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John Adam 1550 – 1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: of Bideford, Devon, England

Death Date: 22 March 1604

Death Location: Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England

Father: William Adams

Mother: Cecily Fulford

Spouse(s): Alice Hawkyn

Children(s): Edmund Adam

John Adam was born in 1550 in of Bideford, Devon, England, the child of William Thomas Adams and Cecily Fulford. John Adam married Alice Hawkyn, and had children including Edmund Adam. John Adam passed away in 1604 in Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England.

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Biography

  • John Adam was born in 1550 in of Bideford, Devon, England, the child of William Thomas Adams and Cecily Fulford.
  • John Adam married Alice Hawkyn, and had children including Edmund Adam.
  • John Adam passed away in 1604 in Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Adam's Ancestors

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John Adam
1550 – 1604
Birth Place: of Bideford, Devon, England
Parents
William Thomas Adams
1526 – 1596
Waddon, Devonshire, england
Cecily Fulford
1530 – 1565
Great Fulford, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard (William) Adams
1478 – 1530
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Johanna Adams
1495 – 1539
Little, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Sir (John Fulford) I
1503 – 1544
Crediton, Devon, England
Lady (Dorothy (Elizabeth) BOURCHIER) Chichester
1502 – 1548
Great Fulford, Devon, Angleterre, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Fulford
1470 – 1517
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Adam's Descendants

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John Adam (1550 – 22 March 1604) m. Alice Hawkyn (ABT 1554 – abt 1591)
  1. 1. Edmund Adam (1575 – Abt. 11 Feb 1659)
    1. 1. John Adam (1597 – 18 Feb 1662) m. Christian Strang\Straquhin (5 Apr 1586 – DECEASED)
      1. 1. George (Christoph) Adam (01 Nov 1617 – Feb 1698) m. Agnes ((Puller)) Adams (6 Dec 1623 – DECEASED)
        1. 1. George Adam (14 Dec 1643 – 21 April 1682) m. Elspeth Buchan (09 Oct 1645 – 1683)

John Adam's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of John Adam in of Bideford, Devon, England
of Bideford, Devon, England
1604
22 March 1604
Age 54
Death of John Adam in Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England
Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: of Bideford, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 March 1604
    Event Place: Barton St. David, Somerset, Land, England

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