Capt
Joseph
Adams
Born in Chelmsford Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Adams
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Abigail (Adams) Davenport, Henry Adams, Thomas Adams, Samuel Adams, Susannah Adams, Catherine Adams and Rebecca Adams
Husband of
Eunice (Spaulding) Adams
— married
23 Jul 1708 (to 5 Apr 1726) in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Husband of
Susanna (Woodward) Adams
— married
4 Apr 1728 in Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Adams Sr, Eunice (Adams) Bradford, Joseph Adams, Mary (Adams) Leach, Parker Adams, Susanna Adams, Thankful Adams, Elihu Adams and Thomas Adams
Died about
at about age 70
in Canterbury Windham, Connecticut Bay County
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Biography
Capt. Joseph Adams, b. in Chelmsford, CT about 1683; married as his 1st wife on 23 July 1708, Eunice Spalding, who d. 5 April, 1726. He married 2nd, on 4 April 1728, Mrs. Susanna (Woodward) Adams, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Dana) Woodward of Preston, Conn., and widow of William Adams, who was b. 1683 in Chelmsford, d. 3 Mar 1739 in Canterbury; buried in Baldwin Cemetery, So. Canterbury, CT.
He was a first settler in Canterbury, large land dealer and prominent man, called "Joseph, Esq"; He died 3 March, 1752; aged 70. He was son of Samuel & Mary [unknown] Adams.
There were nine brothers and sisters in his father's family, of which he was one. Capt. Joseph had nine children, six by his first wife and three by his second.
"U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" Volume: 259 Name: Captain Joseph Adams; Birth Date: 1682; Death Date: 1752; SAR Membership: 51627
Sources
- Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants: Also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. (Rutland, Vt: A Adams (printed by the Tuttle Co), 1898), page 89.
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Adams_(43)
- Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Volume 2, by William Richard Cutter Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912
Acknowledgements
- First-hand information as remembered by Nalani Marie Kupau Briggs, Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
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DNA Connections
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- Kirt Adams
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications: "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" Volume: 259. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2204 #1131731 (accessed 1 December 2021)
Name: Captain Joseph Adams; Birth Date: 1682; Death Date: 1752; SAR Membership: 51627; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 14 May 1931; Children: Samuel Adams.
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