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James Nathan Adams

James was born on June 17th, 1828 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. James' father was William Adams and his mother was Sally Ann Spinney. His paternal grandparents are Nathan Webb Adams and Elizabeth Cole; his maternal grandparents were Caleb Spinney and Sally Scriggins. He had four sisters named Caroline, Elizabeth, Julia and Mary. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 59 on June 8th, 1888 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Benjamin Adams
  - b.1728 in Newington, New Hampshire d.1803 in Newington, New Hampshire
  
  Nathan Webb Adams
  
  Abigail Pickering
  
  William Adams
  - b.26 Mar 1807 in Newington, New Hampshire d.1850 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  
  Elizabeth Cole
  
  James Nathan Adams
  - b.17 Jun 1828 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire d.08 Jun 1888 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin
  
  James Spinney ^*
  - b.11 Feb 1694 in Kittery, York County, Maine
  
  Nicholas Spinney
  - b.16 Oct 1719
  
  Mary Couch ^*
  - b.13 Jan 1697
  
  Caleb Spinney
  - b.11 May 1755 in Kittery, York County, Maine d.>  1834 in Kittery, York County, Maine
  
  William Godsoe
  
  Alice Godsoe
  - b.13 Apr 1716
  
  Elizabeth Roberts
  
  Caleb Spinney
  - b.1782 in Kittery, York County, Maine d.03 Nov 1827
  
  Jonathan Mensum
  
  Margery Mendon
  - b.~  1760 in Kittery, York County, Maine
  
  Mary Fernald
  
  Sally Ann Spinney
  - b.1807 d.30 Jun 1892
  
  Sally Scriggins
  - b.~  1785 d.>  1860
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of James' family with Lucy Knolton

Source/Citation Spinney Family Genealogy: Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Marger Randall