John S. Adams (1737 - 1798)

Born 1737 in Egg Harbor City, Gloucester County, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Garwood — married 1763 in Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1798 at about age 61 in Egg Harbor City, Gloucester County, New Jersey, British Colonial America

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Biography

Ensign John Adams served with 3rd Battalion, Gloucester County Militia, New Jersey during the American Revolution.

John Adams is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P101378
Rank: Ensign

John Adams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000603.

John Adams. ^[1]

Born 1737 Egg Harbor, New Jersey. ^[2]

Died APR 1798. New Jersey. ^[3]

John was born about 1745.

John S. Adams' father was the second son of Jonathan and his older brother, Jonathan, died young, and he inherited all the real estate. The name of his (father's) wife is not certainly known, but she was probably Mary, daughter of Peter Covenhoven. For a discussion of the question, see Vol. 80, page 245, of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. His father had his estate re-surveyed in 1767, and in 1770 conveyed equal parts of it to his sons John, Jonathan, and Elijah. His father did not leave a will; so the names of his daughters are unknown. His farm lay between what is known as the Delilah Road and the School House Road, extending from Jonathan’s Thoroughfare, which derived its name from him, to the New Road.

John S. Adams was born in Great Egg Harbor about 1733. He married Margaret Garwood, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ballinger) Garwood. John S. Adams served as an Ensign in Capt. George Payne's Company during the Revolution. He received one-third of his father's plantation by deed of gift in 1770 (original in possession of the writer). A number of deeds and surveys to which he was a party are of record. The record of the births of his children is found in a Bible that was a few years ago in the possession of Mrs. Clara Bryant of Atlantic City. It is a Lake Bible and doubtless this family record was transcribed by Abigail (Adams) Lake, wife of John Lake. His will is dated August 25, 1797, and was proved April 17, 1798. Though he did not mention his wife, she survived him many years, living in the family of her son-in-law, John Lake. She died April 29, 1825.

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• ADAMS, JOHN
• Ancestor #: A000603
• Service: NEW JERSEY
• Rank(s): ENSIGN
• Birth: 1737 GREAT EGG HARBOUR TWP GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Death: ANTE 4-7-1798 EGG HARBOR TWP GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Service Source: STRYKER, REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, P 448
• Service Description: 1) CAPT PAYNE, 3RD BATT, GLOUCESTER CO
• Residence; Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2021-02-02 09:08:01.0, By: 1668368 1) City: GREAT EGG HARBOUR TWP - County: GLOUCESTER CO - State: NEW JERSEY
• Spouse: MARGARET GARWOOD; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• Child son: JESSE ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] DEBORAH IRELAND
• Child son: DANIEL A. ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SARAH CHAMBERLAIN; [Spouse #] Spouse: [2] ELIZABETH GOOD BARTLETT
• Child daughter: ABIGAIL ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JOHN LAKE
• Child son: JOHN ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] RUTH IRELAND
• Child daughter: MARGARET ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] AMARIAH LAKE
• Child son: THOMAS ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY ELY
• Child son: JOSHUA ADAMS, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SARAH BOICE

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A000603
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWY6-R92
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MZZR-9MF
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133537146/john-s-adams
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062958483&view=1up&seq=31

1. ↑ Source: #S43 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=596337&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, Birth date: 1737 Birth place: Egg Harbor, New Jersey Death date: Apr 1798 Death place: New Jersey, 1,2204::596337
2. ↑ Source: #S43 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=596337&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, Birth date: 1737 Birth place: Egg Harbor, New Jersey Death date: Apr 1798 Death place: New Jersey, 1,2204::596337
3. ↑ Source: #S43 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=596337&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, Birth date: 1737 Birth place: Egg Harbor, New Jersey Death date: Apr 1798 Death place: New Jersey, 1,2204::596337

• Source: S-600267367 Repository: #R-1094658385 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83496183&pid=86
• Repository: R-1094658385 Ancestry.com
• Source: S43 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rol API 1,2204::0

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 24 Nov 2019), "Record of John Adams", Ancestor # A000603.
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A000603
• Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island (n.p.: Privately Printed, 1915), page 51
• Genealogies of Long Island Families, Vol. II, Ancestry.com, Online Publication - Provo-UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original Data, Henry B. Hoff. Genealogies of Long Island Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1987. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-LongIslandFamII&h=295381&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt