Daniel Adams

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• History: 1710, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He is said to have been the first white settler of Medway.
• Will: 5 Sep 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 23 Oct 1772, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1997; There is much confusion as to the birth's of Daniel's early children. Jameson (1886) seems to have many of the dates wrong. Others have copied him to the confusion of the record. I have used Woods (1905) as the accurate source until the original record can be checked.

Daniel married Sarah Sanford in 1711 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Thomas Sanford and Christian) was born on 13 Oct 1694 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Nov 1772 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Adams (1898) says the date may have been 7 March 1716, Jameson (1886) gives her birth month as February, as does Morse (1855) in one place, though he corrects it elsewhere in the text.

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Birth:
Adams (1898) gives an alternate date of 10 December 1718. In his defense, there appears to be two entries for this birth in the town records.

Died:
She never married.

Notes:

Birth:
Adams (1898) has her birth date as 12 May 1720, or 5 May 1712.
Morse (1855) and (1857) gives the year as 1720.

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• Complier's Note: 1994; Morse (1855) has confused this Daniel with another.

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Birth:
Adams (1898), Partridge (1903), and Morse (1855) give his birth date as 5 April 1726.

Thomas married Abigail in say 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary "Molly" Partridge on 27 Dec 1748 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Partridge and Elizabeth Learned) was born on 19 Jul 1726 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 May 1750, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Rockwood, the son of Benjamin and Rachel (Morse) Rockwood. He was born on 18 November 1723 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was christened on 5 October 1729 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Rockwood (1754-____) 2. Ruth Rockwood (1756-____) 3. Rhoda Rockwood (1758-1759) 4. Benjamin Rockwood (1760-____)

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• Married: 12 Jun 1758, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rachel Leland, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Death) Leland. She was born on 26 February 1737 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 16 July 1825 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hepsebath Adams (1758-1842) 2. Rhoda Adams (1761-1835) 3. Moses Adams (1763-1767) 4. Mary Adams (1767-____) 5. Rachel Adams (1769-____) 6. Ruth Adams (1772-____) 7. Aaron Adams (1775-1824)
• Offices Held: 1775; He was elected a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 1782 and 1783.
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; During the Alarm on 19 April 1775, he was the First lieutenant of the Medway Company in Col. John Smith's regiment. A year later, he was promoted to Captain of the 9th company in Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk Regiment. In September 1777, his company was in col. Benjamin Hawes' Regiment.
• Will: 7 Nov 1815, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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Name:


Married:
Adams (1898) has their marriage occurring in 1756.

Adams (1898) gives her death as 1856, which he takes from the Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide's account of the Marriages and Deaths in Medway from 1814 to 1849.

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• Married: 9 Feb 1757, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Lt. Abraham Harding, the son of Abraham and Ruth (Wight) Harding. He was born on 7 December 1730 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. On 25 March 1765 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Lt. Abraham Harding was mentioned in the will of Abraham Harding. He left a will on 21 April 1802 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 2 March 1819 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tabatha Harding (1757-1829) 2. Abigail Harding (1759-1793) 3. Job Harding (1762-____) 4. Elizabeth Harding (1764-1802) 5. Elisha Harding (1766-____) 6. Esther Harding (1769-____) 7. Deborah Harding (1777-____) 8. Seth Harding (1782-1825)

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• Married: 27 Jun 1759, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John Littlefield, the son of Ebenezer and Abiah (Morse) Littlefield. He was born on 25 May 1737 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 20 January 1803 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jothan Littlefield (1761-____) 2. Tabatha Littlefield (1763-____) 3. Ruth Littlefield (1766-1835) 4. John Littlefield (1769-____) 5. Jotham Littlefield (1772-____) 6. Polly Littlefield (1774-____) 7. Sarah Littlefield (1779-1848)

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Married:
Adams (1898) gives the marriage year as 1754, a clear error as this would make the bride 15 years old.

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• Married: 30 Jan 1772, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Martha Watkins. She died on Friday 5 June 1789 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Military: 1777; Daniel enlisted as a private from Barre or Rutland 21 August 1777. He served ten days in Capt Benjamin Ayers Company and on 26 September 1777, he marched to Bennington, serving 29 days.
• Married: 17 Nov 1792; Sarah Alden, the daughter of John Alden. She was born in 1760. She died on Wednesday 29 June 1803 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Married: 4 May 1809; Elizabeth Parmenter. She was born on 7 April 1752 in Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 30 October 1836 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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Name:


Married:
Adams (1898) claims she was 48 years old when she died.

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• Married: 30 Jan 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Nathan Adams Jr., the son of Nathan and Kezia (Thompson) Adams. He was born on 24 May 1751 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was christened on 24 February 1754 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
• Residence: 1773; They lived in either Barre or Rutland, Massachusetts.

