William Adams, Sr.

Abt 1764 - 1852  (~ 88 years)

• Name	William Adams  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1764	of Portglenone, Antrim, Northern Ireland   [1, 2]
  	of Ballymoney
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bef 1796	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	merchant
  Census	1800	Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, United States
  	USA
  	Wm Adams 2 males 16-21 1 male 21-45 1 femaile 16-21 Catalog Record - Item Number - Film/Digital Note New York, 1790 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules          New York (1800 census): Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, and Greene counties (NARA Series M32, Roll 22) Census schedules, 1800          New York: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, and Greene Counties (NARA Series M32, Roll 22) Citation ""United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-HJP : accessed 11 August 2021), Wm Adams, Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States; citing p. 1114, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 193,710.
  Residence	Abt 1805	New Jersey, United States   [2]
  	New Jersey
  Immigration	1816	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	From New York State
  	Arrived on the Alexander withwife, 1son +12; 1 son-12; 1 dau +12; 2 dau -12
  Residence	1816	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	moved to Perth
  Census	1842	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Index by E. Miller
  	Bathurst Concession 1 Lot 22 William Adams, 1818 Ire & Scotland, 2 b. there, 4 born here, Presbyterian & Anglican John Adams, 1817, 3 b. there, 4 b. here, Methodist Interpretation: Both William and John reported on the same people born in Canada; William did not include John in his list of people born abroad.
  Census-Household Member	1851	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  FamilySearch ID	GXCX-WWF
  _UID	AB2A24D915D948C2BEA1FB578F9A53746B24
  Death	24 May 1852	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	DIED. At Scotch Line, Bathurst, on the 24th ult., in the 87th year of his age, Mr. Wm. Adams, Sen. He emigrated to America, in the year 1796, and settled in Bathurst at the commencement of the settlement in 1816, where he has ever since remained." The Bathurst Courier; Friday, 4 Jun 1852; Vol. XVIII, No. 33; Col. 3, Pg. 3 Bruce Gordon: Though I can find no evidence he is buried here, and he was enumerated as a Baptist on the 1851/2 Census, it is most likely he is buried here with his late wife and her memorial was broken when transcribed in 1993 and I was unable to locate the fragments in 2016.
  Burial	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	"DIED. At Scotch Line, Bathurst, on the 24th ult., in the 87th year of his age, Mr. Wm. Adams, Sen. He emigrated to America, in the year 1796, and settled in Bathurst at the commencement of the settlement in 1816, where he has ever since remained." [Col. 3, Pg. 3; The Bathurst Courier; Friday, 4 Jun 1852; Vol. XVIII, No. 33] Though I can find no evidence he is buried here, and he was enumerated as a Baptist on the 1851/2 Census, it is most likely he is buried here with his late wife and her memorial was broken when transcribed in 1993 and I was unable to locate the fragments in 2016. Gravesite Details Monument Broken in 1993, Missing in 2016
  Notes	(Research):Bathurst Concession 1 Lot 22 SW - William Adams The patent for Lot 22 Concession 1 Bathurst was granted to William Adams in 1824 and remained in his family until the 1870s. He was recorded as arriving from Ireland (1796) via the United States to Canada (1816). Attempts to identify his family have failed as for a search for the family name of Henrietta, his wife. It appears she lived in  or about, Providence Rode Island, United States before coming to Canada with William.  Old Town of Coxsackie March 24th 1772, the northern par of what is now Greene county was formed into a district called the District of Coxsackie, and it was erected into a town March 7th 1788. Of the public records made during the time it was a district, scarcely a vestige remains, except the laying out of a few roads.  The only document which is of a public nature, that has been found, is the assessment roll of the year 1787, and the importance of this, as being the only list of taxable inhabitants of this part of the county at that date, fully justifies us in giving it entire. It includes what are now the towns of Durham, Greenville, Coxsackie, New Baltimore, Athens and Cairo. A Tax List of the District of Coxsackie, agreeable to a warrant assigned to us the subscribers' assessors of said District, dated the 12th day of June 1787 by the Board of Supervisors for the County of Albany, at 2 1/2 d. on a pound: FIRST NAME     LAST NAME     TAX(?) GARRIT     ABEEL                 15 DR. PETER     ADAMS              8 EPHRAIM     ADAMS              1
  Person ID	I42952	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Matthew Adams,   b. Abt 1740, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F20104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Matthew Adams,   b. Abt 1740, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Martha Borland,   b. Abt 1740, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth "Betsy" Hill,   b. Abt 1768, Hillmount, O'Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 10 Aug 1835, Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1796	St Martin's, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  	Belfast Newsletter, 27th Nov ? 1st Dec 1789: Mr. William Adams, of Portglenone, merchant, to Miss Hill, of Hill mount, near Ballymena. 2. John Hill, linen merchant; m. Anne Barry, son Mr Barry and Anne Coleman, dau of Dr John Coleman of Carrickfergus. 3. Elizabeth Hill, eldest dau, m. 1789 William Adams, merchant, of Portglenone.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Adams   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Eliza Adams,   b. 1801   d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Hill Adams   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thomas Adams   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert Adams   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Adams, to Australia   d. Yes, date unknown   7. George Hill Adams, MD, Edinburgh   d. 13 Dec 1929, London (Notting Hill), Kensington, London, England   8. Ann Adams   d. Yes, date unknown   9. William Adams,   b. Abt 1795, Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia   10. Elizabeth Adams,   b. 1806   d. Yes, date unknown   11. William Robert Adams,   b. 1809, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States d. 10 Sep 1869, Storrington Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)   12. Caroline Louisa Adams,   b. 1810, United States d. 1825, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F20106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Henrietta Bartlett,   b. 10 Jun 1777, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 5 Aug 1820, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1800
  Children	+ 1. Mary Eliza Adams,   b. 7 Jun 1801, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, United States d. 26 May 1881, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States (Age 79 years) + 2. John Westland Adams,   b. 23 Jan 1803, Newrys, Green County, New York, United States d. 29 Jan 1892, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years) + 3. William Robert Adams,   b. 1809, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States d. 10 Sep 1869, Storrington Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years) + 4. Henrietta Jane Adams,   b. 1813, Ulster County, New York, United States d. 23 Jun 1871, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F14499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1764 - of Portglenone, Antrim, Northern Ireland Occupation - merchant - Bef 1796 - Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 27 Oct 1796 - St Martin's, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Census - USA - 1800 - Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, United States Residence - New Jersey - Abt 1805 - New Jersey, United States Immigration - From New York State - 1816 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence - moved to Perth - 1816 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Index by E. Miller - 1842 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 24 May 1852 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Mar 2024), entry for William Adams, person ID GXCX-WWF. (Reliability: 3). [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Mar 2024), entry for William Adams, person ID KCHR-LL2. (Reliability: 3). [S519] Bathurst District / Lanark County., Ontario, Index, Early Settlers to the Bathurst District Arriving Prior to 1822, William Adams (Reliability: 3). [S307] J.R.Ernest Miller & Robert Sargeantoriginal data: Library and Archives Canada; Index:, Canada, 1842 Census, Index, Records for Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, (Kingston, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston Branch, 1987), William & John Adams familly as listed (Reliability: 3). [S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 9 Aug 2021), John W Adams household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 73; Line: 34. (Reliability: 3).