James Adams

1640 - 1707  (67 years)

• Name	James Adams
  Birth	1640	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Dec 1707
  Person ID	I54030	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2002

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Ramsdell,   b. Abt 1640   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1662	Lynn, MA
  Children	1. Richard Adams, Sr,   b. 22 Aug 1678, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1640 - Scotland Marriage - 7 May 1662 - Lynn, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Nothing has been found on his parents or ancestry. He was a prisoner at the battle of Dunbar, and sold as a prisoner of war to the LynnIrons Works by the British government, being sent on the "Unity" with 35 other Scots in 1650.   James was one of Cromwell's Scot prisoners. He worked with both John Gifford's & Daniel Salmon's teams carting for the Sougus Iron Works. In 1656, he sued Samuell Bennett for taking away his cart & wheels, & Nicholas Pinnion for debt. In 1658, he was a member of Scott's Charitable Society.   They had 9 children. James died on December 3, 1707. Proof of James and Priscilla Ramsden's children is a deed of Jonathan Rude (Husband of Abigail Adams); sells for himself "John Adams and Richard Adams 100 acres of land formerly the property of our brother James Adams, late of Wells" dated Jan. 16, 1728/9. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site