Martha (Buttolph) Adams (1694 - aft. 1736)

Born 2 Apr 1694 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Adams — married 25 Dec 1712 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Martha Buttolph was born on 2 Apr 1694 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, daughter of Sergeant David Buttolph (1669 - 1717) and Mary (Buck) Buttolph (1673 - ~1761).^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. Jonathan Buttolph (1697 - ~1769)
2. Penelope (Buttolph) Case (1699 - 1746)
3. Silence (Buttolph) Mather (1701 - 1747)
4. Mehitable (Buttolph) Holcomb (1704 - 1767)
5. Mary Buttolph (~1706 - )
6. David Buttolph Jr. (1709 - 1783)
7. Hannah (Buttolph) Holcomb (1711 - <1765)
8. Temperance (Buttolph) LaDou (1713 - 1739)

Martha married Thomas Adams (~1689 - ~1784) on 25 Dec 1712 in Simsbury.^[2][3]

Their children are believed to be:

1. Martha Adams (1713 – 1794)
2. Mary Adams (1715 – )
3. Lieut. David Adams (~1718 - ~1801)
4. Hezekiah Adams (1724 – 1784)
5. Johnathan Adams (1726 – 1803)
6. Mercy Adams (1728 – 1767)
7. Thomas Adams II (1731 - 1782)
8. Hosea Adams (1736 – 1793)

There is no further record for Martha.

Research Notes

Some genealogies give Martha a death date of 1746, but no source for this has been forthcoming.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, citing FHL microfilm: 2899, FamilySearch Record: F77X-154 (accessed 19 November 2022), Martha Buttolph born on 2 Apr 1694, daughter of David Buttolph, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Family History: Crane, Angeline Smith Pickering, The Genealogy and history of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, Nebraska, (Lincoln, Nebraska : Angeline Crane,1922) digital image, Internet Archive, (Page 34 : accessed 19 Nov 2022). Does not cite source.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database with images, citing Marriage, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272224, FamilySearch Record: QP75-YT4V (accessed 19 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS56-DSYY-1 Image number 06279, Martha Buttolph marriage to Thomas Addams on 25 Dec 1712 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

See also:

• Stiles, Henry R., Families of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Consisting of volume II of the history of ancient Wethersfield, comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, ... notes on their families, (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999) (WorldCat OCLC Number 154343222) p 194.