William Adams (1752 - 1811)

Born 2 Nov 1752 in Simsbury, Connecticut

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: James Paxton [send private message]

Biography

Corporal William Adams served with Lexington Alarm - April 1775, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

William Adams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000762.

William Adams, son of Mathew Adams, was born November 2, 1752. ^[1][2]

William Adams was a Veteran of the Revolutionary War. He responded with the men of Simsbury to the Lexington Alarm, April 1775.

He served as a Corporal for Connecticut Militia. Wife is Rosabella Loomis , Son William m. Electra Roberts. ^[3]

He married Rosabella Loomis (1756–1802). They had the following children:

1. Savilla Adams (1774–1779)
2. Susanna Adams (1775–1865)
3. William Adams (1778–1822)
4. Rosabelle Adams (1780–1858)
5. Cyrena Adams (1782–1779)
6. Asenath Adams (1783–1864)

He died in 1811 and is buried at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ Simsbury, Connecticut, births, marriages and deaths, published by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard co.,1898, 345 pages, p.65. Google Book
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-Y2T : accessed 2 July 2015), William Adams, 02 Nov 1752; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 5 Jan 2022), "Record of William Adams", Ancestor # A000762.

• Find A Grave. Capt. William Adams.

• Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Johnston, Henry Phelps,, 1899. Men from the Town of Simsbury who served during the Lexington Alarm, April 1775.