Edward Adams

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• Married: 11 Apr 1706; (1) Rachel Sanders, the daughter of John and Hannah Sanders. She was christened on 15 November 1685 in Braintree, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 14 November 1727 in Milton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Edward Adams (1707-1793) 2. John Adams (1709-1790) 3. Rachel Adams (1711-1771) 4. Seth Adams (1713-1736) 5. Nathan Adams (1716-1716) 6. Samuel Adams (1718-1718) 7. Patience Adams (1720-1720)
• Married: 5 Feb 1729; (2) Sarah Bracket.

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• Land/House: 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant on the west side of the Charles River in 1682. They lived in Medfield, in that part that became Millis, Massachusetts.

John married Deborah Partridge on 4 Apr 1681 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of John Partridge and Magdalen Bullard) was born on 16 Aug 1662 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Mar 1751 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bullard (1930) and Tilden (1887) give the marriage year as 1682.

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• Land/House: 1659, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant of 102 acres.
• Offices Held: 1689, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for Medfield. He served again in 1692 and 1702/

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Edward married Lydia Rockwood in Mar 1652 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Richard Rockwood and possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell) was born in 1634/35 in Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Land/House: 7 Mar 1652, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1653, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Clerk of the Market.
• History: 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; His house, and barn were burnt during the Indian attack on Medfield during King Philip's War.
• Probate/Proved: 25 Jun 1706, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1999; Partridge (1903) gave an ancestry with John and Jane (Hagg) Partridge as ancestors. This ancestry has been greatly copied. Partridge (1999) has disproved this ancestry.

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John married Magdalen Bullard on 18 Dec 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Magdalen (daughter of John Bullard and Magdalen Martyn) was christened on 18 Oct 1635 in Barnham, Suffolk, England; died on 27 Dec 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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They were married by Capt Lusher. Their marriage date was recorded as 18 (10) 1655.

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• Miscellaneous: 1603; Henry is mentioned in his father's will.
• Immigration: 1632, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; According to Burke (1975) his emigration was probably brought about through his wife's connection with Aquila and Thomas Purchase, two of the leading parishioners and associates of the Rev. John White, Rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, organizer in 1623 of the 'Dorchester Adventurers', and a great advocate for the colonization of New England. Aquila Purchase, Master of Trinity School, Dorchester, and himself an emigrant to New England, married Ann, the sister of Edith Squire, Henry's wife.
• History: say 1633; In the records of the colony, he is refereed to as a farmer and a maltster.
• History: 24 Feb 1639/40, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant in Braintree.
• Will: 1646, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; The will mentions Ursula Adams, Peter Adams, John Adams, Joseph Adams, Edward Adams,and Samuel Adams.
• Probate/Proved: 8 Jun 1647, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; It was a nuncupative will.
• Inventory: 8 Jun 1647, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; His inventory was valued at £75 13/
• History: Dec 1823, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; There is a granite column erected to Henry Adam's memory by President John Adams, his great-great-grandson, with the following inscription: "In Memory of HENRY ADAMS who took his flight from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire in England, and alighted with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England, and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and the neighboring towns; two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here, who was an original proprietor in the township of Briantree, incorporated in 1639. This stone and several others have been placed in this yard, by a great-great grandson, from a veneration of the Piety, humility, simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry and perseverance, of his Ancestors, in hopes of Recommending and imitation to their virtues to their posterity. ... Erected December, 1823."

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Trask and Jameson give his death date as 8 October 1646, probably mistaking his burial for death date.

Henry married Edith Squire on 19 Oct 1609 in Charlton, Mackrell, Somersetshire, England. Edith (daughter of Henry Squire) was christened on 29 May 1587 in Charlton, Mackrell, Somersetshire, England; died on 21 Jan 1672 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: The name of the family was frequently spelled Rocket or Rockett, though it appears that the family wrote the name Rockwood.
• Immigration: Jul 1633; He came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in July 1633.
• Land/House: 2 Dec 1633, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; From the Dorchester town records on 2 December 1633: Item, ordered, that Rich: Rocket is to have an acre addition to his home lott, in consideration of removing his pale, in regard a publicke way is to be through his lott.
• Residence: 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; In 1636 he was living in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Proprietor: Jan 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; His name appears as a Grantee of Dorchester lands on the Town Records prior to January 1636.
• Land/House: 1636/37, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Richard, and his new wife, Agnes, sold a house and 20 acres that had belonged to Agnes' first husband, Zachary Bicknell in 1636/37. Supposedly the house was left to one of Zachary's children. The Massachusetts General Court ruled on 9 March 1636/37, that when the child came of age, it was either to ratify the sale or "allow all such costs as the Court shall think meete."
• Land/House: 24 Feb 1639/40, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1643, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; In 1643 he moved to Braintree, Massachusetts.
• Inventory: 15 Nov 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; On 15 November 1660 an Invcntory of the estate of Richard Rockwood late of Braintry, deceased, the 7: 6: 60. , amt. £38. 03. 04. Payd out; of this estate to his Dafter, in yarne, pt of a Cowe, &c., £3. 8s. to Good. man Belcher, for rent of Land £1. 6. 8.; to Dormon Dorneing, for bords £1. 5s.; to Francis Gold, 15s.; to Richard Thayer, to satisfie for a Cow that was killed, p^r Jo: Rockwood, £4. 13s. &c. Elder Kingsly and Ann Rockett deposed, 15 Nov. 1660.
• Estate Admin: 28 Apr 1664; On 28 April 1664 his estate was administered.
• Last Full Review: 4 Aug 2020

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Died:
He died intestate.

Richard married possibly the daughter of Zachary Bicknell about 1627. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020

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• Will: 1630, Barnham, Suffolk, England; He is mentioned in his mother's will.
• Immigration: Abt 1635
• Residence: 1636, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Proprietor: 1638, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 2 May 1639, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: 13 May 1640, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 30 May 1641, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Proprietor: 1650, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• History: 1675; He is on the list of subscribers to the fund for the "new brick college" (Harvard), his contribution to be a bushel and a half of "Indian corn."

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John and Magdalen were admitted to the Watertown Church.

Religion:
John and Magdalen were dismissed to the Dedham Church from the Watertown Church.

Died:
His death was accidental, the result of "the overthrow of a cart."

John married Magdalen Martyn on Yes, date unknown in Barnham, Suffolk, England. Magdalen (daughter of John Martyn and unknown wife) was born in 1608 in Barnham, Suffolk, England; died on 29 Nov 1661 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 28 Dec 1629, Barnham, Suffolk, England; On 28 December 1629 he was living in Barnham, England.
• Immigration: Abt 1635; He came to America about 1635.
• Residence: 1636, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1636 he was living in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• Religion: 2 May 1639, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; On 2 May 1639 John and Magdalen were admitted to the Watertown Church.
• Religion: 30 May 1641, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John and Magdalen were dismissed to the Dedham Church from the Watertown Church on 30 May 1641.
• Last Full Review: 20 May 2020

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Death: Her death is recorded as 29 (1) 1661.

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