Barnabas Lothrope "Barney" Adams, Sr.

Male 1812 - 1869  (56 years)


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  1. 1.  Barnabas Lothrope "Barney" Adams, Sr. was born on 28 Aug 1812 in Ontario, Canada; was christened on 28 Aug 1812 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Capt. Joshua Adams, Esq. and Elizabeth "Betsy" Chipman); died on 2 Jun 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 19368934
    • _UID: 3EB375803E4046B18BB1C7C422A3A927B777
    • Census-Household Member: 1813, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census-Household Member: 1814, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; pre1851 Assessment
    • Religion-Member: 25 Dec 1836
    • Immigration: 23 Jun 1838, Kirkland Lake, Lake County, Ohio, United States

    Notes:

    1880 - Alva Adams wrote -
    Barnabas Lothrop, born at Bastard, August 8th, 1812, the year that war was declared, and the year the family removed to the Stone Mills; was too young to be included in the charge to his two elder brothers, Arza and Alvah, "If you do not learn to swim this summer, I will thrash you!" They learned to swim, and escaped the thrashing. He at one time promised much, religiously, but went west with his brothers under curcumstances that left their religious prospects under a cloud in the minds of their friends. He is now dead, leaving several children - it is not known how many.


    Barnabas Lothrope Adams Sr, was born to Elizabeth "Betsy" Chapman and Captain Joshua Adams.

    Barnabus married Julia Annie Banker on June 23, 1846 in Des Moine, Iowa. His second wife was Hannah Gove Chase.

    Barnabas Lothrop Adams, who was born in Canada, found his way to Iowa, where he married Julia Ann Banker. There they fell in with Brigham Young and his Mormons, became converts, and joined them in their long trek through the wilderness in search of a haven. That was in 1847, while the country in which they finally settled was still owned by Mexico. Asenath Ann Adams was born about three weeks after the Mormons ended their wild and dangerous journey.

    ?b?Barnabas Lathrop Adams ?/b?was a member of the 4th Quorum of Seventies, according to Rockwood's journal. He was part of the 2nd company of ten, led by Ezra Taft Benson. Thomas Bullock recorded that Barnabas was one of the fifty men called to be part of the Night Guard.

    Barnabas also traveled in the Willard Richards 1848 company with his wife, Julia, and daughter Julia Thankful. He served in the company as a Captain of the Second Fifty.

    His birth date and death date are confirmed by Utah death records. His obituary claims that he died of a sudden pain in his chest.

    Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

    Age at Departure: 34

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19368934

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    ?i?The census indicates 5 male children under 16 so there was an additional child.

    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4719-index.html

    1813 Bastard & Crosby South Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2008, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
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    LAC # MS-2548
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard 7 Crosby South
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    one male child short again!?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4671-1.html#top

    1814 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # MS-2547
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?


    Religion-Member:
    Role: Member
    "Converted to Mormanism by John E. Page and the Book of Mormon along with his wife Sabina and brother Barnabas. Baptism in a hole in the ice in December and sharing the travails of the Latter-day Saints in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa followed. Arza and his family joined the surge in migration during the late 1840s that poulated the west and later spawned a batch of adamses in Utah."
    Dale W. Adams
    23 Nov 2011
    Sargeant Daniel Adams of Simsbury, CT (1652-1713)

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ellen Nelson. Elizabeth was born on 4 Dec 1847 in United States; died on 15 May 1888 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Barnabas married Jula Annie Banker on 23 Jun 1846 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States. Jula was born on 6 May 1826 in Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York, United States; died on 21 Dec 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Julia Thankful Adams was born on 11 Aug 1847 in Farnhamville, Calhoun County, Iowa, United States; died on 26 Feb 1939 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
    2. Eliza Adams was born on 6 Oct 1847; died on 22 Jan 1913.

