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Elkanah Cain ADAMS 1750–1807 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1750

Birth Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 5 January 1807

Death Location: Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: John kentucky)

Mother: Elizabeth Jones

Spouse(s): Mary Thigpen

Children(s): Nancy Adams, David Adams, John Adams, Mary Adams, Minter Adams, William Adams, Sarah Adams, Lucinda Adams, Benjamin Adams

The story of Elkanah Cain ADAMS began in 1750 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America. Elkanah Cain ADAMS married Mary Ann Thigpen, Sally Meade, and had children including Benjamin Berryman Adams, David Adams, John J Adams, Lucinda Lucy Adams, Mary Ann Adams, Minter Adams, Nancy Adams, Sarah Sally Wood Adams, William Adams. Elkanah Cain ADAMS passed away in 1807 in Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Elkanah Cain ADAMS began in 1750 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America.
  • Elkanah Cain ADAMS married Mary Ann Thigpen, Sally Meade, and had children including Benjamin Berryman Adams, David Adams, John J Adams, Lucinda Lucy Adams, Mary Ann Adams, Minter Adams, Nancy Adams, Sarah Sally Wood Adams, William Adams.
  • Elkanah Cain ADAMS passed away in 1807 in Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Elkanah ADAMS's Ancestors

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Elkanah ADAMS
1750–1807
Birth Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
John Hobbs Adams (old john of kentucky)
1732–1815
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth Jones
1732–1787
Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William Adams
1703–1769
Church Hill, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Sarah (T) Hunt
1704–1769
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elkanah ADAMS's Descendants

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Elkanah (Cain) ADAMS (1750–5 January 1807) m. Mary (Ann) Thigpen (1757–1880)
  1. 1. Nancy Adams 1776–1851
  2. 2. David Adams 1795–1858
  3. 3. John (J) Adams 1775–1878
  4. 4. Mary (Ann) Adams 1795–1870
  5. 5. Minter Adams 1796–
  6. 6. William Adams 1788–
  7. 7. Sarah (“Sally” Wood) Adams 1785–
  8. 8. Lucinda (Lucy) Adams 1780–1865
  9. 9. Benjamin (Berryman) Adams 1793–1863

Elkanah ADAMS's Timeline

2 Records

1750
1750
Birth of Elkanah Cain ADAMS in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
1807
5 January 1807
Age 57
Death of Elkanah Cain ADAMS in Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America
Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 January 1807
    Event Place: Clark County, Kentucky, United States of America

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