Solomon Adams (1699 - 1778)

Born 23 Apr 1699 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Munrow) Adams — married 28 Aug 1726 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1778 at age 79 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Solomon Adams (son of Henry ADAMS and Ruth Ellis) was born 23 Apr 1699 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island^[1]

He died 20 Nov 1778 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. He married Abigail Monroe on 28 Aug 1726 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, she was the daughter of David Munroe and Deborah (How) Howe.

Children of Solomon Adams and Abigail Monroe are:

1. Abigail Adams, d. date unknown.
2. Solomon Adams, b. 1727, Windham County, Connecticut, d. 1821, Smith County (now Macon) Tennessee.
3. Lydia Adams, b. 1729,
4. Deborah Adams, b. 1732,
5. Alice Adams, b. 1737,
6. Hannah Adams, b. 31 Aug 1742, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, d. date unknown.
7. Anne Adams, b. 1745
8. Eleazar Adams, b. 1748
9. Olive Adams, b. 1752
10. Abigail Adams, b. 1752, d. 1752
11. Jedidiah Adams, b. 1754, d. 1755

Note

Four of Solomon's daughters married Downing brothers, the sons of Jonathan Downing, Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth (Gates) Downing.

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SN-29B : 10 February 2018), Solomon Adams, 23 Apr 1699; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference v 5 p 356; FHL microfilm 915,075.

• Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 11, 26

• The Monroe Book, Dr. Joan S. Guilford, (Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1993.), p. 23

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QW-5XJ : 17 December 2019), Solomon Adams, 1699.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-3VW : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Adams, 1726.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-9V6 : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Lydia Adams, 1730.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-9JN : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Deborah Adams, 1733.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-92J : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Alice Adams, 1737.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-SFV : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Hannah Adams, 1742.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-SXC : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Anne Adams, 1745.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-3JG : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Eleazer Adams, 1748.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-9NR : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Abigail Adams, 1752.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W6-9H4 : 7 January 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Olive Adams, 1752.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-MSLR : 10 November 2020), Solomon Adams in entry for Abigail Adams, 1847; citing Death, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009211.