Lavinia4 Merryman (Mary3, William2, Thomas') was born
18 November 1812 in Harpswell, Maine; married Benjamin Adams, son of Abraham Adams and Charity Coombs, circa 1835. She died 12 March 1890 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bowdoin, Maine.
Lavinia Adams lived in Bowdoin, Maine, until 1859 when she moved to Bowdoinham. Later the family moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts. "She was the mother of nine children, eight of whom lived; a woman of great fortitude, very aristocratic and trained her daughters well, each becoming a fine housewife," according to Stanton Storer Skolfield's notes, no source given. Benjamin Adams was born 5 November 1805 in Bowdoin, Maine; died in 1866. His wife once described him as "stern, proud, handsome man, a great provider," At one time he was a shipbuilder at Kennebunkport, Maine, and built a vessel called the Rense. In 1848 Benjamin Adams built a bark of 249 tons at Cathance Landing, Bowdoinham. This vessel was named
the John H. Millay. Miss Chattie Estelle Adams writes to Stanton Storer Skolfield on July 1, 1930: "|T| have understood that my grandfather Adams' great, great grandfather settled in Bowdoinham, Maine, going there from what is now Quincy, Massachusetts and was a cousin of President Adams. The house in Bowdoinham has always descended to the eldest son. Some people claim that Leslie looks like John Q. Adams." From the Eastern Argus 2 January 1856: Ship Lavinia Adams from Liverpool to New Orleans was receiving temporary repairs. By means of submarine armor her worst leak had been stopped, a
windmill pump would be put on deck and she would leave in a day or two for New Orleans where she would receive permanent repairs. The ship and cargo were appraised at $30,000 and $10,500 was awarded for salvage.
The Eastern Argus of March 10, 1856, reported:
Ship Lavinia Adams [under the command of Capt. Adams], before reported sunk at sea on the passage from Key West to New Orleans, was fallen in with on the 20th ult. as in a sinking state by brig J. S. Gittings from Savannah, and
the Captain and crew taken off and carried to New Orleans. She was three days out and had seven feet of water in the hold when abandoned. Captain Adams thinks she would doubtless sink soon thereafter. She had about 300 tons of ballast on board and was believed fully equal to the voyage. Benjamin Adams was lost at sea probably on the bark Benjamin Adams fifteen hours out of Boston
bound for New Orleans.
The children of Lavinia4 Merryman and Benjamin Adams were:
i. Charity5 Adams was born in Bowdoinham, Maine; married Isaac Purington Given, (1828-1875) the son of St. Vincent Given and Maria Sandford, on 18 February 1857. She died 11 April 1914 in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery there. According to Chattie E. Adams, "they lived in California many years."
ii. Daughter Adams, who died young.
iii. Augusta Maria Adams died 9 October 1920 in Bowdoinham, Maine.
iv. Abigail Adams was born circa 1835; married Melvin Gardner.
v. Mary Alice Adams was born 27 April 1836 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married St. Vincent Given, son of George Washington Given and Esther Sanford Edwards, on 22 June 1855.
died 25 December 1857 at age 21, lost at sea. She is also listed as Alice May Adams in Hobart Oliver Skofield's notes.
vi. Lavinia Adams was born in 1838; married Robert Purinton.
vii. Benjamin Adams, Jr. was born 7 June 1842; married Cleora H. Carr.
viii, Eugene Bonaparte Adams was born circa 1845 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married, first, Carrie Madora Gage; married, second, Annie Belle Webb.
ix. Thomas Skolfield Adams was born 28 October 1851 in Bowdoin, Maine; married Aura Estelle Blake.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
18 November 1812 in Harpswell, Maine; married Benjamin Adams, son of Abraham Adams and Charity Coombs, circa 1835. She died 12 March 1890 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bowdoin, Maine.
Lavinia Adams lived in Bowdoin, Maine, until 1859 when she moved to Bowdoinham. Later the family moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts. "She was the mother of nine children, eight of whom lived; a woman of great fortitude, very aristocratic and trained her daughters well, each becoming a fine housewife," according to Stanton Storer Skolfield's notes, no source given. Benjamin Adams was born 5 November 1805 in Bowdoin, Maine; died in 1866. His wife once described him as "stern, proud, handsome man, a great provider," At one time he was a shipbuilder at Kennebunkport, Maine, and built a vessel called the Rense. In 1848 Benjamin Adams built a bark of 249 tons at Cathance Landing, Bowdoinham. This vessel was named
the John H. Millay. Miss Chattie Estelle Adams writes to Stanton Storer Skolfield on July 1, 1930: "|T| have understood that my grandfather Adams' great, great grandfather settled in Bowdoinham, Maine, going there from what is now Quincy, Massachusetts and was a cousin of President Adams. The house in Bowdoinham has always descended to the eldest son. Some people claim that Leslie looks like John Q. Adams." From the Eastern Argus 2 January 1856: Ship Lavinia Adams from Liverpool to New Orleans was receiving temporary repairs. By means of submarine armor her worst leak had been stopped, a
windmill pump would be put on deck and she would leave in a day or two for New Orleans where she would receive permanent repairs. The ship and cargo were appraised at $30,000 and $10,500 was awarded for salvage.