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Buried:
Sibel Harding
Wife of Capt. Abijah Harding
died March 5, 1813
Age 60

Sybil married Captain Abijah Harding on 12 Jul 1770 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abijah (son of John Harding, Jr and Kezia Pond) was born on 12 Oct 1750 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1826 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1775; He was a member of Capt. Adams' Company, Col Fuller's Regiment in 1775, and spent three days in Lexington starting 30 April 1775. Later from 28 July 1780 to 7 August 1780, he marched to Tiverton as a part of Capt. Moses Adams' Company, Col. Seth Bullard's 4th Suffolk Regiment.
• Married: 22 May 1777, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Susanna Clark, the daughter of Amos and Hannah (Crage) Clark. She was born on 6 February 1760 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 6 October 1789 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Thomas Adams (1779-____) 2. Amos Adams (1779-1792) 3. Hannah Adams (1781-____) 4. Susanna Adams (1783-____) 5. Avery Adams (1785-____) 6. Sybel Adams (1787-____) 7. Polly Adams (1789-1789)
• Married: 26 Aug 1790, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Melatia Holbrook, the daughter of Deacon Joseph Holbrook. She was born on 28 February 1755 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She and Nathan Partridge filed marriage intentions on 16 February 1776 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Partridge Adams (1791-____) 2. Betsey Adams (1793-____) 3. Amos Adams (1794-____) 4. Nancy Adams (1797-____)
• Moved To: 1803, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Morse (1857) and Jameson (1886) give his birth as 1759.

Name:

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• Military: say 1776; Asa served in the Revolutionary War from Rutland.
• Married: 30 Aug 1777, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Abigail Curtis, the daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Daniel) Curtis. She was born on 12 June 1760 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 21 January 1789 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Elijah Adams (1777-____) 2. Asa Adams (1779-____)
• Moved To: say 1778, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1803 to 1804, Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont

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Name:


Married:
Adams (1898) gives the marriage year as 1776.

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• Married: 4 Sep 1794, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Josiah Allen, the son of Jonathan and Hannah (Smith) Allen. He was born on 17 January 1765 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 11 June 1851 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silas H. Allen (1795-1795) 2. Roxanna Allen (1796-1819) 3. Harding Allen (1798-1875) 4. Huldah Allen (1800-1871) 5. George Schuyler Allen (1803-1845) 6. Martha A. Allen (1806-____) 7. Josiah W. Allen (1809-1870) 8. Sybil H. Allen (1813-1853)

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• Offices Held: 1823, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the School Committee.
• Offices Held: 1823, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served as a Selectman again in 1827, 1828, 1838 and 1839.

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Buried:
In memory of Capt. Oliver Harding
who died Oct 22, 1843
age 69

Oliver married Elizabeth Browning on 9 Nov 1803 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Browning and Sarah Tufts) was born on 6 May 1777 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Feb 1845 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 26 Dec 1793, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Joseph Broad. Issue: 1. Nathaniel Broad (1794-____) 2. Willard Broad (1796-____) 3. Elisha Broad (1797-____) 4. Alice Broad (1799-____) 5. Eliza Broad (1801-____) 6. Sybil Broad (1803-____)

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• Married: 19 Apr 1798, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Hubbard Parker, the son of the Rev. Nehemiah and Mary (Richardson) Parker. He was born on 8 May 1770 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas and Rhoda Harding filed marriage intentions on 24 March 1798 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Friday 25 April 1851 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Thomas Parker 2. Alma Parker 3. Hiram Parker 4. Nehemiah Parker

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• Graduation: 1805, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire; He graduated with an A.B.; : Dartmouth College
• Occupation: 1805 to 1807, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : New Salem Academy
• Ordained: 2 Dec 1807, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was ordained in the Congregational Church in New Salem. He served there for forty years.
• Married: 10 Oct 1808; Sarah Bridge, the daughter of Josiah and Irene (Morse) Bridge. Issue: 1. Josiah Bridge Harding (1809-____) 2. Martha Smith Harding (1811-____) 3. Martha Smith Harding (1813-1841) 4. Josiah Bridge Harding (1816-1863) 5. Alpheus Harding (1818-1903) 6. Silas Abijah Harding (1823-____)
• Offices Held: 1820; He was twice elected to the Massachusetts legislature and served as a magistrate and trial Justice.

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• Married: 19 Mar 1807, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary "Molly" Shattuck, the daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah (Bullard) Shattuck. She was born on 4 March 1787 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 17 July 1813 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Lorenzo Harding (1809-____) 2. Leander Harding (1811-1864) 3. Abijah S. Harding (1813-____)
• Married: 25 Jan 1815, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Hannah Lee, General Samuel and Mehitable Lee. She was born on 5 December 1791 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Lee Harding (1815-1859)

Notes:

Buried:
Abijah Harding Jr
died April 26, 1816
age 32

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• Married: say 1808; Dana _____. Issue: 1. Dana Harding 2. Alpheus Harding 3. Rhoda Harding 4. Harvey Harding 5. Abijah Harding

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• Married: 31 Dec 1815, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Polly Barrett. She was born about 1797. After Silas' death, on 12 December 1826 Polly, married Benjamin Merriam, in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 12 August 1830 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eliza B. Harding (1821-____) 2. Mary Ann F. Harding (1825-____)

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Married:
She was also known as Polly Bassett, in the published vital records of Barre. There is much confusion as to her name, weather Mary or Polly, Bassett or Barrett.

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• History: say 1800; He was a cripple.

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Died:
He never married.

Buried:
Thomas Harding
died May 27, 1836
Age 43