| Birth: | 1583, England | | Death: | Oct. 6, 1646
Braintree
Norfolk County
Massachusetts, USA | 
Henry Adams
Was born about 1583 at Barton, St. David, Somersetshire, England. He was the son of John Adams and Agnes Stone. Henry married Edith Squire, daughter of Henry Squire.
He died on Saturday, 6 October 1646 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 63 years, 8 months and 15 days.
There is a granite column erected to Henry Adam's memory by President John ADAMS, his great-great-grandson, with the following inscription:
"In Memory of HENRY ADAMS who took his flight from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire in England, and alighted with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England, and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and the neighboring towns; two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here, who was an original proprietor in the township of Briantree, incorporated in 1639. This stone and several others have been placed in this yard, by a great-great grandson, from a veneration of the Piety, humility, simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry and perseverance, of his Ancestors, in hopes of Recommending an imitation of their virtures to their posterity. ... Erected December, 1823.
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Parents:
John Adams (1555 - 1604)
Agnes Stone Adams (1556 - 1615)
Spouse:
Edith Squires Fussell (1587 - 1673)*
Children:
Henry Adams (1609 - 1676)*
Thomas Adams (1612 - 1688)*
Ursula Adams Streeter Hosier Robinson Crafts (1619 - 1679)*
John Adams (1622 - 1706)*
Mary Adams Fairbanks (1625 - 1711)*
Joseph Adams (1626 - 1694)*
Edward Adams (1629 - 1716)*
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Hancock Cemetery
Quincy
Norfolk County
Massachusetts, USA |
Created by: Bev
Record added: May 23, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11014343 |
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Proud to be a direct descendant of somebody who contributed so much to this nation. My Grandmother Edith Viva Adams VanSyckle was a wonderful woman, thank you!
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Janet Taylor
Added: May. 24, 2013 |
May GOD Bless You!::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::It is on Major General Benjamin Butler's in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the monument reads."the true touchstone of civil liberty is not that all men are equal but that every man has th...(Read more)
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AAAAmerican
Added: May. 22, 2013 |
My 10th Great Grandfather
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Lynn Stoops Chapel
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