Individual Details

Jeremy Adams

(1605 - August 11, 1683)

Jeremy Adams was born in 1605 in England, parents pretty much unknown. Jeremy arrived in America on the Griffin, maybe associated with Reverend Thomas Hooker, a famed Puritan minister who fled England. Jeremy became a freeman shortly after arriving in America. His jobs included: Puritan minister, farmer, innkeeper and liquor distributor. In 1662, Jeremy Adams was made official inn-keeper for the Colony. His wife was probably Rebecca Greenhill widow of Samuel Greenhill. He married 2nd another Rebecca, widow of Andrew Warner. The wives's maiden names are not proven. Jeremy is in several records of the time, land deeds and such he was also defended in court by Thomas Burnham. At Jeremy's death a receipt shows the colony paid for gallons of wine for his memorial. He was supposedly famous for his running of the colony inn and it was the main meeting site in the area. Jeremy is described as being not so well behaved in his youth, but turning it around in his later adult years.

Events

Birth1605England, United Kingdom
Arrival1633on the Griffin - Cambridge, British America
Civil1635Freeman - Cambridge, British America
MarriageAbt, 1636Rebecca Baseden
Civil1640with Captain Mason
CivilMarch 5, 1644Hartford, British America
Census1670Hartford, British America
Widow1678
WillAugust 4, 1683Hartford, British America
DeathAugust 11, 1683East Hartford, British America
ProbateSeptember 6, 1683Hartford, British America
OccupationInn keeper
BurialHartford, Connecticut, United States
CivilTown services: juror and deputy, Captain Mason corn purchase and more

Families

SpouseRebecca Baseden (1608 - )
ChildJohn Adams (1638 - 1670)
ChildHannah Adams (1639 - 1660)

Notes

Marriage

Jeremy married 2 or 3 times maiden names of wives are not sure, at least 2 were named Rebecca. Maybe Rebecca Basseden who married Greenhill. And Rebecca who married Andrew Warner then Jeremy.

Endnotes

1. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

2. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

3. (1829). || Page 11 and page 335.

4. (2008). || Volume 1 page 7.

5. Barrows, Charles H, The history of Springfield in Massachusetts (Name: The Connecticut Valley historical society; Location: Springfield , Mass; Date: 1909;), Page 47.

6. (1846). || Page 12 First Settlers of the Colony, Surnames A.

7. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

8. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Washington, D.C; 1939, Volume 1 page 81 Adams descended of Jeremy Adams of Hartford Connecticut page 81.

9. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 1999, Index, no image.

10. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Early to 1880, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford District, Probate Packets, A-Adams, Tim, 1641-1880. 6 pages no page image 1188 of 1528, handwritten.

11. (1904–6). || Volume 1 Page 267, 268 Volume IV 1677 to 1687.

12. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Early to 1880, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford District, Probate Packets, A-Adams, Tim, 1641-1880. 6 pages no page image 1188 of 1528, handwritten.

13. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

14. Adams, Arthur. Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., And His Descendants. Boston, 1955, Page 2.

15. (1904–6). || Volume 1 Page 267, 268 Volume IV 1677 to 1687.

16. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Early to 1880, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford District, Probate Packets, A-Adams, Tim, 1641-1880. 6 pages no page image 1188 of 1528, handwritten.

17. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

18. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F page 6-11.

19. Adams, Arthur. Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., And His Descendants. Boston, 1955, Page 2.

20. Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote Family: Or, The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, One of the First Settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., With Genealogical Notes of Pasco Foote, Who Settled In Salem, Mass., And John Foote And Others of the Name, Who Settled More Recently In New York. Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849, Page 298 Appendix.

21. Stuart, I. W. Hartford In the Olden Time; Its First Thirty Years. Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1853., Page 212.

22. (1846). || Page 12 First Settlers of the Colony, Surnames A.

23. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Washington, D.C; 1939, Volume 1 page 81 Adams descended of Jeremy Adams of Hartford Connecticut page 81.