Franklin Metcalfe Adams

1823 - 1913  (90 years)

• Name	Franklin Metcalfe Adams
  Birth	27 Jan 1823	Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Family Member	1851	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  	Role: Family Member
  FamilySearch ID	LHWZ-GJX
  Occupation	1882	Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Bookkeeper
  _UID	14AC2AD2635D49BA89066173BEF9B41461A7
  Death	22 Oct 1913	Canada
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	also on FAG as 9859940
  Notes	Tenth child of Joshua and Elizabeth Adams, Franklin Metcalf, was born at Adamsville, Jan 27th, 1823, where he has mostly resided, excepting short sojournes in Prescott and Toronto. He married Miss Charlotte McCormick, of Prescott, Oct 18th, 1852. Of several children born, but one survives, namely Eliza, (usually known as Lily), born at Adamsville, April 22nd 1856. Mrs. F.M. Adams died in Christian triumph at Prescott, July , 1874. Franklin Metcalfe Adams was the son of Capt. Joshua and Elizabeth (Chipman) Adams. He was born in Adamsville. Charlotte (McCormick) Adams was his 1st wife. They were married October 15, 1852 and she died July 1874. Agnes Breckenbridge McLaren Adams was his 2nd wife. She died in 1926. Great Britain, Patent Office - 1872 The Commissioner's Of Patents' Journal, July 9, 1872, Page 1434, No. 299 Franklin Metcalf Adams of the Town of Perth, in the county of Lanark, in the province of Ontario. Lumber Dealer, for "a certain new and useful machine for enumerating and registering numbers in tallying, to be called or known as 'Adams' tallying machine." Dated, Ottawa, 18th March 1870
  Person ID	I13887	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Capt. Joshua Adams, Esq.,   b. 5 May 1780, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States d. 23 Apr 1863, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Chipman,   b. 2 Feb 1786, Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont, United States d. 29 Feb 1856, Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1803	Elizabethtown-Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlotte McCormick,   b. Abt 1823, Ontario, Canada d. Abt Jul 1874, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1852
  Children	1. Charlotte Adams,   b. Abt 1839   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Adams,   b. Abt 1845   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Franklin Mallory Adams,   b. Jun 1854, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jan 1855, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Eliza Wilmott "Lily" Adams,   b. 22 Apr 1856, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes Breckenbridge McLaren,   b. 9 Jul 1855, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1926, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1882	Knox Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Florence Evelyn Adams,   b. 25 Mar 1883, Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1968, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)   2. John Carroll Adams,   b. 1884   d. 1960 (Age 76 years)   3. Adams,   b. 1885   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joshua Everts Adams,   b. 21 Sep 1890, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Mar 1962, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F4261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jan 1823 - Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Family Member - Canada - 1851 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1882 - Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 17 Jan 1882 - Knox Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 22 Oct 1913 - Canada Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Knox Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada, Ontario, Index, Perth, Knox Presbyterian Church, Baptisms 1890-1924, Marriages 1858-1895, 1896-1917, Adams-Breckenbridge (1882); Knox Presbyterian Church (Perth, Ontario). (Reliability: 3).