Location: Newfoundland
Surnames/tags: Adey Newfoundland
Background
This free-space page (Steve Adey analysis of Adey Family Tree on Will of Jehovah website) is an analysis of the ADEY Family Tree [1] pages, in the collection of family trees on the WillOfJehovah.com website (created by Ward Green, 2013).
The entries are generally unsourced or poorly sourced, so this ADEY research page is a first step towards identifying which extra Adey related entries should become profiles on WikiTree. It will determine which persons (documented on the "Will of Jehovah" website) already have a WikiTree profile, and how well they are sourced. There is also an important website for Newfoundland Genealogy,[2] which needs investigating further. A second free-space page ( [[Space:]]will also be researched, that analyses another website containing the genealogy of a large number of Adey individuals, probably produced using the Newfoundland Grand Banks (NGB) transcripts.
It is also intended to investigate whether members of the "ADEY Family" emigrated from the Christchurch and Ringwood area of Hampshire, England to the Newfoundland Colony in North America during the 18th & 19th century. And in particular, who founded the small settlement of Adeytown, Newfoundland Colony.
Research Notes
Examination of the biography for William Adey revealed that there were only two sources given. Both are chiefly family tree sites, so they need special assessment, and only the earliest generations of the trees were in Hampshire.
- WillOfJehovah.com [3] is a Morman website for Ward Green, that appears to try and establish his descent from Adam. The Hampshire William Adey link leads to a page that tries to show 10 generations of great-grand parents on a single page. However, there are enough ADEYs named and dated on the page to make it interesting, even if its organisation makes it hard to read, so I extracted the key information. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to provide easy to identify sources that meet modern genealogical standards of evidence. The research strategy will be to try and identify valid sources, that either corroborate or invalidate the dates and relationships provided. Where there is no evidence found, it is proposed to use the WikiTree {{Uncertain Existence}} tag to document any uncertain WikiTree profiles. See my initial analysis on this free-space page.
- TurnbullClan.net[4] is a more modern style website for Brian and Gail Turnbull's family tree, that was created using John Cardinal's GedSite version 4.02. It is being analysed in the following WikTree page: Space:Steve Adey analysis of Adey Family on Turnbull Clan website
- The true sources for both the above "Family Tree" websites are in Newfoundland, Canada. I have started my own "ADEY One-Name Name Study" for Newfoundland in the following WikiTree page: Space:ADEY research notes, Newfoundland Colony.
Analysis of ADEYs on 10 generations of gg-parents chart
Any analysis could be based on a simple Genealogical Numbering System [5] [6] [7] of descendants from the earliest proposed ADEY ancestor, to avoid trying to cram all ancestors and their descendants onto the same graphical chart.
An alternative anaysis strategy, that I developed to analyse the Newfoundland ADEYs (and propose to extend to the Hamshire/Dorset ADEYs), is to create a timeline analysis based on the birth date of each ADEY male & each (LNAB) ADEY female. It may also need to contain the date of all ADEY marriages, as they mark the creation of a 'new' ADEY female.
Family Tree
Family Names
It would be interesting to determine the frequency of each spelling, and whether they are all derived from the same source or whether there are several different sources (lines of descent within documented history).
- Addy
- "Homes of Family Names in Great Britain", by Henry Brougham Guppy, 1890, p. 422. A name peculiar to W. Yorkshire.
NOTE: I doubt this is substantiated!
- "Homes of Family Names in Great Britain", by Henry Brougham Guppy, 1890, p. 422. A name peculiar to W. Yorkshire.
- Addye
- Ade
- Adee
- Adey
- Family Tradition: Adey from Bristol [ed. Bisterne, Ringwood] settled first at Hant's Harbour, then at Hickman's Harbour.
- Eddy
- "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland": by Edgar Ronald Seary, McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada 1998, p. 163. Eddy: See also Eady, Adams, Ade, Adey.
NOTE: It is doubtful that Adams could derive from the same family surnames (in recent times).
- "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland": by Edgar Ronald Seary, McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada 1998, p. 163. Eddy: See also Eady, Adams, Ade, Adey.
