Henry Adams

Abt 1610 - 1676  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Henry Adams  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1610	Kingweston, Somerset, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Feb 1676	Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I23156	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Adams,   b. Bef 1584, Barton St. David, Somerset, England d. Bef 8 Oct 1646 (Age < 62 years)
  Mother	Edith Squire,   b. Bef 29 May 1587   d. 21 Jan 1673, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age > 85 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1609	Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F13935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Payne,   b. Bef 23 Jul 1620   d. 22 Feb 1676, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1643	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Henry Adams,   b. 19 Nov 1657, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 29 Sep 1733, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F13934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Clerk of the writs at Braintree, 4 Nov 1646. One of the founders of Medfield, from which he was representative to the General Court in 1659-1665, 1674, and 1675. Killed at his doorway in the raid on Medfield during King Philip's War, 21 Feb 1676.

  
  

• Sources

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