Joseph Adams III (1689 - 1783)

Born 4 Jan 1689 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Knight) Adams — married 13 Oct 1720 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Husband of Elizabeth (Pickering) Adams — married 3 Jan 1760 in Greenland, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 26 May 1783 at age 94 in Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

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Joseph Adams, son of Joseph Adams and Hannah his wife, was born 4 Jan 1688/9 in Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1]

Rev. Joseph graduated at Harvard College in 1710. He was ordained and settled at Newington, New Hampshire on November 16, 1715, and remained as pastor for 66 years; was very influential and widely known. He was called by the Hon. Jeremy Belknap, "his old friend the bishop of Newington". He died in his 95th year.

Married first Elizabeth Janvein Adams (1687 - 1757) and second Elizabeth Pickering Brackett Adams (1700 - 1762)

Graduated Harvard University, settled as minister at Newington, NH 1714 Reverend Joseph Adams was uncle to John Adams, 2nd President of the US.

The first pastor of Newington Town Church, 1715-1783; the son of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams. ^[2][3]

Detailed biography and listing of marriages he performed. ^[4]

NOTE: Buried in tomb beneath the Newington New Hampshire Church.

Descendants and Towns-people erected a memorial in memory of the Rev. Joseph Adams first pastor of the Newington town Church 1715-1783

Will

Joseph Adams signed his will on February 18, 1765. It was proved in Rockingham on June 25, 1783. In it he names the following:^[5]

son, Joseph Adams (executor)

son, Benjamin Adams (executor)

son, Ebenezer Adams, lately deceased

daughter(in-law) Louis Adams and her 3 minor children

grandson Samuel Adams, eldest son of Ebenezer (deceased)

granddaughter Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Ebenezer (deceased)

grandson William Adams, son of Ebenezer (deceased)

Slaves

In his will, signed on February 18, 1765, Joseph Adams gifted the following slaves by name

to grandchildren

• Dinah

to Benjamin Adams

• Cloe (elderly)
• Phillis

to Joseph Adams

• negro man Corrison (sp?)

Sources

1. ↑ Braintree (Mass.), and Samuel Austin Bates. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793. Randolph, Mass.: D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. p. 665
2. ↑ A Gen. His. of Henry Adams of Braintree, MA"
3. ↑ Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20907213
4. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Volume 022 (January 1868) by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2129/images/32608_234084-00033?pId=180563
5. ↑ Probate: "New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982"
   Estate Papers, Old Series, 1771-1869; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8996 #436564 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Rev Joseph Adams probate on 23 Jun 1783 in Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Residence Newington, New Hampshire, New England.

• Rev Joseph Adams by George C. Groce, New-York Historical Society's dictionary of artists in America, 1564-1860.
• The Earliest Diary of John Adams: June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759, Harvard University Press, Nov 30, 1981
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000