As communities were becoming established in the early or middle part of the 1700s, Hant's Harbour was being hailed primarily as a fishing post, and is not mentioned in the mid-1700s in the records of the minister, Mr. Balfour of Trinity, with the larger towns of Scilly Cove (Winterton today), Old Perlican, New Perlican, and Heart's Content.
10th Great Grandparents (up to 2,048 couples)
- Richard Adee [AA]
- married ??
- son William [AB] (see below)
9th Great Grandparents (up to 1,024 couples)
- William Adee [AB] - Will of Oct 12, 1629 B[r]isterne, Ringwood, Hant's
- married ??
- son of: Richard Adee [AA]
- [possible father of Richard Addye [AC] (see below)]
8th Great Grandparents (up to 512 couples)
- Richard Addye [AC] Ringwood, Hampshire, England
- married ??
- children:
- William Adey [AD] (see below),
- Joan Adey (bap Jan 05 1605),
- Mathew Adey (bap Dec 06 1607),
- Ursley Adey (bap Apr 12 1619)
- children:
7th Great Grandparents (up to 256 couples)
- William Adey [AD] (bap Apr 15 1604 in Ringwood, Hampshire)
- married ??
- children:
- Mary Adeye (bap Dec 10 1659),
- Isaac Adey [AE] (see below),
- Debora Adey (bap Jan 06 1662),
- William Adey (bap Nov 04 1666)
- children:
6th Great Grandparents (up to 128 couples)
- Isaac Adey [AE] (bap Aug 28 1664 in Ringwood, Hampshire, England)
- married Martha Norris Nov 07 1708 in Ringwood, Hant's
- children:
- Isaac Adey [AF] (bap Mar 20 1708) (see below left),
- Martin Adey [AG] (see below),
- Deborah Adey (bap Nov 17 1715),
- Sarah Adey (bap Jul 09 1718)
- children:
5th Great Grandparents (up to 64 couples)
- Isaac Adey [AF] (bap Mar 20 1708 in Ringwood, Hampshire d ~1740-1)
- married Elizabeth Flude, Jan 15 1735 in Christchurch, Hampshire
- children:
- Isaac Adey [AH] (see below)
- children:
- Martin Adey [AG] (bap Feb 17 [some say Feb 02] 1711 in Ringwood, Hampshire) Note: Listed in William Warn's Ledger of Old Perlican, Newfoundland
- married Bridget, Hant's Harbour
- children:
- James Adey [AI] (see below),
- Martin Adey [AJ] (bap Martin Eady Dec 28 1757, Trinity Parish) (see below),
- Stephen Adey [AK] (see below),
- Isaac Adey,
- John Adey [AL] (see below right),
- Joseph Adey
- children:
- William Adey (b 1735, `1st male child born in Hant's Harbour')
- married Elizabeth (Lydia) Reid. Note: the famous Lydia who made the remarkable prayer recorded by Harvey in his story "How the Fish Came to Hant's Harbour”[8][9]
4th Great Grandparents (up to 32 couples)
- Isaac Adey [AH] (bap Jul 29 1741 in Christchurch, Hampshire)
- married ??
