Individual Details
Thomas ADAMS
(1612 - UNKNOWN)
History of Our Branch of the Adams Family has several paragraphs onhim:
"Thomas Adams.... was brn in England in 1612. His wife was MaryBlackmore. He was admitted freeman May 10, 1643; member of the Ancientand Honorable Artillery Company, 1644, and was a lieutenant. Hesettled in Concord, Mass., with his brothers Samuel and John, andbought lands there. In 1654 he and his brother Samuel sold theirlanded interest in Concord to Samuel Stratton, having previouslypetitioned for a new town, which was granted, and in which theyshortly after settled and called Chelmsford. He and his brother Samuelbuilt the first mill in the town of Chelmsford, which was on thepresent site of the city of Lowell, and, with others, the first churchand school-house in that town.
Thomas was for some years Town Clerk of Chelmsford, was Selectman,Justice of the Peace, and Representative in the General Court at itssecond session in 1673. He died July 20, 1688, aged 76; and his will,which was made the same year and is recorded in Middlesex Probate,vol. vii, page 101, mentions his children, with the exception of thefifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, who had probably previously died.
His widow, Mary, died in Charlestown, March 23, 1694, aged 82. The NewEngland Historical and Genealogical Register says:
"The following memorandum contains honorable mention of the two sonsof Henry Adams, who settled at Chelmsford, Mass. It is copied from asmall slip of paper among the Court files at East Cambridge. 'To thehonorable court assembled at Cambridge: These may inform that Capt.Samuel Adams, Thomas Adams,, and Mrs. John Webb are choase [sic]Commissioners for the Court of Chelmsford for the 67 (1667) and JohnFisk is choasen constable.
Chelmsford, 19:I:66-7. Attest John Barit.' "
Res. of Braintree/Concord/Chelmsford, according to New EnglandMarriages prior to 1700.
"Thomas Adams.... was brn in England in 1612. His wife was MaryBlackmore. He was admitted freeman May 10, 1643; member of the Ancientand Honorable Artillery Company, 1644, and was a lieutenant. Hesettled in Concord, Mass., with his brothers Samuel and John, andbought lands there. In 1654 he and his brother Samuel sold theirlanded interest in Concord to Samuel Stratton, having previouslypetitioned for a new town, which was granted, and in which theyshortly after settled and called Chelmsford. He and his brother Samuelbuilt the first mill in the town of Chelmsford, which was on thepresent site of the city of Lowell, and, with others, the first churchand school-house in that town.
Thomas was for some years Town Clerk of Chelmsford, was Selectman,Justice of the Peace, and Representative in the General Court at itssecond session in 1673. He died July 20, 1688, aged 76; and his will,which was made the same year and is recorded in Middlesex Probate,vol. vii, page 101, mentions his children, with the exception of thefifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, who had probably previously died.
His widow, Mary, died in Charlestown, March 23, 1694, aged 82. The NewEngland Historical and Genealogical Register says:
"The following memorandum contains honorable mention of the two sonsof Henry Adams, who settled at Chelmsford, Mass. It is copied from asmall slip of paper among the Court files at East Cambridge. 'To thehonorable court assembled at Cambridge: These may inform that Capt.Samuel Adams, Thomas Adams,, and Mrs. John Webb are choase [sic]Commissioners for the Court of Chelmsford for the 67 (1667) and JohnFisk is choasen constable.
Chelmsford, 19:I:66-7. Attest John Barit.' "
Res. of Braintree/Concord/Chelmsford, according to New EnglandMarriages prior to 1700.
Events
| Birth | 1612 | England | |||
| Reference No | 8995 | ||||
| Death | UNKNOWN |
Families
| Spouse | Mary BLACKMORE (1611 - 1694) |
| Child | Jonathan ADAMS (1646 - 1712) |
| Child | Mary ADAMS (1643 - ) |
| Child | Pelatiah ADAMS (1646 - ) |
| Child | Timothy ADAMS (1648 - 1708) |
| Child | George ADAMS (1650 - ) |
| Child | Samuel ADAMS ( - 1727) |
| Father | Henry ADAMS ( - 1646) |
| Mother | Edith SQUIRE ( - ) |
| Sibling | Henry ADAMS (1604 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Samuel ADAMS (1617 - 1689) |
| Sibling | Jonathan ADAMS (1619 - 1690) |
| Sibling | Peter ADAMS (1622 - 1690) |
| Sibling | John ADAMS (1624 - 1706) |
| Sibling | Joseph ADAMS (1626 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Edward ADAMS (1630 - 1716) |
| Sibling | Ursula ADAMS ( - ) |