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Male William Adams Click to view William Adams in the family tree

William was born in 1555 in Trent, Somersetshire, England.  William's father was Richard Adams and his mother was Margaret Alice Armager.  His paternal grandparents are John Adams and Margery Squier. He had two brothers and three sisters, named John, Robert, Mary, Margarett and Thomasine.  He was the oldest of the six children.  He died at the age of 69 in 1624 in Somerton, Somersetshire, England.  He was buried in 1624 in Barton David, Somertshire, England.


William's family with Alice Borrington

‌William and Alice were married in a religious ceremony about 1570 in Towstall, Dartmouth, Devonshire, England.  They had four sons named John, Ambrose, Henry and George.


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