Anne (Unknown) Adams (abt. 1626 - 1714)

Wife of John Adams Sr. — married 1650 in Massachusetts or England

Descendants

Died Oct 1714 at about age 88 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Anne married John Adams sometime around 1650,^[1] and they arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts the following year. ^[2]

There were at least eight children from this marriage:

1. Rebecca Adams, b. c.1651;^[3][4] m. 1669 Nathaniel Patten;^[3][4] d. 18 Dec 1677^[3][4]
2. Mary Adams, b. 25 Oct 1652;^[5] m. c.1676 John Eames;^[3][4] d. 3 Apr 1681^[3][4]
3. John Adams, b. 1 May 1653;^[6] m. 1680/1 Hannah Bent;^[3][7]
4. Daniel Adams, b. 8 Aug 1657; d. 1657^[8]
5. Joseph Adams, b. 1658/9;^[3][7] m. 1687/8 Margaret Eames;^[3] d. 20 Jul 1701^[3]
6. Hannah Adams, bp. 17 Jun 1660;^[9] d. 26 Jan 1661^[3][7]
7. Daniel Adams, b. 12 Aug 1662;^[10] d. 14 May 1685^[3][7]

Anne Adams died after 1714 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

Unknown Origins Anne's surname and parentage remain uncertain.^{[11] [12]} Although some genealogists have attempted to link her with the Howe family based on a deed which mentions the house of John Adams being "last inhabited by William Howe, a weaver,"^[13] recent scholarship has shown that Howe was a contemporary of John and Anne's and so could not have been her father.^[14] Her surname has consequently been changed to 'unknown' and James Howe and Anna Brataff have been detached as her parents until such time as that relationship can be documented. Stevens-17832 21:46, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. p4
2. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s by Gale Research, arrival Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1653; p11.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Adams, Enid E. Ancestors and Descendants of Jeremiah Adams 1794-1883. Victor, Idaho (1974), p. 39.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Massachusetts. New York: private printing (1927), p. 88.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMY-1V8 : 10 November 2020), John Addams in entry for Mary Addams, 25 Oct 1652; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-X8W : 15 January 2020), John Addams in entry for John Addams, 1653.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Massachusetts. New York: private printing (1927), p. 89.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-VZ1 : 15 January 2020), Jno. Addams in entry for Daniel Addams, 1657.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXX-Z9C : 15 January 2020), John Adams in entry for Hannah Adams, 1660.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMY-1VX : 10 November 2020), John Addams in entry for Daniel Addams, 12 Aug 1662; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
11. ↑ Adams, Enid E. Ancestors and Descendants of Jeremiah Adams 1794-1883. Victor, Idaho (1974), p. 38.
12. ↑ Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Massachusetts. New York: private printing (1927), p. 88.
13. ↑ Middletown County Deeds, 1:192; cited in Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. Notes on a Line From Henry Adams. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 153 (Jan 1999), pp. 213-214 (by subscription).
14. ↑ Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. Notes on a Line From Henry Adams. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 153 (Jan 1999), pp. 213-214 (by subscription).