Alpheus Adams (1813 - 1837)

Born 16 Sep 1813 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 1837 at age 24 in at sea

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Biography

Name

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.

Birth

Alpheus Adams was born on 16 Sep 1813 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA, son of Capt. Alpheus Adams (1774 - 1869) and Abigail Winslow (Wing) Adams (1781 - 1869).

Children

• Martha H. (Adams) Fish (1804 - 1874)
• William W. Adams (1806 - 1890)
• Mary Adams (1808 - 1876)
• Mercy (Adams) Gardner (1808 - 1876)
• Zenas Lovell Adams (1809 - 1882)
• Freeman Eldridge Adams (1811 - 1876)
• David W. Adams (1815 - 1823)
• Alexander M. Adams (1817 - 1898)
• Alden Adams (1818 - 1910)
• James H. Adams (1822 - 1904)
• Lewis L. Adams (1823 - 1907)

Article

The Life Summary of Alpheus When Alpheus Adams was born on 16 September 1813, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Captain Alpheus Adams, was 38 and his mother, Abigail Winslow Wing, was 32. He died in 1836, at the age of 23.

Family Time Line

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Captain Alpheus Adams 1774–1869 Abigail Winslow Wing 1781–1869 Martha H Adams 1804–1871 Captain William Win Adams 1806–1890 Mercy Adams 1808–1876 Zenas Lovell Adams 1809–1882 Freeman Eldredge Adams 1811–1876 Alpheus Adams 1813–1836 David W Adams 1815–1823 Alexander M Adams 1817–1898 Captain Alden Hammond Adams 1820–1910 James H. Adams 1822–1904 Captain Lewis Lincoln Adams 1824–1907

Death

Alpheus died on 18 Dec 1837 in at sea aged 24.

Death Cause

Lost at sea.

Date: 18 DEC 1837

Aged 27, "on his Passage from the Mediterranean, fell overboard and was drowned"^[1]

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Alpheus Adams

16 September 1813–1836 (Age 22) Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S322 Page: private records

• Source: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 August 2021, 22:33), entry for Alpheus Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K4BX-56X ); contributed by various users.
• Source; "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 January 2021, 19:19), entry for Alpheus Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K4BX-56X ); contributed by various users.
• Source: S205 Title: VRs Town of Harwich, Massachusetts 1694-1850 Compiler: Kelley, Louise H.; Straw, Dorothy Publication: Harwich Historical Society, Inc., Harwich, MA, 1982
• Source: S322 Title: VRs of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850Publication: NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1925
• Source: S522 Title: Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, Publication: NEHGS, Boston, MA, 2001

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Bobbie Hall for creating WikiTree profile Adams-13008 through the import of NATHANIEL ADAMS CHILDREN.GED on Aug 6, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bobbie and others.