Joseph Adams was born on 25 Aug 1668 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, son of Peter Adams and Rachel Newcome. He died on 09 Dec 1748 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. [1]
About 1690 he had married Mary Davenport, daughter of Charles Davenport of Dorchester, Massachusetts and sister of Abigail Davenport who married Thomas Adams of Canterbury, Connecticut 23 Feb 1737. [2]
His will was written April 7, 1744; proved Dec. 27, 1748. In it he gives one equal half of his estate to his wife, "Mary," the other half to his only natural and well-beloved son Joseph, and divides his house, barn and tools. To the three daughters who, he says, live at home with him, Mary, Rachel and Ruth, he gives the part left to his wife after her decease. He gives his time (sic) to Ephraim Paine, who was indentured to him; and to his six daughters Mary Adams, Hannah Pike, Abigail Pike, Experience Hyde, Rachel Adams and Ruth Adams, he gives his lands on the east of the country road. His wife Mary and son Joseph were his executors.
March 16, 1720: Joseph, then of Medfield, Mass., purchased land of John Cady and his wife Elizabeth, 88 acres in Canterbury, Connecticut: a mansion or dwelling house, orchard and improvements, near Blackwell's brook; Rev. Edward Spalding on the north and east, Thomas Davenport on the south, and Jonathan Waldo on the west.
1721: Joseph Adams sold his place in Medfield and settled in Canterbury, Connecticut.
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edited by Sarah Grimaldi
There is no mention of a Betsy, Paul, or Jonas.
I’ve been digging thru records, and I’m wondering if the 1724 marriage date could be for Joseph Jr and his first wife Mary Cady, and the Mary’s were just mixed up in the secondary sources.
edited by Sarah Grimaldi