Individual Details
Joseph Adams
(1 Jan 1689 - 26 May 1783)
No. 8. IIl C. JOSEPH ADAMS, son of Joseph and Hannah Adams, was graduated at Harvard College, in 1710, and that same year kept the town school in Braintree. The 16 Nov. 1715, he was settled in the Ministry at Newington, N. H. which station he sustained for 67 years, and died 26 May, 1783, aged 93 years. Allen's Biographical Dictionary mentions him as a Minister remarkable for longevity—and notices two of his sermons that were published. He was, while he lived, eminent in his profession, and there are respectable descendants from him still residing in New Hampshire. In his father's will, dated 23 July, 1731, he says, "I have given my son Joseph Adams a Liberal Education, and do hereby further give to him, his heirs, &c. five pounds to be paid in money by my Executors, within one year after my decease." The will mentions also the sons Samuel and Josiah, having been provided with portions, and leaves them small bequests. He gives most of his estate to the two sons John and Ebenezer, whom he constitutes jointly his Executors.
Events
| Birth | 1 Jan 1689 | Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Education | 1710 | Harvard College, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Death | 26 May 1783 | |
Families
| Father | Joseph Adams (1654 - 1737) |
| Mother | Hannah Bass (1667 - 1705) |
| Sibling | John Adams (1691 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Adams (1694 - 1751) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Josiah Adams (1696 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Adams (1698 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Adams (1700 - ) |
| Sibling | Bethiah Adams (1702 - ) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Adams (1704 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Elisha Thayer, Samuel White Thayer, Stephen W. Jackson, Family memorial, Genealogy of fourteen families of the early settlers of New-England (n.p: J. Farmer, Hingham, 1835, n.d), 40.
2. New England Historic Genealogical Register, 52:437.
3. New England Historic Genealogical Register, 52:437.
4. Elisha Thayer, Samuel White Thayer, Stephen W. Jackson, Family memorial, Genealogy of fourteen families of the early settlers of New-England (n.p: J. Farmer, Hingham, 1835, n.d), 41.
5. Elisha Thayer, Samuel White Thayer, Stephen W. Jackson, Family memorial, Genealogy of fourteen families of the early settlers of New-England (n.p: J. Farmer, Hingham, 1835, n.d), 41.