    Barnabas married Hannah Gove Chase on 16 Nov 1856. Hannah was born on 11 Dec 1834 in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, United States; died on 27 Jul 1897 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt. Joshua Adams, Esq. was born on 5 May 1780 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States (son of Richard "Saxton" Adams, Sr. and Lucy Matson); died on 23 Apr 1863 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, 1 Robinson St, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: L831-YF3
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 33243032
    • Occupation: Associate Judge of the Court of Assize.
    • Occupation: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Township Councillor
    • _UID: D85B6F709A78405786FA1E060F3029CA9146
    • Census-Household Member: 1800, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Bastard Twp Pre 1851
    • Census-Household Member: 1802, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census-Family Member: 1803, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census-Family Member: 1805, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census-Family Member: 1806, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; pre1815 Assessment
    • Census: 1813, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census: 1814, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; pre1851 Assessment
    • Occupation: 1812 1815, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Militia Member; 336 men organized into 8 companies each under a captain
    • Residence: 1812 1815, Delta, (Stone Mills), Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; during the war placed his family at Stone Mills (Delta), about 5 miles from his farm
    • Land & Property: Aft 1815; received a grant of 1200 acres for military service
    • Occupation: 1798 1816, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1815 1817, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; returned to farm
    • Land & Property: 1820, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; moved from Perth
    • Occupation: 1820, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; appointed by Crown as Justice of the Peace
    • Residence: 1817 1820, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; sold his possessions in Bastard Twp and moved to new town
    • Occupation: 1816 1822, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada; Tavern Owner on Officer Allotment
    • Land & Property: Abt 1836, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Purchased the "Bowes" mill , west on the Tay River, from Henry Glass
    • Land & Property: 25 Oct 1839, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 17 E, 300 acres, purchased from Henry and Marie Graham
    • Land & Property: 28 Nov 1840, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 17E, 17 acres from James Noonan
    • Residence: 1842, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; C2 L20 Bathurst in Census
    • Land & Property: 1839 1843, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; - refitted the "Bowes" mill and operated it
    • Land & Property: 1843; sold "Bowes" mill to Scott Elliott and the three Elliott brothers ran the mills until 1856 when it was sold to John Allan
    • Land & Property: 17 Mar 1843, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; bought an additional 650 acres, somehow associated with C2 L17E, with a mortgage
    • Land & Property: Abt 1844, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; sold Concession 2 Lot 17E , 17 acres to Henry Graham
    • Occupation: 1849, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Warden of County
    • Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1851, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada Agricultural
    • Occupation: 1852, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Warden of County
    • Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Religion: 1820 1863, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Trustee and Steward and sometimes class teacher in the Methodist Church

    Notes:

    ?i?Facts about Joshua Adams?/i?
    Joshua Adams moved with parents and dependents of expired siblings moved from Rutland, Vermont, USA to Bastard, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada in 1798.
    Joshua married wife Elizabeth Chipman, daughter of Barnabas Lathrop Chipman, on 15 March 1803 in Elizabeth Township. Elizabeth Chipman's family had moved to Bastard, Ontario from Salsbury, Vermont in 1795, shortly prior to the Adams family arriving in the area. Elizabeth Chipman Adams was a direct descendent of Mayflower Pilgrim John Howland.
    During the War of 1812, Joshua was commissioned as a Captain and served as Adjuvant to the Leeds Militia under Colonel Stone. Joshua was given 800 acres of land for his service to the Crown. During the War, he had moved his family from Bastard to Stone Mills (now Delta). They returned to Bastard at the end of the War in 1815.
    In 1817, the family moved to Perth, Lanark County where they lived for three years. Next, they moved to an area long the River Tay in which a village arose called Adamsville. This name was eventually changed to Glen Tay. Joshua and Elizabeth lived there for the remainder of their lives.
    Despite no formal education, Joshua was able to attain a number of avlued positions in the community such as Justice of the Peace, Township Councillor, Warden of the County and periodically, he also acted as an Associate Judge. Joshua also remained quite active in the Methodist Church having served as a Trustee and Steward.
    Elizabeth Chipman died on 29 Feb 1856 at age 70 after an illness of three weeks duration. Joshua Adams died on 23 April 1863 after a fall in the home of his son-in-law, Henry Moorhouse. His last words to his family were, "All is well. I am going home." The couple had 13 children.
    ?i?Source: Recollections of Alvah Adams in 1880, http://luv2code.com/adams.pdf

    ?/i?These are excerpts regarding the family of Capt Joshua Adams from Pioneer History of the County of Lanark (Ontario, Canada) by JS McGill, 1979. I thank Mark Johnson for his look-up. If there are copyright issues, please contact me and I will remove the post.
    P21:
    Captain Joshua Adams who was one of the first to draw a town lot of one acre in Perth, in 1820 fell heir to the mills of Parsall who had died. (Abraham Parsall, a Loyalist, settled along the Tay River on Lot 20, Concession 4 of Bathurst and here erected grist and saw mills.) Adams then moved from Perth and established further enterprises on the Tay, the result of which was the village of Adamsville (now Glen Tay).

