ADAMS, the first of this name to reside on the island of Martha's Vineyard, was the son of Edward of Barnstable and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Walley of the same town, and was b. May 1699. He came to C. about 1728, and is called a cordwainer. He m. RELIANCE MAYHEW 15 Feb. 1728-9; who was b. 1696 and d. 8 Jan. 1729- 30, in childbirth, her first and only child. "She was a pious prudent woman of blameless conversation," wrote Parson Homes. The date of his death is not known to the compiler, but he was living in 1768. The genealogy of the Adams Family has been published (1898), and reference to it may be made for particulars of his ancestry.

Recent investigation by the compiler in England prove that Henry Adams, the emigrant ancestor, was a native of the parish of Barton St. David, Co. Somerset, and son of John Adams. His wife was EDITH SQUIRE, daughter of Henry Squire of Charlton Mackrell. This was the Adams family from which Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, descended. His relationship to the Adams presidents is through their common descent from Henry Adams

Children:

1. LYDIA ADAMS, b. 1653, Medfield, Norfolk Co., MA.; m. JOSEPH DANIELS; m. JAMES ALLEN, Dec 12, 1673.
2. JONATHAN ADAMS, b. 1655, Medfield, Norfolk Co., MA.

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 1 for marriage to Adams - https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/377422-the-history-of-martha-s-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-vol-3?viewer=1&offset=0#page=15&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=mathew%20mayhew
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221668833/eliashib-adams: accessed 28 January 2023), memorial page for Eliashib Adams (9 May 1699–15 May 1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #221668833; Buried or Lost at Sea.

See also:

• Bristol Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 61: ADAMS, Elisha, of Edward and Elizabeth, [born] May 9, 1699.
• Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 8531961