TWELFTH GENERATION

3868. Henry Adams was born about 1583 in Barton St. David, Somerset, England. He died on Oct 6 1646 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Henry Adams was the first member of what would become one of America's most famous families to arrive in this country. There has been a great deal of speculation regarding his ancestry, but his origins among the yeomanry of Somerset now seems beyond dispute.

The earliest record of him appears in his father's will of 1604, at which time he must have been of age. He appears to have lived in Barton St. David until 1622 when he moved to Kingweston, a neighboring village. He emigrated to Massachusetts in 1638 and was given forty acres at Mount Wollaston by the town of Boston on February 24th, 1639/40, upon payment of three shillings per acre. In England he had been a farmer and maltser and carried on those professions in America.

His one surviving signature is in the "Italian hand," which would indicate a decent, if local, education.

At his death he left an estate valued at 75 pounds, 13 shillings.

Henry Adams and Edith Squire were the great great great great great great great great great grandparents of President Calvin Coolidge. He was married to Edith Squire on Oct 19 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England.

3869. Edith Squire was born before May 29 1587 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England. She died on Jan 21 1672/73 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Children were:

i. Henry Adams was born in 1610. He died on Feb 21 1675/76.
ii. Thomas Adams was born before Mar 25 1612. He died on Jul 20 1688.
iii. Jonathan Adams was born about 1614. He died on Jul 28 1690.
iv. Samuel Adams was born about 1616. He died on Jan 24 1688/89.
v. Ursula Adams was born about 1619. She died after 1673.
vi. Peter Adams was born in 1621. He died in 1690.
vii. John Adams was born before Dec 4 1622. He died on Nov 12 1716.
1926 viii. Joseph Adams.
ix. Edward Adams.

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