    PP46-47:
    In December 1817 a Methodist minister from the Rideau circuit, one Brown, arrived to look the military settlement over. He held his services in Joshua Adam's house. Mr. Bell wryly commented in his Journals that he was told by one present that "in his prayer, he [Brown] fervently gave God thanks that through his agency the gospel had at length had been brought to the settlement."

    The fervor of the Methodists evidently found a responsive note in Joshua Adams who supported them faithfully after this initial visit; his son Ava later became a Methodist preacher, and his eldest daughter Beulah married the Methodist circuit-rider John Carroll. Alex Richey, writing to the Perth Courier in 1911, recalled the Adams family with affection:

    The first time I remember the Adams was when I went to school in 1833....They were all very kind to me, just a new boy from Lanark Village. The Captain boarded most of his men, and he had a number of them too, in the sawmill, flour mill, oat mill, carding and fulling mill; men working on the farm and teamsters hauling lumber to town. The oldest son was a Methodist minister, Rev. Ava Adams, who afterwards had mills in the Fall River. Asa and Bernard the next two oldest sons, went in in 1844. The oldest daughter, Beulah, married Rev. John Carroll. Elizabeth married Henry Moorehouse, a useful citizen of your good town for many years, Lucinda married a son of Barbara Heck. The youngest daughter married Rev. Armstrong. Daniel and Franklyn worked in one of the mills and Joshua became a lawyer in Perth.

    The Captain and his wife were the living embodiment of charity and goodwill. There were a number of Indians about the headwaters of the Tay River at that time. They went down to the Lake of Two Mountains every spring to sell their furs. In the fall they returned to their various hunting grounds. They passed our place with seven or eight canoes one fall, loaded with their families and goods, a Union Jack at the bow and stern of each canoe....When the Indians got as far as the Captain's he was on the watch for them for they most always had a white child picked up in some way or given to them by some unfortunate mother. The Captain saved several and brought them up to be cared for as one of the family. The Captain, I believe, was of the same family that gave two presidents to the United States, John Adams, second president, and John Quincy Adams, his son, sixth president. The Captain died about 1856 or 1857. He was one of nature's noble men.

    P50:
    On the 21st of June 1819 the Duke of Richmond, accompanied by his two sons, three daughters, and attendants, set out from Quebec City aboard a steamer to visit the new military settlements at Richmond and Perth. Colonel Cockburn, one of the party, hurried on ahead from Sorel where the Duke's party remained for some days. It was his intention to investigate the activities of Daverne at Perth before the Duke arrived. When he reached Perth he appointed Joshua Adams, Dr. Thom, Captains McMillan and Taylor, and Mr. Bell to form a Court of Inquiry.

    It was soon discovered that Daverne had embezzled the government stores to a large amount.

    P54:
    In 1820-21 the only licensed innkeepers from the Perth Military settlement were: Joshua Adams, Angus Cameron, Wellesley Ritchie, John Adamson, John Balderson, Joseph Legary, and William Blair.

    Perth Courier
    December 22, 1916.
    Centennial of the Perth Settlement
    A copy of the original 1877 article
    "In 1816 Captain Joshua Adams, a veteran who served in the American War of 1812-13, in the Canadian Militia, was about the first to draw a town lot of an acre, and he erected a tavern thereon."

    The Perth Museum
    Perth Courier
    January 5, 1934
    Drummond Street No. 19--"At Glen Tay, Capt. Joshua Adams, a veteran who had served through the recent American War, had the first saw and grist mill in the vicinity of Perth and also erected a tavern in the village which may possibly have been the building shown on the Foster Street side of what was then or afterwards the aforementioned Bell Property, for Capt. Joshua Adams' name appears thereon."

