Zenas Lovell Adams (1809 - 1882)

Born 7 Nov 1809 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Chipman (Hinckley) Adams — married 18 Jan 1835 (to Nov 1882) in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

Died 29 Nov 1882 at age 73 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Name Meaning

English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands, and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In the U.S. this form has absorbed many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .) Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Life Summary

When Zenas Lovell Adams was born on 1 November 1809, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Captain Alpheus Adams, was 35 and his mother, Abigail Winslow Wing, was 28. He married Sarah C Hinckley on 18 January 1835, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 29 November 1882, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Parents

• Zenas Lovell Adams

1809–1882

• Sarah C Hinckley

1813–1895

Birth

Zenas L. Adams was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 07 November 1809, the son of Capt. Alpheus Adams^[1] and Abigail Wing.^[2]

Siblings

• Hannah Maria Adams

1836–1839

• Howard Folger Adams

1837–Deceased

• Zenas Hammond Adams

1839–1879

• Walter Adams

1841–Deceased

• Charles Henry Adams

1843–1913

• Howard Folger Adams

1854–1888

Marriage

On 18 January 1835, Zenas L. Adams married at Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sarah C. Hinckley.^[3][4]

Military Service

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

Religion

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Residence

• Fact: Residence (1850) Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Death

Zenas died at his residence of 187 County Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 29 November 1882, aged 73 years and 27 days of heart disease. He had been a master mariner.^[5]

Burial

Zenas L[ovell?] Adams was buried in a large family plot in the Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[6] A photograph of his gravestone can be viewed at Find A Grave: Memorial #152666218.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Barnstable, MA, Vol. 6:15. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-31418-358-91?cc=2061550 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Barnstable > Births, marriages, deaths 1816-1898 vol 6 > image 68 of 231; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. "Children of Alpheus Adams & [blank] ... Zenas L. born Novr 7th 1809 Died in New Bedford Novr [blank] 1882."
2. ↑ Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families,Vol. 1:1, Microfilm of original manuscript, Lydia Brownson, c1965, Falmouth Public Library, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
3. ↑ Henry Edwards Scott, editor, Vital Records of New Bedford, MA, to 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1932), Vol. 2:271. "Hinckley, Sarah C. and Zenas L. Adams, s. Alpheus and Abigail W., Jan. 18, 1835, P.R.15."
4. ↑ Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1925), Vol. 4:42. "Hinckley, Sarah C. (Hinkley) and Zenas L. Adams, Jan. 18, 1835. [Hinckley of Cape Cod and Zenas L. Adams, s. Alpheus and Abigail (Wing), P.R.38.]"
5. ↑ Zenas L. Adams, New Bedford Death Registration Vol. 337:136, entry #615 (1882), Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 24 February 2020), memorial page for Zenas Lovell Adams (7 Nov 1809–29 Nov 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #152666218, citing Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by D J Pimentel (contributor 47148697) . (Includes gravestone photo.)

• Tenas L Adams, "United States Census, 1860"

• Zenas L Adams, "United States Census, 1850"

• Zenas L Adams, "United States Census, 1870"

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 August 2021, 23:09), entry for Zenas Lovell Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZ8Y-S5D ); contributed by various users.