- children:
- Isaac Adey [AM] (see below),
- Sarah Adey Elizabeth (bap Sep 18 1777 in Christchurch, Hampshire) ,
- John Adey (bap Nov 09 1779 in Christchurch, Hampshire) ,
- James Pittman Adey (b Dec 10 1782 bap Mar 12 1783 in Christchurch, Hampshire)
- children:
- James Adey (abt.1740-) [AI] (b between ~1730 and ~1760) Sopley, Hampshire (2 mi N of Christchurch)
and Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland- Proprietor, Hant's Harbour 1800
- married Jane
- children:
- William Adey (abt.1788-1874) [AN] (see below left),
- ??[positive identification based on baptismal proofs of William Adey in Sopley, and Caroline Mary Short in Christchurch, 2 miles from Sopley; time, place]
- and (or grandson)] James [AO] (see below right) (born in Hant's Harbour)
- Reuben Adey (1828-1862) NOTE: missing
- Elizabeth Adey (1832-) NOTE: missing
- Richard Adey (1834-) NOTE: missing
- children:
- Martin Adey Sr [AJ] (bap Martin Eady Dec 28 1757 in Trinity Parish Church)
- Constable, Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married Catherine (died Jul 01 1844, buried Jul 03 1844 in Hant's Habour, Old Methodist Cemetery)
- only child:
- Martin Jr Adey [AP] (see below)
- only child:
- Stephen Adey [AK] NOTE: missing
- Landowner 1782 Bay de Verde, Newfoundland
- married Sarah
- children:
- dau Christiana Adey [AQ] (see below left),
- Elizabeth Adey,
- Mary Adey (bap Sep 07 1797, at age 6 yr),
- son William Adey [AR] (see below right),
- dau Susannah Adey,
- son Thomas Adey
- children:
- John Adey [AL] Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married Martha
- children:
- Isaac Adey (1792-) [AS] (see below)
- children:
3rd Great Grandparents (up to 16 couples)
- Isaac Adey [AM] (bap Nov 11 1768 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England)
- William Adey (abt.1788-1874) [AN] (aka Edey) (bap Jul 13 1788 in Sopley, Hampshire
- Planter, lived Sopley, Hampshire, England and Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- died at 82 yr, buried Jul 26 1874 in Hant's Harbour, (A Hill presiding)
- married Caroline Mary Short NOTE: spouse missed
- bap May 20 1796 in Christchurch, Hampshire, (2 miles from Sopley)
- died at 72 yr, buried Mar 31 1869 in Hant's Harbour, Thos Fox presiding)}
- children:
- Catherine Adey (1824),
- Samuel Adey (abt.1827-) [AT] (see below),
- Rachel (Adey) Green (1830-abt.1900),
- Joshua Adey (1837) NOTE: no Joshua in Hampshire or Newfoundland on WikiTree
This may be where any move across the Atlantic happened
- James Adey (abt.1740-) [AO], Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- [possibly the same as James Adey above, or his son of the same name]
- [possibly the same as James Adey above, or his son of the same name]
NOTE: There is clearly some mixup here as too old to be a father, and the list of children do not agree between WikiTree and WillOfJehovah
- married Jane,
- [hardly the Jane who was mother of William Adey (left), 40 years earlier]
- children:
- Reuben Adey (1828-1862) [AU] (see below),
- James Jr Adey (b Hant's Harbour),
- Mary Ann Adey (b Hant's Harbour),
- Carolina Adey (b Hant's Harbour),
- Elizabeth Adey (b Hant's Harbour)
- Martin Adey (1819-1867) Jr [AP] (born 1819 in Hant's Harbour, died Apr 1867, at age 48y)
- Planter, Fisherman Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married 1st wife Mary (Trimm) Adey (1824-1850), (died 13 May 1850, age ~26 yr) NOTE: not 19 yr
- (born 1824, died May 13 1850 at age 26 yr, buried at Seal Cove)
- children:
- married 2nd wife Amelia (Bright) Adey (abt.1830-) of Victoria Village Oct 25 1851
- children:
- Rachel (Adey) Ellis (1852-) (b Aug 10 1852),
- Caroline Adey (1854-),
- Jane Adey (1855-),
- William Edward Adey (1860-1942),
- Samuel Adey (1862-) [AV] (born Mar 30 1862) (see below),
- Ann Adey (1864-) (born 2 Apr 1864),
- Reuben Adey (1867-1952) (1867)
- children:
- Christiana Adey [AQ] (born 1786 in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland)
- married Stephen Emberley Jul 31 1808
- children (Emberley: 1) William, 2) Thomas, 3) John, 4) Catherine, 5) Sarah, 6) Stephen, 7) Ann, 8) Elizabeth, 9) James.