    Brown, Howard Morton
    Lanark Legacy: Nineteenth Century
    Glimpses of an Ontario County, c2OO7
    Obituary
    Perth Courier
    May 1, 1863
    ADAMS.--We have to record the death of Captain J. Adams, who expired on Tuesday the 13th last, at the house of his son-in-law, Lt. Morehouse, Esq., Perth, from the effects of an accident.

    Capt. Joshua Adams was the son of Richard Saxton and Lucy (Matson) Adams. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Chipman) Adams. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served during the War of 1812.

    Perth Courier
    December 22, 1916
    Centennial of the Perth Settlement
    --from a copy of the original 1877 article--
    "In 1816 Captain Joshua Adams, a veteran who served in the American War of 1812-13, in the Canadian Militia, was about the first to draw a town lot of an acre, and he erected a tavern thereon."

    The Perth Museum
    Perth Courier
    January 5, 1934
    Drummond Street
    No. 19--"At Glen Tay, Capt. Joshua Adams, a veteran who had served through the recent American War, had the first saw and grist mill in the vicinity of Perth and also erected a tavern in the village which may possibly have been the building shown on the Foster Street side of what was then or afterwards the aforementioned Bell Property, for Capt. Joshua Adams' name appears thereon."

    Brown, Howard Morton
    Lanark Legacy: Nineteenth Century Glimpses of an Ontario County, c2OO7

    Obituary
    Perth Courier
    May 1, 1863
    ADAMS.--We have to record the death of Captain J. Adams, who expired on Tuesday the 13th last, at the house of his son-in-law, Lt. Morehouse, Esq., Perth, from the effects of an accident. The funeral started from his residence in Adamsville, where his remains had been removed, and was joined at the late residence of Captain Leslie (?), by the volunteer companies of Perth, and a large number of citizens, ranking one of the largest funeral processions of Perth. The volunteers took the lead in the procession, Captain Fraser's Company reversing arms, and the whole proceeded to the Wesleyan Burying Grounds, where after the funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Ross, three volleys were fired in his memory by the firing party. The deceased Captain was a gentleman very much respected and esteemed by all who knew him and especially by the poorer classes whom he materially assisted as far as he was able, in the hard times some years ago. He died at the advanced age of 84 years.

    The Family of the Late Joshua Adams, J.P.,
    late of Glen Tay, near Perth.
    Drawn up by his son, Rev. Alvah Adams, now in my 75th year
    January 1, 188O, Page 4

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L831-YF3

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33243032

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/2005-1.html#top?/i?

    family of 6, (wife and 4 children)

    1800 Bastard, Kitley, Leeds and Lansdowne Rear Townships, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2006, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Vance Standifird
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown
    Sub-District: Bastard, Kitley, Leeds & Lansdowne Rear
    Enumerated: 10 Apr 1800

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    2 males only recorded. Richard S. and Joshua most likely.

    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4667-index.html

    1802 Bastard, Kitley, Leeds & Lansdowne Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # unknown
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard, Kitley, Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Townships
    Enumerator: Richard S. Adams, Jr.?/i?

    Census-Family Member:
    Role: Family Member
    Richard is 69 years of age and his wife is not listed with him. Joshua is married with wife and Azra, his child
    ?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4668-index.html

    1803 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield?/i?

    Census-Family Member:
    Role: Family Member
    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4670-1.html

    1805 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield
    ?/i?

    Census-Family Member:
    Role: Family Member
    Richard, Joshua, Betsy and children are missing from this census
    ?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/926-1.html
    1806 Bastard Twp, Leeds
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    LAC # MS-2547
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield?/i?




    Census:
    ?i?The census indicates 5 male children under 16 so there was an additional child.

    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4719-index.html

    1813 Bastard & Crosby South Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2008, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # MS-2548
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard 7 Crosby South
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?

    Census:
    one male child short again!?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4671-1.html#top

    1814 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
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    LAC # MS-2547
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?


