Born in Killingly, Windham, Colony of Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abijah Adams
and Mary (Baker) Adams
Sister of
Mary (Adams) Spooler, Sarah Adams, Joseph Adams, Anna (Adams) Slaughter, Prudence (Adams) Smith, Lydia Adams, Ahijah Adams, Silas Adams, John Adams, Rhoda (Adams) Barber and Paul Adams
Wife of
Silas Slater
— married
1773 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Silas Slafter II and Paul Slater
Died
at about age 60
[location unknown]
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Biography
Beulah Adams was born in 1756 in Killingly, Windham, Colony of Connecticut, to Abijah and Mary Baker Adams.
She was mentioned in her father's 1805 Will as Beulah Slaughter. That means she was married to Silas Slater. By way of confirmation, her sister Anna is also mentioned in that will as Anna Slaughter, having married Silas's brother Abial. "Slater" and "Slaughter" were commonly used interchangeably in records of this family.[1]
Silas and Beulah settled in Foster, Rhode Island Colony. There they had:[2][3]
- Hannah, b. 29 Feb 1775, m. Joseph Smith, d. 21 Oct 1857
- Silas, b. 28 Nov 1777, m. Susan Burgess, d. 1 Apr 1865
- Stephen, b. 15 Nov 1779, m. Sarah Williams, d. 20 May 1851
- Mary, b. 4 Oct 1781, m. Brinton Arnold
- John, b. 7 Sep 1784, m. Naomi Rice
- Beulah, b. 12 Sep 1782, died young
- Paul, b. 3 June 1788, m. Chloe Shippee
- Anna, b. 6 May 1790,, died young
- Patience, b. 3 Nov 1791, m. Whitford Whitney, d. 18 Oct 1820
- Charlotte, b. 29 Sep 1793, m. William Turner, d. 28 Sep 1858
- Joseph, b. 30 Mar 1795, m. Roby Bates
Beulah Adams Slater died about 1813.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Abijah Adams, Probate 22 Feb 1805, Windham, Connecticut, USA, Probate Records, Vol 10-11, 1796-1808, Probate Records, 1747-1918; Connecticut. Probate Court (Plainfield District) Windham, Connecticut, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rev Edmund F. Slafter, Memorial of John Slafter: with a genealogical record of his descendants, including eight generations (Henry W. Dutton and Son, Boston, 1869), pages 10, 40-41, 55; digital images, Ancestry.com
- ↑ Barbour Collection, Connecticut Town Vital Records, Killingly, Vol. 1, p. 300 in original, p. 345 in transcription viewed on ancestry.com ($)
See Also
- Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18551314&pid=8337
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Online publication : Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Adams-5978 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Beulah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Beulah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Beulah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Beulah:
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~0.78%
Marj Adams
:
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~0.39%
Robert Randall :
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