James
Adams
Born in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of William Adams
and Joanna (Phippeny) Adams
Brother of
William Adams Jr and Eliashib Adams
Husband of
Elizabeth Rae Johnston
— married
24 Dec 1741 in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Adams) Coney
Died
at age 54
in Worcester, Massachusetts
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Research Notes
No record of James Adams in New Braintree, Massachusetts. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/NewBraintree/ Williams-27459 21:41, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
In 1738, James Adams, aged 17 years, nominated John Read of Uxbridge to be his guardian.[1]
Family
Elizabeth & James Adams' children, born in Worcester, Ma:
- John Adams, born 18 June 1743 [2]
Biography
James Adams ...
Mendon Births ;Adams, James son of William and Johannah, June 6, 1721. (p.9) [3]
Note
8 children b. Worcester county MA 1741-1760
1. Johnson ADams b. 1741 d 1775 New Braintree
2. John b 1743 Worcester d 1813 New Braintree
3. Margaret b 1747 Shrewsbury d 1777 New Braintree
4. Sara b 1751 Ne Braintree d 1826 Dana MA m Benjamin Woods 1770 (in Woods genealogy)
3. James b 1745 Worcester d 1832 Hardwick VT
5. Mary b 1750 Hardwick MA d 1774 Worcester m Luke Brown 1769
7. Jane b 1752 New Brinatree d 1792 Quensbury Furnace NY m Oliver Coney 1774 (in Coney genealogy)
8. Susanna b 1760 New Briantree m Zaccheus Hall 1784 New Braintree
Probate of James Adams Sr of New Braintree
Elizabeth Adams requested of the court, on March 28, 1776, that her son James Adams be assigned as administrator of the estate of his father James Adams of New Braintree, Worcester Co. Massachusetts, deceased. p. 22 [4]
The probate record is extensive, and seems to have taken at long time to settle. The inventory of May 28, 1789/90, showed a value of L153 6s 5d 2. (p. 33)
A list of debts and amounts owed was assessed by James Jr. administrator and submitted on Feb. 20, 1789/90, far exceeded the estate value. The total amount due was L269 18s 4d. (p. 18)
An auction was ordered by the court of common pleas on about 40 acres of land in New Braintree owned by James Adams Sr., deceased, to be carried out by James Adams Jr. on Nov. 18, 1790. (p. 20)Notice of said auction to be published in New Braintree, Brookfield and Hardwick, (p. 19)
No will, no other children mentioned other than James Jr. Admin.
Sources
- ↑ "Probate records v. 101-105 1737-1758" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-S99H-X : 21 March 2024), Film# 007704228, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 370, Vol 102, Page 19.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-V88 : 15 January 2020), James Adams in entry for John Adams, 1743
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1920 p. 9
- ↑ Case 275: p. 1- 35 : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.
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Adams-36385 and Adams-16618 appear to represent the same person because: 36385 is undocumented but is clearly meant to be 16618. James Adams was not born in New Braintree but lived there when his younger children were born. His wife was Elizabeth.
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Al Adams
Adams-24554 and Adams-16618 appear to represent the same person because: same
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