Capt. Samuel Adams

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1 Jan 1636; (1) Rebecca Graves, the daughter of Thomas and Katherine (Gray) Graves. She was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, and died 8 October 1664 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Their children: 1. Samuel Adams (1647-????) 2. Rebecca Adams 3. Capt. Thomas Adams (1652-1684) 4. John Adams (1657-1657) 5. Catherine Adams 1657-b1659) 6. Catherine Adams(1659-1682) 7. Susanna Adams 8. Nathaniel Adams (1662-????) 9. Mary Adams (1664-1744) 10. Martha Adams (1664-????) 11. Nathaniel Adams (1664-????)
• Residence: 1649, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: Between 1653 and 1654, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1653, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Charlestown Town Clerk.
• Miscellaneous: 3 Jul 1656, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant of 450 acres in Chelmsford.
• History: 1657; He maintained a grist mill in the eastern part of Chelmsford, near where Lowell now exists.
• Offices Held: 1664, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was authorized to solemnize marriages.
• Offices Held: 1667; He was made a Commissioner of the Court.
• Married: 7 May 1668, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Esther Sparhawk, the daughter of Deacon Nathaniel and Mary (Angier) Sparhawk. Esther was born in Dedham, England, and died 4 November 1745 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Their children: 1. Samuel Adams (1671-b1693)1762) 3. Benjamin Adams (1679-1762) 4. Esther Adams
• Will: 28 Feb 1683/84, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 19 Sep 1692, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Gozzaldi (1930) gives the year as 1669.