WILLIAM Adams 
WILLIAM was born in Wem, Shrop, England and his baptism took place there.1 WILLIAM's father was THOMAS Adams and his mother is MARGARET *Erpe. His paternal grandfather is RANDALL ADAMS; his maternal grandfather is John Erpe. He had three brothers and a sister, named Roland, John, Thomas and Mary. He died in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He was buried in WP Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1 1 General Notes
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!DEATH: Vital records of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, deaths page 477, ADDAMS, William, Jan. 18, 1658. CT.R.
!PROBATE INDEX: www.ancestry.com ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, PROBATE RECORDS
William Adams, Ipswich, int, inv, II:150, 197
!HISTORY: History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, by Joseph B. Felt. Cambridge: printed by Charles Folsom, 1834,page 10 - First Settlers - 1642 Adams, Wm[2634021.ged]
One of the first settlers of Massachusetts Bay colony
William Adams, Sr., son of Thomas & Margaret (Erpe ) Addams, b. 3 Feb. 1593/4, Wem, Shropshire, England; bp. 10
Feb. 1593/4, at the parish church, Wem. Shropshire, England; d. aft. 26 Mar 1662, Ipswich, Massachusetts; bur.
most likely Ipswich, Massachusetts; m. ca. 1619, England to wife unknown (there may have been more than one
wife). A wife survived him and was living in 1668.
William Adams, Sr. was one of the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he came to America in the spring
of 1628. He was of Cambridge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 22 May 1639, when he was made a freeman. He
was a commoner of Ipswich, Massachusetts on 31 Jan. 1642. He frequently served as a juryman, almost on a
continual basis until 1659. William Adams received a grant of twelve (12) acres on 27 Feb 1644. He later purchased
an additional nine (9) acres from William Payne on 19 Jul 1654. He was discharged from compulsory military service
of the Colony on 28 Oct 1647, due to his age.
William Adams had six (6) children:
1. William, b. ca. 1620, England; d. 18 Jan 1658/9, Ipswich, Mass.; m. Elizabeth Stacy, b. ca. 1630; d.
1655.
2. John, b. ca. 1630, probably England; d. between 26 Jul 1702 and 12 Dec. 1703, Ipswich,
Massachusetts; m1st ca. 1665 to Rebecca (Unknown); m2nd bef. 25 Sept 1667 to Sarah Woodman
Brocklebank, b. ca. 1630; d. 31 May 1676, Ipswich, Mass; m3rd 8 May 1677, Ipswich Mass to Dorcas
Watson Dwight, b. 1639; d. 9 Nov 1707, Ipswich, Mass.
3. Samuel, b. 1635, presumably Cambridge, Massachusetts; d. living in 1707, Ipswich, Mass; m. 20
Dec 1664, Ipswich, Mass. to Mehitable Norton.
4. Hannah, b. 1639, who married Francis Muncy, on 6 Dec 1659 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
5. Mary, b. ca. 1642; m. 29 Feb 1659/60, Ipswich, Mass. to Thomas French.
6. Nathaniel, b. by 1644, probably Ipswich, Mass; d. 11 Apr 1715, Ipswich, Mass; m. 30 Jun 1668 to
Mercy Dickenson, d. 12 Dec, 1735, Ipswich, Mass.
‌WILLIAM and FRANCES were married in a religious ceremony about 1619.1 They had five sons and five daughters, named William, John, Samuel, Thomas, Nathaniel, Sarah, Patience, Mary, HANNAH and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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Children
William Adams
William was born in 1620 in , Shrop, England.1 He died in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He was buried in WP Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1 1
John Adams
John was born about 1622 in , Shrop, England.1 He died in 1703 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.1
Sarah Adams
Sarah was born in 1627 in , Shrop, England.1 She died at the age of 16 on December 3rd, 1643.1
Thomas Adams
Thomas was born in 1629 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 He died at the age of 20 on July 10th, 1649.1
Patience Adams
Patience was born in 1633 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 She died at the age of 15 on November 6th, 1648.1
Mary Adams
Mary was born about 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 She died on May 6th, 1681 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1
HANNAH Adams
HANNAH was born in 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 She died after June 11th, 1707 in Ipswich, Long Island, New York.2
Nathaniel Adams
Nathaniel was born in 1641 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1 He died at the age of 74 on April 11th, 1715 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1
Elizabeth Adams
Elizabeth was born in 1643 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.1 She died in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.1
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Further sources/citations:
William Adams (1594-1661) of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendant @ Page 5, Some Descendants of William Adams of Ipswich, Mass. @ page 1, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 @ page i, Burke's American Families with British Ancestry @ page 2532, 2634020.ged, 2634021.ged
2 Muncy.FTW
Further sources/citations:
William Adams (1594-1661) of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendant @ Page 5, Some Descendants of William Adams of Ipswich, Mass. @ page 1, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 @ page i, Burke's American Families with British Ancestry @ page 2532, 2634020.ged, 2634021.ged