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Not the husband of Sarah Earle
Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Adams was born on 4 September 1710, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph Adams, was 29 and his mother, Eunice Spaulding, was 25. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Sarah Cady Felt. He died on 29 December 1760, in his hometown, at the age of 50, and was buried in Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
Spouse & Children
First married Sarah Adams 1710 – 1736
Second married Abigail Adams (Adams) (Hale) 1712 – 1809
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Which Sarah is married to Samuel Adams?
Looking at the change log for Sarah Cady Adams indicates the confusion caused by an incorrect source. The major problem is a secondary source, The Descendants of Nicholas Cady, which incorrectly notes that Sarah Cady Adams, the daughter of Richard Adams and Mary Cady, married Samuel Adams. This error can be proven by examining the will of Richard Adams. From Pomfret Deeds, 3:163: "On 16 Jan 1746, Nathaniel Earl and wife Sarah, and John Earl and wife Rachel, all living in Batemensberg (Beekman Precinct), Dutchess Co, NY, Peter Adams, Richard Adams, Elias Shavilier and wife Mary, all of Pomfret, and David Kendall and wife Jane of Brookfield, Mass, for and in consideration that we have received in full our portions of all the estate that was our father's, Richard Adams, real and personal, therefore we do all and each of us acquit and discharge brother Josiah Wheeler and his wife Hannah of Western, WorcesterCo, Mass, and our brother John Farr and his wife Eunice of Pomfret. . . . " This not only lists the children of Richard Adams, but includes their spouses. Other sources quoted in The American Genealogist verify this primary source, as does the land transaction dated 5 Dec 1732 in which Richard Adams deeds 50 acres to Nathaniel Earl and wife Sarah, as he also does to John Earl and wife Rachel (Sarah's sister).
According to Order of Founders and Patriots / Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) / "The Adams Family" by James Truslow Adams, Blue Ribbon Books, NY, 1930, that lists the lineage of the Adams family, (see sources), as follows: "Also, Capt Samuel and his first wife Sara Felt Adams (m. abt. 1730), who died in 1736. were 4th cousins -- sharing the same 3th great grandparents, John Adams (1555 – 1603) and Agnes Stone (1556 – 1615)" would appear to indicate that the surname of Sarah, the first wife of Samuel Adams, was Felt.
1710 |
September 4, 1710
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Canterbury, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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1731 |
June 13, 1731
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Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
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1731
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Canterbury Township, Windham County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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1735 |
January 9, 1735
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Canterbury, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
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1743 |
May 2, 1743
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut
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1746 |
June 17, 1746
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Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
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1748 |
December 22, 1748
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Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
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1750 |
April 12, 1750
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Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
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