Moses Adams (1731 - 1815)

Born 4 Aug 1731 in Medway, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Leland) Adams — married 1758 in Sherborn, MA

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1815 at age 84 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Capt. Moses Adams was born on 4 August 1731 in Medway, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Daniel Adams and Sarah Sanford.

On 12 June 1758 Moses, at age 26, married Rachel Leland, at age 21, daughter of Daniel Leland and Mary Death, in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Adams (1898) has their marriage occurring in 1756. ^[1]

Military Service

Captain Moses Adams served with 4th Regiment, Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Moses Adams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000676.

Moses Adams is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 101499
Rank: Captain

Capt. Moses Adams served in 1775 as a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court.

Moses Adams of Medway was an office during the Revolutionary War, serving as 1st Lieutenant and commander of a company in Col. John Smith's regiment, commanded by Maj. J. Fuller, which marched on the alarms of April 19 and April 30, 1775, and as the Captain of the 9th company, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk County regiment in 1776, and as a Captain in Col. Benjamin Hawes's 4th Suffolk County regiment in 1777, and as succeeding Captain of the (late) Ezekiel Plimpton's company, Col. Eleazer Brooks's regiment in December of that year and the next 3 months, and a Captain of a company in Maj. Seth Bullard's 4th Suffolk County regiment in 1780. ^{[2] [3]}

He died on Tuesday, 5 September 1815 in Medway, at age 84 years, 1 month and 1 day.

He left a will on 7 November 1815 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Family

Children of Capt. Moses Adams and Rachel Leland

1. Hepsebath Adams (16 Dec 1758 - 10 Mar 1842)
2. Rhoda Adams (22 Feb 1761 - 1835)
3. Moses Adams (6 Dec 1763 - 29 May 1767)
4. Mary Adams1, (26 Apr 1767 - )
5. Rachel Adams (25 Sep 1769 - )
6. Ruth Adams (7 Apr 1772 - )
7. Capt. Aaron Adams (1 Sep 1775 - 1824)

He buried in West Medway, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-CXLD : Wed Oct 25 12:39:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Adams and Rachael Leland, 12 Jun 1755.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Moses Adams", Ancestor # A000676.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13342805/moses-adams: accessed 06 November 2023), memorial page for Capt Moses Adams (4 Aug 1731–5 Sep 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13342805, citing Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dan Silva (contributor 46781334).

• Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and The Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886. Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886.

• Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905.

• Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.

• Genealogy of Fourteen Families of the Early Settlers of New-England, of the Names of Alden, Adams, Arnold, Bass, Billings, Capen, Copeland, French, Hobart, Jackson, Paine, Thayer, Wales and White ... All These Families are More Or Less Connected by Marriage, and Most of Them of Late Generations, the Descendants of John Alden. Part II. Genealogy of Ephraim and Sarah Thayer, with Their Fourteen Children .

• Elisha Thayer, Samuel White Thayer, Stephen W. Jackson b. 1787

• J. Farmer, printer, 1835 - 280 pages

• Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume I. Boston: the author, 1857).

• Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 1, p. 63,64
  • "ADAMS, MOSES, Medway. 1st Lieutenant, commander of a company in Col. John Smith's regt., commanded by Maj. J. Fuller, which marched on the alarms of April 19 and April 30, 1775 ; service, 10 days ; also, Captain, 9th co., Col. Ephraim Wheelock's (Suffolk Co.) regt.; list of officers of Mass, militia; commissioned April 23, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Benjamin Hawes's (4th Suffolk Co.) regt. ; list of officers of Mass, militia; commissioned Sept. 27, 1777; also, Captain, (late) Ezekiel Plimpton's co., Col. Brooks's regt. ; enlisted Dec. 12, 1777; muster rolls for Dec., 1777, Jan., Feb. and March, 1778, dated Cambridge; also, appointment made by Maj. Seth Bullard of said Adams as captain in his regiment for a term of 3 months, dated Walpole, June 28, 1780 ; also, Maj. Seth Bullard's (4th Suffolk Co.) regt.; enlisted July 28, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 13 days; marched to Tiverton, R. I. ; also, return of officers dated Medfield, March 2, 1781 ; ordered to march to Tiverton, R. I., for not more than 40 days service."

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Adams-4721 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by [[DeMarco-12 |
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