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Elijah Adams 1738–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 March 1738

Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 25 August 1798

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Adams

Mother: Sarah Paine

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Elijah Adams was born in 1738 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Adams And Sarah Paine. Elijah Adams passed away in 1798 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Adams was born in 1738 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Adams And Sarah Paine.
  • Elijah Adams passed away in 1798 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Elijah Adams's Ancestors

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Elijah Adams
1738–1798
Birth Place: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Adams
1694–1751
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Paine
1697–1777
Braintree, Norfolk, MA, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (G.) Adams
1654–1736
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Bass
1667–1705
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Moses Paine
1660–1746
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Pierce
1665–1743
Braintree, Norfolk, MA, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Adams
1626–1694
ABIGAL BAXTER
1634–1692
John Bass
1632–1716
Ruth Alden
1637–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Adams
1583–1646
Edith Squire
1587–1672
Samuel Bass
1600–1694
Ann SAVELL
1601–1693
John ALDEN
1599–1687
Priscilla Mullins
1602–1688

Elijah Adams's Timeline

2 Records

1738
16 March 1738
Birth of Elijah Adams in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1798
25 August 1798
Age 60
Death of Elijah Adams in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 March 1738
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [3] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 August 1798
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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