Moses Adams (1726 - 1810)

Born 27 Apr 1726 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hepzibah (Death) Adams — married 7 Nov 1751 (to 10 May 1763) in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Russell) Adams — married 11 Sep 1764 in Peterborough, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1810 at age 84 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire

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Biography

Moses Adams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000681.

Moses Adams is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 101497
Rank: N/A (Patriotic Service / Civil Service)

MOSES ADAMS from Sherborn Mass., b. ab. 1726, settled in Dublin 1763 on lot 16, range 9; m. 1st Hephzibah (Death) who d. in Sherborn before he came to Dublin. He m. 2d Mrs Mary Russell( Swan), the widow of William Swan of Peterborough, who had died in the French war. She d. in Dublin Dec. 10, 1808, at the age of 78 years. He d. in D. June 4, 1810, at the age of 84 years, of a distemper of which his son James d. on the same day. He had the rank of captain in the militia.

Children of Moses and Hepsebath (Death) Adams, both born Sherborn, MA:

i. John Adams, b. 28 Feb 1751/2; m. 25 Jul 1774, Dublin, NH, Mary Rollins.

ii. Hepzibah Adams, b. 8 Dec 1761.

Children of Moses and Mary (Russell) Adams, all born Dublin, NH:

i. Abigail Adams, b. 23 Jun 1765.

ii. Hannah Adams, b. 8 Feb 1767.

iii. Dexter Adams, b. 10 Nov 1768. He was also known as Moses Adams.

iv. James Adams, b. 3 or 23 Apr 1770.

v. Sarah Adams, b. 11 Feb 1772.

vi. Samuel Adams, b. 10 Dec 1773.

vii. David Adams, b. 2 Apr 1775.

viii. David Adams, b. 25 Dec 1778.

ix. Jesse Adams, b. 17 Feb 1781.

Sources

• THE HISTORY OF DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE; CONTAINING THE ADDRESS BY CHARLES MASON AND THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION JUNE 17, 1852, WITH A REGISTER OF FAMILIES; Rev. Levi W. Leonard, D.D.; continued and additional chapters to 1917

• Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-BZT6 : 3 November 2017), Moses Adams and Hephzibah Death, 07 Nov 1751; citing Marriage, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 872,789.

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