    Occupation:
    Militia posted to Gananoque to protect convoys. It was the last stop for allied ships moving up the St Lawrence to Kingston.
    1st campaign, 12 Sep 1812, American force attacked from Cape Vincent, laning at Sherriff's Point near Gananoque. Two militiamen spoted the Americans and one was shot when they attempted to reach Gananoque to warn the residents. The untrained militia men were unsuccessful in repelling the Americans, resulting in the Raid of Gananoque. Mrs. Stone, wife of the Colonel, was wounded and the Stone house raided. Tehy were forced to give up the government stores (arms, ammunition and food) and watch while it burned. The American raid lasted 30 minutes before they returned to Sacketts Harbour.
    The next task for the militia was to build a blockhouse to ward off future attacks.

    Land & Property:
    "procured a farm lot on the river Tay, about three miles and a half (3?) west of the town, which included a very valueable mill site, where he erected mills and made other improvements, a little village springing up aroud, long known as Adamsville, but now bearing the name of Glen Tay."
    This site was originally granted to Abraham Parsall and it is believed that he had already established a sawmill and gristmill on this property.
    It appears that the Ritchie family may have operated this mill for a period of time in addition to the 'Ritchie Mill' a few miles further up the river. Others operated the mill on behalf of the mill owners in later years.

    Census:
    c1 L2, 4 acres, 2 ? under cultivation; ? acre under crops in 1851; 2 acres under pasture in 1851; 1 ? under wood or wild.

    Census:
    Stone house, widower, farmer

    Religion:
    For a time in early life, he was an Exhorter.

    Died:
    ?i?Obituary of Joshua Adams
    ?/i?We have to record the death of Captain J. Adams, who expired on Thursday the 23 inst., at the house of his son-in-law, H. Moorhouse, Esq., Perth, from the effects of an accident mentioned in a former issue. The Funeral started from his residence at Adamsville, where his remains had been removed, and was joined at the late residence of Capt. Leslie, by the Volunteer Companies of Perth, and a large number of the citizens, making one of the largest Funeral Processions ever in Perth. The Volunteers took the lead in the procession, the firing party, Capt. Fraser's Company. Reversing arms, the whole proceeded to the Wesleyan burying grounds, where after the Funeral service was read by Rev. Mr. Russ, three volleys were fired in honour of his memory by the firing party.

    The deceased Captain was a gentleman very much respected and estemed by al who knew him and especially by the poorer classes whom he materially assisted, as far as he was able, in the hard times some years ago. He died at the advanced age of 84 years.
    ?i?
    Joshua Adams, his son writes of his father's death:?/i?
    On the 17th of March 1863, he drove to the town of Perth with his horse and cutter (accompanied by his grandson Joshua Adams, known as Joshua Fourth), and going into the house of his son-in-law, Henry Moorhouse, Esquire, he slipped on the oilcloth covering the hall floor and broke his leg between the knee and the thigh. The fracture was immediately adjusted by the Drs. Nichol, father and son, by whom he was most assiduously attended. On the 2nd of April, it was thought the healing process had commenced, but his strength had failed so much, that he gradually sank, and expired at Perth on the 3rd(sic) 26th Apr 1863. His last utterance to his sorrowing children and friends surrounding his couch, before his exit, was 'All is well; I am going home.' This accords with the confidences of all his intimate acquaintances. Thus after 'serving his generation by the will of God, he fell on sleep.'

    Buried:
    Cemetery also known as Old Methodist Burying Ground, Drummond Township, Lanark County, Canada

    Joshua married Elizabeth "Betsy" Chipman on 15 Mar 1803 in Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Barnabas Lothrop Chipman and Beulah Evarts) was born on 2 Feb 1786 in Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont, United States; died on 29 Feb 1856 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, 1 Robinson St, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth "Betsy" Chipman was born on 2 Feb 1786 in Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont, United States (daughter of Barnabas Lothrop Chipman and Beulah Evarts); died on 29 Feb 1856 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, 1 Robinson St, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: L8TB-GSL
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 33243505
    • Residence-Occupant: Salsbury, Vermont, United States; bef 1794
    • _UID: B6EAADF100524C28971E8785B0119E81A5AC
    • Residence-Occupant: Abt 1795, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1813, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1814, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; pre1851 Assessment
    • Census: 1851, Augusta Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8TB-GSL

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33243505

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head
    ?i?The census indicates 5 male children under 16 so there was an additional child.

