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William Adamson 1747–1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1747

Birth Location: Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England

Death Date: 27 May 1836

Death Location: Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England

Father: Thomas Adamson

Mother: Mary Lambe

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whitehead

Children(s): Thomas Adamson, Suzannah Adamson, John Adamson, Mary Adamson, George Adamson, Elizabeth Adamson, Jane Adamson, William Adamson, Ann Adamson, John Adamson, Ann Adamson, William Adamson

William Adamson was born in 1747 in Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England, the child of Thomas Adamson And Mary Lambe. William Adamson married Elizabeth Whitehead, and had children including Ann Adamson, Elizabeth Adamson, George Adamson, Jane Adamson, John Adamson, Mary Adamson, Suzannah Adamson, Thomas Adamson, William Adamson. William Adamson passed away in 1836 in Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England.

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Biography

  • William Adamson was born in 1747 in Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England, the child of Thomas Adamson And Mary Lambe.
  • William Adamson married Elizabeth Whitehead, and had children including Ann Adamson, Elizabeth Adamson, George Adamson, Jane Adamson, John Adamson, Mary Adamson, Suzannah Adamson, Thomas Adamson, William Adamson.
  • William Adamson passed away in 1836 in Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Adamson
1705–1757
Birth Location: Waldridge, Chester Le Street , Durham, England
TA
Mary Lambe
1719–1770
Birth Location: Waldridge, Durham, England
ML

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whitehead
1752–1833
Birth Location: Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England
EW

Children(s)

Thomas Adamson
1776–1861
Birth Location: Chester le Street, Durham, England
TA
Suzannah Adamson
1787–1792
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
SA
John Adamson
1789–1790
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
JA
Mary Adamson
1785–1870
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
MA
George Adamson
1783–1866
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
GA
Elizabeth Adamson
1781–1870
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
EA
Jane Adamson
1793–1872
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
JA
William Adamson
1775–1775
Birth Location: Chester-Le-Street, Durham, , England
WA
Ann Adamson
1787–1847
Birth Location: Chester le Street, Durham, England
AA
John Adamson
1796–1863
Birth Location: Chester le Street, Durham, England
JA
Ann Adamson
1779–1781
Birth Location: Chester le Street, Co Durham
AA
William Adamson
1777–1847
Birth Location: Chester le Street, Durham, England
WA

William Adamson's Ancestors

Self
William Adamson
1747–1836
Birth Place: Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England
Parents
Thomas Adamson
1705–1757
Waldridge, Chester Le Street , Durham, England
Mary Lambe
1719–1770
Waldridge, Durham, England
Grandparents
Thomas Adamson
1679–1750
Durham, England
Anna Kirton
1685–1738
Gateshead, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Adamson
1652–
Ann Gray
1655–1737
Cuthbert Kirton
1645–1767
Georgiana
1650–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Adamson
1616–
Anne Brookes
1620–
Cuthbert Kirton
1615–

