Hannah (Spoffard) Adams (1684 - 1775)

Born 17 Feb 1684 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Adams — married 24 Feb 1707 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1775 at age 91 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Spofford was born 12 Feb 1683/84 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1775.

She married Isaac Adams, son of Abraham Adams (~1639-1714) and Mary Pettingell (1652-1705). Hannah and Isaac had seven children:

1. Hannah Adams was born 15 Jun 1709 in Boxford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 20 Aug 1744. She married 15 Jun 1730 in Boxford, Daniel Burbank, son of Eleazer Burbank (1681-1759) and Lydia Gage (1684-1771). Daniel was born 14 Oct 1707 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1774. Eleazer’s sister Sarah marries Hannah’s brother Samuel.^[1]

2. Samuel Adams was born Feb 1709/10 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 18 Dec 1736 in Rowley. He married Sarah Burbank, daughter of Eleazer Burbank 1681-1759) and Lydia Gage (1684-1771). Sarah was born 15 Feb 1713/14 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts.^[2]

3. Isaac Adams was born 25 May 1713 in Boxford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 20 Mar 1797 in Rowley. He married 1 Apr 1743 in Rowley, his first cousin Mary Wood [2832.4.7.2], daughter of Edward Wood (1689-1762) and Mary Spofford (1692-1779). Mary was born 10 Dec 1718 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1794. They had ten children. One son, Isaac Adams (1745 MA - 1775 MA) was killed at Bunker Hill on 17 Jun 1775.^[3]

4. Israel Adams was born 25 Apr 1716 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 16 Oct 1740, Deborah Searle, daughter of John Searle and Elizabeth Chaplin. Deborah was born 1 Apr 1716 in Rowley, and died Oct 1789 in Rowley. They had four children.

5. David Adams was born 15 Jun 1720 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 29 Sep 1742, Hannah Jackson.

6. Abigail Adams was born 28 Jun 1722 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1737.

7. Mary Adams was born 12 Oct 1724 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1911), 1:14. ADAMS, Isaac, s. Abram [Abraham. S.dup.], [born] Feb. 26, 1678. 

2. ↑ Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1928-1931), 437. ADAMs, Isaac, [died] Mar. 4, 1737. PR1
[PR1=Record kept by Rev. Moses Hale, pastor of Byfiled-Rowley Church, now in possession of Joseph N. Dummer] 

3. ↑ Adams, Andrew N. (Andrew Napoleon). A genealogical history of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass., and his descendants, 1635-1900. (Rutland, Vt: A N Adams, (Tuttle Co, Printers), 1900), 7. Children of Abraham Adams and Mary Pettengill: 4) Isaac, b. Newbury 26 Feb 1678-9, d. Rowley [date not given], m. (int.) 24 Feb 1707 Hannah Spofford. Will dated 24 Jan 1737, proved 27 Mar 1738. 


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• Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 . (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1928-1931), 201. SPOFFORD, Hanah (Spofard), d. Samuell and Sarah, [born] Feb. 17, 1684.

• Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 . (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1905), 221. ADAMS, Hannah, Mrs., [died] Sept. 3, 1775, a. 92 y. CR2∆[Birth about 1683. CR2=Second Congregational church, West Boxford]