    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4719-index.html

    1813 Bastard & Crosby South Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2008, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2548
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard 7 Crosby South
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head
    one male child short again!?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4671-1.html#top

    1814 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2547
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Jeremiah Day?/i?


    Census:
    Listed as 'out of limits', home in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, ON

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head

    Notes:

    Married:
    Married by magistrate, Squire Wright of Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Arza Matson "Harry" Adams was born on 22 Jan 1804 in Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 23 Mar 1831 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Apr 1889 in American Fork, Utah County, Utah, United States; was buried about Apr 1889 in American Fork, Utah County, Utah, United States.
    2. Rev. Alvah Adams was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was christened about 1824; died on 17 Jul 1884 in Brooke, Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Brooke, Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Richard "Saxton" Adams was born on 6 Feb 1808 in Beverly, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Oct 1808 in Beverly, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Beulah Everette Adams was born on 26 Jan 1810 in Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Aug 1890 in St Catharines, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, Saint-Catharines, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 1. Barnabas Lothrope "Barney" Adams, Sr. was born on 28 Aug 1812 in Ontario, Canada; was christened on 28 Aug 1812 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jun 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
    6. Joshua Adams was born on 14 May 1815 in Beverly, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Sep 1819 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lucinda "Lucy" Matson Adams was born on 5 Dec 1817 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Jan 1852 in Prescott, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Blue Church Cemetery, Blue Church, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. James Adams was born on 16 Oct 1819 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about Oct 1820 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Daniel Adams was born in 1820 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 7 Oct 1820 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Jun 1894 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lakview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Franklin Metcalfe Adams was born on 27 Jan 1823 in GlenTay (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Oct 1913 in Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Joshua Augustus Adams was born in 1825 in GlenTay (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 5 Apr 1825 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Dec 1909 in Sarnia Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Elizabeth Evaline Adams was born on 3 May 1828 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Jan 1892 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Lydia Ann Adams was born in 1830 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 22 Jan 1830 in Perth Methodist Church Circuit, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Feb 1914 in North Grimsby, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard "Saxton" Adams, Sr. was born on 16 Mar 1733/34 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 27 Mar 1734 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States (son of Daniel Adams, III and Lucy Saxton); died on 23 Dec 1810 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 168679148
    • _UID: 70D984943019409492AA35B0C5202141E655
    • Residence-Occupant: 1734, Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
    • Residence: Abt 1780, Vermont, United States
    • Census: 1800, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Bastard Twp Pre 1851
    • Census: 1801, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre 1815
    • Census: 1802, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census: 1803, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census: 1805, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Pre1815 Assessment
    • Census: 1806, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; pre1815 Assessment

    Notes:

    Eight children, 3 sons and 1 daughter survived to marry.

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168679148

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    Census:
    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/2005-1.html#top?/i?

    family of 6, (wife and 4 children)

    1800 Bastard, Kitley, Leeds and Lansdowne Rear Townships, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2006, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Vance Standifird
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown
    Sub-District: Bastard, Kitley, Leeds & Lansdowne Rear
    Enumerated: 10 Apr 1800

    Census:
    Richard Sr. does not appear in this census.

    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4365-1.html

    1801 Bastard & Kitley Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2008, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard & Kitley Twps
    Enumerator: Jehiel Mitchel, Town Clerk


    Census:
    2 males only recorded. Richard S. and Joshua most likely.

    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4667-index.html

    1802 Bastard, Kitley, Leeds & Lansdowne Twps, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
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    LAC # unknown
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard, Kitley, Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Townships
    Enumerator: Richard S. Adams, Jr.?/i?

    Census:
    Richard is 69 years of age and his wife is not listed with him. Joshua is married with wife and Azra, his child
    ?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4668-index.html

    1803 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield?/i?

    Census:
    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4670-1.html

    1805 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2007, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield
    ?/i?

    Census:
    Richard, Joshua, Betsy and children are missing from this census
    ?i?
    http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/926-1.html
    1806 Bastard Twp, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2008, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Proofreader Is Needed
    LAC # MS-2547
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown District
    Sub-District: Bastard Township
    Enumerator: Ira Schofield?/i?


