Lt. Henry Adams

Male, #1493, (1604 - 21 February 1676)
Lt. Henry Adams|b. 1604\nd. 21 Feb 1676|p1493.htm|Henry Adams|b. 21 Jan 1583\nd. 6 Oct 1646|p16.htm|Edith Squire|b. 29 May 1587\nd. 1673|p17.htm|John Adams|b. a 1555|p14.htm|Agnes Stone|b. 1 Jan 1556|p15.htm|Henry Squire|b. 3 Jun 1558|p644.htm||||
     Lt. Henry Adams was born in 1604 in Barton, St. David, Somersetshire, England.1,2,3,7,5,6,8 He was the son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.1,2,3,4,5,6 Lt. Henry Adams served in 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, as the first Town Clerk.3,4,6 On 17 October 1643 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Henry married Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Moses Paine and Elizabeth unknown. Their marriage date was recorded as 17 (8) 1643.1,2,3,4,9,7,5,6,8 Lt. Henry Adams and Elizabeth Paine moved in 1649 to Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1,2,3 Lt. Henry Adams served in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, as Clerk of Writs.1,10,5 He served in 1659 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, as the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 16656, 1674, and 1675.1,2,3,5,6,8 He was granted land in 1659 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, comprising 148 acres.5 He was a lieutenant with the Medfield Militia Company and fought during the early part of King Phillip's War.6,8 He was killed by Indians at his door during the burning of the town on Friday, 21 February 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 72 years.1,2,3,10,5,6,8 From Hubbard's Indian Wars the following is written about the tragic deaths of Henry and his wife: "The Lieutenant of the town, Adams by name, was shot down by his own door, and his wife mortally wounded by a gun fired afterwards accidentally in the house." In Gooking's History of Praying Indians is the following: "The same night the Lieutenant's widow being at Mr. Wilson's the minister's house, being upon a bed in a chamber, divers soldiers and commanders being in the room underneath, Capt. Jacob having a gun in his hand half bent, with the muzzle upward, he being taking his leave to be gone to his quarters, by some accident the gun fired through, and shot floor, mat, and through and through the body of the Lieutenant's widow that lay upon the bed, and slew her also.1,2,3,7,5,6,8" Henry's estate was inventoried valued at £407 6/5d.5

Children of Lt. Henry Adams and Elizabeth Paine

Citations

  1. Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and The Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886. Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886.
  2. Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855.
  3. Johnson, Hugh Albert. Norris, Hackett, Prescott and Allied Families Our Ancestors and Their Descendants. Annandale, Virginia: Charles Baptie Studios, 1975.
  4. Thayer, Ephraim and Sarah. Family Memorial Genealogy of Fourteen Families of Early Settlers of New England. Hingham, Massachusetts: J. Farmer, 1835.
  5. Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume I. Boston: the author, 1857).
  6. Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.
  7. Bruce, William Downing. "Pedigree of the Adams Family, Originially Located at Braintree, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume VII (1853). Much of this article is false, especially the earlier pedigree.
  8. Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886. 1887. Reprint Medfield, Massachusetts: Medfield Historical Society, 1975.
  9. Harding, Glen F.. A Record of the Ancestry, Family and Descendants of Abraham Harding. Ogden, Utah: Glen F. Harding M.D., 1979.
  10. Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1864.
  11. Trask, William B.. "Early Records of Boston", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IX (1855).
  12. Trask, William B.. "Boston Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XIII (1859).
  13. McCracken, George E.. "John Harding of Boreham, Essex", The American Genealogist volume 34 (July 1958).
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