Mathew Adams (1724 - 1765)

Born 21 Aug 1724 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Eno) Adams — married about 1745 in Simsbury, Ct.

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1765 at age 40 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Al Adams [send private message], Diane Flynn [send private message], and Larry Alger [send private message]

Research Notes

Written in stone

Like two of my great-grandparents whose gravestone has Incorrect dates for their births, the gravestone of my ancestor Ensign Matthew Adams of Simsbury, Connecticut, has an incorrect date for his death: March 9, 1764. The town records of Simsbury were transcribed by Albert C. Bates and published in 1898 say otherwise. Bates, Albert C., transcriber, Simsbury Connecticut Births Marriages and Deaths (Hartford, 1898), Library of Congress 188. "Enfign Mathew Adams Departed this Life the 9th : Day of March 1765. of a Confumption". When I realized that records of Matthew’s death appearing on the Internet almost universally claimed it to be 1764, I decided to look for corroboration of the transcribed town records and found the following evidence: Matthew’s will was signed on February 21, 1765 and his inventory was signed March 28, 1765 by his appraisers. Matthew’s will and property appraisal are preceded and followed by records dated in the year 1765. Probably relying on photographs of the incorrect gravestone, countless Internet family trees and a Find A Grave memorial are perpetuating the 1764 year of death error. Diane Wilson Flynn 21 August 2020

Biography

Matthew Adams ... ^[1]

This birth date is speculative, based upon his assumed age of 25 at his marriage.

Born in Simsbury, Connecticut, USA on 1724 to Joseph Adams and Mary Case. Mathew married Susannah Eno and had 4 children. He passed away on 1764 in Simsbury, Connecticut, USA.

1. Mathew Adams, b. April 09, 1746, Simsbury, Hartford, CT99, d. September 24, 1776, Simsbury, Hartford, CT100. 2. Susannah Adams, b. October 29, 1747, Simsbury, Hartford, CT101, d. August 10, 1835, Simsbury, Hartford, CT102. 3. William Adams, b. November 02, 1752, Simsbury, Hartford, CT103, d. February 14, 1811, Bloomfield, Hartford, CT104. 4. Abel Adams, b. April 30, 1756, Simsbury, Hartford, CT105, d. March 18, 1829, Simsbury, Hartford, CT106

Mathew Adams may be the son of Joseph Adams. Birth Date: 21 Aug 1724 Birthplace: SIMSBURY TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT Spouse: Susannah Eno. Married March 9, 1744 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT Mathew Adams

Birth Date: 21 Aug 1724

Birthplace: SIMSBURY TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT

Father's Name: Joseph Adams^[2]

Mathew Adams is recorded as the father of Abel Adams in Connecticut birth records.^[3]

Matthew Adams. ^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Born 21 AUG 1724. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. ^[9]

Died now N. Bloomfield. 09 MAR 1765. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. ^[10]

Marriage Husband Matthew Adams. Wife Susannah Eno. Child: @I2137@. Marriage BET 1741 AND 1760. ^[11] Marriage BET 1731 AND 1774. ^[12] Marriage 09 MAR 1744. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Imported only 1741 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain. Husband @I595@. Wife @I610@. Child: Matthew Adams. Marriage BET 1699 AND 1742. ^[13] Marriage BET 1691 AND 1744. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Tom Bredehoft, May 1, 2012
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-Y8Q : accessed 1 July 2015), Mathew Adams, 21 Aug 1724; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ Abel Adams, Birth Date: 30 Apr 1756, Birthplace: SIMSBURY TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT, Father's Name: Mathew Adams, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450300
4. ↑ Source: #S10 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 Application of George Welch Loomis dated 18 January 1989. EV. # 470
5. ↑ Source: #S94 Ancestry Family Tree
6. ↑ Source: #S10 Sons of the American Revolution membership applications, 1889-1970 Application of Virgil Pettibone Humason. EV #381
7. ↑ Source: #S50 Tree # 1680
8. ↑ Source: #S66 Tree # 0754
9. ↑ Source: #S50 Tree # 1680
10. ↑ Source: #S50 Tree # 1680
11. ↑ Source: #S50 Tree # 1680
12. ↑ Source: #S66 Tree # 0754
13. ↑ Source: #S50 Tree # 1680
14. ↑ Source: #S66 Tree # 0754

• Birth: Bates, Albert C., transcriber, Simsbury Connecticut Births Marriages and Deaths (Hartford, 1898), Library of Congress; Complete photocopy in the possession of Diane Wilson Flynn, 147. "Mathew Adams the fon of Jofeph Adams was born Aguft ye 21 : - 1724".
• Marriage: Richardson, Douglas C., "The Eno and Enos Family in America: Descendants of James Eno of Windsor, Conn." (1973), Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C., typed manucript, p. 33.
• Death: Bates, Albert C., transcriber, Simsbury Connecticut Births Marriages and Deaths (Hartford, 1898), Library of Congress; Complete photocopy in the possession of Diane Wilson Flynn, 188. "Enfign Mathew Adams Departed this Life the 9th : Day of March 1765. of a Confumption".

Entered originally by:

• Tom Bredehoft, Pettibone Registry,(see Sharp-661), Bates, 65. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tom and others.
• Ricker, Jacquelyn Ladd. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006).
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-YXT : accessed 24 May 2015), Abel Adams, 30 Apr 1756; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• Source: S10 Internet: Ancestry.com NOTESource Medium: Book
• Source: S50 World Family Tree Vol. 46 NOTESource Medium: Other
• Source: S66 Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 08, Ed. 1 Publication: Name: Release date: January 12, 1997; NOTESource Medium: Family Archive CD Customer pedigree.
• Source: S94 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R3 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Repository: R3 Ancestry.com