Hezekiah Adams (1765 - 1821)

Born 24 Aug 1765 in Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 27 May 1821 at age 55 in Michigan, USA

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Biography

Hezekiah Adams was born in Hartford 24 Aug 1765, son of Ebenezer Adams and Ruth Merrill .^[1]

Hezekiah Tiffany Adams was bpt. Sept. 1, 1765 in Hartford at the 1st Church^[2]

He married 30 June 1794 Margaret Stall (28 Feb 1778-28 Jan 1842).^[1]

He went first to Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York and later to Michigan. He died 27 May 1821.^[1]

Hezekiah Adams of Sharon, Schoharie County made his will on 28 April 1821; it was proved 28 July 1821.^[3] It mentions:

• wife Margaret Adams
• three sons Daniel Adams, Moses Adams, and Henry Adams (a minor)
• daughters Catherine, Mary, Margaret, Laura, and Julia Ann (last four unmarried, last three minors)

Executors were son Daniel Adams and William H. Blass.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Adams, Andrew N. 1830-1905. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., And His Descendants: Also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle company printers, 1898. p. 540
2. ↑ Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, by Lucius Barnes Barbour, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1977
3. ↑ Schoharie County, New York, wills and testaments vol. B pages 351–4