The Eastern Argus of March 10, 1856, reported:
Ship Lavinia Adams [under the command of Capt. Adams], before reported sunk at sea on the passage from Key West to New Orleans, was fallen in with on the 20th ult. as in a sinking state by brig J. S. Gittings from Savannah, and
the Captain and crew taken off and carried to New Orleans. She was three days out and had seven feet of water in the hold when abandoned. Captain Adams thinks she would doubtless sink soon thereafter. She had about 300 tons of ballast on board and was believed fully equal to the voyage. Benjamin Adams was lost at sea probably on the bark Benjamin Adams fifteen hours out of Boston
bound for New Orleans.
The children of Lavinia4 Merryman and Benjamin Adams were:
i. Charity5 Adams was born in Bowdoinham, Maine; married Isaac Purington Given, (1828-1875) the son of St. Vincent Given and Maria Sandford, on 18 February 1857. She died 11 April 1914 in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery there. According to Chattie E. Adams, "they lived in California many years."
ii. Daughter Adams, who died young.
iii. Augusta Maria Adams died 9 October 1920 in Bowdoinham, Maine.
iv. Abigail Adams was born circa 1835; married Melvin Gardner.
v. Mary Alice Adams was born 27 April 1836 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married St. Vincent Given, son of George Washington Given and Esther Sanford Edwards, on 22 June 1855.
died 25 December 1857 at age 21, lost at sea. She is also listed as Alice May Adams in Hobart Oliver Skofield's notes.
vi. Lavinia Adams was born in 1838; married Robert Purinton.
vii. Benjamin Adams, Jr. was born 7 June 1842; married Cleora H. Carr.
viii, Eugene Bonaparte Adams was born circa 1845 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married, first, Carrie Madora Gage; married, second, Annie Belle Webb.
ix. Thomas Skolfield Adams was born 28 October 1851 in Bowdoin, Maine; married Aura Estelle Blake.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Lavinia4 Merryman (Mary3, William2, Thomas') was born
18 November 1812 in Harpswell, Maine; married Benjamin Adams, son of Abraham Adams and Charity Coombs, circa 1835. She died 12 March 1890 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bowdoin, Maine.
Lavinia Adams lived in Bowdoin, Maine, until 1859 when she moved to Bowdoinham. Later the family moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts. "She was the mother of nine children, eight of whom lived; a woman of great fortitude, very aristocratic and trained her daughters well, each becoming a fine housewife," according to Stanton Storer Skolfield's notes, no source given. Benjamin Adams was born 5 November 1805 in Bowdoin, Maine; died in 1866. His wife once described him as "stern, proud, handsome man, a great provider," At one time he was a shipbuilder at Kennebunkport, Maine, and built a vessel called the Rense. In 1848 Benjamin Adams built a bark of 249 tons at Cathance Landing, Bowdoinham. This vessel was named
the John H. Millay. Miss Chattie Estelle Adams writes to Stanton Storer Skolfield on July 1, 1930: "|T| have understood that my grandfather Adams' great, great grandfather settled in Bowdoinham, Maine, going there from what is now Quincy, Massachusetts and was a cousin of President Adams. The house in Bowdoinham has always descended to the eldest son. Some people claim that Leslie looks like John Q. Adams." From the Eastern Argus 2 January 1856: Ship Lavinia Adams from Liverpool to New Orleans was receiving temporary repairs. By means of submarine armor her worst leak had been stopped, a
windmill pump would be put on deck and she would leave in a day or two for New Orleans where she would receive permanent repairs. The ship and cargo were appraised at $30,000 and $10,500 was awarded for salvage.
The Eastern Argus of March 10, 1856, reported:
Ship Lavinia Adams [under the command of Capt. Adams], before reported sunk at sea on the passage from Key West to New Orleans, was fallen in with on the 20th ult. as in a sinking state by brig J. S. Gittings from Savannah, and
the Captain and crew taken off and carried to New Orleans. She was three days out and had seven feet of water in the hold when abandoned. Captain Adams thinks she would doubtless sink soon thereafter. She had about 300 tons of ballast on board and was believed fully equal to the voyage. Benjamin Adams was lost at sea probably on the bark Benjamin Adams fifteen hours out of Boston
bound for New Orleans.
