First of this family to come to America. Born in the county of Fifeshire Province, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1773. His father and mother were Alexander and Agnes Boorel (Boviel) Adams. Captain Adams’ wife was Jane Christine Beaufeu; married 19 Nov 1802.
Captain Alexander Adams was assigned as commander of the sailing ship “Amelia” which was armed with two nine pounder cannonades four 4 pounders and a long twelve.
Adams raised a crew of 68 men and cleared Baltimore about March 16, 1814 with instruction from the ship’s owners to cruise off Nova Scotia. Adams did well. He took the brig “Joan” (Bristol to Quebec) with a cargo of rum, hardware, copper and dry goods; removed some of the articles and
sent in the prize. His next was another brig the “Commerce”, 300 tons (Liverpool to Halifax). She too was ordered for an American port. A third brig, the “Liddell” (Liverpool to Newfoundland), Adams divested of her valuables and then dispatched her to Halifax as a cartel with prisoners from the “Joan” and the “Commerce”
He died at sea and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whereabouts unknown.
For more information read: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~codd/adams9.14.pdf
Captain Alexander Adams was assigned as commander of the sailing ship “Amelia” which was armed with two nine pounder cannonades four 4 pounders and a long twelve.
Adams raised a crew of 68 men and cleared Baltimore about March 16, 1814 with instruction from the ship’s owners to cruise off Nova Scotia. Adams did well. He took the brig “Joan” (Bristol to Quebec) with a cargo of rum, hardware, copper and dry goods; removed some of the articles and
sent in the prize. His next was another brig the “Commerce”, 300 tons (Liverpool to Halifax). She too was ordered for an American port. A third brig, the “Liddell” (Liverpool to Newfoundland), Adams divested of her valuables and then dispatched her to Halifax as a cartel with prisoners from the “Joan” and the “Commerce”
He died at sea and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whereabouts unknown.
For more information read: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~codd/adams9.14.pdf
First of this family to come to America. Born in the county of Fifeshire Province, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1773. His father and mother were Alexander and Agnes Boorel (Boviel) Adams. Captain Adams’ wife was Jane Christine Beaufeu; married 19 Nov 1802.
Captain Alexander Adams was assigned as commander of the sailing ship “Amelia” which was armed with two nine pounder cannonades four 4 pounders and a long twelve.
Adams raised a crew of 68 men and cleared Baltimore about March 16, 1814 with instruction from the ship’s owners to cruise off Nova Scotia. Adams did well. He took the brig “Joan” (Bristol to Quebec) with a cargo of rum, hardware, copper and dry goods; removed some of the articles and
sent in the prize. His next was another brig the “Commerce”, 300 tons (Liverpool to Halifax). She too was ordered for an American port. A third brig, the “Liddell” (Liverpool to Newfoundland), Adams divested of her valuables and then dispatched her to Halifax as a cartel with prisoners from the “Joan” and the “Commerce”
He died at sea and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whereabouts unknown.
For more information read: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~codd/adams9.14.pdf
Captain Alexander Adams was assigned as commander of the sailing ship “Amelia” which was armed with two nine pounder cannonades four 4 pounders and a long twelve.
Adams raised a crew of 68 men and cleared Baltimore about March 16, 1814 with instruction from the ship’s owners to cruise off Nova Scotia. Adams did well. He took the brig “Joan” (Bristol to Quebec) with a cargo of rum, hardware, copper and dry goods; removed some of the articles and
sent in the prize. His next was another brig the “Commerce”, 300 tons (Liverpool to Halifax). She too was ordered for an American port. A third brig, the “Liddell” (Liverpool to Newfoundland), Adams divested of her valuables and then dispatched her to Halifax as a cartel with prisoners from the “Joan” and the “Commerce”
He died at sea and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whereabouts unknown.
For more information read: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~codd/adams9.14.pdf
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