Some Descendants of Samuel Adams (Lieut. Thomas, Henry) and Mary Unknown

  1. Henry Adams married Sarah Adams on 19 Dec 1706 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144]
    1. Mary Adams was born on 7 Sep 1707 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] She died on 15 May 1764 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] She married Stephen Frost of Billerica, Massachusetts on 29 Oct 1724 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] Stephen was the son of Stephen Frost and Elizabeth Woodward. [RAS, p. 144] He was born on 30 Aug 1702 in Billerica. [RAS, p. 144] He died about 1788. [RAS, p. 144]
    2. Rebecca Adams was born on 31 May 1709 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] She married Phineas Smith on 16 Oct 1782 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] Phineas was the son of Henry Smith. [RAS, p. 144] He was born on 5 Jul 1710 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] He died on 12 Oct 1788 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144]
    3. Thomas Adams was born on 14 Jan 1711 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144]
    4. Azahia Adams was born on 22 Jul 1715 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] He married Eleanor Monroe. [RAS, p. 144] Eleanor was the daughter of David Monroe and Elizabeth Howe. [RAS, p. 144] She was born on 27 Sep 1715 in Canterbury. [RAS, p. 144] She died on 19 Jun 1748. [RAS, p. 144]
      1. Deborah Adams was born on 15 May 1747 in Canterbury. [RAS] She may be the Deborah who married Ephraim Adams on 27 Oct 1771 in Pomfret. [RAS]
      2. Susannah Adams was born on 20 Apr 1742 in Canterbury. [RAS] She died on 18 Jan 1843 in Canterbury. [RAS] She married Timothy Adams.
  2. Capt. Joseph Adams died on 3 Mar 1752 [GHHA] in Canterbury. [VRCT] He married first Eunice Spalding on 23 Jul 1708 [GHHA] in Canterbury. [VRCT] She died on 5 Apr 1726 in Canterbury. [VRCT] He married second as her second husband Susannah Woodward on 4 Apr 1728 [GHHA] in Canterbury. [VRCT, Susannah Adams][RAS, p. 145]
    Joseph was a prominent man and a large land dealer in Canterbury. [GHHA]
    1. Eunice Adams [GCF, 1;615] was born on 25 Jul 1713 in Canterbury. [VRCT] She died on 5 Aug. 5, "184" [!], age 91, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [WCTC] She married her first cousin Thomas Bradford. [GCF, 1;615] on 2 May 1733 in Canterbury. [VRCT]
    2. Joseph Adams was born on 6 Dec 1715 in Canterbury. [VRCT] Joseph, Sr. died on 9 Dec 1748 in Canterbury. [VRCT] He married Sarah Unknown.
      1. James Adams (twin) was born on 7 Jun 1748 in Canterbury. [VRCT] He may be the James who died on 28 Jun 1805 in Canterbury. [VRCT] He married Jerusha Knight on 16 Feb 1772 in Canterbury. [VRCT]
        1. James Adams was born on 5 Nov 1775 in Canterbury. [VRCT] James Adams, Jr. married Alice Bradford on 31 Jan ____ in Canterbury. [VRCT]
      2. Sarah Adams (twin) was born on 7 Jun 1748 in Canterbury. [VRCT]
    3. Elihu Adams [GNHA] was born on 11 Jun 1731 in Canterbury. [VRCT] He married Jerusha Adams on 6 Mar 1753 in Canterbury. [VRCT]
      1. Daniel Adams [GNHA]
        1. Fitch Davenport Adams was born on 30 Aug 1823 in Canterbury. [GNHA][PA] He married Nancy Wheeler of 3 Sep 1844. [GNHA]
          Fitch was a master railroad car builder. [GNHA] In 1897 he was living in Newton, Massachusetts. He described himself as 5'11" tall with blue eyes and grey hair. [PA]
  3. Susanna Adams [RCCC, p. 99] died on 17 Mar 1752 in Canterbury. [RCCC, p. 99] She married as his second wife James Bradford on 7 Dec 1724 in Canterbury. [RCCC, p. 99]
    James and Susanna Bradford owned the covenant at the Canterbury church on 12 Jul 1714. [RCCC, p. 102] The were admitted as members on 9 Jun 1737. [RCCC, p. 45]

References

GHHA Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants: also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, unknown, Adams, 1898.
VRCT AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
PA Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.
GCF Cleveland, Edmund James, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, Hartford, CT, Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1899.
RAS Hayward, Kendall, "Richard Adams of Sudbury, Mass.; Plainfield and Norwich, Conn.," The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 141-149, Addenda 24, 1948, 193.
RCCC

Records of the Congregational Church in Canterbury Connecticut 1711-1844, published jointly by the Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of Mayflower Descendants of in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1932.

WCTC Windham County Cemeteries, Windham County, US GenWeb project.