The children of Lavinia4 Merryman and Benjamin Adams were:
i. Charity5 Adams was born in Bowdoinham, Maine; married Isaac Purington Given, (1828-1875) the son of St. Vincent Given and Maria Sandford, on 18 February 1857. She died 11 April 1914 in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery there. According to Chattie E. Adams, "they lived in California many years."
ii. Daughter Adams, who died young.
iii. Augusta Maria Adams died 9 October 1920 in Bowdoinham, Maine.
iv. Abigail Adams was born circa 1835; married Melvin Gardner.
v. Mary Alice Adams was born 27 April 1836 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married St. Vincent Given, son of George Washington Given and Esther Sanford Edwards, on 22 June 1855.
died 25 December 1857 at age 21, lost at sea. She is also listed as Alice May Adams in Hobart Oliver Skofield's notes.
vi. Lavinia Adams was born in 1838; married Robert Purinton.
vii. Benjamin Adams, Jr. was born 7 June 1842; married Cleora H. Carr.
viii, Eugene Bonaparte Adams was born circa 1845 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married, first, Carrie Madora Gage; married, second, Annie Belle Webb.
ix. Thomas Skolfield Adams was born 28 October 1851 in Bowdoin, Maine; married Aura Estelle Blake.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
18 November 1812 in Harpswell, Maine; married Benjamin Adams, son of Abraham Adams and Charity Coombs, circa 1835. She died 12 March 1890 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bowdoin, Maine.
Lavinia Adams lived in Bowdoin, Maine, until 1859 when she moved to Bowdoinham. Later the family moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts. "She was the mother of nine children, eight of whom lived; a woman of great fortitude, very aristocratic and trained her daughters well, each becoming a fine housewife," according to Stanton Storer Skolfield's notes, no source given. Benjamin Adams was born 5 November 1805 in Bowdoin, Maine; died in 1866. His wife once described him as "stern, proud, handsome man, a great provider," At one time he was a shipbuilder at Kennebunkport, Maine, and built a vessel called the Rense. In 1848 Benjamin Adams built a bark of 249 tons at Cathance Landing, Bowdoinham. This vessel was named
the John H. Millay. Miss Chattie Estelle Adams writes to Stanton Storer Skolfield on July 1, 1930: "|T| have understood that my grandfather Adams' great, great grandfather settled in Bowdoinham, Maine, going there from what is now Quincy, Massachusetts and was a cousin of President Adams. The house in Bowdoinham has always descended to the eldest son. Some people claim that Leslie looks like John Q. Adams." From the Eastern Argus 2 January 1856: Ship Lavinia Adams from Liverpool to New Orleans was receiving temporary repairs. By means of submarine armor her worst leak had been stopped, a
windmill pump would be put on deck and she would leave in a day or two for New Orleans where she would receive permanent repairs. The ship and cargo were appraised at $30,000 and $10,500 was awarded for salvage.
The Eastern Argus of March 10, 1856, reported:
Ship Lavinia Adams [under the command of Capt. Adams], before reported sunk at sea on the passage from Key West to New Orleans, was fallen in with on the 20th ult. as in a sinking state by brig J. S. Gittings from Savannah, and
the Captain and crew taken off and carried to New Orleans. She was three days out and had seven feet of water in the hold when abandoned. Captain Adams thinks she would doubtless sink soon thereafter. She had about 300 tons of ballast on board and was believed fully equal to the voyage. Benjamin Adams was lost at sea probably on the bark Benjamin Adams fifteen hours out of Boston
bound for New Orleans.
The children of Lavinia4 Merryman and Benjamin Adams were:
i. Charity5 Adams was born in Bowdoinham, Maine; married Isaac Purington Given, (1828-1875) the son of St. Vincent Given and Maria Sandford, on 18 February 1857. She died 11 April 1914 in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery there. According to Chattie E. Adams, "they lived in California many years."
ii. Daughter Adams, who died young.
iii. Augusta Maria Adams died 9 October 1920 in Bowdoinham, Maine.
iv. Abigail Adams was born circa 1835; married Melvin Gardner.
v. Mary Alice Adams was born 27 April 1836 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married St. Vincent Given, son of George Washington Given and Esther Sanford Edwards, on 22 June 1855.
died 25 December 1857 at age 21, lost at sea. She is also listed as Alice May Adams in Hobart Oliver Skofield's notes.
vi. Lavinia Adams was born in 1838; married Robert Purinton.
vii. Benjamin Adams, Jr. was born 7 June 1842; married Cleora H. Carr.
viii, Eugene Bonaparte Adams was born circa 1845 in Bowdoinham, Maine; married, first, Carrie Madora Gage; married, second, Annie Belle Webb.
ix. Thomas Skolfield Adams was born 28 October 1851 in Bowdoin, Maine; married Aura Estelle Blake.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
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