James Adams1

M, #7107, b. before 22 May 1627, d. after 1647?
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Pedigree
Father*John Adams1 b. b 1610?, d. bt 1 Jul 1633 - 24 Oct 1633
Mother*Ellen Newton1 b. 1598, d. 5 Dec 1661
Relationship8th great-granduncle of Robert Michael Damon
James Adams was born before 22 May 1627.1 He was the son of John Adams and Ellen Newton.1 James Adams married Frances Vassall, daughter of William Vassall, on 16 June 1646 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; or 15 June or 16 July.2 James Adams died after 1647?

Census

DatePlaceEnumeration
1627Plymouth, New Plymouth ColonyCensus: 1627 Division of Cattle Census
as 4 James Adams
Head: John Shaw
Person: John Adams, Mrs Ellen (Newton) Adams, James Adams, John Winslow, William Basset, Mrs Elizabeth (?) Basset, William Basset Jr, Elizabeth Basset Jr, Francis Sprague, Mrs Anna (?) Sprague and Mercy Sprague
Possible: Mrs Mary (Chilton) Winslow
To this lot fell the lesser of the black Cowes Came at first in the Ann wth which they must keepe the bigest of the 2 steers. Also to this lot was two shee goats.1

References

James Adams is mentioned in The Great Migration Begins under John Adams.3 James Adams is mentioned in Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 under John Adams.4

Family of James Adams and Frances Vassall, daughter of William Vassall,
Last Edited8 May 2002

Citations

  1. [S143] The Division of Cattle, 1627.
  2. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, CD-ROM (n.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), Adams, John. Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins.
  3. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins.
  4. [S173] Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History & People (via WFT 1, Tree 4114) (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 1986) . Hereinafter cited as Plymouth Colony.