William Adamson's Descendants

1.
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William Adamson (16 Aug 1747–27 May 1836) m. Elizabeth Whitehead (1752–3 Apr 1833)
  1. 1. Thomas Adamson 1776–1861 m. Isabella Dumbling 1777–1848
    1. 1. William Adamson 1804–1880 m. Elizabeth Coxon 1805–1893
      1. 1. William Adamson 1836–1913 m. Isabella Thynne 1843–1907 m. Martha Parker 1836–1862
        1. 1. Samuel Adamson 1872–1936 m. Ellen Humphrey 1868–1933
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann) Adamson 1867–1934 m. John Fulthorpe 1865–1939
        3. 3. Ruth Adamson 1868–1927 m. Edward (William) Sanderson 1860–1945
        4. 4. Robert Adamson 1873–1916 m. Elizabeth (A) Wheatley 1873–1945
        5. 5. Hannah (A) Johnson 1881–1925 m. Jonathan Johnson 1878–1962
        6. 6. William Adamson 1865–1931 m. Hannah Hunter 1867–1946
        7. 7. Margaret Adamson 1860–1921 m. John Connon 1856–1919
        8. 8. Mary (Ann) Adamson 1861–1913
        9. 9. Mary (Ann) Adamson 1862–
      2. 2. Isabella Adamson 1843–1901 m. Thomas (Mallaburn) x 1837–1893
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Mallaburn) x 1871–
        2. 2. Matthew (Mallaburn) x 1873–
        3. 3. Thomas (Mallaburn) x 1875–1916
        4. 4. Mary (Hannah Mallaburn) x 1880–
        5. 5. Margaret (Ann) Mallaburn 1859–1905
        6. 6. Isabella Mallaburn 1866–
      3. 3. Robert Adamson 1829–1893 m. Mary (Kirtley) (Kirkley) 1819–1909
        1. 1. William (Adamson) x 1854–1931
        2. 2. Margaret (Jane Adamson) x 1858–1921
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Adamson) x 1860–1871
      4. 4. Hannah Adamson 1839–1901 m. John Harker 1838–
        1. 1. William Harker 1871–
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Harker 1862–
        3. 3. James Harker 1865–
      5. 5. Ruth Adamson 1845–1925 m. John Hull 1844–1886 m. William (Barrow) x 1844–1875
        1. 1. John Hull 1877–
        2. 2. Elizabeth Barrow 1871–
      6. 6. Rebecca Adamson 1849–1927 m. Robert (Robson) Pearson 1851–1930
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Pearson 1877–1923
        2. 2. William Adamson 1866–1956
      7. 7. Deborah Adamson 1850–1851
      8. 8. Margaret Adamson 1828–1861
      9. 9. Elizabeth Adamson 1832–
      10. 10. Thomas Adamson 1826–1893
      11. 11. Mary (Ann) Adamson 1834–1861 m. John (Caffrey) II 1814–1873
        1. 1. John (James Caffrey) III 1853–1927
        2. 2. Bernard (Ignatius) Caffrey 1855–
        3. 3. William (Leo) Caffrey 1858–
        4. 4. James (Patrick) Caffrey 1861–
      12. 12. John Adamson 1841–1878
    2. 2. John Adamson 1826–1865
    3. 3. Elizabeth Adamson 1804–
    4. 4. Robert Adamson 1810–1892 m. Jane Cowell 1813–1884 m. Dorothy Meldrum 1817–1853
      1. 1. Robert Adamson 1833–1834 m. Sarah (Jane) Rutherford 1853– m. Isabella (Grace) Gray 1838–1874
        1. 1. Sarah Adamson 1876– m. David (Daniel) Davies 1871–
        2. 2. John (Thomas) Adamson 1878–1961
        3. 3. Archibald Adamson 1881–1972 m. Joan Wilson 1889–
        4. 4. Margaret (Ann) Adamson 1886–1960 m. Robert (Pattison) Walton 1886–1963
        5. 5. Isabella Adamson 1889–1953
        6. 6. Frederick Adamson 1892–1914
        7. 7. Walter (George Rutherford) Adamson 1872–1941
        8. 8. Peter Adamson 1870–
        9. 9. Jane (Ann) Adamson 1862–1935 m. Jacob Soulsby 1854–1882 m. John (Henry) Stafford 1852–1928
        10. 10. Elizabeth Adamson 1865–
        11. 11. Mary (Hannah) Adamson 1867–1947 m. Edward (P) Johnson 1870–1941 m. Edwin hall 1869–
        12. 12. Robert Adamson 1870– m. Margaret Robinson 1873–1932
      2. 2. Isabella Adamson 1834– m. George Williams 1841–1909
      3. 3. Jane Adamson 1839–
      4. 4. Thomas Adamson 1841–
      5. 5. John Adamson 1845–1931
        1. 1. Robert Adamson 1868–
      6. 6. William Adamson 1848– m. Elizabeth Thornton 1869–
        1. 1. Jane Adamson 1893– m. Oliver Wann 1899–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann) Adamson 1894–1969
        3. 3. William Adamson 1897–
        4. 4. Isabella Adamson 1899–
        5. 5. Ernest Adamson 1904–1980
        6. 6. George Adamson 1907–1977
      7. 7. Elizabeth Adamson 1850–1917 m. Thomas Vipond 1847–1939
        1. 1. William Vipond 1878– m. Celia Willson 1884–1950
        2. 2. Lilias Vipond 1887–1974 m. Thomas Weatherley 1885–
        3. 3. Thomas Vipond 1880–1964
        4. 4. Mary (Sarah) Vipond 1882–1941 m. Joseph Jackson 1882–1927
        5. 5. Beatrice (Adelaide) Vipond 1890–1974 m. Arthur Veitch 1890–1982
        6. 6. Elizabeth Vipond 1873–1938 m. Frederick Lax 1870–1946
        7. 7. Jane (Ann) Vipond 1877–1939 m. John Lashlie 1872–1947
        8. 8. Georginia Vipond 1830–1924 m. Ralph Noble 1886–1958
      8. 8. Richard Adamson 1852–1916 m. Ellen Chapman 1847–1925
      9. 9. Mary (Ann) Adamson 1831–1901 m. Thomas (Swinhoe) * 1824–1886
        1. 1. John Swinhoe 1862–1942 m. Eliza (Walls) Russell 1862–1909
        2. 2. William Swinhoe 1854–1916 m. Mary (Ann) Atcheson 1858–1901
        3. 3. Robert Swinhoe 1858–1943 m. Mary (Emma) Shadforth 1865–1898 m. Isabella (Shaw) Coulson 1873–1947
        4. 4. Mary (Jane) Swinhoe 1860–1940 m. Joseph (Davison) Hall 1860–1940 m. Francis (John) Chaffer 1862–1891
        5. 5. Thomas SWINHOE 1856–1856
      10. 10. Kenneth Adamson 1847–1936 m. Isabella Grinton 1857–
        1. 1. Margaret Adamson 1887–1893
    5. 5. Ann (Marshall (married her cousin)) Adamson 1825–1881 m. Thomas Adamson 1819–1889
      1. 1. John (George) Adamson 1842–1916
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Adamson 1844–
      3. 3. Thomas Adamson 1849–
      4. 4. Christiana Adamson 1850–
      5. 5. Clementine Adamson 1851–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Adamson 1855–
      7. 7. Jacob Adamson 1858–1887
      8. 8. Louisa Adamson 1863–
      9. 9. Isabella (B) Adamson 1846–
      10. 10. Jane (A) Adamson 1853–
      11. 11. Dorothy (Ann) Adamson 1855–
      12. 12. Margaret Adamson 1857–
    6. 6. Ann Adamson 1806–1887
    7. 7. Jane Adamson 1826–1868
    8. 8. Thomas Adamson 1802–1817
    9. 9. John Adamson 1818–1866
  2. 2. Suzannah Adamson 1787–1792
  3. 3. John Adamson 1789–1790
  4. 4. Mary Adamson 1785–1870
  5. 5. George Adamson 1783–1866 m. Margaret Shacklock 1779–1845
    1. 1. William Adamson 1811–1854 m. Jane Adamson 1807–1846 m. Elizabeth Bower 1817–1888
      1. 1. William Adamson 1838–1836
      2. 2. Anne Adamson 1834–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Adamson 1851–1922 m. John Loadman 1846–1901
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Adamson) Loadman 1878–1956 m. Thomas (Alexander) Henzell 1879–1959
        2. 2. John (William) Loadman 1881–1956
        3. 3. Annie (Mettam) Loadman 1885–1890
        4. 4. Ellen Loadman 1883–1912
        5. 5. Margaret (Jane) Loadman 1876–1905
        6. 6. Margaret (Jane) Loadman 1869–1870
        7. 7. Richard Loadman 1873–1873
        8. 8. John Loadman 1874–1874
      4. 4. David Adamson 1848–1916 m. Elizabeth (Hannah Hazzard) (Gibb) 1859–1932 m. Elizabeth (Haydock) Cowell 1860–1895
        1. 1. Elizabeth Adamson 1896– m. Stanley Clarke 1894–1952
        2. 2. William Adamson 1880– m. Helena Petrie 1880–1919
        3. 3. David Adamson 1882– m. Mary (Hannah) Petrie 1876–
        4. 4. Arthur (Augustus) Adamson 1885–1962 m. Clara (Maud) Hudson 1892–1922
      5. 5. Jane (Bower) Adamson 1854–1890
        1. 1. Henry Askew 1878–1943
    2. 2. Ann Adamson 1821–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Adamson 1821–
  6. 6. Elizabeth Adamson 1781–1870
  7. 7. Jane Adamson 1793–1872
  8. 8. William Adamson 1775–1775
  9. 9. Ann Adamson 1787–1847
  10. 10. John Adamson 1796–1863 m. Clementinah ((Dinah)) Taylor 1793–1855
    1. 1. Jacob Adamson 1837–1912
    2. 2. Margaret Adamson 1832–
    3. 3. John Adamson 1828–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Adamson 1821–
  11. 11. Ann Adamson 1779–1781
  12. 12. William Adamson 1777–1847

William Adamson's Timeline

5 Records

1747
16 Aug 1747
Birth of William Adamson in Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England
Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England
1747
16 Aug 1747
William Adamson was christened in Chester- Le Str, Durham, England
Chester- Le Str, Durham, England
1774
11 Oct 1774
Age 27
William Adamson was married
None
1836
27 MAY 1836
Age 89
Death of William Adamson in Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England
Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England
1836
27 May 1836
Age 89
Burial of William Adamson
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1747
    Event Place: Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1747
    Event Place: Chester- Le Str, Durham, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1774
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chester le Street
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chester-le-Street, Durham, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 MAY 1836
    Event Place: Chester-le-Steet, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 May 1836
    Record Source: Millennium File
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