    Richard married Lucy Matson on 23 Dec 1762 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Lucy was born on 5 Nov 1741 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died in Oct 1802 in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lucy Matson was born on 5 Nov 1741 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died in Oct 1802 in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 168679183
    • _UID: FDA02A45749140719F71849922CEBC9A3549
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1800, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Bastard Twp Pre 1851
    • alt Death: Abt 1805, Connecticut, United States

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168679183

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head
    ?i?http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/2005-1.html#top?/i?

    family of 6, (wife and 4 children)

    1800 Bastard, Kitley, Leeds and Lansdowne Rear Townships, Leeds
    Copyright (c)2006, Brian Haskin, OntarioGenWeb's Census Project (http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
    Transcriber: Brian Haskin
    Proofreader: Vance Standifird
    LAC # MS-2548
    LDS # unknown
    District: Johnstown
    Sub-District: Bastard, Kitley, Leeds & Lansdowne Rear
    Enumerated: 10 Apr 1800

    Buried:
    also identified as Center Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Daniel David Adams was born on 2 May 1763 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 20 Dec 1763 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 24 Apr 1823 in Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Adams was born on 24 May 1766 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 12 Oct 1774 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    3. Joseph Adams was born on 24 May 1766 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died in 1820 in Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Richard Saxton Adams, Jr. was born on 16 Sep 1768 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; and died.
    5. Lucy Adams was born on 6 Jun 1771 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 22 Mar 1845 in Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, United States.
    6. 2. Capt. Joshua Adams, Esq. was born on 5 May 1780 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States; died on 23 Apr 1863 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, 1 Robinson St, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. David Adams was born about 1787; and died.

  3. 6.  Barnabas Lothrop Chipman was born on 5 Nov 1762 in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States; died about 1847 in Malone, Franklin County, New York, United States; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Malone, Franklin County, New York, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 33202598
    • Residence: Salsbury, Vermont, United States; bef 1794
    • _UID: 73BE2442D344484EB1E53D3FADBED222B52A
    • Residence: Abt 1795, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33202598

    Buried:
    The Chipmans Of America.
    Loving Husband Of Beulah Evarts Chipman. Son Of Amos & Sarah Daggett Chipman. Son Of Amos & Sarah Daggett Chipman. Grandson Of Thomas & Abigail Lothrop Chipman. Great Grandson Of Samuel & Sarah Cobb Chipman. 2 X Great Grandson Of John Hope Howland Chipman, My 7 X Great Grandparents.
    Family From A "Mayflower" Descendent. See Profile Page 4 The Chipmans Link.

    Barnabas married Beulah Evarts. Beulah was born on 28 Mar 1761 in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermonte, United States; died about 1830 in Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Beulah Evarts was born on 28 Mar 1761 in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermonte, United States; died about 1830 in Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 40191623
    • Residence-Occupant: Salsbury, Vermont, United States; bef 1794
    • _UID: 4089845ACD0B468F90932B116190290AD715
    • Residence-Occupant: Abt 1795, Bastard & South Burgess Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40191623

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth "Betsy" Chipman was born on 2 Feb 1786 in Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont, United States; died on 29 Feb 1856 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, 1 Robinson St, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Adams, III was born about 1706 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States (son of Daniel Adams, II and Thanks Shepard); died on 21 May 1779 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 24029741
    • _UID: 7454C2CA3BAF4131818559A0588A11913328
    • Residence: 1734, Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

    Notes:

    ?i?Connecticut, Probate Court, Simsbury District Probate Records, 1769-1801
    #519?/i?
    Administration of the estate of Daniel Adams, Deceased. Novmber 13, 1779. Then Oliver Adams son of Daniel Adams late of Simsbury deceased move to take administration of the estate of deceased which is granted and he and Permano Adams of Simsbury become bound in a bond of ?500 money that he and Oliver Adams should well and truly perform said trust in manner authorized, and letter of administration are granted to him.
    ?i?#520?/i?
    ?i?The inventory of the estate of Daniel Adams dec. exhibited at court of Probate held in Simsbury in and for the District of Simsbury on the 4th day of January Anno Domino 1780. John Owen Judge?/i?
    Oliver Adams administrator of the estate of Daniel Adams, late of said Simsbury deceased, appeared and exhibited an inventory of the said estate under oath in manner satisfactory which inventory is accepted and ordered to be recorded and kept on file.