- William Adey [AR] (b 1794 in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland)
- married Hannah
- children:
- Mary Ann (Adey) Jacobs (abt.1820-) [AW] (see below), NOTE: Ann missing
- Mary married Thomas Jacobs (abt.1818-) (Nov 28 1848)
- children (Jacobs): 1) Sarah Jane (1849-1849), 2) Susanna (1849-1849), 3) Reuben (1850-), 4) Rosanna (1852-1916), 5) Nehemiah (1855-1855), 6) Levi (1856-1858), 7) Thomas (1859-abt.1890) (bap Jul 10 1859),
- Elizabeth Adey (1829-1880) married Thomas Riggs (1811-1885)s (Nov 08 1849)
- children (Riggs): 1) Henry William, Jemima, Thomas, Adam, Drusilla, Christiana (bap Oct 15 1871)), Ann, Christiana, Stephen, John NOTE: children missed
- children:
- Isaac Adey (1792-) [AS] (born ~1790) Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland, Planter
- married Elizabeth Unknown (abt.1793-) (born ~1795)
- children (Adey):
- Mary Adey (1818-) (b Nov 01 1818) married Henry Hopkins (Nov 16 1841) NOTE: missed spouse
- no known issue
- William Adey (1823-) [AX] (born May 30 1823 or 1824) (see below right), NOTE: after Henry
- Henry Adey (b Sep 25 1825) married Dinah Callahan (Nov 07 1850 in Hant's Harbour)
- children (Adey): 1) Elizabeth, 2) Eliza Ann, 3) Robert, 4) David Reed, 5) Mary Jane, 6) John. NOTE: others missing
- Martin Adey (1827-) (b Dec 28 1827) married Priscilla Palmer (abt.1830-1899) (Nov 21 1850) in Hant's Harbour, Fisherman.
- children (Adey): 1) Jacob Adey (1852-), 2) Fanny Adey (1854-), 3) Lucretia (1855-), 4) Charles (1856-1921), 5) Edward (1861-), 6) Elihu (1861-), 7) Isabella Ann (1864-), 8) Isreal (abt.1865-) NOTE: missed, 9) Mary Elizabeth (1866-), 10) Priscilla Jane (1868-).
- Jacob Adey (abt.1830-)] (bap Apr 25 1830)
- no known children.
- Benjamin Adey (abt.1833-) (bap Jan 26 1833) married Lydia Soper (Nov 28 1855) in Hant's Harbour, NOTE: check
- no known children.
- Isaac Adey (1836-1915) [AY] (b Jun 19 1836), (see below left),
- married Elizabeth Barbara Mattatall (abt.1846-1930) NOTE: missing
- children (Adey): 1) Florence (1871-1878), 2) Frederick William (1873-1878), 3) Annie Amelia (1875-1875), 4) Jasper (1876-1878), 5) Joseph Reid (1838-1923), 6) Minnie (Adey) Dunham (1885-), 7) Fraser Sterns (1890-).
- Joseph Reid Adey (1838-1923) (b Jul 25 1838)
- Mary Adey (1818-) (b Nov 01 1818) married Henry Hopkins (Nov 16 1841) NOTE: missed spouse
- children (Adey):
THIS IS NOT HIS WIFE
- married Ester (Ellis) Adey (abt.1841-1866) (bap Oct 24 1841) Apr 27 1861 in Hant's Harbour, Fisherman.
- children (Adey): 1) Benjamin Adey (1862-1936), 2) Thomas Adey (1863-), 3) Ester Ellis (1866-). NOTE: 2nd wife & her 7 children were missing.
- married Jane Green (1838-1908) (30 Oct 1858) in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland.
- children (Adey): 1) Arthur (abt.1868-1909), 2) Benaiah Adey (1871-1907), 3) Amelia Jane (Adey) Harris (1875-1945), 4) Priscilla Adey (abt.1879-1963).
- married Ester (Ellis) Adey (abt.1841-1866) (bap Oct 24 1841) Apr 27 1861 in Hant's Harbour, Fisherman.
- Edward Adey (abt.1840-1932)
- Ann (Adey) Belbin (abt.1841-1929)
2nd Great Grandparents (up to 16 couples)
- Samuel Adey (abt.1827-) [AT] (b ~1827 bap Apr 13 1827 in Hant's Harbour, Fisherman, buried Jan 11 1869 at 42 yr in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married Mary Janes (abt.1830-) Nov 26 1857 in Hant's Harbour (her 2nd marriage),
- a son from her 1st marriage is Samuel Adey, who married Annie Single
- dau Harriett Adey [AZ] (see below) NOTE: not found
- William Henry Adey (1863-1949) NOTE: missed
- John James Adey (1866-1926) NOTE: missed
- Samuel E. Adey (abt.1868-1914) NOTE: missed
- a son from her 1st marriage is Samuel Adey, who married Annie Single
- Reuben Adey (1828-1862) [AU] (bap Oct 04 1829 in Hant's Harbour died Jan 01 1862 in Random Island, Newfoundland.
