Mephiboseth was a son of John Adams & Mary Flagg.
He was married on 2 May 1734 at Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Jane Derby.
They had 7 children:
. Susannah Adams (1734 - 1736)
. Lucy Adams (1738)
. Jane Derby Adams (1740 - 1788)
+ sp: Oliver Lamson
+ sp: John Laughton
. Lydia Adams (1743)
. Amos Adams (1746 - 1845)
+ sp: Sarah Kemp
+ sp: Sarah Hackett
. James Adams (1748 - 1836)
+ sp: Susannah Jenkins
. John Adams (1752)
He died of "cancer fever".
In the Groton Historical Series, Vol. IV., No. III, Groton, Massachusetts 1896 page 453 FASHION IN GIVEN NAMES - "Mephibosheth Adams was a resident in the west parish of Groton a hundred and fifty years ago, and tradition says that he was known among his neighbors as "Fib" Adams, - but he spared his own boys."
Mephibosheth is a biblical name meaning "exterminator of shame". Mephibosheth was a son of Saul by concubine Rizpah.
Mephiboseth was a son of John Adams & Mary Flagg.
He was married on 2 May 1734 at Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Jane Derby.
They had 7 children:
. Susannah Adams (1734 - 1736)
. Lucy Adams (1738)
. Jane Derby Adams (1740 - 1788)
+ sp: Oliver Lamson
+ sp: John Laughton
. Lydia Adams (1743)
. Amos Adams (1746 - 1845)
+ sp: Sarah Kemp
+ sp: Sarah Hackett
. James Adams (1748 - 1836)
+ sp: Susannah Jenkins
. John Adams (1752)
He died of "cancer fever".
In the Groton Historical Series, Vol. IV., No. III, Groton, Massachusetts 1896 page 453 FASHION IN GIVEN NAMES - "Mephibosheth Adams was a resident in the west parish of Groton a hundred and fifty years ago, and tradition says that he was known among his neighbors as "Fib" Adams, - but he spared his own boys."
Mephibosheth is a biblical name meaning "exterminator of shame". Mephibosheth was a son of Saul by concubine Rizpah.
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