Ephraim Adams (1754)

Born 14 Aug 1754 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Private Ephraim Adams served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

A Private in the Revolutionary War serving in Capt. Samuel Douglass's company, Col. James Prescott's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. ^{[1] [2]}

Ephraim Adams was born about 14 Aug 1754 in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Capt. Daniel Adams Jr. and Kezia (Brooks) Adams.

Ephraim married Lydia Knowlton.

This person was created through the import of bjm.ged on 22 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
2. ↑ History of the Town of Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
3. ↑ #S2

• S2[Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.]; "Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller"; Manuscript, 1985, copy in possession of author

• Sawtelle, Ithamar. History of the Town of Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, Mass., 1878); p. 179

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7J-XYF : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Adams, 1755.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 46

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZMP-HN6Z : 10 November 2020), Ephraim Adams, 14 Aug 1755; citing Birth, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009594.