- married Mary Balsom (1828-1911) (bap Sep 10 1828 in Newfoundland died 1911 in Newfoundland) Oct 28 1852}
- children (Adey): 1) Mahala (Adey) Smith (1853-1914), 2) William James Adey (1855-1941), 3) Richard Adey (1856-1948), 4) Sarah (Adey) Stanley (abt.1858-1942), 5) Jacob Adey (1862-1928) [BA] (see below)
- Samuel Adey [AV] (b Mar 30 1862), raised by Charles Green
- "Captain", Fisherman
- [John and Catherine]??
- (died Dec 09 1944) Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married Fanny Louisa King (born Jun 20 1866, died Jan 21 1943) in Hant's Harbour Wednesday Dec 18 1889}
- Pierce Hezekiah Adey (1896-1990) (born Random Island, Newfoundland Mar 17 1896, died Salem, New Hampshire Jun 28 1990)
- married Anne Maude Adey (1896-1976) [BC] of Hant's Harbour
- children (Adey): 1) Eugene Robert Adey (1891-1891), 2) Charles Ashton Adey (1893-1965), 3) Anne Maude (b [1885 or 1895]), 4) Pierce Hezekiah Adey (1896-1990) (b 1896 in Fosters Point, Random Island, Newfoundland)
- married Anne,
- children (Adey): 1) Leonard Harris Adey (1933-2004), 2) Walter Harold Adey (1903-1995)
- NOTE: check birthplace
- Pierce Hezekiah Adey (1896-1990) (born Random Island, Newfoundland Mar 17 1896, died Salem, New Hampshire Jun 28 1990)
- Mary Ann Adey [AW], Bay de Verde, Newfoundland
- married Charles Stephens Nov 11 1847 in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland
- children (Stephens): 1) Solomon, 2) Henry, 3) Reuben
- Isaac Adey [AX] (born Jun 19 1836 in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland) Fisherman, Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland
- married Jane Green (born Aug 08 1838 in Hant's Harbour d May 05 1908 in Lee Bight, Newfoundland, buried Adeytown United Church Cemetery, Adeytown, Newfoundland) Oct 30 1858 in Hant's Hr}
- children (Adey): 1) Julia Fox, 2) Dinah Ann, 3) Joseph Pascoe (wife from Adeytown, Newfoundland), 4) Arthur, 5) Benaiah
- William Adey [AY] (b May 30 1824 in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland)
- married Eliza Summers (b Jun 10 1831 in Hant's Harbour) Nov 19 1849 in Hant's Harbour}
- children (Adey): 1) Mary, 2) Sarah Ann, 3) Aaron, 4) Emily (married James Ellis), 5) Naomi, 6) Sarah, 7) Henry
1st Great Grandparents (up to 8 couples)
- Harriett Adey [AZ] (born Nov 19 1861 bap Dec 23 1861 Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland, died of consumption Oct 19 1906 bur Oct 21 1906 (age 44) Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland)
- Jacob Adey [BA] (born Aug 26 1859 in Hant's Harbour died Nov 23 1928 in Foster's Point, Random Island, Newfoundland.
- married Emma (Amy Ann) Gulliford (born May 18 1868 in Hant's Harbour, died Jan 16 1956 in Lynn, Massachussetts)
- children (Adey): 1) William James,2) Edna Jane, 3) Pierce Hezekiah [BB] (see below), 4) George Gordon, 5) Clara May, 6) Harold, 7) Mary, 8) Willis Herbert.
- Pierce Hezekiah Adey (born Mar 17 1896 in Foster's Point, Random Island, Newfoundland, died Jun 28 1990 in Salem, New Hampshire, USA)
- married Anne Maude Adey (died 1978 in Salem, New Hampshire, USA) Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland.
NOTE: This need more work to understand how many marriages there are!!
- Breckenfelder w. Anne Maude Adey (1896-1976)
- Pierce Hezekiah Adey (1896-1990) (see below left)
- married Anne Maude Adey (1896-1976)
children: Leonard H. (see below), William Robert
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