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Capt. John ADAMS

Male 1695 - 1762  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Capt. John ADAMS was born on 14 Dec 1695 (son of John ADAMS and Mychal BLOICE); died on 16 Jan 1762.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John ADAMS was born in 1658 (son of Peter ADAMS and Rachel); died on 26 Feb 1723 in Canterbury, Conn..

    John married Mychal BLOICE. Mychal (daughter of Richard BLOICE and Mychal JENNISON) was born on 3 Apr 1664 in Watertown, Ma.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mychal BLOICE was born on 3 Apr 1664 in Watertown, Ma. (daughter of Richard BLOICE and Mychal JENNISON); and died.
    Children:
    1. Samuel ADAMS was born on 25 Feb 1683; and died.
    2. Mary ADAMS was born on 11 Mar 1686 in Medfield, MA; and died.
    3. Patience ADAMS was born on 21 Mar 1689; died on 28 May 1698.
    4. Ruth ADAMS was born on 10 Dec 1691; died on 19 Dec 1717.
    5. Isaac ADAMS was born on 30 Jan 1691; and died.
    6. 1. Capt. John ADAMS was born on 14 Dec 1695; died on 16 Jan 1762.
    7. Richard ADAMS was born on 28 Sep 1699; died on 17 Apr 1733.
    8. Joshua ADAMS was born on 22 Jul 1701; died on 1 Apr 1706.
    9. Abigail ADAMS was born on 23 Apr 1703; died on 15 Apr 1706.
    10. Bethia ADAMS was born on 8 Feb 1704; died on 15 Apr 1706.
    11. Michael ADAMS, Capt. was born on 1 Mar 1707 in Medfield, MA; died on 26 Aug 1776 in Thompson Ct..
    12. Josiah ADAMS was born on 4 Dec 1693; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter ADAMS was born in 1621 in Barton St. David Somersetshire, England (son of Henry ADAMS and Edith SQUIRE); and died.

    Peter married Rachel. Rachel was born in 1621 in Barton Sr. David Somersetshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rachel was born in 1621 in Barton Sr. David Somersetshire, England; and died.
    Children:
    1. Rachel ADAMS was born in 1651 in Medfield, Norfolk, Ma.; died in 1678.
    2. Dr. Peter ADAMS was born on 20 Apr 1653; died on 8 Dec 1678.
    3. Hannah ADAMS was born on 16 Jan 1653; died in 1746.
    4. 2. John ADAMS was born in 1658; died on 26 Feb 1723 in Canterbury, Conn..
    5. Mary ADAMS was born on 1 Mar 1658; died in 1704.
    6. Jonathan ADAMS was born on 11 Jul 1663; died on 15 May 1664.
    7. Ruth ADAMS was born on 20 Jun 1665; and died.
    8. Joseph ADAMS was born on 25 Jun 1668; died on 9 Dec 1742 in Canterbury Ct..
    9. Dr. Samuel ADAMS was born on 2 Apr 1671; died in 1731.
    10. Henry ADAMS was born on 6 Jan 1671; and died.

  3. 6.  Richard BLOICE

    Richard married Mychal JENNISON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mychal JENNISON
    Children:
    1. 3. Mychal BLOICE was born on 3 Apr 1664 in Watertown, Ma.; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry ADAMS was born in 1583 in Barton St. David Somersetshire, England (son of John ADAMS); died on 8 Oct 1646 in Braintree, Ma..

    Notes:

    Came to Plymouth, Braintree, Massachusetts in 1638. Malster (fermented grain for beer) Yeoman (freeman-land holder) Town Clerk, Lieutenant. Went to Italian School in Barton (manor house) St. David (Church built to honor Welsh Saint David Somersetshire, England. He received a good education.

    Braved the perils of the vast and furious ocean. Took flight from the dragon of persecution in Somersetshire, England. (John Adams, 2nd Presidentof United States).

    This period of Reformation, Henry VIII dissolution of Roman religious establishment, expulsion of Abbots, Friars, Nuns, Abbeys, Priories and Convents of the Realm.

    Abjured Popery and adopted religion protesting its independence of and separation from Roman supremacy. Taxes were sent through church to Rome.

    John and Henry Adams, at age 8, walked 6 miles to Glastonburg to watch Richard Whiting, last of Glastonburg abbot was drawn on a hurdle up Glastonburg Tor (hill) where he was hanged, beheaded, and quartered for refusing to deliver the conventional plate and gold, jewels.

    Henry Adams became Principal officer of the peace, Bondsman at little Parish Church, new prayer book approved by Edward VI. Then saw "Bloody Mary" and her Spanish Consort try to revert back to Roman Catholicism. Rev. John White Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester, County, moderate reforming clergy in the great religious controversies which preceded the Civil War (30 years) in England. He advocated as early as1622 the colonization of New England for spiritual and material reasons, believing that it could be a heaven, as well as for non-conformists as well as for loyal Churchmen Puritans.

    Aquila Purchase Master of Trinity School Dorchester, England (1625-1633)m. Anne Squire (sister of Edith Swuire) Jan 28, 1614 brother of Thomas Purchase of New Brunswick, Maine 1626, March 1632 Aquila Purchase with wife and children emigrated to Dorchester, Massachusetts. He died either during the voyage or soon after arrival. August 5, 1633 Widow Purchase was granted 4 acres of land. Anne Squirre m 2nd Thomas Oliver 1637 of Boston, Massachusetts. The immigration may have been influenced Henry and Edith.

    Henry married Edith SQUIRE. Edith (daughter of Henry SQUIRE) was born on 29 May 1587 in Charlton-Mackrell Somerset, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Edith SQUIRE was born on 29 May 1587 in Charlton-Mackrell Somerset, England (daughter of Henry SQUIRE); and died.
    Children:
    1. Lt. Henry ADAMS was born in 1610; and died.
    2. Thomas ADAMS, Lt. was born on 12 Mar 1611 in Barton St. David Somersetshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1694 in Charleston, Suffolk, MA.
    3. Samuel ADAMS was born in 1616 in Barton St. David Somersetshire, England; died on 24 Jan 1688 in Charleston, Suffolk, MA.
    4. 4. Peter ADAMS was born in 1621 in Barton St. David Somersetshire, England; and died.
    5. John ADAMS was born on 4 Dec 1622; died in 1706 in Menotomy, Cambridge, Ma..
    6. Joseph ADAMS was born on 10 Dec 1626 in Devonshire, England; died on 6 Dec 1694 in Braintree, Suffolk, Ma..
    7. Edward ADAMS, Ensign was born on 19 Apr 1629 in Barton Sr. David Somersetshire, England; died on 12 Nov 1716 in Medfield, MA.
    8. Ursula ADAMS


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