Robert Adams Jr (1727 - abt. 1785)

Born 1727 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hunt) Adams — married [date unknown] in Albemarle, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1785 at about age 58 in Campbell, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Captain Robert Adams Jr was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Robert Adams Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000533.

Captain Robert Adams, Jr. was born in 1727 in Henrico County, Virginia. He was the tenth of eleven known children of Captain Robert Sr and Mourning (Lewis) Adams of Henrico County (now Goochland) Virginia. He died 1785 (aged 57–58) in Campbell, Virginia, United States and was buried at Adams-Ward Cemetery in Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Robert was named in his father's Robert Adams will dated 22 February 1738. Robert Sr., who died in 1740, left his estate to his wife Mourning, and ten children: sons James and Robert and daughters Judith Clark, Mary Moreman [Moorman], Eliza Moreman [Moorman], Agnes Farguson [Ferguson], Susanna, Lucy, Anne the younger and Sally. To Robert:

"Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Robert all my land on the Creek where I live and the mill to him and his heirs forever the ridge back of my stone house is to be the dividing line between my said two sons.Robert Jr's father willed to him "... ^[1]

Robert Jr married Penelope Flournoy Lynch, the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Clark) Lynch of Albemarle, Virginia on 15 Oct 1748 in Virginia. Her grandparents were Captain Christopher Sr and Penelope Bolling (Johnson) Clark.

Known Children with Penelope:

1. Charles Lynch Adams b: 1752
2. Robert Adams III (1754-1790), m: Mary Terrell.

Possible Children with Penelope:

James Adams

Mildred Adams

Penelope Adams

Mourning Adams

Margaret Adams

In 1780 Robert was a member of a Vigilance Committee that helped clear the region of outlaws and Tories. Robert was also First Justice of Bedford County, Virginia.

He died 1785 (aged 57–58) in Campbell, Virginia, United States and was buried at Adams-Ward Cemetery in Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Research Notes

Family Lineage Investigations 2004: "Robert Sr had property involving at least 800 acres on a branch of Licking Hole Creek in Goochland Co VA. VA was under British rule at this time. Robert Jr was the namesake of his father and was born two years prior to the ascent of King George II to the throne, in 1727."

USGenWeb Bio Excerpt:
"...Henrico was one of the Original Shires in Virginia, formed in 1634, just a little way up river from Martins Hundred, which was the site of one of the first settlements. "The area was explored many times by the men of Martins Hundred, who built a palisades and named it "Henrico". This, too, was where they started the first silkworms, brought by Capt. Robert Adams (Sr). They put them in the mulberry trees in Henrico."

Sources

1. ↑ 'Goochland County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds; Vol 2, 1736-1742'; Page 43 -- Will of Robert Adams https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-9QBM

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 November 2022, 16:12), entry for Robert Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZFM-7HJ ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 October 2021, 02:22), entry for Robert Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHC8-6NX ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 April 2021, 01:01), entry for Robert Adams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHC8-6NX ); contributed by various users.