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Samuel Henry Adams 1617 – 1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1617

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 24 Jan 1688

Death Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Father: Henry Adams

Mother: Edith Squire

Spouse(s): Esther Sparhawk, Rebecca Graves

Children(s): Rebecca Adams, Susanna Adams

According to available records, Samuel Henry Adams was born in 1617 in England, the child of Henry Adams and Edith Elizabeth Squire. Following those early years, Samuel Henry Adams married Esther Sparhawk and Rebecca Graves, and their family grew to include Rebecca Adams and Susanna Adams. In the later years of life, Samuel Henry Adams died in 1688 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

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Parents

Henry Adams
1583 – 1646
Birth Location: Barton St David, Somerset, England
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Edith Squire
1587 – 1672
Birth Location: Charlton, Mackrell, Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Esther Sparhawk
Birth Location: –
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Rebecca Graves
1631 – 1664
Birth Location: Ratcliff, London, , England
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Children(s)

Rebecca Adams
1654 – 1727
Birth Location: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Susanna Adams
1662 – 1741
Birth Location: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jan 1617
    Event Place: Barton St David, Somerset, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1617
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 Jan 1688
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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