Lt. Henry Adams

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: 1640, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the first Town Clerk of Braintree.
• Married: 17 Oct 1643, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Paine, the daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Paine. She was born in England and died 29 February 1676 in Medfield, Massachusetts. They had: 1. Eleazer Adams (1644-1710) 2. Jasper Adams (1647-1742) 3. Elizabeth Adams (1649-1729) 4. John Adams (1652-1728) 5. Henry Adams (1652-1653) 6. Moses Adams (1654-1724) 7. Ensign Henry Adams (1657-1733) 8. Samuel Adams (1661-????)
• Residence: 1649 to 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: say 1651, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Clerk of Writs
• History: 1659, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant of 148 acres in Medfield.
• Offices Held: 1659, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 16656, 1674, and 1675.
• Military: 1675; He was a lieutenant with the Medfield Militia Company and fought during the early part of King Phillip's War.
• History: 29 Feb 1676; From Hubbard's Indian Wars the following is written about the tragic deaths of Henry and his wife: "The Lieutenant of the town, Adams by name, was shot down by his own door, and his wife mortally wounded by a gun fired afterwards accidentally in the house." In Gooking's History of Praying Indians is the following: "The same night the Lieutenant's widow being at Mr. Wilson's the minister's house, being upon a bed in a chamber, divers soldiers and commanders being in the room underneath, Capt. Jacob having a gun in his hand half bent, with the muzzle upward, he being taking his leave to be gone to his quarters, by some accident the gun fired through, and shot floor, mat, and through and through the body of the Lieutenant's widow that lay upon the bed, and slew her also."
• Inventory: say 1677; His inventory was valued at valued at £407 6/5d.

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