Stephen served in the American Revolution. He was a private in Captain Hart Williams's company, which marched 21 April 1775 in response to the alarm of 19 April 1775. His service was five days.[1]
He passed away at age 66 on 20 October 1820, in Buxton, Maine.[3][4]
Sources
↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-1JKY : 1 March 2021), Stephen Adams, 21 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.
↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-QNBJ : 28 November 2018), Stephen Adams and Sarah Elwell, 14 Apr 1782; citing Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-S5ZJ : 1 March 2021), Stephen Adams, 1820; citing Buxton, York, Maine, United States, Groveville Rd Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,314,438.
*H. McLelland, History of Gorham, Maine, 383,485. Stephen Adams came from Wells about 1770 with his brother William. Settled in Buxton.
Fisher, Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Maine, 6.
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, (Boston, 1891), Vol. 1 p. 76.
Marquis F. King, Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths From the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine, (Maine Genealogy Society, Portland, Maine, 1897), 13,31,87,98.
Maine Genealogy Society Special Publicatiion No.27, Compiled by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, York County, Maine Will Abstracts 1801-1858, (Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1997), 332, 555. (YCP 29:104).
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