Edward ADAMS

____ - 12 Nov 1716

• CHRISTENING: 19 Apr 1629, Kingweston, Somerset, England
• DEATH: 12 Nov 1716, Medfield, Suffolk, MA

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1652

• MARRIAGE: 7 Dec 1678, Dedham, Suffolk, MA

• MARRIAGE: 6 Jan 1709, Medfield, Suffolk, MA

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 _Henry ADAMS __|
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|--Edward ADAMS 
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|_Edith SQUIRE _|
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[1719] Ancestry of Zipporah Smith from a GEDCOM at RootsWeb by Helen S. Ullmann [hsullman@comcast.net].

"Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850"
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007
http://NewEnglandAncestors.org
Originally: "Vital Record of Medfield, Massachusetts"
"1706; ADAMS, Abigail, w. Ens. Edward, Jan. 19, 1706-7; Death"

"Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England, and Braintree, Mass."
Bartlett, J. Gardner
New York; 1927
"Edward, baptized at Kingweston, 19 Apr. 1629; emigrated to New England with his parents
in 1638, went with them to Braintree, Mass., snd is first found mentioned there in the
will of his father in 1646... He married first, about 1652, Lydia Penniman, baptized in
Boston, 22 Feb. 1634/5, daughter of James and Lydia (Eliot) Penniman; she had fourteen
children and died m Medfield, 3 Mar. 1675/6. He married secondly, in Dedham, Mass., 7 Dec.
1678, Mrs. Abigail (Craft) Ruggles- Day, born in Roxbury, Mass., 28 Mar. 1634, daughter of
Lieut. Griffin and Alice (----) Craft, and widow of John Ruggles of Roxbury and Ralph Day
of Dedham; she died in Medfield, 19 Jan. 1706/7... He married thirdly, in Medfield 6 Jan.
1709/10, Sarah Taylor."

"The English Origin of James Penniman"
Clifford L. Stott
TAG v71, pp12-18 (Jan 1996)
"Lydia Penniman, bp. Boston, 22 12m [Feb.], 1634[/5], d. Medfield, Mass., 3 March 1675/6.
She m. ca. 1652, Edward Adams of Medfield, son of Henry and Edith (Squire) Adams. She is
called "Lydia Addams" in the will of her mother."

"The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England"
Anderson, Robert Charles
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, MA; 1995
http://NewEnglandAncestors.org/
"(CRAFTS) ABIGAIL, b. Roxbury 8 March 1634;
m. (1) Roxbury 24 January 1650 John Ruggles;
m. (2) Dedham 15 November 1659 Ralph Day [DeVR 1:127];
m. (3) Dedham 7 December 1678 Edward Adams [DeVR 1:17]."

"The Crafts Family"
James M. Crafts and William F. Crafts
Northampton, MA; 1893
"His widow Abigail married third husband, in Dedham 7 Dec., 1678, Edward Adams
of Medfield, Mass., (his second wife). He was a son of Henry Adams of Braintree,
Mass., and was born in England. He was made Freeman 3 May, 1654. He settled in
Medfield. Mass., with three of his brothers about 1652, and took up a house-lot
on Bridge St.. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676... His wife Abigail
died in Medfield, Mass., 19 Jan., 1706/7, age 73. He married third wife 6 Jan.,
1709/10, Sarah Taylor. Edward Adams died in Medfield, 12 Nov., 1716..."

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"ADAMS, Edward (1629-1716) & 1/wf Lydia [PENNIMAN]/ ROCKWOOD? (latter prob wrong)
(-1676); by 1653; Medfield"
"ADAMS, Edward (1629-1716) & 2/wf Abigail (CRAFTS) (RUGGLES) DAY (1634-1707, 1709?),
w John, w Ralph; 7 Dec 1678; Dedham/Medfield"

[1720] [S128] Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass.: His EnglishAncestry and Some of h is Descendants

• PAGE: 51, 80
  

[1721] [S129] "Our Adams Line, Through Henry Adams of Braintree"

• PAGE: 8
  

[1722] [S125] The American Genealogist

• PAGE: 71 (1996):16