Clarissa (Eastman) Adams (1784 - 1870)

Born 9 Nov 1784 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Asa Adams Jr — married 27 Nov 1801 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1870 at age 86 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Clarissa was born on November 9, 1784 to Ebenezer Eastman and Mary Dickinson and was baptized on November 14. These events took place in Amherst, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Clarissa and Asa Adams Jr filed their Intention to Marry on November 8, 1801 ^[2] and they were married on November 27 in Amherst. ^[3] They had 13 children.

1. Mary
2. Joanna
3. Clarissa
4. Achsah
5. Silas Ward
6. Nathanial Dickinson
7. Joseph Baxter
8. Lucena
9. Caroline
10. Williiam
11. Harriet
12. Asa III
13. Isaac

By 1860 Clarissa was widowed and living with her son Silas and his family in Shutesbury as shown by the 1860, ^[4] 1865, ^[5] and 1870 Census records ^[6]

She died on August 26, 1870 "aged 86" and was buried in the Pratts Corner Cemetery alongside her husband. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5M-SJY : 14 January 2020), Clarissa Eastman, 1784. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMQ-LF6G?i=109
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCX-W2FR : 19 April 2021), Asa Adams and Canary? Eastman, 8 Nov 1800; citing Marriage, Shutesbury, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010680.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5M-SJY : 14 January 2020), Clarissa Eastman, 1784. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMQ-LF6G?i=109
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCJ-53D : 18 February 2021), Clarissa Adams in entry for Silas Adams, 1865.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQC4-14G : 22 February 2021), Clarisa Adams in entry for Silas W Adams, 1865.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3Q-MCF : 29 May 2021), Clarissa Adams in entry for S W Adams, 1870.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54083417/asa-adams : accessed 22 January 2022), memorial page for Asa Adams Jr. (13 Feb 1778–26 Jun 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54083417, citing Pratts Corner Cemetery, Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Martha (contributor 46625468) .