William Adams (1650 - 1685)

Born 27 May 1650 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Manning) Adams — married 15 Oct 1674 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Alice (Bradford) Fitch — married 29 Jan 1680 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1685 at age 35 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

William was born at Ispwich, Massachusetts on May 27, 1650. He was a graduate of Harvard College. He married first Mary Manning and second Alice Bradford. He was minister at Dedham, Massachusetts, where he died on June 17, 1685. He had two children with his first wife and four with his second wife (Elizabeth, Alice, William, and Abiell)

Sources

• Lainhart, Ann Smith and Wakefield, Robert S., FASG, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 22, William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004
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