John Nipper Adams III (1709 - bef. 1769)

Born 1709 in Fairfax, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Powell) Adams — married [date unknown] (to 21 Sep 1769) in Halifax, Halifax Co, VA

Descendants

Died before 21 Sep 1769 before age 60 in Halifax County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Circa 1714 -- John Napier Adams Jr. (III) was born in Stafford, now Fairfax County, Virginia.

John Adams Jr. III was listed in the Brent Town survey but was not on the 1724 tobacco tenders list. ^[1]

John Adams, spelled Addams in his will, signed his will on 20 March 1769 in Halifax County, Virginia which was probated 21 September 1769.^[2] He named his wife Elenor as Executrix, she gave executrix bond with Benjamin Dickson and Joshua Powell as her securities. The following children received property in the will:

1. William Adams
2. John Adams
3. George Adams
4. Joshua Adams
5. Elizabeth Adams
6. Martha Adams
7. Mary Adams
8. Nipper Adams, not named, but in Halifax County records:

John Adams was born in 1709. He is the son of John Adams and Elizabeth Johns.^[3]

^[4] John Adams witness to deed February 14, 1742 Lawrence Redman of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County to John Foster.

{LOUISA COUNTY WAS CREATED MAY 6, 1742 FROM HANOVER COUNTY}

^[5] John Adams witness to deed August 3, 1743 William Harris of Brunswick to Stephen Harris of St. Martins Parish Hanover County, Virginia.

John Addams of Halifax, Virginia, bought land from his brother, William Addams of Lunenburg, Virginia, on August 28, 1760. He paid 15 pounds for 180 acres of land in Halifax County, Virginia, on both sides of Banister River at the mouth of Rocky Branch on Nowell Burton's line. His brother's signature was "Wm Adams." Deed recorded 19 February 1761.^[6]

It clearly states in his brother's land records that they were from Louisa County.

Notes

By DNA matching on Ancestry.com, he and his wife Eleanor were the great-grandparents of my 4th great-grandmother, Charity Adams. I'm trying to identify Charity's parents, linking them to John.

John owned land on Sandy Creek (according to Will), a tributary to the Banister River. Named in his will, his children were: John, William, George, Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary, and Martha.

Sources

1. ↑ Halifax County Records
2. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, Will Books 0-2, 1753?-1790." Book 0, pp. 270-272. Images 139-140 of 704. Halifax, Virginia, will of: John Addams, 20 March 1769, recorded 21 September 1769 FHL Film #31862. FHL Digitized Film #7645117. Familysearch.org. Accessed 26 August 2021.
3. ↑ Chatham, Anne Bassett Stanley., and Karen Clifford. 1996. Tidewater Families of the New World & Their Westward Migrations: Case Studies in Southern States Research, Ancestors of Chatham, Gwyn, Armfield, Gray, Stanley, Walker, Bassett & Hundley Families: Other Major Collateral Families, Aaron: Including Appendices on Davy Crockett & Pocahontas. Austin, TX: Historical Publications. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, NC Government and Heritage Library Repository, Raleigh, North Carolina (#2846 Martha Adams, married Thomas Dickson 20 December 1771 Halifax, VA, listed as daughter of #2828 John Adams Sr. b. ca 1705 Fairfax County, Virginia, d. 2 Mar 1769 Halifax County, VA, and his wife Eleanor Powell, b. before 1741 d. before 1781 Halifax County, VA. Issue of John Adams and Eleanor Powell (with notes on sources, deeds, wills) were #2837 Nipper Adams, #2838 Jacob Adams, Sr, #2839 Richard Adams, #2840 Joshua Adams, #2841 George Adams, #2842 William Adams, #2843 Elizabeth Adams, #2844 John Adams, Jr, #2845 Mary Adams, #2846 Martha Adams. (Chatham & Clifford, pp. 890-897) Source: North Carolina State Archives, Heritage and Government Library. Raleigh, NC. Research paper of Juliet Adams Wills.
4. ↑ Louisa County Deed Book A page 15,
5. ↑ Louisa County Deed Book A page 107
6. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, Deed Bks 1-3, 1752-1766." Bk 3, pp. 20-22, Images 484-85 of 679. Halifax, Virginia, Deed: William Addams of Lunenburg to John Addams of Halifax, 28 August 1760, recorded 19 February 1761 FHL Film #31881. FHL Digitized Film #7898198. "Familysearch.org" Accessed 26 Feb 2024.