William Adams (1769 - 1846)

Born 1769 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Simpson) Adams — married 18 Mar 1795 in Rowan County, NC, USA

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1846 at about age 77 in Calloway, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

He was the oldest son of John Hobbs ADAMS b=1729 d=1781 & Winifred BUSSELL b=1728 d=1792 who married about 1768. ^[1]

His father appears to have died about 1781, but the estate was not probated until 1784. Typically such a delay depends on a child reaching a certain age to inherit ... the following paragraph shows that William claimed his inheritance in 1784 (probably at 16 years old).

In February 1784 Court a Petition for division of land by William Adams, oldest male orphan male of John Adams, deceased, and by his guardian, Alexander Log, saying John Adams died in 1781 intestate, with 160 acres adjacent R. Brown, John Turner (& others) with Winney Smith receiving her dower interest in property).

On 06 Feb 1784 his mother Winney C. Adams was appointed administratrix, under 6150 bond with John Moore and Thomas Turner securities,

On 03 Aug 1785 Sarah Adams and Jacob Adams were appointed Administrators for the estate of his father John Adams, deceased, under 6200 bond with Abraham Lowrance as security.

William Adams was born about 1769 in Rowan County, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America.

He passed away in 1846 in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. & International Marriage Records 1560-1900 repository=ancestry.com pages=3 for Winneford Bausell [Winifred Bussell] m=1768 NC to John Adams b=1729 VA.

• Ancestry Family Tree
• 18 March 1795 - marriage bond for William Adams and Elenor Simpson in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Ross Simpson, bondsman. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-WDSX-RS?i=42&cc=1726957&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQJ8B-XXJV
• 1800 U.S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, Salisbury District, pg. 406. William Adams, head of family, with 2 males under 10 years; 1 male of 26 and under 45; and one female of 26 and under 45. ( William would be 31 years of age. He and Winnie would have been married for 5 years, so this is the first census on which their family would appear.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8F-J93?i=124&cc=1804228&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHRW-HLV
• 1810 U.S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, pg. 267. Wm. Adams is head of the family. There are 3 males under 10 years of age; 2 males of 10 and under 16; and one male of 26 and under 45. There is one female under 10; and one female of 26 and under 45. (William would be 41 year of age, and the two males of under 10 on the 1800 census are now in the 10 and under 16 bracket.). Enumerated two spaces above William, who is the next to last name on the page, is John Adams, who was directly below William on the 1800 Census, and was marked as between 16 and 25. On this census he is marked between 26 and 45. (He may be a younger brother or perhaps a cousin.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-J4W?

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Adams-7077 was created through the import of Adams Family Tree -OCSCV (1).ged by John H. on 3 Oct 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.