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24029741

    Daniel married Lucy Saxton on 11 Jan 1730/31 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Lucy was born about 1712 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 18 Sep 1784 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lucy Saxton was born about 1712 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 18 Sep 1784 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 24029563
    • _UID: AF5CF3C335254DF895AF647A4830B74CFDE7
    • Residence-Occupant: 1734, Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

    Notes:

    ?b?Lucy Adams' will -- 23 Jul 1784?/b?
    (The handwritten original is generally un-paragraphed, of course. The transcriber, Billy Eugene Wagner II, did his best in deciphering the text, and apologizes for any flaws:
    In the Name of God, Amen -- the 23rd Day of July 1784, I, Lucy Adams of Simsbury in the County of Hartford, being advanced in age and in a low State of Body by helth [sic] but of sound mind and memory, thanks to god their for, and Calling to mind my one [own] mortality and knowing that it is appointed for all persons once to die, do see Cause to make this my Last will and Testament
    and first of all, I comit my Soul to God in Christ and my Body to the Earth, to be buried in a Decent Christian manner, nothing Doubting but I shall receive the same again by the Power of god at the general Resurrection at the Last Day, and as Touching such wordly [worldly] Estate as it hath Pleased god to give me in this Life, after Just Debts, sick bed Expenses, etc., are paid, I give and dispose of in the following manner and form:
    Imprimises -- I give and Bequeath to my Beloved son ?b?Oliver Adams?/b? all my right and Title I have in the Stoney Swamp, so called, lying near the Dwelling House of Samuel Adams, to him and his heirs for Ever.
    [Note: If that Samuel Adams was then in or near his 70s, he was likely Lucy's brother-in-law -- or, if a somewhat younger Samuel, he would likely have been Lucy's nephew.]
    Item -- I give and bequeath to my Beloved Daughters?b? Lucy, Thanks, and Elizabeth?/b? all my Lands, Except the above mentioned piece, to them and their heirs for Ever, to be Equally divided among them, and also all my moveable Estate, to be Equally divided among my said three daughters
    Item -- I give to my Beloved Sons ?b?Richard and Permeno?/b? [? sic] Ten Shilling a peice [apiece], to be paid by Executor hereafter named out of my moveable Estate
    and I do hereby appoint my said son Oliver to be my Executor on this my Last will and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal in presence of
    Zorm- [?] Ademy [?] her
    Daniel Humphrey Lucy X Adams
    Isaac Ensign mark
    _________________
    Cover sheet:

    Last Will of ye Wdw. Lucy Addams, Rec'd 28 of Septr 1784, and proved & approved & ordered to be on file as accustomed.
    Recorded in the 2nd Book of Wills, page 315 & 316.

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24029563

    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    Buried:
    In Memory of Mrs. Lucy Relict of Mr Daniel Adams who died Sept ye 18th AD 1784 in ye 72nd year of her Age. Children & Friends see where I lie. Remember you are Born to die.

    Children:
    1. Lucy Adams was born on 31 May 1731 in Suffield, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 11 Jun 1731 in Suffield, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 6 Jan 1801 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 7 Jan 1801 in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    2. 4. Richard "Saxton" Adams, Sr. was born on 16 Mar 1733/34 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 27 Mar 1734 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 23 Dec 1810 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    3. Daniel Adams, IV was born on 15 Nov 1738 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 20 Nov 1758 in New Haven Twp, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States; was buried about Nov 1758 in Simsbury Township, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    4. Saxton Adams was born on 12 Dec 1740 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 7 Jan 1740/41 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 8 Jan 1740/41 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    5. Thanks Adams was born on 16 Apr 1742 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 17 Nov 1816 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
    6. Elizabeth Saxton Adams was born on 4 Feb 1744/45 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 20 Dec 1833 in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
    7. Parmenio Adams was born on 22 Jan 1746/47 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 18 Mar 1809 in Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, United States; was buried in Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, United States.
    8. Oliver Adams was born on 13 Apr 1750 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 31 Mar 1804 in Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. John Adams was born on 19 Aug 1752 in Simsbury, (Farmington River Valley), Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 16 Jan 1777 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France.




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